• A posed photo of five women in medical uniforms gathered in an office space

    Clinic Closeup

    Christy Belluomini, PSS Supervisor; Linda Phillips, MD, Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery; April Chonoski, Nurse Clinician III; Andrea Thorsen, Medical Assistant II; Jeanette Serrano, Medical Assistant II, at the second-floor Surgical Specialties office at the League City Campus.

  • A posed photo of five women in medical uniforms gathered in an office space

    Clinic Closeup

    Christy Belluomini, PSS Supervisor; Linda Phillips, MD, Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery; April Chonoski, Nurse Clinician III; Andrea Thorsen, Medical Assistant II; Jeanette Serrano, Medical Assistant II, at the second-floor Surgical Specialties office at the League City Campus.

  • A posed photo of five women in medical uniforms gathered in an office space

    Clinic Closeup

    Christy Belluomini, PSS Supervisor; Linda Phillips, MD, Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery; April Chonoski, Nurse Clinician III; Andrea Thorsen, Medical Assistant II; Jeanette Serrano, Medical Assistant II, at the second-floor Surgical Specialties office at the League City Campus.

  • A posed photo of five women in medical uniforms gathered in an office space

    Clinic Closeup

    Christy Belluomini, PSS Supervisor; Linda Phillips, MD, Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery; April Chonoski, Nurse Clinician III; Andrea Thorsen, Medical Assistant II; Jeanette Serrano, Medical Assistant II, at the second-floor Surgical Specialties office at the League City Campus.

  • A posed photo of five women in medical uniforms gathered in an office space

    Clinic Closeup

    Christy Belluomini, PSS Supervisor; Linda Phillips, MD, Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery; April Chonoski, Nurse Clinician III; Andrea Thorsen, Medical Assistant II; Jeanette Serrano, Medical Assistant II, at the second-floor Surgical Specialties office at the League City Campus.

Faculty Group Practice Newsletter Latest Edition

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Now Open! Ambulatory Operations, Support Teams on the Countdown to Clinic Opening

When it comes to opening and operating health care clinics, UTMB’s Ambulatory Operations leadership draws from a strong history of bringing expert care into the communities they serve. This experience and success have served the team well in opening the UTMB Health Friendswood Primary and Specialty Care Clinic.

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Meet UTMB’s New Chair of Anesthesiology

The Department of Anesthesiology at UTMB welcomed a new leader in January, as Marcos F. Vidal Melo, MD, PhD, began his tenure as Chair. With a strong background in cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesiology, academic medicine, and a broad understanding of challenges and opportunities within the specialty, he is eager to elevate the department across all of UTMB’s mission areas.

A close up photo of a person's hands clutching their knee as they sit

Introducing a Cutting-Edge, Safer Solution for Chronic Knee Pain

Osteoarthritis-related chronic knee pain can significantly impact daily life—limiting mobility, disrupting sleep, and reducing overall quality of life. UTMB’s Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology now offers Geniculate Artery Embolization (GAE)—a state-of-the-art, image-guided procedure that directly targets knee inflammation, providing long-lasting pain relief for osteoarthritis patients.

  • 2025 Doctors Day graphic on a dark blue background

    Happy Doctors' Day, UTMB Physicians!

    Each year on National Doctors' Day, we recognize the outstanding work our doctors do to improve health and well-being. UTMB will celebrate the occasion on Monday, March 31, with recognition events at our hospital campuses and special gifts for physicians across the institution.

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    Recognizing Our UTMB Social Workers

    March is Social Work Month, a time for us to honor and celebrate our UTMB social workers' remarkable influence!

  • The name "Epic" in white text on a red background

    Epic Enhancements: Telehealth Update

    Starting Jan. 1, 2025, the documentation requirements for Telehealth services were updated to support mental/behavioral Telehealth services billing.

  • "Bring Your Own Device" on a dark navy banner with a cell phone pattern

    Bring Your Own Device: Enroll by March 31

    UTMB's current policy allows personal device use for communications, business purposes, and access to secure resources and networks. The Bring Your Own Device initiative requires enrollment of all devices in our Mobile Device Management solution, Microsoft Intune, by March 31, 2025.

 APP Corner

  • Aimee Jackson's headshot on a dark teal background with a white stethoscope graphic

    Return to UTMB Brings Career Full Circle for RWSP Director

    Dr. Aimee Jackson recently joined UTMB as Senior Director of Clinical and Administrative Operations for Regional Women’s Services and Pediatrics (RWSP). She brings three decades of valuable health care experience to the role. Dr. Jackson graciously took the time to discuss her return to UTMB and share more about herself.

APP Corner is a monthly feature by, about, and for UTMB's Advanced Practice Professionals.

'CODING' inside speech bubbles  RCO Coding Clip

  • Documenting Co-Surgeries and Assistant Surgeries

    When co-surgeries and assistant surgeries are performed, it is very important that it is documented correctly so the appropriate modifiers can be added. Also, not all CPT codes can be billed as a co-surgery or an assistant surgery. Observing does not qualify as a co-surgery or an assistant surgery.

Have coding questions or need additional training? We are here to help! We invite you to contact us to schedule large group, small group, or 1:1 training.

Submit Your Request

RCO Coding Clip is a monthly feature in the FGP Newsletter, with educational and informational items for providers from our Revenue Cycle Operations Coding Team.

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We  feature sights across our UTMB campuses each month. If you think you know where this photo was taken, email Robert with the location.

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    February Winner - Where in the UTMB

    Congratulations to Kelly O’Donnell, MSN, RN, OCN, Nurse Manager for Ambulatory Operations, for being the first to recognize the waiting area at the Texas City Adult and Pediatric Primary Care Clinic.