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If you’re a fourth-year medical student, congratulations – interview season is officially here!

Programs start reviewing applications this month, and invitations start rolling in fast. Nervous, excited, checking your email every five minutes? Totally normal.

You’ve worked hard to get to this milestone. Take a breath and remember how far you have come. You are entering an exciting next step in your medical career. Good luck out there! https://hubs.ly/Q04y6jPR0

Today is National Physician Su***de Awareness Day. Physicians face some of the highest rates of burnout, depression, and su***de of any profession. Many hesitate to seek help out of fear – fear of judgment, fear of licensing consequences, fear of letting colleagues down.

To help combat this, TMA Insurance Trust sponsors free, confidential mental health counseling through Anticipate Joy, giving Texas physicians and their families a direct line of support when they need it most. Sessions are unlimited, so you can get the amount of care that's right for you, whenever it's convenient, at no cost.

Learn more about this important benefit here: https://hubs.ly/Q04xG3D80

Life doesn't stop after a serious diagnosis. There are bills to pay, meals to make, and time away from work to manage. TMA Member Critical Illness Insurance pays a cash benefit directly to you, so you decide how it's used. https://hubs.ly/Q04xq9Fb0

Some good news: physician burnout has been trending down for four years straight, and less time spent on after-hours charting, aka ‘pajama time’, is one of the reasons why.

While the overall trend is moving in the right direction, challenges remain uneven, with specialties like emergency medicine and oncology still reporting elevated rates.

If your evenings have felt a little less buried in notes lately, you're not imagining it. Progress, even if there's still more work to do. 💛 https://hubs.ly/Q04x6MVd0

Speed is convenient, but fit matters more. A life insurance policy with TMA Insurance Trust will help make sure your coverage fits your real-life plan. Not just a fast online algorithm. ://www.tmait.org/blog/what-physicians-are-learning-about-quick-life-insurance

Some good news for Texas physicians: starting this September, the state's gold-carding law gets even stronger.

Physicians with a strong track record of approvals will now be evaluated over a full year instead of just six months. Meaning more physicians qualify for exemption from prior authorization on the services they already get right, every time.

Fewer forms, more time for patients. We love seeing wins like this for TX docs. 🙌 https://hubs.ly/Q04wfz3W0

Many Texas physicians continue practicing well beyond age 65. If that's part of your plan, practice size could affect your Medicare enrollment decisions. Our latest blog highlights a few important considerations before you decide. https://hubs.ly/Q04w26z40

Texas state’s own workforce data projects a 41% gap between the primary care physicians we’ll need and the ones we’ll have by 2036 – and it’s steepest in rural regions like the Rio Grande Valley and East Texas. Behind that number is a lot of institutional knowledge, mentorship, and bedside manner built over decades.

To the physicians nearing retirement – thank you for everything you’ve built. And to the residents and early-career physicians stepping up to fill the gap, thank you for carrying that legacy forward; we know it’s in good hands. 🩺 https://hubs.ly/Q04vvdx00

Taking great care of your people shouldn’t break the bank. Explore level funded group health insurance options with TMA Insurance Trust for up to 50 employees and see how your practice could save. https://hubs.ly/Q04v0J7w0