Dr. Fred Merian

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  "An important part of what we're fighting for is a long-term and significant change in the way these companies do business with the American people and their doctors," said Fred Merian, MD, president of Texas Medical Association.

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  "The law requires these guidelines to be fair and reasonable and designed to ensure quality medical care," said TMA President Fred Merian, MD, a family practitioner from Victoria who treats injured workers.
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  "The rule the commission wrote - and the way they went about writing it - violates state law," Dr. Merian said."It violates workers' legal right to quality medical care for on-the-job injuries.And it violates doctors' legal right to reasonable reimbursement."
  
  Physicians consider the workers' compensation medical system, with its already-too-low rates, to be absolutely the most hassle-filled health care system in the state, Dr. Merian explained.Now, this double-digit cut in reimbursement is forcing physicians across Texas to stop seeing workers' compensation patients.
  
  "This new fee schedule, if allowed to stand, will further force good doctors out of the system," he said.

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  "The rule the commission wrote - and the way they went about writing it - violates state law," said TMA President Fred Merian, MD. "It violates workers' legal right to quality medical care for on-the-job injuries.

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  "His patients loved him," said Fred Merian, MD, a past-president of TMA, and a family physician from Victoria.

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  "An important part of what we're fighting for is a long-term and significant change in the way these companies do business with the American people and their doctors," says Texas Medical Association president Fred Merian, M.D. "The Cigna settlement comes up short in many ways."

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  "This is a major victory for a team that faced some long legal odds," said Texas Medical Association President Fred Merian, MD. "But we kept plowing ahead, down after down.Now we've marched the ball nearly the length of the field against one of the best defensive teams in the nation.
  
  "It's 'first and goal' for the medical profession and the patients we serve," he said.
  
  Dr. Merian pointed out that TMA and the other medical societies in the case are not seeking monetary damages."Our goal is to stop this industry from putting profits ahead of patients," he said.

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  "This is a major victory for a team that faced some long legal odds," said Texas Medical Association President Fred Merian, MD. "But we kept plowing ahead, down after down. Now we've marched the ball nearly the length of the field against one of the best defensive teams in the nation.
  
  "It's 'first and goal' for the medical profession and the patients we serve," he said.
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  Dr. Merian pointed out that TMA and the other medical societies in the case are not seeking monetary damages. "Our goal is to stop this industry from putting profits ahead of patients," he said.

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  "This is a major victory for a team that faced some long legal odds," said Texas Medical Association President Fred Merian, MD. "But we kept plowing ahead, down after down.Now we've marched the ball nearly the length of the field against one of the best defensive teams in the nation.
  
  "It's ‘first and goal' for the medical profession and the patients we serve," he said.
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  Dr. Merian pointed out that TMA and the other medical societies in the case are not seeking monetary damages."Our goal is to stop this industry from putting profits ahead of patients," he said.

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  "This is a major victory for a team that faced some long legal odds," said Texas Medical Association President Fred Merian, MD. "But we kept plowing ahead, down after down.Now we've marched the ball nearly the length of the field against one of the best defensive teams in the nation.
  
  "It's 'first and goal' for the medical profession and the patients we serve," he said.
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  Dr. Merian pointed out that TMA and the other medical societies in the case are not seeking monetary damages."Our goal is to stop this industry from putting profits ahead of patients," he said.

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  "This is a major victory for a team that faced some long legal odds," said Texas Medical Association President Fred Merian, M.D. "But we kept plowing ahead, down after down.Now we've marched the ball nearly the length of the field against one of the best defensive teams in the nation.It's `first and goal' for the medical profession and the patients we serve," he said.
  
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  Dr. Merian pointed out that TMA and the other medical societies in the case are not seeking monetary damages."Our goal is to stop this industry from putting profits ahead of patients," he said."We want to make sure everyone plays by the rules."
  
  "Our legal and public policy goals are inseparable from the patients'.Just like the patient protection laws we fought for, any victory for the physicians in this case is really a victory for our patients."
  
  The case is being heard in the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, Miami Division: MDL No. 1334; Master File No. 00-1334-MD-Moreno.

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