Page 10 - Delaware Medical Journal - September 2016
P. 10
PRESIDENT’S PAGE
now have become a necessity. Our goal is to offer the program to several different cohorts and we hope to have the program as early as this fall. Stay tuned for more information in the coming weeks.
We have partnered with XcelHR, Inc.
to provide human resource services for physician practices. Human resource management has become more challenging assistance plus human resource support outsourced, it is our hope this program
will help “make physician’s lives easier” by eliminating some of the day-to-day administrative tasks. Let’s face it. We are not just running a medical practice, we are running small business with all that entails. This service can provide support Lynn Robinson, Physician Relations Manager at MSD (302/224-5198) for more information.
We now offer a 401(k) plan, the Medical Society of Delaware Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan, or “MEP.” You can provide
can simplify administration for you by We have partnered with Mass Mutual and Diamond State Financial Group to allow attract employees or, if you have a plan already in place, to possibly lower your costs and decrease your administrative hassles. Imagine not having to contend with the reporting and no 5500 to deal with because you are part of a larger plan utilizing the power of a group, but with features to meet retirement plan goals.
MSDIS, the Medical Society of Delaware Insurance Services, can offer more
that just your business insurance
and malpractice needs. Through its partnership with USI, MSDIS can offer MSD members a comprehensive approach to your personal insurance needs. They have designed a Personal Risk Analysis
to target areas where your insurance
I did the risk analysis and found areas where my insurance was adequate and others where I was lacking. They were honest when they advised me not to change some coverages I had in place and recommended some where I was lacking.
While we are all disappointed that the MedNet Quality Blue ACO terminated
a year prematurely on June 30, 2016, we did gain valuable experience dealing with value based care programs as these will become the norm in our not-too-distant future. MedNet, on behalf of our four physician organizations (POs), remains
at the table reviewing other alternative models of health care delivery that continue to be developed. Stay tuned as there is more in the pipeline. MedNet has been active in practice transformation
and has partnered with Health Team Works to provide practice transformation support to allow primary care practices to prepare for Delaware’s health care reform initiatives. If you think your practice could Seymour, Quality Improvement Coach, (302/224-5188). Also, don’t forget the Delaware Care Collaboration’s Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). Contact LoriAnn Rhoads, Director of Physician Relations and Health System Innovation, if you are interested in participating in this Medicare ACO (302/224-5196).
MSD has been actively involved in bringing these opportunities to our physicians and continually searching for
others to position our members to be able to maintain their practices as we move forward with health care reform – no minor feat.
Lastly, as I run out of space for this month, expect to see a new look to our website in the coming months. Your board voted to transition to a new Association Management System in
2015 and that will be rolling out in the next few months. Our staff is working
to implement the new system and our new website platform will be developed concurrently. The website will enable you to interact with your colleagues through online communities, as well as having the simplicity of online membership renewal and event registration. We anticipate it will allow us to use our data base more effectively to communicate with you and integrate our internal departments, which will improve our reporting systems and automate more of those functions. This change will advance our communication tools for a more personalized interaction with our membership. We are just beginning to scratch the surface of the functionalities and anticipate it to be up and running soon.
So, this represents the highlights of some of the things MSD has been doing for you, the doctor member out there in the trenches. And I haven’t even touched on the major advocacy issues we dealt with in the legislative arena this past legislative session and the challenges we continue to face. More to come. Until next month...
Dorothy M. Moore, M.D.
President, Medical Society of Delaware
266
Del Med J | September 2016 | Vol. 88 | No. 9
