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- 1Mandatory Ambulatory Specialty Model Advances Despite Physician Opposition▼Mandatory Ambulatory Specialty Model Moves Ahead Despite Medicine’s Concerns
A mandatory ambulatory specialty payment model is moving forward, according to the Texas Medical Association, which notes that the physician community continues to raise concerns about its design and impact on medical practices. Doctors' groups worry the model could constrain how specialists deliver outpatient care, even as regulators proceed with implementation despite calls from medicine to slow down or revise it.
- 2Texas Panel Issues Nutrition Guidelines for Medical Training▼State Nutrition Advisory Committee Serves Up Guidelines to Shape CME, Med School Curriculum
A state nutrition advisory committee has released new guidelines aimed at shaping continuing medical education and medical school curricula. The recommendations would give nutrition a more formal place in physician training, from coursework for medical students through ongoing education for practicing doctors. The committee published the guidelines through the Texas Medical Association's channels.