Benefits of Medical Society Membership
A Broad Sampling of Membership Benefits Available to SFMS/CMA
Members
Featured Benefit: Are you having Medicare reimbursement
problems?
CMA has been getting good results in helping SFMS/CMA members get
paid and has been achieving significantly reduced wait times. Contact
the special CMA Reimbursement Hotline at (800) 786-4262 today to get the
help you need! Please also share this important information with
your nonmember colleagues. Have them contact Therese Porter in the
Membership Department at (415) 561-0850 extension 268 or tporter@sfms.org to join SFMS/CMA and
become eligible for this valuable assistance.
SFMS Member Benefits
- Professional Insurance
- Medical Insurance Exchange of California—professional
liability insurance
- SFMS Publications
- San Francisco Medicine—the award-winning
medical journal
- SFMS Annual Membership Directory and Desk Reference
- SFMS Action News—an informative biweekly fax/e-mail member
newsletter
- PPO Contacts/Services
- Bay Area Preferred Providers (BAPP)—aids physicians’
contract with PPOs and health plans
- Computer Support/Sales
- CDW—discounted hardware/software sales
- Matrix Computer Systems—technical support for small to medium
offices
- Financial Services
- Financial services to address the specialized financial needs of
busy health care professionals with attractive financing programs and
industry-specific solutions designed to increase productivity and
streamline members’ operations
- Medical Insurance
- Marsh Affinity Services—group medical, life, disability,
dental, and workers’ compensation; competitively priced packages
for solo, small, medium, and large groups, with specialized programs for
SFMS members
- Networking & Practice Development
- Listing in the SFMS Membership Directory, a popular and trusted
healthcare resource which enables easy access to member information both
by members and other healthcare practitioners throughout the Bay
Area
- Participation in the SFMS Physician Referral Service, which helps
you expand your practice by enabling potential patients to find you.
This service is available to patients both on the SFMS website and
by calling the SFMS offices. All members are eligible to
participate.
- Cultural events, mixers, and other opportunities for networking
CMA Member Benefits for SFMS Members
- Practice Management
- Practice management software—revenue cycle management
services, combining practice management software with updated payer
rules and a billing/collections center
- Practice management financing
- Practice solutions loans for upgrading software, practice expansion,
and equipment purchasing
- Legal Services
- CMA On Call—an online library that contains medical-legal,
regulatory, and reimbursement information
- CMA Legal Helpline—provides immediate assistance for HR,
medical, regulatory, or legal questions
- Financial Services
- Wealth management, retirement, and investments
- Financial planning, investment management, retirement, and estate
planning services discounted for CMA members
- Educational Services
- CME tracking/credentialing
- CME Certification service—40% off for CMA members
- Publications
- CMA Alert—biweekly e-newsletter providing up-to-date
information regarding legislation, advocacy efforts, discounts, and
services provided to CMA members
- www.calphys.org—a webzine focusing on health
policy and medicine in California
- Health Information Technology
- EHR Best Practice Series™ by Maxwell IT Company—national
education/consulting program endorsed by state medical associations to
help physician practices learn best practices for selecting and
implementing an her
- Information Technology
- Point-of-care access (via PDA or smartphone) to up-to-date
information on drugs, diseases, and diagnostics; CMA members receive up
to 50% off service fees
- Office Supplies
- Save up to 80% with the new Staples Business Advantage purchasing
program
- Patient Assistance
- MedicAlert is a nonprofit foundation with more than fifty years of
lifesaving experience identifying and providing vital medical
information to emergency personnel for more than 4 million members
worldwide. CMA members and their families will save $10 on new adult
enrollments and $2.95 on Kid Smart enrollments.
- Practice Supplies and Resources
- 15% off tamper-resistant security prescription pads and printer
paper
- 50% off subscriptions to hundreds of popular magazines
- Discounted Services
- CMA Physician’s Legal Handbook and other publications
- Collection agency
- Tax audit defense
Organized Medicine Online
http://www.sfms.org
http://www.cmanet.org
Contact Therese Porter, director of Membership Services, for more
information at (415) 561-0850 extension 268 or tporter@sfms.org.
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