TMLT Blog
Health care, risk management, and medical malpractice industry news and trends
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Read ArticleWhat does it mean to be a medical director?
From a legal and liability perspective, a “medical director” is a physician who serves in an administrative capacity as head of an organized medical staff
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Deadline to Report 2018 HIPAA Breaches Approaching
If you experienced a HIPAA breach that affected fewer than 500 individuals in 2018, the deadline to report that breach to HHS is March 1.
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HHS releases voluntary cyber security practices
HHS released voluntary cyber security practices to the health care industry with the aim of providing practice guidelines to reduce cyber security risks.
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Read ArticleUpdate: New schedule II prescription forms required by June 1
Texas physicians will be required to use new schedule II prescription forms beginning June 1, 2019.
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Read ArticleNew vital statistics registry now live
Texas physicians should be using new vital statistics registry
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Read ArticleTexas informed consent lists revised
The TMDP has revised the lists of medical and surgical procedures that require the disclosure of specific risks and informed consent.
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Read ArticleA group admin explains what business interruption really means
What happens when a system failure brings down the EMR?
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Read ArticleOur Paper Empire
When it was all recorded by hand on paper
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Read ArticleTMLT Business Card (circa 1987)
Let me give you my card . . .
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Read ArticleWe're Open for Business
Our first ad
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Read ArticleThen and Now . . . TMLT.org
20 years on the web
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Read ArticleTMLT Gives Back
Policyholder rewards
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Read ArticleThe Texas Medical Board: Then and Now
A review of significant TMB changes and trends over the last 40 years.
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Read ArticleThe TMLT Story
TMLT's founders created their own company to provide the kind of service and support Texas physicians deserved.
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Read ArticlePhysician Communication: Then and Now
It is essential to understand that despite the advances in telecommunication tools, the law has changed very little.
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Read ArticleCommunication Gadgets: Then and Now
From beepers to Smartphones
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Read ArticleTMLT, Texas, and "Ten-gallon Tort Reform"
TMLT has a long-standing record of advocating for physicians and the medical community.
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Read ArticleTMLT Risk Management: Then and Now
Risk management services are an integral part of TMLT’s commitment to physicians.
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Read ArticleFrom the Closed Claim Files: A Surprise for the Plaintiff's Expert
The judge ruled that the plaintiff’s expert was not qualified. But he didn't stop there.
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Read ArticleFrom the Closed Claim Files: An Abandoned Case
A trial ends unexpectedly
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