Contents tagged with legislative update

• Missed opportunities in the 84th Texas Legislature

  Tags: legislature, legislative update, 84th, medicaid, banning, medicare, graduate medical education, nelson, zerwas, residency, family medicine residency program, higher education, primary care coalition, texas medical association, preceptorship, bonnen, hancock, direct primary care, schwrtner, crownover, prescription, drug abuse, substance abuse, darby, yogi

  Tuesday, June 2, 2015 4:26:00 PM

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  By Tom Banning
  TAFP CEO/EVP

  Yogi Berra famously said I hate making predictions, especially about the future. It’s particularly painful when those predictions come true as was the case for many of the predictions TAFP made at the outset of the 84th Texas Legislature on how health care issues would fare this session.

  Playing to their primary voters, the House and Senate focused attention almost solely on tax cuts, border security, transportation, when and where you can carry a gun, and a host of other mostly inconsequential partisan ideas.

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• The clock is winding down on the Texas Legislature

  Tags: legislative update, legislature, 84th, budget, medicaid, medicare, affordable care act, residency, graduate medical education, nelson, zerwas, family medicine residency program, preceptorship, bonnen, hancock, schwertner, crownover, direct primary care

  Wednesday, May 27, 2015 3:45:00 PM

  The clock is winding down on the Texas Legislature

  posted 5.27.15

  With less than a week left in the 84th Texas Legislature, many bills TAFP has been tracking have passed the House and the Senate … more

• CAPITOL UPDATE: Lege strengthens physician workforce, improves women’s health care, and reduces administrative hassles for physicians

  Tags: capitol update, legislative update, legislature, 83rd, graduate medical education, residency, workforce, physician education loan repayment program, texas higher education coordinating board, women's health, texas women's healthcare coalition, mental health, prior authorization, medicaid, affordable care act, physician of the day, sulaiman, freeman, voss, sepdham, mangalick, edwards, estment, fiesinger, sadoun, redman, kadir

  Monday, June 10, 2013 11:16:00 AM

  Capitol Update: Lege strengthens physician workforce, improves women’s health care, and reduces administrative hassles for physicians

  posted 06.11.13

  The 83rd Texas Legislature finished the … more

• CAPITOL UPDATE: TAFP Board of Directors unanimously supports Medicaid expansion

  Tags: capitol, capitol update, legislature, legislative update, physician of the day, graduate medical education, interim session, commission, board of directors, medicaid, fiesinger, affordable care act, women's health, advocacy, gabler, botsford, risinger, lyons, trestor, benavides

  Wednesday, March 6, 2013 2:33:00 PM

  Capitol Update: TAFP Board of Directors unanimously supports Medicaid expansion

  posted 03.07.13

  At last weekend’s Interim Session, TAFP’s Commission on Legislative and Public Affairs put forth a … more

• CAPITOL UPDATE: Key House committee explores expansion of residency positions

  Tags: capitol, capitol update, legislature, legislative update, physician of the day, graduate medical education, texas higher education coordinating board, medical school, goertz, residency, egerton, popp, dominguez, macclements, kravitz

  Wednesday, February 27, 2013 8:19:00 AM

  Capitol Update: Key House committee explores expansion of residency positions

  posted 02.28.13

  Graduate medical education is the hot topic du jour of the House Appropriations Committee these days … more

• CAPITOL UPDATE: New coalition advocates for women's health care

  Tags: capitol, capitol update, legislature, legislative update, physician of the day, women's health, realini, howard, davis, department of state health services, family planning, texas women's healthcare coalition, paladugu, finnie, bias, miller, cherry, freeman, barrera, duchicela

  Wednesday, February 13, 2013 2:54:00 PM

  Capitol Update: New coalition advocates for women’s health care

  posted 02.14.13

  View a slideshow from the press conference.

  The new Texas Women’s Healthcare Coalition, of which TAFP is a … more

• CAPITOL UPDATE: Senate Finance considers higher education budget

  Tags: capitol, capitol update, legislature, legislative update, physician of the day, senate, texas higher education coordinating board, finance, graduate medical education, residency, bias, preceptorship, loan repayment, house of representatives, pope, egerton, peron, curran

  Wednesday, January 30, 2013 4:02:00 PM

  Capitol Update: Senate Finance considers higher education budget

  posted 01.31.13

  The Senate Finance Committee heard testimony on article III of the state budget, which contains all funding for … more

• Texas Family Physician - Vol. 62 No. 1, Winter 2011

  Tags: news, texas family physician, legislative update, research, quality, practice management, coding, accountable care organization, members

  Friday, February 4, 2011 3:22:00 PM

   

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  View the virtual issue

  President’s Letter

  Member News

  2010 Year in Review

  Perspective

  Cover: Taking a chance on accountable careHealth system reformers hope … more

• Under the dome

  Tags: legislature, legislative update, advocacy, loan repayment, benefit, health insurance, scope of practice

  Saturday, April 18, 2009 5:00:00 AM

  Under the dome

  By Kate McCann

  The 81st Texas Legislative Session convened on Jan. 13, ushering in a new era as the Texas House of Representatives elected Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, as the new … more

• Favorable political climate during the interim good indication for next session

  Tags: advocacy, legislative update, legislature, primary care coalition

  Wednesday, October 15, 2008 5:00:00 AM

  Favorable political climate during the interim good indication for next session

  By Kate McCann

  Though the most noticeable battles take place at the Capitol during the first five months of odd- … more

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