ISMA membership benefits you every day, helping you provide the best possible care for your patients. As an ISMA member, you enjoy:

Proven legislative advocacy

• A voice on health and medical issues to protect your profession, your patients from harmful legislation
• Prevention of serious scope of practice expansion by non-physicians

Help with the business side of medicine

• Seminars and webinars on billing issues, effective claim filing and regulatory changes that impact all medical practice environments
• A Coding Hotline to assist you and your staff and personalized assistance with reimbursement issues

Continuing Medical Education

• ISMA accreditation for institutions and organizations presenting intrastate CME programs in Indiana
• Accredited education programs to keep you up to date on clinical, technical and professional issues

Liability protection to save you money

• The only physician organization regularly monitoring and protecting the Patients Compensation Fund balance
• Court actions resulting in a savings of nearly 40 percent in physician surcharge premiums over the last five years

Representation

• Membership affords you a House of Delegates to let you direct the ISMA on issues important to you

Effective Communication

• Up to the minute reports via e-alerts, or more in depth coverage through ISMA Reports, our bi-monthly print newsletter, or its electronic version, e-Reports
• Weekly reports on the status of legislation from the Indiana General Assembly via Legislative News.
• Social media discussion group through LinkedIn and connections through Twitter and Facebook
• Legal, regulatory information and more at your fingertips on www.ismanet.org

Significant savings from ISMA partners

• Discounts on vaccines and medical supplies through Atlantic Health Partners
• athenahealth discounts of 6 percent on athenaCollector^SM
• Preferred vendor discounts on electronic health record training, implementation and usage plus practice management and revenue cycle management systems through Allscripts
• Office supplies at 60 to 80 percent below retail for personal and professional use along with free two-day shipment from Office Depot

Check out our member benefits guide for additional resources.