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In this Week's Issue

  • TMA Elects San Antonio Physician President-Elect
  • Young Physicians: Join TMA's 2025 Leadership College
  • Health Committee Advances Bill That Would Extend Telehealth Flexibilities
  • How Robust Cybersecurity Can Safeguard Practices
  • San Antonio Medicine May Issue
  • Weekly Digest

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Important Physician News and Deadlines

TMA Elects San Antonio Physician President-Elect
The Texas Medical Association elected San Antonio internist and hyperbaric medicine specialist Jayesh "Jay" Shah, MD, as president-elect during TexMed 2024. Dr. Shah is the first Indian American TMA President-Elect and will serve as the TMA President in 2025. Learn more.


Young Physicians: Join TMA's 2025 Leadership College
TMA's Leadership College offers young physicians the opportunity to grows their skills and confidence to take on leadership roles in their practice, organized medicine, and their communities. Important topics covered include interpersonal relationships, negotiation, conflict management, legislative advocacy, and media training. Learn more and apply.

Health Committee Advances Bill That Would Extend Telehealth Flexibilities
A bill that would extend Medicare telehealth flexibilities advanced with unanimous bipartisan support in a House committee Wednesday, as lawmakers work to beat a year-end deadline when the pandemic-era rules will expire. The bill will now go to the house floor. Learn more.

How Robust Cybersecurity Can Safeguard Practices
With physicians reeling from the Change Healthcare cyberattack, this story, released ahead of print by Texas Medicine, looks at the widespread impact of this major event and offers insights from TMA experts into how practices can protect themselves with virtual vigilance. Read this special edition.

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