The American College of Physicians and Primary Care

Stephen Sisson MD FACP

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Objectives

To review ACP and Maryland Chapter membership

To review the ACP’s strategic plan

To review how the ACP addresses the needs of the primary care clinician

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ACP Membership

30,665, 22%

51,821, 37%

23,833, 17%

35,301, 25%

Member Categories

Fellows

Members

Resident/Fellow

Medical Student

Effective June 30, 2015,total membership is 143,000, including international membership of over 13,000.

ACP has 58 domestic chapters and 18 international chapters.

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‘Big M’ membership characteristics

52% specialize in GIM; 34% in IM subspecialty; 8% in Hospital medicine

96% have some clinical activity; 70% mostly clinical

Employment: 39% private practice; 34% Academic Hospital; 13% private hospital

Early career physicians less likely to be male, Caucasian, subspecialist, and more likely employed in Hospital medicine

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New Member Acquisition: Sources

Total Terminating

Associates

Total Auto-Elected

to Membership

Percent Auto

Elected

July 2014 12,409 5,050 40.7%

July 2013 5,885 2,052 34.9%

July 2012 6,068 2,052 33.8%

July 2011 5,597 1,969 35.2%

July 2010 5,099 1,987 39.0%

July 2009 5,376 2,073 38.6%

July 2008 5,506 2,766 50.2%

July 2007 4,752 2,245 47.2%

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Maryland chapter

Total members: 2476

• 39% of all Maryland internists are members (rank 38)

• 26% of all Maryland IM subspecialists are members (rank 14)

Membership category

• Masters: 20

• Fellows: 552

• Members: 994

• Residents/Fellows: 511

• Students: 390

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Maryland chapter (2)

Active Council

Undergoing strategic plan development

Two major meetings:

• Winter Scientific Meeting (January 29-30, 2016)

• Associates’ Meeting (April 7, 2016)

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ACP Strategic Plan

Mission:

To enhance the quality and effectiveness of health care by fostering excellence and professionalism in the practice of medicine

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ACP Strategic Plan

To establish and promote the highest clinical standards and ethical ideals

To be the foremost comprehensive education and information resource for all internists

To advocate responsible positions on individual health and on public policy relating to health care for the benefit of the public, our patients, the medical profession, and our members

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Goals (2)

To serve the professional needs of the membership, support healthy lives for physicians, and advance internal medicine as a career

To promote and conduct research to enhance the quality of practice, the education and continuing education of internists, and the attractiveness of internal medicine to physicians and the public

To unify the many voices of internal medicine and its subspecialties for the benefit of our patients, our members, and our profession

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Communicating the value of internal medicine

“Internal medicine physicians are specialists who apply scientific knowledge and clinical expertise to the diagnosis, treatment, and compassionate care of adults across the spectrum from health to complex illness”

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Priority initiatives

Facilitate transitions to value-based payment and delivery models, including advocacy for:

• Changes in Medicare payment policies that reimburse services outside the face-to-face visit

• Identification of sound performance measures and their appropriate use

• Practice transformation to include patient-centered approaches to care

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Representation model

Chapter develops and vets a resolution; submits to ACP

List of resolutions distributed to chapters

Chapters form an opinion on each resolution

Resolutions discussed and amended at Board of Governors (BOG)

Amended version voted on, then sent to Board of Regents (BOR)

BOR votes; passed resolutions go to appropriate committee

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Resolutions

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The ACP and ABIM

Meet monthly; communicate regularly

Topics of interest:

• Certification exam

• Maintenance of certification requirements

• Costs associated

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ACP and trainees

Resident/fellow membership at reduced rate ($119)

National meeting opportunities/competitions

MKSAP at a reduced rate

Provides IM-ITE to all training programs

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Questions/Comments?