Membership Committee Update
October 5, 2009
At the May Board Meeting, it was agreed that the society needed an active membership committee. This past September, a committee consisting of several VOS members from around the state was convened to discuss how to enhance membership benefits and increase VOS membership enrollment.
The committee is analyzing several initiatives including:
- Group discounts for new members and renewing members.
- An active recruiting program with a facts, achievements and benefits statement provided to all members and nonmembers. This would also include personal phone calls from VOS members to nonmembers around the state allowing for open discussion of the importance of being actively involved in the VOS.
- Incorporating practice management issues in our annual conference.
- Promoting legislative advocacy efforts to potential new members.
- Continuing legislative updates to current members.
- Developing an online forum or regional meeting to discuss legislative and practice management issues.
- Creating a survey that would be used to investigate state-wide reimbursement, compensation, coding, and other information that would be of interest to VOS members. The access to this survey would be limited to only members participating in the group billing program.
I would like to thank Dr. Boardman, President of VOS, as well as the following members of the Recruitment Committee for their enthusiasm and effort in this initiative: Drs Kevin Fricka, Eric Neff, Mike Kovac, John Mann, T.K. Miller, Marion Herring, and David Romness. I would also like to thank Stewart Hinckley, Executive Director of VOS, Andrew Mann, VOS Association Manager, and Kim Battle, Membership Manager.
The Committee is interested in any input from our current members on how we can enhance VOS membership benefits. Please do not hesitate to contact our society office with ideas at (804) 565-6325 or by e-mail to: vos@societyhq.com
Sincerely,
A. Bobby Chhabra, MD
President-Elect VOS
Welcome New Members!
ACTIVE
Neema M. Amin - Colonial Heights, VA
Group Billing Update
VOS has 21 practices/institutions participating in its Group Billing program, representing 187 VOS members.
Participants:
Advanced Orthopaedic Centers
Colonial Orthopaedics
Countryside Orthopaedics, P.C.
Hess Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, PLC
Jordan Young Institute
Nirschl Orthopaedic Center
Northern Virginia Orthopaedic Specialists
Orthopaedic Associates, Ltd.
Orthopaedic Associates of Virginia
Orthopaedic Center of Central Virginia
Roanoke Orthopaedic Center
Sentara Division of Orthopaedic Trauma
Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center
Tuckahoe Orthopaedic Associates
UVA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Vann Virginia Center for Orthopaedics
VCU/MCV
Virginia Institute for Sports Medicine
Virginia Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
West End Orthopaedic Clinic
Winchester Orthopaedic Associates, Ltd.
Group Billing benefits include:
- 10% discount on membership dues for all eligible physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners in the practice/institution.
- One comprehensive renewal notice to include all Society members in your practice or institution as one “group” (less paperwork for your practice).
- Membership transfer: If a physician leaves the practice and moves out of state, the VOS membership will be transferable to a new physician.
It’s not too late to add your practice to the list!
Contact Kim Battle, Membership Manager at vosmembership@societyhq.com with your list of physicians to establish group billing for your member dues and receive the 10% discount!
VOS offers a discount on membership dues for our members currently active in the military. To be eligible for this discount, a member must be an individual in the US Armed Forces engaged in the practice of orthopaedic surgery within any of the military medical installations in Virginia. The 2010 rate of $187.50 applies to new and current members.
Contact Kim Battle at vosmembership@societyhq.com to arrange for this discount.
Support your PA's and NP's
for
VOS Membership
The Virginia Orthopaedic Society is pleased to offer a membership category especially for Nurse Practitioners and Physician's Assistants. The applicant must be sponsored by a current VOS member. Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants dues are 50% of active physician member dues, or $125. For more information and a membership application, please visit the VOS website, www.vos.org.
Online Dues Payment!
We are pleased to offer convenient online dues payment through the Society website. You will need your UserName and Password to access this portion of the website. If this is your first time logging in, your UserName is your member number and your password is your last name (in lower case letters). If you need assistance with your log in information, please contact vosmembership@societyhq.com.
Member Benefit! Online Job Bank
Please check it out HERE. Posting an opening is FREE to VOS members (a practice must have at least two-thirds of their doctors as members to qualify). Job postings can be made by non-members for $300 and listings remain on the website for 60 days. Please spread the news of this new service to all of your colleagues.
Take Advantage of
Your Member Benefit!
Update the Web Link to Your Practice
It is a benefit of membership in the Society to have a link to your practice's website on the VOS website at no charge. This will allow the public and other physicians to access your site. The link is found under “Find a Doc,” next to the member’s name. If you would like the VOS to provide a link to your site, please contact Andrew Mann, Association Manager, at andrew@societyhq.com.
Virginia Orthopaedic Society
2209 Dickens Road
Richmond, VA 23230-2005
(804) 282-0063
Fax (804) 282-0090
www.vos.org
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