8th GRADE MATH
More and more I am seeing both TMB experts and Board members and staff arguing that a doctor’s medical records are deficit because the records fail to provide expressed justification or rationale for...
View ArticleTexas Medical Board & Treatment of Chronic Pain
Board rule 170.3 basically provides a step-by-step guideline on how to document the treatment of pain. The key to documenting the treatment of pain is to describe one’s legitimate medical purpose for...
View ArticleEnd of Life Care
I am an admitted NPR fan. A day without Morning Edition or All Things Considered is a bad day, disconnected with the world around me. On Monday, All Things Considered did an amazing story regarding...
View ArticleTrial of Winkler County Nurse who reported Doctor to Texas Medical Board-Part 1
The trial began on February 8, 2010 with jury selection. Prior to the trial, one of the two nurses, Vicki Galle, originally indicted was dismissed from the case. Anne Mitchell’s trial involves...
View ArticleMore Rule Changes Proposed By the Texas Medical Board
On July 16th, the Texas Medical Board published it proposed rule changes to be considered at it next Board meeting in August. It is important for licensees and other interested parties to review these...
View ArticleTreating Family Members May Get You In Trouble
The Board has a rule that strongly suggests that it a bad idea to treat family members. If elect to do so, you must do so as if you were treating a regular patient. This includes, full H&P,...
View ArticleHB 1013 Passed House: Could Change the TMB
Last week HB 1013 passed the Texas House unanimously. This bill does several things that will make the both the investigative process and the legal process with the Texas Medical Board much improved....
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