Medical board rules and regulations

TMB releases rules for PMP checks, acute pain prescribing limits, and opioid CME requirements

TMB issued guidance stating that checking the PMP is NOT required for inpatient care.

Medefense covers legal expenses, fines, and penalties associated with disciplinary actions, such as actions by the TMB, a hospital review committee, or a federal regulatory agency.

With the growing popularity of medical spas comes an increased risk of malpractice lawsuits for physicians who offer medical spa services within their practices.

Retiring, closing, or leaving a practice? You can now notify patients electronically and on your website.

Updated May 15 — TMB has issued guidance on the new minimum standards for physician practices during COVID-19

A review of significant TMB changes and trends over the last 40 years.

The amount you can charge for supplying copies of medical records has changed, according to new guidance from the OCR.

During registration, physicians must answer questions regarding any status changes since their last renewal. However, certain answers or omissions can trigger an investigation by the Board.

During the renewal process, physicians are required to answer questions regarding any status changes since their last renewal. Certain answers or omissions can trigger an investigation by the board.

Rules establish minimum standards for safe practice and requires practices to post those standards.

On-demand webinar discussing: HIPAA and patient privacy; sharing PHI with public health authorities; and preparing for coronavirus in your practice.

Texas physicians will soon be required to check the Texas Prescription Monitoring database before prescribing opioids, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, or carisoprodol.

In October 2016, the TMB adopted new call coverage rules.

TMB urges caution around questionable COVID-19 treatments