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LCMS MEMBER
NEWS & EVENTS
2018 Membership
BY BECOMING A MEMBER you're helping advance quality patient care,
the ethical practice of medicine, and advocating for your colleagues and patients.
Contract Review Service

Your membership dues support:

* Receive discounted rates on personalized advice for
employment contracts, which include a legal review and
compensation analysis.

Advocacy

* PAMED addresses physician and patient challenges through
advocacy with the state legislature. Priorities in 2017 as
determined by our Board of Trustees include:
0 Legislation that increases transparency and shortens wait
times for the prior authorization process with insurance plans.
0 Legislation that maintains the physician-patient relationship
and enables telemedicine services to be reimbursed the
same as face-to-face patient encounters, while ensuring
safeguards and standards.
0 Promoting common sense opioid legislation that protects
your clinical autonomy.
0 Physician-led team-based care policies that emphasize
increased coordination over provider autonomy.

CME/Leadership Development

* Take a leadership role at your practice, hospital, or health
system through PAMED leadership training.
* Access to local and online CME courses.
* Free registration to Annual Education Conference included
with membership.

Practice Support

* Practice manager meetings offered onsite and online every
spring and fall to keep members updated on important topics
and challenges.
* Guidance on topics like compliance, billing and coding,
and compensation.

Legal Resources

* PAMED defends the rights of Pennsylvania physicians in
the courts through amicus curiae briefs or directly through
litigation, as well as helping individual physicians receive help
with health-law related questions.

Practice Solutions for MACRA

* Members receive discounts on MACRA-MIPS management
services through our subsidiary, the Care Centered Collaborative.

Stay connected with PAMED: Get valuable updates with PAMED's weekly email (The Dose),
Pennsylvania Physician Magazine, Physician Advocate monthly newsletter, and mobile app.
Questions? Email info@luzernemedsoc.org or call the PAMED membership team at 855-PAMED4U.

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