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TMA Practice Management Seminars
Workers' Compensation 2010 (Live Seminar)
Join the Texas Medical Association and representatives from the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) as we address the most frequently asked workers' compensation questions; offer practical advice on common billing, coding, and administrative errors; and preview proposed regulations that will affect the way you care for injured workers in Texas.
TMA Practice Management Web Seminars
Evaluating Your Medicare Options (Recorded Web Seminar)
Physicians have until Jan. 31 to decide if they want to change their participation status in the Medicare program for 2010. We know that practices are thinking hard about this participation decision. While TMA can't advise you which direction to take, we can give you detailed information about your participation options and the consequences of those choices.
Medical Records - Consent for Treatment of Minors (Recorded Web Seminar)
State and federal laws guarantee patients access to their own medical records except in very limited situations. But how do these laws apply to minors and their parents? Moreover, what rights to minors have in making decisions about their own care? This presentation will outline sensitive issues that arise when dealing with minors, adult children, and spouses.
Professional Courtesy, Waiving Copays, and Charity Care Requirements (Recorded Web Seminar)
A 1996 W.B. Saunders Company poll estimated that 97 percent of physicians offer some type of professional courtesy in their practices. Due to an upsurge in government's efforts to ensure accurate claim billing, and federal laws addressing physician referral and patient relationships, the legality of this tradition has been called into question. This seminar will take a look at how professional courtesy is defined, the guidelines for its provision, and considerations that must be made to steer clear of potential fraud liability.
Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) (Recorded Web Seminar)
Since the Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) will begin work in Texas this year, this program will prepare physicians and office staff for visit expectations and data review as well.
Red Flag Rules (Recorded Web Seminar)
The Federal Trade Commission says physicians who regularly bill their patients for services (includes billing for copayments and coinsurance) are creditors and must develop and implement written identity theft prevention programs for their practices by August 1, 2009. The programs must identify and respond to patterns, practices, or specific activities — known as "red flags" — that could indicate identity theft. Learn how to comply with new identity theft prevention regulations for physician offices.
Revenue Cycle Management - Getting Paid in 2009 (Recorded Web Seminar)
The current economic environment brings a host of new challenges in revenue cycle management. More and more patients have a high-deductible health plan, and many are without insurance coverage. To help you with these challenges, this three-part seminar series focuses on proven ways to enhance your revenue cycle.
2010 Risk Management Webinar Series (Recorded Web Seminar) New
TMA’s 2010 Risk Management webinar series gives you and your staff a way to stay up to date on important topics that affect your practice’s liability risk without ever having to leave the office.
TMA Physician Health and Rehabilitation Seminars
Physician Well-Being and Loss in Medicine: How to Become a Winner
The conference will include the following discussions: why young people are especially vulnerable to the effects of drugs on the brain, impact of substance use disorders on the family, why a person begins to harm himself or herself, and challenges faced by women presenting for substance use disorders. Expert faculty members will teach attendees how to apply methods for coping with grief and loss, their ethical and professional responsibilities to provide holistic health care, and how to apply mechanisms that promote forgiveness and resilience and improve patient care.
Family Systems: The Impact of Marriage and Family on Physicians
This workshop will address marriage and family relationships, provide guidance for individual family assessment, and describe steps for improving family relationships and strengthening professional performance. Our expert instructors will identify educational gaps and help you recognize evidence-based solutions that will enhance your professional and ethical practice. This workshop will be held four times in 2010, check to see if it will be held in a town near you.
Get Connected
Explore TMA's online networks — Coding and Billing Community and Health Information Technology Community — at www.tmacommunities.org to exchange ideas and information with other physicians, practice managers, and staff.
Last Published: 8/25/2010
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