Calculate the value of 2019 DCMS Membership
Membership in one of the country’s biggest and brightest
county medical societies is invaluable. See what we mean.
Practice Services
• Average payment increase on simple claims for one 30-minute consultation $224
• Hassle Factor Logs and billing best-practices meetings $210
• Payment advocacy education with DCMS and TMA staff $600
• Legal education sessions with DCMS, TMA and legal experts (includes CME) $1200
Member Events
• Four networking socials ($20 per person, per event) $80
• DCMS Picnic at the Dallas Arboretum (family of 4) $125
• Night Out with the Texas Rangers (family of 4) $250
• Member Roundup at the Dallas Zoo (family of 4) $125
• Holiday Social Concert (2 tickets) $75
• Reel Docs Movie (family of 4) $75
Member Discounts
• Texas Rangers tickets $60
• Dallas Stars tickets $45
• Dallas Mavericks tickets $28
• FC Dallas tickets $28
Communications
• DocBookMDTM $108
• DCMS Directory $53
• Dallas Medical Journal subscription $12
• ePulse electronic newsletter $8
Resources through TMA
• Coding and billing hotline $30
• Discount on Policies & Procedures Guide for Medical Practices $160
• Access to TMA’s Payment Advocacy Hassle Factor Log (1 submission) $945
• TMA endorsed vendors or group discount programs (per program) $1200
• Complimentary registration to annual TexMed conference; choose from 80+ CME hours $200
• Access to free CME in the TMA Education Center $300
• Access to grant-funded public health outreach programs (on average, 1 program/event) $1925
• Access to research, online journals, databases and whitepapers through the TMA Knowledge Center $1000
Total estimated member benefits value: $9066
For DCMS/TMA dues for 2019, you pay only: $933
TOTAL VALUE OF MEMBERSHIP PRICELESS
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