Lake-Sumter Medical Society
Benefits for Members:
An important ongoing objective of LSMS is providing value-based services to members such as:
- An experience-rated, fully insured group health insurance plan for physician
employers. The LSMS/FMA member plan is modeled after the highly successful Marion
County plan, which pools physician insurance premium dollars into a physician trust.
To learn more about this member benefit, go to www.trustlsms.com
or call 800-622-9124.
- Professional Liability Insurance Discounts. LSMS endorses First Professionals
Insurance Company. Click on the logo to learn more.
- A workers compensation plan underwritten by Comp Options Insurance Co. that
returns the highest dividends in the state – up to 24.8%. This rate is exclusive to
County Medical Societies. For details contact our agent,
Steve Stiffler at 352-547-1310.
- Web-based and office-based Physician Information and Referral Service.
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LSMS endorses CAPS+: A Physician Asset Planning &
Protection Service. Click on the logo to learn more.
- Practice Management Trainings & Staff Networking Meetings.
- Physician CME Courses, many planned around comfortable dinner events with colleagues.
- Medical Society Publications and Weekly Communications to keep you informed.
- Opportunities to cultivate relationships & to meet government policy makers.
Community Involvement
LSMS encourages its member physicians to be active participants and leaders in their
communities in areas of particular interest to them. As an organization, LSMS plans an
annual fundraising event, sponsors a community program, and coordinates legislative
activities.
EXPO:
An annual fundraising exposition held each November for LSMS member physicians and their
staff. Over 40 vendors display products and services of interest to physicians and staff
in a festive atmosphere of food, fun and prizes.
We Care:
A program of LSMS, We Care coordinates the referral of eligible patients to volunteer
medical specialists and arranges for Sovereign Immunity protection of physicians.
Doctor of the Day:
Physicians who are willing to spend a day in Tallahassee during the legislative session
perform an invaluable service by providing health care for members of the legislature
and legislative employees.