Chief
Governmental and Community Relations Officer
The TMA Border
Health Caucus, of which BCMS is a member, held its 10th annual
meeting Aug. 5-6 in El Paso. This year's conference was led by
Congressman Beto O'Rourke (Texas District 16), and Manuel Acosta, MD,
of El Paso, and Luis Benavides, MD, of Laredo, chair and co-chair,
respectively, of the Border Health Caucus.
Panel discussion
topics included: healthy eating and active living; emerging
diseases; healthcare literacy; GME; physicians and new technology;
coordination of care; ACA and a post SGR discussion with Congressman
Michael Burgess.
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Attending the conference and representing BCMS was Jesse Moss Jr., MD
(left), speaking here with Congressman Will Hurd (Texas District 23).
For
local discussion on this and other legislative topics, consider
joining the BCMS Legislative and Socioeconomics Committee by
contacting Mary Nava.
