Louisville Medicine Volume 65, Issue 4 | Page 8

GLMS

GLMS STRATEGIC Plan

GOAL I. ENGAGE AND EMPOWER EMPLOYED AND PRIVATE PRACTICE PHYSICIANS.
GOAL II. CONDUCT EFFECTIVE YEAR-ROUND LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY.
Objective 1.1 Develop MSPS as a safety net and crucial business services organization for physicians and their practices.
Objective 1.2 Enhance physician community engagement by equipping them to empower patients with health awareness and education.
Objective 1.3 Capitalize on opportunities to portray physicians as everyday heroes and trusted healers in the public eye.
Objective 1.4 Repurpose the Judicial Council and Bioethics Committee to review ethical concerns of employed physicians.
Objective 1.5 Create ongoing physician education mechanisms to help them be successful in establishing new practices, joining established practices or effectively negotiate new employment contracts.
Objective 1.6 Teach and / or assist interested physicians in learning how to develop a practice in a direct primary care environment.
Objective 1.7 Continue to identify ways to place more physicians on local and regional boards to increase physician influence regarding important community decisions.
Objective 2.1 Develop annual legislative goals and expectations.
Objective 2.2 Communicate goals corporately to legislators and via individual physician / legislator relationships.
Objective 2.3 Develop coalitions with business leaders and organizations such as GLI, PCSJ, and KMA.
Objective 2.4 Identify physicians in state legislative districts and encourage relationships with legislators in their districts.
Objective 2.5 Identify legislative candidates supportive of GLMS / KMA legislative goals and provide appropriate assistance to the extent permitted by law.
Objective 2.6 Identify potential physician candidates supportive of GLMS / KMA legislative goals, encourage them to run and provide appropriate assistance to the extent permitted by law.
Objective 2.7 Identify medical students and residents who are willing to engage legislators and provide guidance on how to effectively communicate to them.
Objective 1.8 Identify and seize opportunities to partner with hospitals on various endeavors to meet employed physicians where they are.
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