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Regulatory FAQs: Learn about medical practice rules and regulations
Answers to your questions about medical practice rules and regulations
TMB guidelines for medical spas
With the growing popularity of medical spas comes an increased risk of malpractice lawsuits for physicians who offer medical spa services within their practices.
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.
TMB rules for physicians who retire, close, or leave a practice
Retiring, closing, or leaving a practice? You can now notify patients electronically and on your website.
TMB finalizes new CME requirements
Physicians in Texas must now meet two new CME requirements.
TMB says PMP checks NOT required for inpatient prescribing
TMB issued guidance stating that checking the PMP is NOT required for inpatient care.
TMB issues final rules for pain management
TMB rules for PMP checks, acute pain, and opioid CME requirements
Law requires Texas physicians to query PMP before prescribing opioids
Texas physicians will soon be required to check the Texas Prescription Monitoring database before prescribing opioids, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, or carisoprodol.
Telemedicine FAQs
Get answers to the most frequently asked questions we receive on telemedicine.
Terminating the physician-patient relationship part 1
Guidelines and processes to follow when ending patient care relationships
Terminating the physician-patient relationship part 2
Guidelines and processes to follow when ending patient care relationships
Charging for copies of medical records: Rules released
The amount you can charge for supplying copies of medical records has changed, according to new guidance from the OCR.
New call coverage rules from the Texas Medical Board
In October 2016, the TMB adopted new call coverage rules.
TMB rules you may not know but should, Part 1
Discussion of more challenging TMB rules: physician advertising, actions to take when leaving a medical practice, documentation of patient encounters, and documentation of prescriptions.
Discussion of more challenging TMB rules: new death certificate requirements, standing delegation rules, and office-based anesthesia rules.