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• HOT TOPICS

  The Latest News From TMAWhat are my options? What do I need to know now? What do I need to make sure I don't miss?
• MEMBERSHIP

  Dues Check JustifiedPearsall family physician Daniel Schmidt, DO, says Texas Medical Association payment specialist Erin Gregorcyk Smith was a "guardian angel" for him earlier this year when he was having problems getting his Medicare payments.  
• PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

  Calendar Helps Avoid DoomTMA has a new Internet-based tool that can help you comply with the increasing number of commercial insurance and federal and state regulations that affect you and your patients.
• LEGAL

  TMA, AMA Support Physicians Who SueThere comes a time in many physicians' careers when they need legal reinforcement. One physician or a small group of doctors may battle a large private or governmental entity with robust financial resources in court, or organized medicine may need to fight scope-of-practice battles. Physicians need to know they can count on strong allies to defend their profession and their individual rights. 
• DOCTOR 911

  TMA Helps Physicians in TroubleKaufman pediatrician Charles Turner Lewis, MD, knows all too well what it means to be investigated by the state's Office of Inspector General (OIG), the agency that monitors Medicaid to prevent and reduce waste, abuse, and fraud. Beginning in 2005, he struggled to keep his office open after his billing practices caught OIG's attention.
• PUBLIC HEALTH

  Keeping Lubbock HealthyLubbock physicians and alliance members attending a Texas Medical Association Be Wise — Immunize^SM event there in July were shocked when a Lubbock Health Department employee mentioned that six future Be Wise events would have to be canceled because the department was closing. Although that eventually proved not to be true, the comment mobilized the city's medical community in a successful effort to protect Lubbock's public health system.
• LEGISLATURE

  TMA's Report CardPhysicians crossed the finish line with the reins still in hand. Major steps were taken to protect and strengthen the patient-physician relationship from future outside interference.