At the June Board meeting, there was a discussion regarding “abuses” of open records requests. Board staff informed the Public Information Committee about 22 TAC 199.3, which generally provides if someone continues to make open records requests over 36 hours of staff time, they can charge additional money. According to staff there are a handful [...]
At the June meeting for the Texas Medical Board, staff reported to the Board members that the Board is doing well for its 2010 budget, which ends on August 31st. Currently, the Board has spent 7.5 million out of an 11 million dollar budget. Most of the remaining money will go to staff salaries and [...]
June 3rd was another meeting of the Texas Medical Board’s Licensure Committee. Over the past two years the number of applicants found to be ineligible for licensure or granted a license with disciplinary action has outnumbered the people who received an unrestricted license. Yesterday was no different. June 3rd was a “light” meeting in that [...]
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 end of life care and how the city of La Crosse, Wisconsin worked developing dialogue with patients regarding treatment opinions [...]
Texas Medical Board staff met with the representatives of the Texas Nursing Board and the Department of Public Safety regarding prescriptive delegation for mid-level providers. They discussed the two methods that mid-level providers to prescribe scheduled drugs:
(1) The mid-level providers can obtain there own certification with the DEA and DPS. Their individual certification number must [...]
As previous noted in the blog, the 2009 Fiscal Year was a big on for the number of investigations and Informal Settlement Conferences for the Texas Medical Board. Last fiscal year (Runs September 1 to August 31) the Board held 700 ISCs, 200 more than in FY 2008.
Based on a report by the Executive Director [...]
The following is a brief, but interesting story regarding disruptive behavior in the medical profession.
By Andis Robeznieks
Posted: November 4, 2009 – 4:45 pm EDT
Behavior problems between doctors and nurses were reported by more than 97% of the nurses and doctors who participated in an American College of Physician Executives’ survey, which found that the most [...]
The Board members present were:
Board Chair Allen Cline, Tex. Lic. Acc.
Chung-Hwei Chernly, Tex. Lic. Acc.
Linda Wynn Drain
Raymond Graham
Terry Rascoe, M.D.
Karen Siegel, Tex. Lic. Acc.
Rachelle Webb, Tex. Lic. Acc.
Rey Ximenes, M.D.
Key Board Staff Members present:
Mari Robinson, Executive Director
Alan Moore, M.D., Medical Director
Toni Knight, Licensure Manager
Jennifer Kaufman, Assistant General Counsel
Nori Peterson
Monique Johnston
Sonja Aurellius
The Education Committee opened at [...]
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 the treatment of pain, based “upon accepted scientific knowledge of the treatment of pain.” The Board basically wants one to follow five (5) [...]