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Podcast: AMA Update
Episode: Understanding the Texas Gold Card Law: Advocacy and legislative efforts in prior authorization
Description: Speeding up prior authorization: What is the gold card program? How does prior authorization affect patients? What is prior authorization in healthcare? Ezequiel (Zeke) Silva III, MD, a radiologist at the South Texas Radiology Group, the chair of the Texas Medical Association (TMA) Council on Legislation and member of the AMA Council on Medical Service, joins to discuss the Texas Gold Card Law, its impact on the prior authorization process, as well as the TMA's and AMA's ongoing advocacy efforts to improve health care legislation. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.
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