Ask your Legislators to Fix Medicare Now!!

Thank you, @texmed and the Texas Delegation, for supporting my election to the @AmerMedicalAssn Council on Medical Service. Congratulations to #MelissaGarretson on her #AMA Board of Trustee election. Now, our work on behalf of physicians begins! texmed.org/TexasMedicineDeta…

Ref Com G. Great work for the house of medicine.

This is a great update by @TexMed Pres. @DocRayC Callas regarding scope expansion bills and what #TMA - with help from @AmerMedicalAssn - is doing to stop them. ama-assn.org/practice-manage…

."The @texmed leaders also encouraged the committee to address the barriers between Texans and current health insurance market options, some of which they said are erected by health plans: inadequate networks, out-of-date provider directories, onerous prior authorization requirements, patient steering, and disparate payment for telemedicine and in-person services among them. Others, such as complicated enrollment processes for public programs like Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, fall within the state’s domain" texmed.org/TexasMedicineDeta…

Huntvsille Memorial Hospital Turnaround youtu.be/HbTPkc4K7oQ?si=RHq8… via @YouTube

Congratulations Dr. Callas, the incoming president of the TMA. #texmed

To all my fellow physicians: I serve in the greatest profession with some truly outstanding people, and am always humbled by the care and compassion I see given in all circumstances. #DoctorsDay2024 #MedTwitter

I’m excited for my colleague and friend!

"Single-payer, a system in which healthcare is paid for by the federal government, 'is the single way to crater the practice of medicine and the standard of care that our patients deserve,' " – Ray Callas, MD (@DocRayC), via @medpagetoday. hubs.li/Q028LM7l0 #TMA #AMA2023

Getting ready for a productive day in the @AmerMedicalAssn House of Delegates Business Session. The Texas Delegation is working hard to make a difference for physicians and their patients. #TMA #AMA2023

Hospital bosses love AI. Doctors and nurses are worried. - The Washington Post apple.news/A65x2YtrWQQOD-p2U…

Congrats to @TexMed Associate VP Sylvia Salazar @sylsalazar on becoming president of the American Association of Medical Society Executives. Well deserved, and a reminder of how fortunate Texas physicians are to have such amazing staff working on our behalf at #TMA.

Dear @repnatemoran, please help preserve patient access to physicians by signing the Bera Bucshon letter. In rural areas in particular, many physicians are contemplating closing their offices due to operating costs. Non-metro counties need more physicians, not less. @TexMed

That’s a wrap! Thank you #AMAmtg Reference Committee G chair @zekesilva3 and all the other committee volunteers for your work. Your efforts — along with those of our speakers, resolution authors, HOD members, and staff — will ensure @AmerMedicalAssn has strong policy to guide it.

Heard this morning at #AMAmtg: H.R. 2474 will help keep physician practices viable, but it will be a hard sell with Congress. Everyone - patients and physicians - will need to contact legislators and push for this. FixMedicareNow.org @AmerMedicalAssn @texmed

The AMA TX Delegation led the way today toward stabilizing Medicare for patients. TMA President Rick Snyder, MD, said, “Today our nation’s physicians declared Medicare reform as an urgent, top advocacy and legislative priority,” with strategic solutions. hubs.li/Q01TcDXP0

Autopsy: U.S. Olympian Tori Bowie died from complications of childbirth - ESPN #AMAmtg its time to face inequity in healthcare. Unacceptable…. apple.news/A4xZjPvFbQc6CB3dW…

Thank you @AmerMedicalAssn House of Delegates for making Medicare physician payment reform a top priority and voting today to step up its advocacy efforts to achieve this. We need this if we want to keep physician practices viable and preserve patient access to physicians.