Regulatory FAQs: Learn about medical practice rules and regulations
Answers to your questions about medical practice rules and regulations
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Answers to your questions about medical practice rules and regulations
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With the growing popularity of medical spas comes an increased risk of malpractice lawsuits for physicians who offer medical spa services within their practices.
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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.
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Have you received a TMB notice? Or disciplinary action?
Report it here.Retiring, closing, or leaving a practice? You can now notify patients electronically and on your website.
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Every TMLT policy includes Medefense coverage. Medefense covers legal expenses, fines, and penalties associated with disciplinary actions.
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This presentation describes regulations around the Texas Prescription Monitoring Program and rules for physicians to comply with pain management legislation passed in 2019.
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Physicians in Texas must now meet two new CME requirements.
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TMB issued guidance stating that checking the PMP is NOT required for inpatient care.
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TMB rules for PMP checks, acute pain, and opioid CME requirements
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Texas physicians will soon be required to check the Texas Prescription Monitoring database before prescribing opioids, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, or carisoprodol.
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Get answers to the most frequently asked questions we receive on telemedicine.
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A review of significant TMB changes and trends over the last 40 years.
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The amount you can charge for supplying copies of medical records has changed, according to new guidance from the OCR.
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In October 2016, the TMB adopted new call coverage rules.
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Discussion of more challenging TMB rules: physician advertising, actions to take when leaving a medical practice, documentation of patient encounters, and documentation of prescriptions.
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Discussion of more challenging TMB rules: new death certificate requirements, standing delegation rules, and office-based anesthesia rules.
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