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were actively engaged both in the open debates and in the behind-the-scenes negotiations. The three days we spent on Capitol Hill before the meeting have particularly informed our perspective. Look for a more complete report in the TMA EVPGram http://evpgram.texmed.org/ and in January’s Texas Medicine.

In other action on the top issues defined by the Texas Delegation to the AMA, the House of Delegates:

Sent back to the AMA Board of Trustees for revision two proposed sets of policy on supervision of non-physician practitioners. Both policies included the term “collaboration,” which caused significant consternation among the delegates. “Too

many people want to do what we do without having done what we’ve done,” said Gary Floyd, MD, of Fort Worth.

Directed the AMA to once again support delaying or canceling the implementation of ICD-10.

Called on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to repeal the “two-midnight rule” for hospital in-patient admissions.

Said health plans should be required to notify physicians that a patient is in the 90-day grace period for a subsidized Affordable Care Act exchange plan when the physician checks on the patient’s eligibility for services.

TSA Members Leading in the House of Medicine

Texas Medical Association Delegates

Jessica A. Alexander, MD
Brad G. Butler, MD
G. Ray Callas, MD
Susan Curling, MD
Robert B. Berndt, MD
Henry L. Bethea, MD
Shreyas P. Bhavsar, DO
Catherine M. Blakeney, MD
Noah S. Bunker, MD
Charles E. Cowles, Jr., MD
N. Martin Giesecke, MD
James S. Guo, MD
Michael R. Hicks, MD
Rex L. Hyer, MD
Jeffrey M. Jekot, MD
Kevin W. Klein, MD
Dhanalakshmi Koyyalagunta, MD
Gregory M. Kronberg, MD
Thomas A. Lacour, MD
Carlos Nicholas L. Lee, MD

Ramy Mankarious, MD
Jaideep H. Mehta, MD
David W. Mercier, MD
Vincent G. Nelson, MD
Udaya B. Padakandla, MD
Mary D. Peterson, MD
Evan G. Pivalizza, MD
David C. Powell, MD
Elizabeth M. Rebello, MD
K. Suresh Reddy, MD
James Franklin Reid, MD
Carlos E. Romero, MD
Catherine L. Scholl, MD
C. Matt Sloan, MD
Hugo R. Tolentino, MD
George W. Williams, II, MD
Crystal C. Wright, MD
Dawn Yan, MD
Sherif Z. Zaafran, MD

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