MPMS Membership & Member Benefits

Valuable APMA/MPMS Member Benefits

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Massachusetts Podiatric Medical Society
Your tangible benefits include:

  • Our quarterly newsletter, MPMS News, keeps you informed of MPMS activities locally.
  • Continuing medical education (CME) and practice management seminars, at discounted rates, improve your capabilities, save you money and help you earn the credits needed to maintain your license.
  • The MPMS staff, leaders and our Web site, www.massdpms.org, are all here to serve as an information resource, to answer your questions and help solve billing, clinical and practice management problems. Just call 978-646-9671 or go online to www.massdpms.org and click on Ask the Experts in Members Only for help.
  • A mentoring program for new practitioners to help guide them through the first few years in practice successfully.
  • Regular blast-email and fax information updates to all members we have email addresses for.
  • A Free listing in Find A Podiatrist on the MPMS Web site - www.massdpms.org.
  • Customizable articles, news releases, group Power Point presentations and radio and Cable TV talk show talking points and visuals to help you promote your practice in your local community.

Your intangible benefits include:

  • Legislative/regulatory action programs directed toward the Massachusetts Legislature, state government and regulatory agencies, to expand and protect your scope of practice and interests.
  • MPMS marketing, communications and public relations programs enhance the patient awareness and identity of podiatric physicians through local media.
  • Liaison with other professional organizations and state agencies to enhance your profession’s identity, at the local level.

American Podiatric Medical Association
Your tangible benefits include:

  • Access to APMA’s toll-free information “Hot Line”, 1-800-275-2762 and Web site, www.apma.org, to answer your questions and serve as a wealth of information.
  • Saving hundreds of dollars on the registration fee for the APMA Annual Scientific Meeting, Podiatry’s largest and most comprehensive meeting.
  • The monthly APMA News and bi-monthly Alert keep you informed nationally.
  • The quarterly Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association keeps you current on scientific procedures and techniques.
  • The APMA Membership Directory CD keeps you in touch with APMA resources and other members nationally.
  • Discounts and savings on all APMA foot health publications and audiovisual materials save you money and support your marketing efforts.

Your intangible benefits include:

  • Legislative and regulatory advocacy programs to the U.S. Congress, CMS (Medicare and Medicaid) and other federal agencies to protect your interests.
  • APMA’s marketing, communications and public relations programs enhance the awareness and identity of podiatric physicians through national media and provide tools for you to market your practice more effectively.
  • APMA serves as a liaison with other professional medical organizations and federal agencies to enhance your profession’s identity at the national level.