Benefits that more than outweigh the cost of Association
dues.
Your Board of
Directors consistently seeks avenues to increase the
value of your membership in the Pinellas County Medical
Association.
What follows is a quick reminder of the
myriad of benefits you can and should take advantage
of.
Workers’
Compensation Insurance program offered by
CompOptions. Participating members are eligible for dividends,
based exclusively on claims activity. Contact PCMA at 727.541.1159.
Physician practices enrolled in our
workers’ compensation program receive dividend checks
representing a percentage of the premium dollars they
spend on workers’ compensation insurance. In some
instances those practices received checks totaling more
than the cost of association dues.
Medical Malpractice insurance
discounts from Florida Doctors Insurance Company (FLDIC),
PCMA’s preferred professional liability carrier.
FLDIC.
Private Banking with
Bank of St. Petersburg. Banking is a
business of trust and stability. The Bank of St. Petersburg is
committed to physicians and the healthcare community by
providing products and services that support your
growth. Denise McCanless, vice president and client
manager is your personal banker. She is dedicated to
handle your personal and professional needs. Contact
Denise at
dmccanless@bankofstpetersburg.com or by phone at
727/456-5452.
Human Resources, Inc. Our certified Profession
Employer Organization, HRI, provides employee benefits
administration for your practice.
Merrill
Lynch Financial Advisors- Ed VanLandingham, CFP®
and Alex Muscati, CFM® understand there’s more to your
financial life than just investing in stocks and bonds.
They created Total Merrill, where your money works
harder when it works together. Whether you’re protecting
your estate, financing your home, looking to generate
income or fund a business, your Merrill Lynch wealth
management team will look at your financial life in
total and deliver customized solutions that can benefit
every aspect of your financial life. Contact your PCMA
financial advisors today and start protecting your
future. The Muscati-VanLandingham Group, 727-799-5614
Kern
Augustine Conroy & Schoppmann, P.C. – Healthcare Law
Firm that has been representing physicians
exclusively for over twenty years. Offering the
“Physicians Advocacy Program” (PAP), a legal services
program that assures expert legal assistance,
exclusively for PCMA members, in the event of
investigation by federal and state regulatory agencies.
Further details forthcoming as program is in the
implementation stages. Contact Michael Schoppmann at
516-326-1880 or
Schoppmann@drlaw.com.
HMO
Settlement Assistance
Managed Care Advisory Group (MCAG), a national expert in
providing MDL Settlement assistance to physicians, is
working with PCMA member physician practices to file for
and recover the maximum amount under the MDL Settlements
that are currently pending.
If you are interested in participating in this
Settlement, click here for the agreement and fax it to
(866) 747-8947. Jonathan Gadd our representative from
MCAG will call you with further details. Jonathan can
be reached at (800) 355-0466.
To date, these settlements have provided over $400
million in cash refunds to physician practices as well
as landmark changes in reimbursement. Only 30% of
physicians who are eligible for the settlements have
filed for the money owed to them.
Physician referral. The
Association office receives calls daily from members of
the public wanting to be referred to physicians in a
specific city or a particular specialty or
subspecialty. We also distribute to the public, free of
charge, the Pinellas County Medical Society's Membership
Directory, which contains the names, addresses, phone
numbers, and specialty of every Association member.
The PCMA has chosen
Gregory, Sharer & Stuartas the Pinellas
County Medical Association’s CPA. This is a significant
change in that, the PCMA wanted a CPA firm that could
not only offer specialized services to our non-profit
board, but one who had the breadth and depth of
experience to assist our physician members and their
practices.
Vanguard Payment Services saves your practice money
on credit card processing with the most competitive
rates and service.For a complete review of your
current payment processing and to start saving money
today, call
Ravi Chatani at 727-723-0701.
vanguardpaymentsystems.com
Ongoing communications vehicles. Members can
keep informed of breaking news and developments in the
medical and legislative fields through our monthly
magazine, the PICOMESO, broadcast faxes, email as well
as membership meetings.
Access to CME programs.
The Association sponsors free CME programs necessary for
licensure.
Medicare
carrier liaison. Through the PCMA and the FMA,
physician members have a direct line of
communication with the managed care entities and
Medicare/Medicaid to iron out billing problems,
coding problems, and a broad spectrum of third party
difficulties. Let us know the problem; we'll see
that it gets on the agenda for resolution.
Media relations. The Medical Association is
a valuable news source to local electronic and print
media. Many highly exploitable situations are
dampened through contacts with Medical Association
spokespersons' statements. Periodic Editorial Board
visits by leadership maintain lines of communication
with local media.
Most importantly, membership includes: Advocacy in
the Florida Legislature and Intervention with
Government Agencies. If we don’t speak up for our
noble profession, who will?
If you haven’t taken advantage of these programs,
you’re losing valuable savings in both time, money
and services that directly benefit you, your
practice of your patient base. Renew you membership
today and encourage a colleague to join.
Free
“Lunch and Learn” seminars to physician members’
office managers on a variety of timely topics.
