AUGUST 2015 45 PUBLIC HEALTH
Youth safeguards, budget boons
TMA, the Texas Public Health Coalition, and diligent physicians earned significant public health vic- tories during the Texas Legislature’s 2015 session in their drive to reduce tobacco and electronic cigarette use and to protect schoolchildren at risk for anaphylaxis.
BY JOEY BERLIN “witch hunts”
63 LAW Fair evaluations, no
Physicians have greater protection against “sham” peer review thanks to a decision by the Texas Supreme Court. The decision will help physi- cians who believe business competi- tors or a hospital’s administrators are using every means available to destroy their reputation.
BY JOEY BERLIN
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53 ECONOMICS Medicaid upgrade
Enhancements to Medicaid’s electronic enrollment portal aim to speed up the process as physicians face reenrollment in the program.
BY AMY LYNN SORREL
“Our biggest win was making sure the practice of medicine is still sacred.” Page 24
also FACT: GME funding FOCUS ON: The coverage gap COMMENTARY ROUNDS NEWSMAKERS DEATHS AUTHOR GUIDELINES TIP: Secure your digital copier
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2 TEXAS MEDICINE August 2015 PHOTO BY BRETT BUCHANAN
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