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NewsMedicaid fee cuts could set off a stampede of doctors
As potential Medicaid fee cuts loom, physicians in Texas are threatening to drop Medicaid patients, the Dallas Morning News reports. Forty-five percent of doctors polled by the Texas Medical Read more...
Survey: TX physicians say paperwork hurts patients
A physician survey done by the Texas Medical Association has concluded that doctors feel health plans and government bureaucracy undermine patient care. The survey, which polled 850 of the state's Read more...
Almost half of TX doctors opting out of Medicare
In Texas, it appears that officials' worst fears about Medicare acceptance are coming to pass. According to a recent survey by the Texas Medical Association, only 58 percent of doctors in the state Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: TX doctors withdraw endorsement over Medicare cuts
Angry over his vote to block consideration of a bill stopping the planned 10.6 percent Medicare cut, the Texas Medical Association has declared war on U.S. Sen. John Cornyn. The group's 43,000 Read more...
| Press ReleasesThe Physicians Foundation Releases “Roadmap for Physicians to Health Care Reform”Important new tool for physicians will help them understand major legislative changes that will impact their practice of medicine BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A comprehensive report released today Read more >> ICA CEO, Gary Zegiestowsky, Named to the Board of the Texas e-Health AllianceAUSTIN, Texas & NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Texas e-Health Alliance (TeHA) announced today that Informatics Corporation of America (ICA) chief executive officer, Gary Zegiestowsky, Read more >> |
