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Please join us
for groundbreaking at the new BCMS
office building
San Antonio
Mayor Ivy Taylor
will read a proclamation
in honor of
Doctors' Day
10 a.m.
Monday, March 30
4334 N. Loop 1604 West
(Loop 1604 east-bound access road
between Lockhill-Selma Road and N.W. Military Drive)
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TRENDING TOPICS
Texas House Appropriations Committee approves funding
to reinstate Medicaid to Medicare parity payments for PCPs
By Mary E. Nava, MBA
Chief Governmental and
Community Relations Officer
Last week, the Appropriations
Subcommittee on Article II, which oversees that portion of the
state budget pertaining to health and human services items, met and
heard from subcommittee chairman Rep. Four Price (R-Amarillo), who
asked the group to reinstate the Medicaid to Medicare parity
payments for primary care physicians. In addition, TMA and BCMS
asked legislators to continue the payment increase in order to keep
physicians in the Medicaid program and to ensure patients have
access to care. On March 12, the full House Appropriations
Committee approved the funding recommendation, which would go into
effect Sept.1.
All approved measures will go
before the entire House of Representatives later this month.
Additionally, we will have details coming from the Senate-side very
soon. Please stay tuned to this column for more information.
To read more, click here.
For local discussion on this and other legislative
advocacy topics, consider joining the BCMS Legislative and
Socioeconomics Committee by contacting Mary Nava.
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Circle of Friends sponsor at the silver level
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above to request information by email
Silver-level Circle of Friends sponsors contribute
$3,000
or more to BCMS annually.
Thank you to our BCMS Circle of Friends sponsors! This
information is sent on behalf of a valued sponsor at the silver level,
but it is not an endorsement.
Donations from Circle of Friends sponsors help keep down
the cost of dues and allow BCMS to continue to provide quality service
to its members.
The society continues its pledge to you and only will
involve itself in services and programs that benefit you, the member,
and your patients.
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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Silver-level
Circle of Friends sponsors contribute $3,000
or
more to BCMS annually.
Thank
you to our BCMS Circle of Friends sponsors! This information is sent on
behalf of a valued sponsor at the silver level, but it is not an
endorsement.
Donations
from Circle of Friends sponsors help keep down the cost of dues and
allow BCMS to continue to provide quality service to its members.
The
society continues its pledge to you and only will involve itself in
services and programs that benefit you, the member, and your patients.
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About The Weekly Dose
The Weekly Dose is a service of
the Bexar County Medical Society.
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to your practice today, but the goal is to offer information over
time that returns value in excess
of the cost of your membership.
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Bexar County Medical Society, San Antonio, Texas.
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