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TMA PracticeEdge gives Texas physicians real options to design their own future.
AFTER TWO-AND-ONE-HALF YEARS of planning and negotia- tion, the Texas Medical Association in February launched TMA Prac- ticeEdge, LLC, a new services com-
pany developed by TMA to bring physicians the technologies and expertise that are essential to providing — and proving — quality care. TMA PracticeEdge will give TMA member physicians options and alterna-
tives to today’s fee-for-service system, if they want them. PracticeEdge services will give all participating physicians the tools to make their practices more ef- ficient and to provide more cost-effective care. “We need to rewrite the future of health care because where it’s heading right
now isn’t looking very good for physicians or patients,” said TMA President Austin I. King, MD. “Change is coming. That’s a given. We either become part of innovating that change or we’re at the mercy of the change.” Even if a practice chooses not to participate in “accountable care,” TMA Prac-
ticeEdge can help it become stronger operationally and financially and compli- ant in all regulatory demands, and prepare it for changes such as ICD-10. “TMA PracticeEdge is not an accountable care organization (ACO),” said
TMA Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President Louis J. Goodman, PhD. “Rather, it is a services company that will support physician practices and networks, including physician-led ACOs. “While most ACOs are constrained by a specific hospital system, TMA Prac- ticeEdge will help connect like-minded physicians centered on the needs of their specific patients. TMA PracticeEdge will offer participating physicians the means to provide coordinated, collaborative care, including prevention and management of chronic disease,” he said. TMA PracticeEdge will offer:
• Accountable care services: TMA PracticeEdge offers the technology plat- forms, care coordination teams, physician-led network development and management, and contracting expertise necessary to participate in account- able care activities and to meet market demands to document quality, cost- effective health care.
• Practice transformation services: Physicians can strengthen their prac-
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tices operationally and financially by optimizing them using TMA PracticeEdge services, including education and consulting from cer- tified professional coders, medical auditors, and compliance officers.
Interested in learning more about TMA PracticeEdge? Visit www
.TMAPracticeEdge.com, email info@
TMAPracticeEdge.com, or call, toll free, (888) 900-0334.
TexMed 2015: Come for an Austin good time, stay for the CME
REGISTERTODAY (
www.texmed.org /texmed) for TMA’s free annual con- ference, and join thousands of fellow Texas physicians when TexMed 2015 descends on the Austin Convention Center and Hilton Austin May 1–2 for a weekend of advocacy, education, and collaboration. TexMed is TMA’s larg- est event of the year, and something you definitely won’t want to miss!
ADVOCATE Arrive early on Thursday, April 30, and bring your white coat for TexMed at the Capitol! Head to the Capitol and visit with legislators and key staff. You will have the opportunity to meet with elected officials face-to-face to urge support for medicine’s priorities this legislative session. Join other physi-
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