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BCMS LEGISLATIVE
NEWS

FIRST TUESDAYS VISITS TO THE CAPITOL

OFF TO A GREAT START

By Mary E. Nava, MBA, Chief Government
Affairs Officer and lobbyist

Many thanks to the following physician and
Alliance members who participated in the Feb. 7
First Tuesdays visits:

Physicians – Leah Jacobson, MD, BCMS Pres-
ident; Daniel Deane, MD; David Holck, MD;
James Humphreys, MD; Thomas Kaspar, MD;
Alex Kenton, MD; Robert Kruger, MD; John
Nava, MD; Raymond Osbourn, MD; Ryan Van
Ramshorst, MD and David Shulman, MD; Al-
liance members – Lisa DeArmand; Danielle
Henkes; Jennifer Lewis and Jennifer Shepherd.

The group visited with 13 offices of state rep-
resentatives and senators from Bexar County.
Among the topics discussed were: surprise
billing; Medicaid reimbursement; vaccinations;
GME and the prescription drug monitoring pro-
gram. For more information on the 2017 TMA
Legislative Priorities, visit www.texmed.org.

To register for First Tuesdays, go to
www.texmed.org/firsttuesdays.

PHOTO CAPTIONS:

TOP: (l-r) Jennifer Lewis; Ryan Van Ramshorst,
MD; Jenny Shepherd; Jim Humphreys, MD and
Daniel Deane, MD, gather to discuss agenda items
prior to visits with legislators during the Feb. 7 First
Tuesdays.

CENTER: During the Feb. 7 First Tuesdays,
BCMS physicians and Alliance members discussed a
number of medicine’s issues with Carmen Tilton,
Health and Human Services Policy Analyst (holding
folder) for Sen. Carlos Uresti (Senate District 19).

BOTTOM: (l-r) Daniel Dean, MD; Jim
Humphreys, MD and Ryan Van Ramshorst, MD dis-
cuss medicine’s issues with Rep. Tomas Uresti (House
District 118) during the Feb. 7 First Tuesdays.

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