Complementing and ramping up its work to reform insurance practices that adversely affect patient care, the Texas Medical Association has joined a coalition of patient advocates, physicians, and medical groups that aim to put patients front and center in the fight to improve prior authorization delays and denials, as well as overall health plan transparency and accountability.
The Texas Coalition for Patients’ vision statement, available on its website, states the coalition will work to make “health care more transparent and patient-centered by advancing policy reforms that put patients before [insurance] profits and ensure patients receive the insurance benefits they paid for.”
TMA Council on Legislation Chair Zeke Silva, MD, says the new coalition will augment TMA’s current insurance-related advocacy.
“The goal is to establish some focus on shortcomings being experienced by patients,” Dr. Silva said. “The Texas Coalition for Patients creates a forum and a voice to bring patient-specific stories to the forefront. This coalition will allow those patient voices to be heard and those stories to be gathered, and those stories to resonate with lawmakers.”
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