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TOA
President's
Update - Attention: Resident Training Program Directors
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By John T. Gill, MD
President, Texas Orthopaedic Association
The Texas Orthopaedic Association 2008
Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions will be held at the Westin
Riverwalk in San Antonio on May 22nd-24th. Sign your residents up
today for the 6th Annual Resident Quiz Bowl! Quiz Bowl contestants
will receive free accommodations for Friday evening, so they can bring
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residents from each
of Texas’ orthopaedic training programs compete against their rival
programs for the highly coveted traveling trophy and title. Dr. Mark
Brinker’s orthopaedic brain-teasers challenge and delight the
contestants and onlookers alike. A highlight of the scientific session
for all attendees!
Click
here to download the sign up form. Please return by e-mail to
jeseka@toa.org or return by fax to 866-864-1568.
The TOA would like to thank UTMB, Scott & White/Texas A&M HSC, and
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio for signing up
for the 2008 6th Annual Resident Quiz Bowl.
The 2007 Quiz Bowl Teams were: Brooke Army, John Peter Smith, UT San
Antonio, UT Houston, William Beaumont and UTMB. The
final quiz round came down to a heated match between UTHSC San Antonio
and Brooke Army Medical Center contestants. Drs. Jason Lowe and Syed
Ahmed of BAMC took home the Quiz Bowl trophy this year. Brooke Army
residents have won three out of five Quiz Bowls. UTMB has won two out of
five Quiz Bowls. We thank all the resident contestants for playing.
Resident paper winners were UTMB's Dr. Matthew Mays in first place,
JPS's Dr. Jason Tinley in second, and UTMB's Dr. Jay Rapley was awarded
third place.
Please contact the TOA office if you have any questions at 512-370-1505.
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Educational
Sessions on WC Medical and Hospital Fee Guidelines Offered in El
Paso and Houston
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The Texas Department
of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation
(TDI) will present two educational sessions, Newly Revised 2008
Hospital
Fee Guidelines and Newly Revised 2008 Medical Fee Guidelines,
sponsored by the El Paso Community College Small Business Development
Center (SBDC), Human Capital Program at the University of San Antonio
SBDC and South-West Texas Border SBDC Network on Thursday, February
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Guidelines educational session will be
held from 7:45 a.m. to noon. The Newly Revised 2008 Medical Fee
Guideline educational session will be held from 12:15 p.m. to 4:30
p.m. The sessions will take place at the El Paso Community
College, Administrative Services Center, Auditorium, Building-A, 9050
Viscount Blvd. The cost is $40 per person for each session.
To register for the educational sessions, contact Roque Segura, El
Paso Community College Small Business Development Center, by calling
915-831-7744 or emailing
rsegur12@epcc.edu.
The complete news release concerning the educational sessions on
workers' compensation medical and hospital fee guidelines offered in
El Paso on Feb 14, is located
here.
TDI will also present two educational sessions, Newly Revised 2008
Hospital Fee Guidelines and Newly Revised 2008 Medical Fee Guidelines,
sponsored by the University of Houston Small Business Development
Center on Thursday, February 21, 2008. The Newly Revised 2008
Hospital Fee Guidelines educational session will be held from 8:30
a.m. - noon. The
Newly Revised 2008 Medical Fee Guideline educational session will be
held from 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. The sessions will take place at
University of Houston Small Business Development Center, 2302 Fannin,
Suite 200. The cost is $79 per person for each session when
registering online. To register for the educational sessions
online, visit their website (www.sbdc.uh.edu).
For additional information, contact Gina Mattei, University of Houston
Small Business Development Center, by calling 713-752-8485 or emailing
gmattei@uh.edu.
The complete news release concerning the educational sessions on
workers' compensation medical and hospital fee guidelines offered in
Houston on Feb 21, is located by clicking
here.
For information on additional
educational sessions on workers' compensation medical and hospital fee
guidelines in additional locations, please visit the TDI website by
clicking
here.
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This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
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By Mignon McGarry
TOA Legislative Advocate / Memo: Wed. January 30, 2008
TOA Online Version: All Memos
January 30, 2008 Wednesday
The Senate Interim charges are here at last. To view the
complete list from the Texas Senate's website please click
here.
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The Senate Committees have their
work cut out for them. The charges are numerous and broad.
Reports are due December 1st so expect to see a
busy year of hearings.
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Senate Interim Charges of Interest
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By
Jon Opelt
Texas Alliance For Patient Access |
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Health & Human Services
Study the state's current and long-range need for physicians,
dentists, nurses, and other allied health and long-term care
professionals. Make recommendations on how the state can help
recruit high-need professions, especially for primary
care providers and long-term care professionals in the underserved
regions of Texas. (Joint charge with the Senate Committee on
International Relations and Trade)
Jurisprudence
Study practices intended to enhance the jury experience and increase
jury participation,
including:
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allowing jurors to ask questions of
witnesses by submitting them to the judge in
writing;
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allowing lawyers to periodically
summarize testimony for the jury;
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allowing jurors to take notes during
trial; and
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allowing jurors to discuss evidence
among themselves during trial.
Study and make recommendations
relating to the jurisdiction, authority, power and discretion of
probate judges in Texas, including the authority of a probate judge to
intervene in a non-probate case.
State Affairs
Study the economic impact of recent civil justice reform legislation
in Texas. Study whether Texas should adopt the Restatement 2nd of
Torts Sec. 674 (Wrongful use of Civil Proceedings) and whether a
person should be allowed to recover court and attorneys fees when he
has been forced to defend a lawsuit filed without probable cause or
for intimidation purposes.
Monitor the Texas workers' compensation system, and the continued
implementation of the reforms of HB 7, 79th Legislature, Regular
Session, by the Texas Department of
Insurance and other state agencies. Specifically evaluate the recent
decision by the Texas Supreme Court in Entergy v. Summers in terms of
its impact and the impact of previous legislation on the workers'
compensation system.
We would like to thank Jon Opelt for his interpretation of the Senate
Interim Charges.
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Worth Repeating: Patient Safety Alert: Stryker Orthopaedics
Issues Voluntary Recall of Trident® Hemispherical Shells
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Stryker Orthopaedics has issued a
voluntary recall of all Trident® Hemispherical Shells manufactured at
their Cork, Ireland, facility between January 2000 and December 2007.
The recall, initiated by Stryker on January 21, 2008, is in response
to a recent cleaning process evaluation conducted at the Cork,
Ireland, facility that revealed that some parts tested exceeded the
internal acceptance criteria for manufacturing residuals. The result
of exceeding these manufacturing
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residuals values presents the
potential hazard that the device may not achieve biological fixation.
The Trident® Hemispherical Shells affected by this recall include all
lot codes with an expiration date between January 2005 (2005-01) and
December 2012 (2012-2) and those with catalog numbers 500-01, 502-11,
502-01, 508-11. Stryker Orthopaedics, based on expert opinion of
current and historical data, believes that patients implanted with the
affected product are not at increased risk.
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