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Young Fellows’ Survival Kit
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Table of Contents...
pg 3 Getting Your License
pg 3 Joining a Hospital
pg 3 Establishing Your Practice
pg 4 Resources for Your Practice
pg 6 Practice Management
pg 8 Looking Forward to the Future
pg 9 Getting Involved
Young Fellows’ Survival Kit
Getting Your LicenseTexas Medical Board
Licensure Proces• s
Eligibilit• y
Monitor Your Applicatio• n
Renewing a Current Licens• e
About the Texas Medical Jurisprudence Exam
Texas Medical Jurisprudence Manual/Study Guide
Joining a HospitalList of hospitals in TX
Establishing Your PracticeDeciding whether to start or join an existing practice
How to do a medical practice buy-in
The Climb to Partnership
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Resources for Your PracticeConsulting•
Practice Consulting Services - Practice Setup Assistanco e
Help With Negotiating Health Plan Contracto s
OIG Tips for Recognizing Questionable Consultanto s
TMA Practice Consulting - Antitrust Issueo s
TMA Practice Consulting offers on-site trainino g
legal information•
TEXPAo C
Regulatoro y
HIPAA and PSQIA Informatioo n
HIPAA Resource Centeo r
insuranCe•
Texas Medical Liability Insurance Carriero s
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Texas Department of Insuranco e
Credentialing Applicatio n
Listing of Texas Health Maintenance Organizations/PPOs/HMO s
ACS Insurance Prograo m
marketing a PraCtiC• e
Appearance isn’t everything, but it definitely leaves a lasting impressioo n
Designing an effective practice brochuro e
Designing a Marketing Stratego y
Thinking of creating a brochure for your practico e
THIN Online Inquiro y
Tips for an Effective Practice Web Sito e
Tips for Promoting a Practice Web Sito e
MEDEM: Bringing You Patients, Payment, and Protection for Your Practice•
Overvieo w
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Join MEDEo M
iHealto h
County Medical Societie• s
state and federal agenCies•Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Serviceso (877) 267-2323Texas Department of Insuranceo (800) 578-4677Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership Medicaid o Provider Number (800) 925-9126TrailBlazer Health Enterprises LLC Medicare Provider o Number (866) 697-9670Texas Department of State Health Serviceso (888) 963-7111Texas Department of Public Safetyo (512) 424-2000Texas Workers’ Compensation Commissiono (800) 252-7031Controlled Substance Registrationo (512) 424-2188Drug Enforcement Administrationo (202) 307-1000Official Prescription Programo (512) 424-2189Triplicate Prescription Formso (512) 424-2189
Practice Management
Billing and Coding•
At-a-Glance Billing Guidelineo s
Reimbursemeno t
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Billing Guidelines for Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialist, and Physician Assistanto s
Billing and Collections “Yellow Pageso ”
Billing Medicare for Locum Teneno s
Choosing an Outside Billing Servico e
faCs Coding resourCeso - ACS Coding Today - CPT Coding Hotline - CPT Coding Workshops
Human Resource• s
Maintenance of Certificatio• n
mediCaid •
Medicaid Informatioo n
mediCare•
National Medicare Resourceo sMedicare Learning Networo k Medicare.goo v
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Risk Managemen• t
Comply With Laws Governing Debt Collectioo n Document, Document, Documeno t Good Communication Can Help Keep You Out of Couro t Delegating Prescriptive Authorito y Who’s Allowed to Call in Controlled Substance Prescriptionso ? Hand in Glove: What OSHA Requireo s OSHA Compliance: Don’t Get Stuco k OSHA Compliance in the Small Medical Offico e Destroy Medical Records Securelo y How Long Do I Have to Keep Patient Medical Recordso ?
Practice Operation• s
Looking Forward to the FutureRetirement or Sale of Practice Checklis• t
Sample Letter: Physician Retiring from Practice
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Getting Involved
Joining the ameriCan College of surgeons and Your loCal ChaPter•
Top Reasons to Join ACo S
Membership Info o
Apply for ACS Fellowshio p
Join the South Texas Chapteo r
VoiCing Your oPinion on legislatiVe issues•
Finding Your Legislatoro
Texas Senator s
Texas Representative s
How to write a letter to your Congressmeo n
Texas Political Action Committee (TEXPACo )
ACS Views on Legislative Issueo s
Find a bill or lao w
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