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2024 SLATE OF CANDIDATES
The Women
Physicians Section PROPOSED BY THE HCMS NOMINATING BOARD
will meet on
Tuesday, Oct. 3 PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY/
Connect during the
social hour from 6 - 7 p.m. ELECT TREASURER
followed by an ethics CME: Dwane G. Broussard, MD Clare A. Hawkins, MD Felicity L. Mack, MD
“The Annual Career Check Manish Rungta, MD Angela K. Sturm, MD
Up: Best Practices for a
Strong, Healthy Career.” EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER (4-yr. term)
Register today at www. Eddie L. Patton, Jr., MD Evan G. Pivalizza, MD
hcms.org/AnnualEvents. BOARD OF ETHICS (3-yr. term)

Andrew Li-Yung Hing, MD January Y. Tsai, MD
Medicare Oct. RVU Shane M. Magee, MD Alexander Yudovich, MD
file update
The updated October CMS BOARD OF MEDICAL LEGISLATION (4-yr. term)
RVU file will be available Ahmed O. Kaseb, MD Michael J. Snyder, MD Avais M. Chatha, MD
for download on Oct. 1. The Anthony J. Popek, MD Baominh P. Vinh, MD Anh Q. Dang, MD
RVUs are generally updated
4 times per year in January, BOARD ON SOCIOECONOMICS (3-yr. term)
April, July, and October and Angela M. Guerra, MD Troy T. Fiesinger, MD Richard L. Noel, MD
can be found on the CMS Stacy V. Smith, MD David J. Vining, MD Alisha Y. Young, MD
website at https://go.cms.
gov/2hu30E3. The RVUs DELEGATES TO THE TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
are used to calculate the (2-yr. term)
Medicare physician fee
schedule. Lindsay K. Botsford, MD Nora A. Janjan, MD Amber D. Shamburger, MD
These articles Leanne Burnett, MD Christine E. Koerner, MD Gary J. Sheppard, MD
from Physicians Anh Q. Dang, MD Ana L. Leech, MD Mina K. Sinacori, MD
Lewis E. Foxhall, MD
Practice (https://bit. Marina C. George, MD Andrew Li-Yung Hing, MD Charles E. Soderstrom, MD
Susanna C. Spence, MD
Arthur Lim, MD
ly/3LwDFsv), Medical Alan P. Glombicki, MD Shane M. Magee, MD Richard Strax, MD
Economics (https:// Angela M. Guerra, MD Aurelio Matamoros, Jr., MD Spencer H. Su, MD
shorturl.at/frwx2), Shiva Gupta, MD Terry S. Newman, MD Irvin Sulapas, MD
and this MLN Fact Sheet Steven E. Haber, MD Richard L. Noel, MD January Y. Tsai, MD
(https://shorturl.at/ Alison J. Haddock, MD Stacy L. Norrell, MD Mohammad A. Ursani, MD
dwEQ2) explain the Ori Z. Hampel, MD Carla F. Ortique, MD Carlos J. Vital, MD
various RVUs, how they Shannon B. Hancher-Hodges, MD Monika Patil, MD George W. Williams II, MD
are used to calculate Lindsey D. Harris, MD Kanchan A. Phalak, MD H. David Wills, MD
physician reimbursement, Hattie E. Henderson, MD Anne Marie Ponce de Leon, MD Kevin S. Winfield, MD
and how to apply them in Stephen A. Herrmann, MD Manish Rungta, MD Alisha Y. Young, MD
the management of your Terah C. Isaacson, MD Ainel B. Sewell, MD Alexander Yudovich, MD
practice. ALTERNATE DELEGATES TO THE TEXAS MEDICAL
Use the HCMS Work ASSOCIATION (2-yr. term)
RVU Calculator to measure
and track productivity, Kulvinder S. Bajwa, MD Victoria I. Gordon, DO Brian C. Reed, MD
and our Charge Master Mohit Bansal, MD Erica E. Hightower, MD Barry S. Siller, MD
Calculator to develop a fee Norman L. Berkman, MD Vikas Jogi, MD Patrick V. Solcher, MD
schedule for your practice Olga O. Brusil, MD David C. Mackey, MD Christopher K. Wong, MD
Luis H. Camacho, MD
found on our Tools and Victoria C. Chang, MD Rupesh Nigam, MD
Linda X. Pang, MD
Resources page (https://
shorturl.at/cltT4). Delegates and alternate delegates to the TMA serve two-year terms; therefore, only those delegates and
alternate delegates with terms ending December 31, 2023, and new members are included on the proxy.
Presented by the HCMS Additional candidates may be added to the proxy by submission of a signed petition of 25 members.
Board on Socioeconomics Petitions must be received by Sept. 29. Official proxies will be placed online or mailed by Oct. 6.

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