When you join SCCMA/MCMS/CMA, you hire a powerful professional staff to protect the viability of your practice. By protecting your practice from legal, legislative, and regulatory intrusions, we let you focus on what’s really important: your patients. Practice Management/Assistance Amerinet/Health Resource Services (HRS): A Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) whose primary focus is negotiating discounts on many of the products and services that you use every day. As a member of Amerinet, you will have access to contracts that will help you reduce your overhead without changing how you are currently doing business. By becoming a member of Amerinet/ HRS, you will also receive a 22% discount on Verizon Wireless for your business and employees’ personal lines. Additional discounts given from Staples, Office Max, Sprint, CDW, Southern Computer Warehouse, SHI, FedEx, and Ups, to name a few. All this is available at no cost to you. For more information, just complete the request form at http://amerinet-hrs.com/santaclara or call Evan Stoll, at 800/842-6663 or 206/583-6516. DocBookMD: SCCMA/MCMS members are eligible for a free download of the DocBookMD an app which allows members to securely send HIPAA compliant messages directly from their iPad, iPhone, and Android devices. Find out more about DocbookMD’s newest feature called Care Team, which allows you to communicate with your non-physician colleagues. Go to the App Store or Google Play now to download DocBookMD today. To register for FREE, all you need is your CMA I.D. number. To obtain your CMA I.D. number, call SCCMA at 408/998-8850 or MCMS at 831/455-1008. Practice & Liability Consultants LLC: Members receive $10 off the regular hourly consulting fees. Since 1985, Practice & Liability Consultants have worked with over 1,700 practices as practice management and malpractice prevention specialists. Services include practice assessments, valuations, practice sales/ brokerage (see information below), benchmarking, mergers, operations/personnel issues, manager recruitment, partnership/group, formation/improvements, and seminars. Benefits include greater productivity, increased gross and net income, greater patient satisfaction, and a more pleasant work environment. Fees are based on either a flat fee or hourly basis and, where possible, a minimum and maximum fee is quoted. Please SPECIAL MEMBER BENEFITS EDITION
call 415/764-4800, or contact dphairas@practiceconsultants. net. Website: www.practiceconsultants.net. Practice Consultants: They provide practice brokerage services to the medical community throughout the United States. They assist sellers of practices and buyers seeking practices. Practice brokerage is a commission-based service that is usually paid for by the seller upon successful completion of the transaction. The fee is 10% of the total purchase price of the transaction, with a minimum fee of $15,000. If a sale or partial sale is contemplated, they will: • Analyze the market value • Along with you, determine an asking price • Market the practice • Screen responses • Negotiate the transaction with the buyer • Manage the development of all necessary documents (sales contract, covenant not to compete, promissory note, security agreement, etc.) • Guide the parties through the transaction, including explaining due diligence • Coordinate all escrow and legal services for the parties • Perhaps most importantly, they take the burden of the sales process off your shoulders so you can concentrate on your practice Contact: Gary@PracticeConsultants.com or 800-576-6935, www.PracticeConsultants.com. enviromerica, Inc. is a Bay-Area-based compliance consulting firm specializing in OSHA, HIPAA, AAAASF, AAAHC, JCAHO, CAP, IMQ, CLIA, and other regulatory agencies and accreditation requirements. They have assisted thousands of medical and dental facilities in California with all of their regulatory compliance needs for the past 14 years. They assure their clients are up to all standards, keeping their offices, patients, and staff safe and keeping them clear from hefty fines that are often levied by the regulatory agencies – such as CAL/OSHA, the Department of Health, the EPA, as well as the Medical Board of California. Services include annual training, up-to-date
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