PROFESSIONAL BENEFITS:

• Conducting credentialing for Spokane-area physicians
• Maintaining a single, centralized citywide credentialing application
• Strengthening referrals to Spokane through Regional Research/Regional Collaborations
• Peer Review Investigation
• Litigation Prevention (Public Grievance Arbitration)
• Ethical Reviews -Consolidated Physician Wellness program
• Patient and Physician Referral

MEMBER SERVICES:

• Maintaining collaborative relationships with insurance carriers and health plan executives
• Major focus on educating members on contract intricacies
• Liaison with practice managers and hospital administrations
• Working on reducing transactional costs in medicine
• Physician Leadership Training: negotiating, lobbying, media relations, Internet and clinical quality improvement
• Accreditation of regional Category 1 CME Conferences
• Sponsoring 9 local Category 1 CME programs
• Facilitating retired physician member activities (Golf Tournament, Senior Dinner)
• Organizing and facilitating the delegation representing Spokane area physicians to the WSMA House of Delegates
• Conducting annual strategic planning in order to ensure representation of SCMS member physicians' needs in our County
• Maintaining an SCMS Website (spcms.org)
• Developing a countywide single physician ID and access badge system
• Representing members' professional liability issues to medical malpractice carriers
• Conducting yearly Annual Priority Survey to ensure we meet members' needs

PUBLICATIONS:

• Monthly newsletter
• Yearly Pictorial Directory    

MEDICAL INFORMATICS:

• Assisting members on a citywide information network for electronic medical records, billing, coding & online eligibility & other E-Commerce issues
• Assisting members with connectivity issues and adoption of hospital informatics
• Medicor, a point-of-care information portal for members (www.spcmsmedicor.org)  

PROJECT ACCESS:

• Working to improve our community health status
• Reflecting physician commitment to providing access to health care for Spokane County's uninsured
• Offering greater malpractice insurance protection for Project Access providers
• Evenly distributing burden of care for uninsured to participating physicians
• Demonstrating public healthcare leadership -Collecting data on all charity care provided by physicians (for the first time)!
• Serving over 3000 patients, with $10 million in care provided by 800 physicians (over 4 years)

BUSINESS COMMUNITY LIAISON:

• Continuing to work on new initiatives with Greater Spokane, Inc. (GSI) & business communities to initiate improved advocacy on physician issues to state & national legislature
• Participating in yearly GSI congressional advocacy trips to Washington, DC & Olympia

STRENGTHEN SCMS:

• Continuing efforts to reach out to non-members and retain current members
• Building non-dues revenue -Creating new member resources -Continuing to market Circle of Friends affinity program

 LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS:

• Achieved 20 new medical students training in Spokane
  
• Continuing support for universal access to health care, including appropriate  funding for the Basic Health Plan
  
• Continuing efforts for meaningful statewide and national liability reform
  
• Coordinating legislative efforts with WSMA
  
• Implement and support fundraising for legislative activities/candidates
  
• Continuing our work to oppose legislation that increases the scope of practice for other health care professional groups
  
• Working on issues surrounding the regulation of physician networks & physician 
  
• Meeting several times a year with state & local legislators
  
• Initiating legislative alerts and calls to action on critical issues
  
• Continuing efforts to promote legislative advocacy on the part of physicians

 PUBLIC/MEDIA RELATIONS:

• Conducting regular press interviews on scientific, public health, and several  statewide initiatives
  
• Proactively representing MDs & their activities in our community
  
• Providing physicians for all Spokane County high school football teams/Hoopfest

 PUBLIC HEALTH:

• Continuing work on community-wide practice guidelines
  
• Supporting county-wide fluoridation efforts
  
• Supporting Spokane Regional Health District efforts in public health
  
• Supporting our county E-911, 211 and EMS Systems
  
• Advocating for immunization priority during shortages

MEDICAL ECONOMICS/PRACTICE VIABILITY:

• Working with state officials (OIC & AG) on insurance matters
  
• Conducting educational programs regarding contracting with health plans
  
• Continuing to develop rules for adoption by the OIC regarding contract language and other physician-related issues, including insurance plans
  
• Educating members on practice viability issues and advocating physician-directed solutions, use of mid-levels and physician recruitment techniques
  
• Forming small group advisory committee to commercial payors

 COLLEGIALITY:

• Board of Trustees Liaison for member issues
  
• Vice President attends Leadership Spokane
  
• Strengthening ties with GSI & business community through involvement in the Health Industry Development Group
  
• Coordinating yearly Physician/Citizen of the Year Award

FOUNDATION PROJECTS / OTHER:

• Raised $72,000 for Tsunami relief efforts
  
• Facilitating collection of funds for Spokane Scholar program                
  
• Contributed seed funding to establish Health & Medical History Endowment Fund for Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture (MAC)
  
• Participating in MAC's Medical History Project by facilitating research and supplying display item
  
• Habitat for Humanity                                    
  
• Tatoo-off Program                                         
  
• Christ Clinic
  
• Immunization program
  
• Ronald McDonald Care Mobile

MEDICAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION:

• Developed and implemented a single sign-on, Internet-based central library portal to access electronic health information resources (Medicor)
  
• Coordinating and staffing ongoing Medical Library Committee

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT:

• Community-wide Laterality and Pause Policy received WSMA's 2006 William O.  Robertson Award
  
• Continuing to optimize medical care in the community