Texas CME Requirements

Learn about the Texas Medical Board and earn your continuing medical education (CME) credits online with the AMA Ed Hub.

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Give now to help practices recover from natural disasters

Hurricane season devastated medical practices in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico. A new fund offers a way to help restore access to patient care.

Private Practices
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HHS hears opposition to weakening ACA’s anti-discrimination rule

HHS urged to get stakeholder input and public comment before changing the Affordable Care Act’s sex-discrimination prohibitions.

Health Equity
Unbalanced scales of justice.
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Court ruling imperils immunity for physicians in public service

A Texas court denied a pathologist qualified immunity. If the decision stands, physicians will face another incentive to practice defensive medicine.

Judicial Advocacy
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May 4, 2017: Judicial Advocacy Update

Iowa's highest court says error-reporting document is confidential; State's top court deals blow to medical liability forum shopping

Advocacy Update
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State’s top court deals blow to medical liability forum shopping

The ruling helps preserve rural access to care in a neighboring state.

Judicial Advocacy
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Health care and population health: A team sport

Population health, a new care model, addresses a broad range of factors shown to impact the health outcomes of a group of individuals. A med school in Texas is pioneering a value-based, interprofessional educational approach in its curriculum. 

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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New analyses support blocking pending insurance mergers

Two analyses continue to demonstrate the majority of commercial health insurance markets in the United States are highly concentrated. Proposed mergers would jeopardize patient access to affordable coverage and care.

Access to Care
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AMA analyses support blocking the Anthem-Cigna, Aetna-Humana mergers

Competition and choice hang in balance as the health insurance industry slides toward corporate monopolies.

Press Releases
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Medical students get first-hand experience with underserved patients

Preparing primary care physicians to address the needs of underserved communities is the focus of several programs that provide first-hand experience for med students. Patient care skills emphasized.

ChangeMedEd Initiative