| Medicare informational charts, figures and more. Click Here |
| Understanding your HCMS dues statement. Drop Date is March 1, 2012 More |
| Register for the TMA Winter Conference in Austin on Jan 27-28, 2012. |
| Join HCMS Alliance in celebrating Doctor's Day on March 25, at The John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science. More |
| Starry, Starry Night Medicine Ball: Attend the Harris County Medical Society Alliance Medicine Ball on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at Hotel Zaza. For more information or contact Marilyn Davis at 281-242-9689, email: hcmsa2011@yahoo.com! More |
| Not the same Auld Lang Syne: Read the HCMS President's Page by Dr. Keith Bourgeois in the January 15, 2012 issue of the Harris County Physician Newsletter. More |
| Last-Minute Accord Delays Medicare Cuts by Two Months. More |
| Houston doctors brace for severe Medicare cuts, some ready to pull the plug. Houston Business Journal full article, 12/16/11. More |
| A huge Medicare cut looms for doctors and Medicare patients. Watch this YouTube video and share. click here |
| Organized medicine opposes ICD-10 implementation. To view TMA Board of Trustees member Dr. David Teuscher's testimony click here. |
| Revalidation Delayed: The CMS recently announced that the physician revalidation effort will be pushed back through 2015, instead of the originally planned deadline in 2013. More |
| DPS Answers Controlled Substance Certificate Renewal Questions. More |
| HCMS Introduces New Mobile Apps for Members -DocBookMD and TMA Mobile App. More |
| TMA Calendar of Federal Deadlines: TMA developed this calendar, a web-based regulatory compliance tool, to give you and your staff a big-picture view of upcoming state and federal compliance timelines and key health policy issues that impact Texas physicians. click here |
| Hot Member Benefit - Search for physicians by language: Did you know that you can find a referring physician by language? The HCMS Health Plan Liaison Committee has created a table that explains how to find a physician by language on the Web sites of the top five health plans in Houston (Aetna, BCBSTX, CIGNA, Humana, and UnitedHealthcare). To download and view the instructions, click here. |
| Need more patients? Try these HCMS services. More |
Helpful grids and tables for your practice! Health plan contact info, Web portal info, etc. More .gif "Members Only box") |
| Minority Medical Student Scholarships. Many of the member organizations of the HCMS Council of International and Affiliated Medical Societies offer scholarships directly. More |
| Do you see uninsured patients? Consider joining the Provider Health Network, a group of over 900 physicians who coordinate their charity care, services, and resources to help low income, uninsured patients access health care. This program is supported by the Harris County Medical Society. More |