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In this Week's Issue
- CDC Alerts Docs to
Watch for Potential Imported Marburg Cases
- Vaccines Continue to
Defend What Matters
- TMA Fights Bad
Insurance Bills While Pushing for Network Adequacy Protections
- PHE End Brings
Changes for Telehealth, Billing, and Medicaid
- San Antonio Medicine
April Issue
- Weekly News Digest
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Important
Physician News and Deadlines
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CDC
Alerts Docs to Watch for Potential Imported Marburg Cases
While there have been no confirmed
cases of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outside Equatorial Guinea and
Tanzania, clinicians and public health experts should be aware of the
potential for imported cases, the CDC said. Read more
Vaccines Continue
to Defend What Matters
TMA's vaccine outreach program
battles low immunization rates and builds community collaboration.
San Antonio primary care physician John Nava, MD says its "a
constant battle" to educate patients, young and old, on the
severity of vaccine-preventable diseases, especially when their
hesitancy comes from the misunderstanding that vaccines do more harm
than the diseases they help prevent. Read full article
TMA Fights Bad
Insurance Bills While Pushing for Network Adequacy Protections
The Texas Medical Association
is leveraging its advocacy power against state insurance legislation
that would compromise established physician and patient protections,
often to the benefit of health plans, despite sometimes good intentions. Read more
PHE End Brings
Changes for Telehealth, Billing, and Medicaid
The COVID public health
emergency (PHE) will end May 11 – and with it, several
flexibilities related to telehealth coverage, virtual physician
supervision of non-physician practitioners, and Medicaid enrollment
for nearly 3 million Texans. TMA recently hosted two events to help
guide practices through this transition. Read more
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Upcoming
Community Events
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The Bariatric Counseling Center's Open
House
April 19│4:00 - 7:00
PM│RSVP to
attend
Tour the facility and meet the
team of licensed therapists, dietitians
and chefs, as well as their registered nurse and kinesiologist.
While also enjoying samples of healthy and tasty meals.
Free CME Wellness
& Coaching Webinar
April 25│Register
Transforming Stress: Mindful
Techniques for Managing Pressure in the Healthcare Workplace. Discussing
mindful tips every healthcare professional should know to manage
stress, improve focus, and have more energy throughout the day!
Presented by Nora Vasquez, MD
2023 First Tuesdays
at the Capitol
May 2│Register
Join your fellow physicians,
medical students and Alliance members from across Texas and make
your voice heard at the Texas Capitol. You will visit with our
local legislators and discuss issues of importance to medicine.
The Health Cell's
10th Anniversary of State of the Industry
May 11│Register
Come celebrate the State of the
Industry's decade long event that celebrates San Antonio's
healthcare and bioscience industry every year through stories of
local trailblazers and their world-changing work.
2023 Weitzman
Institute Symposium: Community Violence, Trauma, and Racial Healing
May 17│Register
Get energized by award-winning
social change agent Dr. Gail Christopher, Executive Director of the
National Collaborative for Health Equity, as she shares her
approaches to healing from past and present day harms of racism to
affect change.
Pediatrics Now
Podcast
Click here to listen
This podcast includes fresh
content and also grand rounds. Some episodes are eligible for free
CME, MOC and ethics credit.
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