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TOA E-Connect Archives
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December 2007 |
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December 10th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
2008 TOA
Annual Meeting Call for Abstracts: Deadline
is Friday, Dec. 14, 2007
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
Genzyme Letter: Cross-border
Purchasing And Re-Importing Of Synvisc
UTMB Lecture Series:
Elbow Salvage
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here for E-Connect |
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December 3rd,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
TMLT Risk Mgmt: Failure To Conduct An Adequate
Exam
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
TOPAC
Working For YOU At The Capitol
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here for E-Connect |
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November 2007 |
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November 26th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
CMS Imposes Mandatory Disclosure of
Hospital/Physician Financial Relationships
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
Treatment Planning
Pilot Project - Workers
Compensation
Worth Repeating:
TDI
Fines United … Again!
Register Today
For The Orthopaedic Specific ~ Texas Workers’ Compensation
Workshops
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here for E-Connect |
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November 19th,
2007
Topics:
Happy Thanksgiving!
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here for E-Connect |
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November 12th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
Register Today For The Orthopaedic Specific ~ Texas Workers’
Compensation Workshops
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
UTMB Lecture Series:
Physician Owned Spinal Companies
Worth Repeating: TOA Deputy Director's Update -
Online Seminar Tomorrow
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here for E-Connect |
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November 5th,
2007
Topics:
TOA Deputy
Director's Update
TMLT Risk Mgmt: Incorrect Implant Placed
TO-PAC Working
For YOU At The Capitol
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
Register Today
For The Orthopaedic Specific ~ Texas Workers’ Compensation
Workshops
AAOS: October Residents Newsletter
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here for E-Connect |
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October 2007 |
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October 29th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
TOA Executive Director's Update
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
Treat Workers’
Compensation Patients? E-billing Now Required
Register Today
For The Orthopaedic Specific ~ Texas Workers’ Compensation
Workshops
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here for E-Connect |
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October 22nd,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
TDI To Hold eBill Stakeholder Meeting On Monday,
Oct. 22nd
TO-PAC:
Working For YOU At The Capitol
Workers'
Compensation: Address Your Pre-auth Concerns Now!
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
Register
Today For The Orthopaedic Specific
~
Texas
Workers’ Compensation Workshops
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here for E-Connect |
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October 15th,
2007
Topics:
Get Active
Texas!
Orthopaedic Practice Q & A
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
Workers' Compensation Alert
Register Today
For The Orthopaedic Specific ~
Texas
Workers’ Compensation Workshops
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here for E-Connect |
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October 9th,
2007
Topics:
TOA E-Alert:
Workers' Compensation Alert: Your response to TDI-DWC Needed
ASAP!
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here for E-Connect |
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October 8th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
TOA Executive
Director's Update
The 2008 TOA Annual
Meeting: Submitting An Abstract
WC Net News –
October 2007
ACP, APS Issue Low Back Pain Treatment
Guidelines
Workers' Comp Now Requires Electronic Billing,
Waiver Deadline Looms
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
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here for E-Connect |
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October 1st,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
TMLT Risk Mgmt:
Failure To Diagnose And
Transfer: Epidural Abscess
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
Low Vitamin D
Levels Linked To Hip Fracture
TOA Orthopaedic
Specific ~ Workers' Compensation Workshop
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here for E-Connect |
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September 2007 |
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September 24th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
51st Annual
Edward T. Smith Orthopaedic Lectureship
Performance
Based Oversight Results For Carriers, Providers Announced
BCBS Settles
For $131 Million, Physicians Must File Claims By October 19
Stark II, Phase III: CMS Issues Final Rule But
Possible Changes On The Horizon
AAOS 2007 State Legislative
Wrap-Up
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here for E-Connect |
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September 17th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
Marketing Your
Orthopedic Practice
Informal Or
Voluntary Networks
Meta-analysis: Diabetes Increases Likelihood Of
Hip Fracture
TMLT Reduces Rates
Again
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here for E-Connect |
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September 10th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
Deputy Director's Update
Study: Check
Children Involved In Motor Vehicle Accidents For Spinal Injury
Editorial Encourages Evidence-based Use Of COX-2
Inhibitors In OA Treatment
TMLT Risk Mgmt: Surgery Performed At The Wrong
Level
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here for E-Connect |
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September 3rd,
2007
Topics:
Labor Day - E-Connect will resume September 10, 2007
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here for E-Connect |
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August 2007 |
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August
27th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
Better Health Care
Could Be on the Horizon for Injured Workers
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
NASI Report - Workers' Compensation: Benefits,
Coverage, and Costs
Protect Patients Now:
DMLR Message Reaches Six Million
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here for E-Connect |
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August
20th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
Executive Director's Update
Please Watch For The
PPI Survey In The Coming Weeks
Recent Study Finds
That Acupuncture Doesn’t Help OA Knee
TDI: Providing
Health Care to Injured Employees Beginning September 1, 2007
TOA 2007
Socioeconomic Summit Pictures
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here for E-Connect |
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August
13th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
Study: Nearly 2 In
10 Patients Don’t Follow Through On Referrals
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
Coding questions?
Check The Online Practice Management Center
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here for E-Connect |
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August 9th,
2007 (TOA 2007 Socioeconomic Summit Agenda)
Topics:
Friday, August 10, 2007 – The Business of
Orthopaedics (TOA Resident Course)
Saturday, August 11, 2007 – TOA Socioeconomic
Summit
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here for E-Connect |
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August 6th,
2007
Topics:
Please Take
This Easy Online TOA Patient Base Survey
TMLT Risk
Mgmt: Medication Error
Study: Orthopaedic
Hospitals Have Lower Complication Rate
Heads Up For
Blue Cross Settlement Claim Form
Informal,
Working Drafts of Medical Fee Guideline Rules Posted on Internet
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here for E-Connect |
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July 2007 |
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July 30th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
TOA
Executive Director's Update
Orthopaedist – Industry Conflicts of Interest
Worth Repeating: Study Renews Debate Over
Conflicts of Interest
Upcoming TDI Workers Compensation Educational
Events
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here for E-Connect |
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July 23rd,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
TMLT Risk Mgmt:
Complications Following Knee Surgery
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
TMA Workers' Compensation Seminar Series
CMS Revises Payment Structure
For ASCs
TOA 2007 Socioeconomic Summit & The Business of Orthopaedics
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here for E-Connect |
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July 16th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
2006 American Medical Group Association Survey
Data
The Region VI
Insider: 07/06/2007
One-third
of Hospitals Paying for Specialty Coverage of Emergency
Departments
2006
Orthopedic Surgeon Salary and Employment Survey
SWATA 53rd Annual
Meeting and Clinical Symposium
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here for E-Connect |
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July 11th,
2007 (Invitation to TOA Sponsors)
Topics:
TOA
Invites You To Our 2007 Socioeconomic Summit!
TOA Awarded
State Society of the Year Award for 2007
TOA Contact
Information
Socioeconomic
Summit Registration
Form
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here for E-Connect |
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July 9th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
U.S. Senators To
Push For National Registry Of Industry Gifts To Physicians
Study: Medical
Specialists Increasing, But Surgeons Decreasing
2007
Socioeconomic Summit
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here for E-Connect |
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July 2nd,
2007
Topics:
TOA
Executive Director's Update
TDI-WC
Guidance on Requesting Designated Doctor Examinations
Evidence-based Guidelines Enhance Care for ED
Patients
Non-Coverage Proposal for Lumbar Artificial Disk
Replacement
Worth Repeating: How
Will Medicaid Rate Hike Work?
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here for E-Connect |
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June 2007 |
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June 25th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
Notice of
Public Hearing on Proposed Medicaid Payment Rates
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
Disability Management for
Injured Texas Workers
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here for E-Connect |
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June 18th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
Executive Director's Update
TDI-DWC, News
Releases Concerning PRM and Treatment Planning Rules
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
Workers’
Compensation Physician Practice Update
Texans Bringing Five Proposals To AMA
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here for E-Connect |
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June 15th, 2007
Topic:
Early Registration for the TOA
Socioeconomic Summit & The Business of Orthopaedics
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here for E-Connect |
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June 11th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
WC Net News - June 2007
Worth Repeating - Study: P4P Didn’t Improve
Hospital Care
TDI/WC Issues To Pre-Authorization Rules
Questionnaire
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here for E-Connect |
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June 4th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
AAOS Web Site
Has All You Need To Know About PQRI
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
Workers' Comp: Legislature Clears Out Final Comp
Measures
Guarantee Your
Patient Payment - Use Easy Pay
Recap: 80th
Legislative Session
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here for E-Connect |
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May 2007 |
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May 28th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
Texas District by District: Susan Combs
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
Treatment and Return to Work Guidelines Are In
Effect As Of May 1
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here for E-Connect |
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May 21st,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
TOA Deputy
Director's Update
Texas District by District: Chuck Hopson
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
Providing
Healthcare Services to Nonsubscribing Businesses
TOA
Executive Director's Update
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here for E-Connect |
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May
15th,
2007 (Red Alert E-Connect)
Topic:
RED ALERT!!!
VOTE YES ON SB 1095 and SB 1313
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here for E-Connect |
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May 14th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
2007 Texas
Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting
Texas District by District: Dawnna Dukes
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
Billing For Case
Mgmt When Dealing With Disability Mgmt In WC
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here for E-Connect |
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May
14th,
2007 (Red Alert E-Connect)
Topic:
RED ALERT!!!
SUPPORT SB 1679
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here for E-Connect |
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May 10th,
2007 (TOA Arthritis Walk E-Connect)
Topics:
Common NSAIDs for
Osteoarthritis Associated with High Blood Pressure
AF Statement On Hyaluronic Acid Treatment For
Osteoarthritis Of The Knee
National
Arthritis Walk® Sponsors
Role Of DAP12 In
Regulating Inflammation
Thank You To Our
Sponsors: Balcones Imaging Consultants & Carpe-eDatum
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here for E-Connect |
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May
8th,
2007 (Red Alert E-Connect)
Topic:
RED ALERT!!!
URGENT - SB 1101
is up for a final vote again in the Senate TODAY!
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here for E-Connect |
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May
8th,
2007 (Red Alert E-Connect)
Topic:
RED ALERT!!!
ACTION ALERT - OPPOSE SB 1101
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here for E-Connect |
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May
7th,
2007 (Red Alert E-Connect)
Topic:
RED ALERT!!!
VOTE NO ON HB 1096
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here for E-Connect |
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May
7th,
2007 (Red Alert E-Connect)
Topic:
RED ALERT!!!
VOTE YES ON SB 1679
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here for E-Connect |
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May 7th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
Texas District by District: Dora Olivo
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
Department B:
Notification of NPI Information
CMS Proposes Payment,
Policy Changes For IRFs In Fiscal 2008
2007
Annual Meeting Update
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here for E-Connect |
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May
1st,
2007 (Red Alert E-Connect)
Topic:
RED ALERT!!!
VOTE NO
TO SUSPEND ON SENATE BILL 1101
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here for E-Connect |
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April 2007 |
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April 30th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
Texas District by District: Eliot
Shapleigh
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
Hospitals Shifting
To Pay Specialists For Being "On Call"
ICT Publishes The
April 2007 Edition Of The Texas WC Update
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here for E-Connect |
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April 26th,
2007 (TOA Arthritis Walk E-Connect)
Topics:
Intra-articular Neurotoxins May Offer Relief for Osteoarthritis
Patients
Effect Of Physical
Activity On The Development of Knee Osteoarthritis
National
Arthritis Walk® Hero:
Mia Alessandra Nieto
Imaging Technique May Help With Understanding
and Treating Osteoarthritis
Thank You To Our
Sponsors: Balcones Imaging Consultants & Carpe-eDatum
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here for E-Connect |
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April 24th,
2007 (Red Alert E-Connect)
Topic:
RED ALERT!!!
VOTE NO ON SB 1101
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here for E-Connect |
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April 23rd,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
Texas
District by District: Jane Nelson
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
FDA Panel Rejects Cox-2 Inhibitor
TSSM President's Update
TOA Deputy
Director's Update
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here for E-Connect |
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April 21st,
2007 (Red Alert E-Connect)
Topic:
RED ALERT!!!
OPPOSE HB 1096
AND HB 703
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here for E-Connect |
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April 16th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
Executive Directors Update
Texas
District by District:
Veronica Gonzales
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
Workers' Compensation Update
Important Information about the CMS Physician
Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)
Department B: Are You
Ready?
2007 TOA Annual Meeting Update -
Agenda For The Workers' Compensation Seminar
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here for E-Connect |
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April 12th,
2007 (TOA Arthritis Walk E-Connect)
Topics:
The Arthritis
Foundation responds to “Orthopedists and Viox”
An Experimental Type of Knee Surgery: Autologous
Chondrocyte Implantation
National
Arthritis Walk® Honorees: Brett Cook and Maggie Mueller
Top 10 Arthritis Advances of 2006
Thank You To Our
Sponsors: Balcones Imaging Consultants & Carpe-eDatum
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here for E-Connect |
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April 9th,
2007 (Red Alert E-Connect)
Topic:
RED ALERT!!! SUPPORT HB 3145
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here for E-Connect |
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April 9th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
Executive Director's Update
Texas
District by District:
Jodie Laubenberg
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
Orthopaedic
Extremity Trauma Research Program
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here for E-Connect |
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April 4th,
2007 (TDI-WC E-Connect)
Topic:
Texas Department of Insurance:Online
Demonstrations on Use of Vendor
Treatment and Return-to-Work Guidelines
Offered to System Participants
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here for E-Connect |
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April 2nd,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
Texas
District by District: Ellen Cohen
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
AAOS Files Amicus
Brief On MRI Issue In Maryland
T-BONES Annual Meeting
WWII
Orthopaedic Surgeons Honored in 'Legacy of Heroes' Exhibit
At The Texas State Capitol
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here for E-Connect |
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March 2007 |
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March 26th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
Texas
District by District: Susan King
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
Please Keep Emergency Care Protections Intact
Study: Fragmented Care Poses Problems For P4P
Initiatives
RED ALERT:
Oppose SB468 - Please Contact Your Senator
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here for E-Connect |
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March 23rd,
2007 (Red Alert E-Connect)
Topics:
RED ALERT: Oppose SB468 - Please Contact Your Senator
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here for E-Connect |
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March 19th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
Texas
District by District:
Juan "Chuy"
Hinojosa
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
Department B: All Systems Negative
Urgent - AAOS Needs Your Help Again!
2007 Texas Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting Registration
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here for E-Connect |
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March 12th,
2007
Topics:
TOA
President's Update
Texas
District by District: Garnet Coleman
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
TMLT To Award $40,000 In Medical
Student Scholarships
Study: THA Complications More Common
In Obese Patients
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here for E-Connect |
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March 5th,
2007
Topics:
TOA Executive
Director's Update
Texas District By District:
Sylvester Turner
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
Heart Association Publishes New
Guidelines For Prescribing NSAIDS
TOA 2007 Annual Meeting Guest Speaker - Bernard
F. Morrey, MD
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here for E-Connect |
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February 2007 |
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February 26th,
2007
Topics:
TOA President's Update
TMA Grants TOA
Full CME Accreditation
Texas District By District:
John Zerwas, MD
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
Nonphysicians Bypass Legislatures, Use Own
Boards To Expand Scope
Worth Repeating: The Most
Physician Friendly States
CME Programs Begin
To Emphasize Improvement
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here for E-Connect |
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February 19th,
2007
Topics:
TOA President's Update
Texas District By District: Joe Barton
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
Failure To Diagnose Osteosarcoma
Register by February 23rd for TMA DD/IR Training Course
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here for E-Connect |
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February 12th,
2007
Topics:
TOA President's Update
Texas District By District: Kay Bailey Hutchison
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
Department B: Who's Your Payer?
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here for E-Connect |
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February 5th,
2007
No E-Connect on this
date due to TOA IT Dept. Manager's emergency appendectomy! |
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January 2007 |
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January 29th,
2007
Topics:
TOA President's Update
Texas District By District:
Jim Keffer
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
The 2006 Fee Schedule Survey: Power to the Payers
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here for E-Connect |
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January 22nd,
2007
Topics:
TOA Executive Director's Update
Texas District By District:
John Otto
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
43rd Annual Orthopaedic
Symposium
2007 Annual Meeting Call For Abstracts:
Closed
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here for E-Connect |
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January 15th,
2007
Topics:
TOA Executive Director's Update
Texas District By District:
Robert Nichols
This Week In Texas: Mignon
McGarry Memos
Department B:
2007 Coding
Update - New Codes
Workers Compensation Updates
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here for E-Connect |
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January 8th,
2007
Topics:
TOA President's Update
This Week In Texas:
Initial 80th Session Update
Commissioner Betts Signs Rules
to Improve Medical Dispute Resolution
Faulty Doctor Rating System to
be Suspended
Save The Date!
Last Call For Abstracts:
Deadline January 15, 2007
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