Benefits of joining:

CMA/YSCMS <click to view as PDF

Directly Quantifiable Cash Savings / Increased Income

CMA On-Call Documents ($2 per page for nonmembers) cover issues regarding: MediCal, Medicare, Managed Care, Reimbursement, and Worker’s Comp.

California Physician’s Legal Handbook - this is a very valuable legal resource that should be in every office for quick reference ($100 member discount)

California Managed Care Laws Affecting Physicians (Non-members pay $125)

ACT SMART compliance handbook for avoiding coding errors (satisfies OIG compliance program), updated on CMA web site. (Non-members pay $100)

MedEPass ($25 discount for members) online digital certificate

Free Publications: California Physician, Western Journal of Medicine

Finders Program: 50% dues reduction if you recruit 3 members, free dues for 5 or more.

Insolvency Assistance - while it didn’t affect us, CMA was successful in securing $68 Million in payments to physicians affect by medical group and IPA bankruptcies in 2000.

Conference Discounts (e.g. Leadership Academy, Medical / Legal Training Seminar)
 

Non-Quantified Cash Savings / Increased Income (average over $3,000)
 

Reimbursement Hotline (888) 401-5911 provides direct assistance with problems

Mini-Consultation Program sends the reimbursement advocates to us (scheduled to enable maximum member participation) to address our specific reimbursement issues

Contract Analysis has been performed by CMA attorneys of common health plan contracts so you can identify the potential danger areas in the language. (One such evaluation by a competent healthcare lawyer alone would cost more than the annual CMA membership.)

Affiliate programs can save you money on insurance, mortgages and retirement planning

Other Valuable Member Benefits:

Hassle Factor Log keeps track of billing / reimbursement problems for use in our legislative activities

CMA Alert provides weekly updates on the state of government regulations and legislation

MICRA saves physicians many thousands of dollars annually in malpractice expenses

Representing our interests at meetings with government agencies (e.g. Medical Board, DHS, DHHS, DMHC) and NHIC (current Medicare intermediary)

Medicare E&M changes were halted and CMA has been requested to pilot alternatives

Amicus Curiae briefs to support key legal cases against physicians

Practice Management Seminars: Mini-MBA, Managing Financial Risk

Improved MediCal and Workers’ Comp Reimbursement !!

Knox-Keane Health Plan Expenditures Summary annual report outlines how plans spend their money (administration versus care)

Legislative Advocacy - too numerous to list here

Insitute for Medical Quality - reduced cost accreditation without reduced quality

• We are your single point of contact for:

• Patient complaints

• Finding CMA resources and obtaining CMA products

• Getting information about legislation and current CMA positions
   

We review all patient complaints received and respond as your local intermediary, potentially saving a small disagreement with you from becoming a serious issue brought to the attention of a government agency.
 

Many of you direct patients to us when you discharge them from care.

We perform local Medical Peer review for malpractice cases.

We are your primary voice at CMA meetings, and we are heard. (For an independent assessment, you can contact Chris Stincelli at our central district office at 916-452-2671

How does YSCMS spend your money? At about 100 members, you can see that our annual budget just barely pays for a highly skilled individual to run the association. However, we also manage to pay expenses (mail, P O Box, office space) and fund our representatives to CMA functions to maintain our voice in the CMA, keep our connectivity with CMA staff, and keep updated on CMA activities. How would members feel about a $25 or $50 increase so that we could have a web presence and increase our local activities?

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