SDCMS Members: Be sure to take advantage of the following members-only benefits, along with the benefits provided by our endorsed partners. For questions on any of our benefits, contact Janet Lockett, your director of membership development, at (858) 300-2778 or at JLockett@SDCMS.org [1].
Corporate Legal Services: Receive a free consultation and discounts on corporate legal services. Call Ladd Young Attorneys at Law at (858) 451-1234.
San Diego County Physician Mailing Lists: Receive one free physician mailing list annually and a discount on all additional mailing lists requested in the same year. Contact SDCMS at (858) 565-8888.
SDCMS Membership Certificate: Receive a free SDCMS membership certificate. Contact SDCMS at (858) 565-8888.
Investments: Invest with Dunham & Associates and discount your SDCMS dues by $150. Call Jeff Dunham at (619) 308-9700.
SDCMS Pictorial Membership Directory: Appear in SDCMS’ annual pictorial membership directory. Receive a free directory each year and a 50% discount on additional directories purchased. Contact SDCMS at (858) 565-8888.
Coding Hotline: Access a free coding hotline (provided by CHMB Solutions). Email your coding question(s) to SDCMS at Coding@SDCMS.org [2].
San Diego Physician Magazine: Receive a free subscription to the voice of San Diego County’s physicians. Place free classified ads and discounted display ads. Contact SDCMS at (858) 565-8888.
San Diego Magazine: Receive a gift subscription (active physician members) or a discounted subscription (resident physician members). To sign up, contact SDCMS at (858) 565-8888. To update your subscription address, contact San Diego Magazine at (888) 350-0963 or at sdgm@kable.com [3].
SDCMS Email Newsletter, “News You Can Use”: Receive the latest in medical, local, state, and federal news critical to your practice … free to members and free of advertising. Contact SDCMS at (858) 565-8888.
SDCMS Seminars: SDCMS member physicians and their office staff attend free of charge all SDCMS seminars (including Office Managers Forums), covering legal issues, HIPAA, risk management issues, how to begin your practice, contract negotiations, getting paid, billing, and much more. Contact SDCMS at (858) 565-8888.
California Emergency Driving Emblem: Receive a free California physician emergency driving emblem and additional emblems discounted at $10. Contact SDCMS at (858) 565-8888.
Local, State, and Federal Physician Advocacy: SDCMS and CMA continue to be vigilant in our protection of MICRA, in fighting against nonphysician scope of practice expansions, in working closely with our political representatives and other healthcare stakeholders to fix our broken healthcare financing system, and in doing everything we need to do to protect physicians’ interests wherever they are challenged. Contact SDCMS at (858) 565-8888.
Full-time SDCMS Physician Advocate: Have a question? Don’t know where to begin? Contact your full-time, SDCMS physician advocate, Marisol Gonzalez, free of charge, to get the answers to all your questions, at (858) 300-2783 or at MGonzalez@SDCMS.org [4].
Full-time SDCMS Office Manager Advocate: Let your office manager and staff know that they have a full-time office manager advocate on staff at SDCMS ready to help them with any questions they may have, free of charge. Contact Lauren Wendler at (858) 300-2782 or at LWendler@SDCMS.org [5].
SDCMS News Alerts: Stay informed of the news that affects your bottom line and your patients’ health with faxed and emailed alerts sent by SDCMS to you, free of charge … and free of advertising! Contact SDCMS at (858) 565-8888.
SDCMS and CMA Websites: Access members-only SDCMS and CMA websites to find valuable resources, such as a list of San Diego County physician NPIs, updated weekly. Contact SDCMS at (858) 565-8888.
Engagement in Healthcare Issues: Be part of the solution! Become involved in any of a broad spectrum of engagement opportunities both SDCMS and CMA afford their member physicians, including joining an SDCMS or CMA committee or becoming a physician leader. Contact SDCMS at (858) 565-8888.
Hertz Discounts: Save up to 15% on daily Hertz car rental rates. Special international discounts are also available. Visit www.Hertz.com [6] or call Hertz at (800) 654-2200. Frequent traveler miles and bonus points may be earned for qualifying rentals. An SDCMS-CMA members-only code is needed to take advantage of this discount — email MGonzalez@SDCMS.org [4] to receive your code.
Auto Insurance: Along with your spouse, receive 4.5–14% discounts on all lines of coverage from the Automobile Club of Southern California. Contact SDCMS at (858) 565-8888.
HIPAA Compliance: Receive a discount on a complete, do-it-yourself HIPAA privacy and security compliance toolkit (CD ROM). Call David Ginsberg at PrivaPlan at (877) 218-7707.
Epocrates Clinical Reference Guides: Receive a 30% discount off of a one-year subscription and a 35% discount off of a two-year subscription to Epocrates’ clinical reference guides. Students and residents receive a 50% discount. Contact Epocrates at (800) 230-2150 or visit www.cmanet.org [7].
CMA ON-CALL Documents: You can access, free of charge, thousands of pages of medical-legal, regulatory, and reimbursement information, through CMA’s online library. Contact CMA at (415) 882-5144, at legalinfo@cmanet.org [8], or visit www.cmanet.org [7].
CMA’s Weekly Newsletter, “Alert”: Delivered directly to you, free of charge, via email or fax. Contact Katherine Gallia at CMA at (916) 551-2074 or at kgallia@cmanet.org [9].
Free CMA Reimbursement Hotline: (888) 401-5911
Free CMA Legal Hotline: (415) 882-5144
Free CMA Legislative Hotline: (866) 462-2819
Free CMA Physician Confidential Line: A 24-hour phone service for physicians, dentists, medical students, residents, and their families and colleagues who may have an alcohol or other chemical dependence or mental/behavioral problem. Completely confidential. Using it will not result in any form of disciplinary action or referral to any disciplinary body. Call (213) 383-2691.