1. Complete Your Risk Rewards Survey Today!
2. ISMS Educational Series for Practice Managers
3. Risk Rewards Seminars This Week-April 3
4. The Physician Profile Deadline is TODAY, April 1, 2008

Complete Your Risk Rewards Survey Today!

The ISMIE Mutual Risk Rewards program is entering its fifth year. Last week we reported a letter would be mailed to each policyholder advising you of an on-line survey. Did you see it in your mailbox? Please complete the survey by April 14, 2008. Don’t miss your chance to tell us what you like and don’t like and how we can improve Risk Rewards for you!

If you have questions or need technical assistance, please access the Frequently Asked Questions page at: http://www.msisurvey.com/faq. You may also contact the Market Strategies Support Desk by e-mail at: H07143@msisurvey.com.

Risk Rewards is working for you to assist your practice in managing your liability risk.

ISMS Educational Series for Practice Managers

This spring ISMS will hit the road and bring practice managers a new educational series of seminars. This highly anticipated series premieres this Friday, April 4th in Chicago. Mark your calendars, the Practice Management Educational Series will be coming to a city near you:

April 4th, Chicago
ISMS Headquarters
12:30 PM 

April 18th, Elgin 
Elgin Country Club 
12:00 PM

April 25th, Mt. Vernon
Holiday Inn  
12:30 PM 

May 9th, Springfield  
Sangamo Club 
12:30 PM

May 16th, Rock Island 
Jardine Center, Trinity West Campus   
12:30 PM

Presented by leading experts in health care practice management and medical office staffing, subjects include strategies to foster teamwork and resolve staff conflict. In addition, topics ranging from consumer-directed health care, declining reimbursement, and pay-for-performance initiatives will be addressed.

These half-day seminars include lunch and are FREE of charge to member-managers-- the practice managers of ISMS physician members. A $25 registration fee will be required of non-member managers. Space is limited! To register, visit www.isms.org/mgrseminars or call ISMS at 1-800-782-4767, ext. 6525 for more information. 

Risk Rewards Seminars This Week-April 3

Two Risk Rewards seminars will take place in Springfield, this Thursday, April 3, 2008: Preventing Medical Misadventures and Clinician-Patient Communication to Enhance Health Outcomes. Physicians may attend either of these courses provided they have not completed the same seminar since January 1, 2004. Information on these seminars is as follows:

Preventing Medical Misadventures
Springfield  
Thursday, April 3
Crowne Plaza 
3000 S. Dirksen Pkwy  
8:30 – 11:30 am

Clinician-patient Communication to Enhance Health Outcomes
Springfield  
Thursday, April 3
Crowne Plaza 
3000 S. Dirksen Pkwy  
1:30 – 4:30 pm

Each seminar successfully completed will earn you a 1% premium discount for one policy year along with AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Risk Rewards premium discounts earned in 2008 will be applied to your annual policy renewal on or after July 1, 2009. Discounts that exceed the 15% annual limit may not be carried over to calendar year 2009. To register for any of our seminars, go to www.ismie.com and click on Risk Rewards Resources, or call 1-800-782-4767, ext. 1627.

The Physician Profile Deadline is TODAY, April 1, 2008

Have you completed your physician profile update with the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)? If you have not completed your profile update, you MUST complete it TODAY, April 1, 2008. Failure to comply could jeopardize the renewal of your Illinois medical license.

Over the past weeks, ISMIE-news has outlined the four sections to be completed on the  IDFPR web site.  To review those ISMIE-news articles go to www.ismie.com and click on March 4 and March 11 in the Publications Section.

If you are having difficulty completing your profile, contact ISMIE Mutual by e-mail at physicianprofile@ismie.com. We cannot complete the profile for you but we are always here to help if you have questions.  You can also reach us by phone at 1-800-632-7478. Additional information is available by contacting the IDFPR directly and clicking on Frequently Asked Questions, sending an e-mail to FPR.Profile@Illinois.gov, or calling 217-524-4972.

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