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- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 100
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Quick Tip: HIPAA and Texas Privacy Laws
Guest Jeff Drummond, partner at Jackson Walker LLP in Dallas noted for his experience in advising on Texas privacy laws and HIPAA and cyber security concerns, answers frequent questions about HIPAA a…
Happy Holidays
We wish you the happiest of holidays! We'll be back in January with new episodes.
Quick Tip: Medicare 2024 Payments
The final 2024 Medicare fee schedule solidifies pay cuts and heightens calls for reform. Robert Bennet, VP of TMA’s medical economics division, provides tips you can use today with your patients to f…
Ask the Expert: Myths of Medical Records
TMA's Ask the Expert series answers physicians' questions on a wide range of practice management and regulatory topics. In this episode, staff experts will take on questions about medical records, wh…
Quick Tip: Avoid TMB Notices
During the pandemic, there was a significant reduction in the volume of complaints filed with the Texas Medical Board (TMB) and investigation notices issued by the board. Now, the board has begun to …
Using Vaccine Informed Practice to Navigate the New Normal
A new survey of Texas residents sheds some light on how patients are influenced by vaccines. Recorded at TexMed 2023, Dr. Mary Manis shares some of the survey findings and offers tips to improve vacc…
Opioid Stewardship
Dr. Andre Chen, a Board Certified Addiction Medicine specialist in practice at Advanced Pain Care in Austin, TX provides guidance on opioid stewardship and substance use disorders. This program is el…
Use Your Words Wisely: The Impact of The Physician’s Verbiage In Conversations Of Goals Of Care
The weight of the physician’s words can be monumental, driving medical decision-making by the patient and other decision-makers. An internal medicine physician and board-certified palliative medicine…
Quick Tip: Documentation and Medical Necessity
TMA coding expert and guest provide some quick tips to improve documentation and avoid claim denials. Looking for more help? Get billing and coding help from TMA at www.texmed.org/billingandcoding. Y…
Mapping the Path from Student Debt to Planning for Retirement
No matter where you are in your career, you have strategies and options that will help you achieve your financial and retirement goals. Expert financial advisors provide tips on what to look for when…
Summer CME
Make the most of the slower pace of summer and catch up on CME - FREE for TMA members and their staff! You can download a pdf publication, watch a webinar, or listen to a CME to Go episode all from …
Quick Tip: Changes to Risk Adjustment Data Validation (RADV) Audits
A new rule, effective in 2023, expands CMS’ audit scope regarding Medicare Advantage plans. Experts discuss how this change will increase the frequency of audits as well as potential plan and provide…
History of Medicine: The Doctor’s Bag
TMA invites you, your patients, your practice, and public institutions across Texas to travel through medical history. Grab your bag, your doctor’s bag that is, and join the history of medicine commi…
Ask The Expert: Optimize Your Practice Revenue
My AR is out of control, what can I do? Is a common question TMA practice consultant are often asked. it can be hard to find ways to optimize your revenue, TMA’s expert staff offer practical tips you…
Ask the Expert: Telemedicine Billing and Beyond
The end of the COVID-19 public health emergency kicked off a series of changes to telehealth coverage and billing as physicians have known them for the past several years. TMA experts answer member q…
A Taste of TexMed: Compilation
TexMed is TMA’s annual meeting where physicians can attend CME talks across various specialties, all geared toward educating and empowering the physicians of Texas. Register and plan to attend TexMed…
A Taste of TexMed: Amphetamines, the Next Epidemic: What History Has Not Taught Us
Amphetamines are riding the wave of the opiate epidemic and creating new challenges for physicians. This taste of TexMed provides a sample of Dr. Helene M. Alphonso’s CME presentation - Amphetamines,…
Ask the Expert: End of the Public Health Emergency
After more than three years and 11 extensions, the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) will expire May 11. TMA experts answer member questions about how their practice will be affected by the end …
The Rise of E-Cigarette Use in Teens
The tobacco industry has manipulated consumers for decades, and your most susceptible patients are prime targets. Dr. Lindy McGee, advocate and champion against the rise of e-cigarette use, provides …
Quick Tip: 2023 Billing and Coding Checklist
Make sure you get paid correctly and on time in 2023! TMA’s Reimbursement Services staff have put together a list of practical actions you can take at the to keep your billing and collections on trac…