Membership Benefits
- Reduced Registration fees at the TPS Annual Scientific Conference every Fall.
- Professional networking opportunities with face to face interactions at local and state wide events
- Increased access to broader referral basis for being a member versus a non member
- Access to physician colleagues
- Feeling of community by being a TPS member
- Communications regarding Texas legislation and regulatory changes
- Updates regarding reimbursement issues and comment periods
- Society updates and meeting notices through TPS Community Forum and Social Media (LinkedIn and X)
- www.texaspain.org – a library of articles and references and membership directory information, patient FAQs
Practice Management Benefits:
- AMA PRA Category 1tm
- MOCA 2.0
- Pain Management and the Prescription of Opioids
- Medical Ethics and/or Professional Responsibility
- 4 hours of pain specific CME at TexMed each spring
- Quarterly CME Programs complimentary to members
- Over 15 hours of pain specific CME each fall a the TPS Scientific Meeting (Member discount)
- Multiple 1 hour CME dinner programs at the local chapters
- 1 hour of pain specific CME at TSA annual meeting each fall
- Internet Point of Care (IPoC)
- MATE Act Training to fulfill your DEA opioid requirement.
Advocacy Benefits:
- Assisting in the cessation of Illegally Manufactured Fentanyl
- Advocacy at the Capitol on issues that affect your practice
- CAC representation for Centers Medicare/Medicaid (CMS)
- Advocacy with Insurance Carriers
- Member of TMA House of delegates and representative at TMA Interspecialty Society Committee
- Stakeholders with the following regulatory boards: Texas Medical Board, Texas State Board of Pharmacy, Texas Nursing Board, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers Compensation as well as with other interested political stakeholder groups.
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