The State of Health in Texas
Creativity, Collaboration Needed to Reduce the Growing Burden of Chronic Disease Symposium on Population Health — February 2017 Tex Med. 2018;114(2):22-27. By John Hellerstedt, MD John Hellerstedt, MD, is a board-certified pediatrician and commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services. His background includes office-based and hospital-based general pediatric practice, prior state service in Medicaid […]
Measuring and Managing Population Health
Information and Communication Tools Symposium on Population Health — February 2018 By William M. Tierney, MD; Justin F. Rousseau, MD, MMSc; and Anjum Khurshid, MBBS, PhD William M. Tierney, MD, is professor and chair of the Department of Population Health at The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School. Justin F. Rousseau, MD, MMSc, is […]
MD Anderson’s Population Health Approaches to Cancer Prevention
UT-Affiliated Facility Leads the Fight Against One of Texas’ Leading Causes of Death Symposium on Population Health — February 2018 Tex Med. 2018;114(2):34-41. By Lewis Foxhall, MD; Mark Moreno, and Ernest Hawk, MD, MPH Lewis Foxhall, MD, is vice president for health policy and professor in the Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention at The University of […]
Improving Health in Hard-to-Reach Communities
Demonstration Models of Public Health Delivery in Rural East and West Texas Communities Symposium on Population Health — February 2018 By Jeffrey L. Levin, MD, MSPH, and Billy U. Philips Jr., PhD Jeffrey L. Levin, MD, MSPH, is professor and former chair, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences and Occupational and Environmental Medicine at The […]
TMA Sues Feds Over Unfair Rule for Surprise Billing Law
October 29, 2021 Rule ignores statutory text and congressional intent, shrinks access to care for patients [Austin, TX] — The Texas Medical Association (TMA) filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Tyler, Texas, after the Biden administration failed to follow clear direction from Congress about how to implement the dispute resolution process set forth […]
Medicare Cuts Would Threaten Patients’ Access to Care
Nearly Two-Thirds of Doctors Say They Could Be Forced to Stop Taking New Medicare Patients October 27, 2021 Texas Medicare patients could soon struggle to get a physician’s care if planned Medicare payment cuts take place on Jan. 1. According to a new Texas Medical Association (TMA) survey, the nearly 10% Medicare pay cut Congress […]
TMA Statement: Enough Is Enough
September 3, 2021 Statement by Texas Medical Association (TMA) President E. Linda Villarreal, MD, and Board of Trustees Chair Rick W. Snyder II, MD, about Texas Senate Bill 8 and Senate Bill 4. “Enough. “The Texas Medical Association (TMA) supports our physicians specializing in women’s health and opposes legislation in Senate Bill 8 of Texas’ […]
Physicians Encourage Masking and Vaccination of Students
July 28, 2021 Statement by Texas Medical Association (TMA) President E. Linda Villarreal, MD; Texas Pediatric Society (TPS) President Seth D. Kaplan, MD; and Texas Public Health Coalition (TPHC) Chair Jason V. Terk, MD, as Texans plan for kids to return to school. The physician and health care groups are calling for children to be […]
Health Coverage Extensions Will Help Mothers, Children
June 28, 2021 New Laws Prolong Health Insurance for Potentially Vulnerable People Women can access critical health care longer after delivering their babies, and more children will continue uninterrupted medical care, thanks to two new bills that will become Texas law. Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed Texas House Bill 133 and House Bill 2658, ensuring […]
Physicists discover novel quantum effect in bilayer graphene
Theorists at The University of Texas at Dallas, along with colleagues in Germany, have for the first time observed a rare phenomenon called the quantum anomalous Hall effect in a very simple material. Previous experiments have detected it only in complex or delicate materials. Dr. Fan Zhang, associate professor of physics in the School of […]