Complimentary Practice Administrator Membership

MEDCHI, THE MARYLAND STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY
HOUSE OF DELEGATES

INTRODUCED BY: Montgomery County Medical Society

SUBJECT: Complimentary Practice Administrator Membership

REFERRED TO:

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  1. Whereas, MedChi is a physician organization and represents physicians of every specialty and practice
  2. mode; and
  3.  
  4. Whereas, MedChi and its components serve the business needs of physicians and their medical
  5. practices; and
  6.  
  7. Whereas, many of the programs and services of MedChi and its components are focused on helping
  8. physician practices be successful; and
  9.  
  10. Whereas, the responsibilities of running a practice profitably and efficienty are those of the practice
  11. administrative staff; and
  12.  
  13. Whereas, often practice administrators are the ones responsible for paying the membership dues of their
  14. physicians and may not be aware of the value of joining MedChi and the component societies; and
  15.  
  16. Whereas, if they were more informed of our medical societies’ value, they could help recruit additional
  17. physicians to join MedChi and the components; and
  18.  
  19. Whereas, practice administrator names and contact information is limited in ClearVantage – the shared
  20. membership database used by MedChi and the components; and
  21.  
  22. Whereas, there is an existing membership category for practice administrators in the MedChi bylaws;
  23. and
  24.  
  25. Whereas, MedChi’s House of Delegates has approved resolutions in the past which allow for innovation
  26. in developing new membership models to gain new members; therefore, be it
  27.  
  28. RESOLVED, that MedChi and the components make every effort to improve the database of
  29. potential practice administrative members by requesting this information from member physicians
  30. gathering it at events, through surveys, and through direct contact with the practices, etc., and be it
  31. further
  32.  
  33. RESOLVED, that MedChi and the components offer a two-year pilot program in which membership
  34. will be complimentary to a practice administrator as long as there is one paid Active Physician
  35. member in the practice for the 2025 and 2026 membership years to determine whether, due to a
  36. focused effort to gather practice administrator information and market this opportunity to them, will
  37. have a positive impact on overall physician membership as a result of the practice administrator
  38. becoming more aware of the many benefits and services of MedChi and the components, and
  39. provide a report of this pilot program to the House of Delegates with recommendations of whether
  40. this pilot program should become a permanent offering.