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photo of Paula A. Hall, MD Paula A. Hall, MD, a Family Practice physician, was the 127th President of the Indianapolis Medical Society, serving in that capacity in 2000. Dr. Hall is engaged in the full-time practice of medicine and divides her time between offices in Indianapolis, Franklin, and Greenfield. She has limited her practice to proctology and lower endoscopy. Remembering the tenant of teaching your fellow physicians, she has preceptored three other family physicians and they now have privledges and are performing colonoscopies at their own hospitals.

She has been very active throughout her career by holding offices in, not only the IMS, the IMS Foundation but also the Indiana State Medical Association. In the past, she also served an Alternate Delegate to the American Medical Association.

She received her medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1984 and completed her Residency at Methodist Hospital in 1987. Dr. Hall resides in Indianapolis with her husband, Michael Raymond, and their two children, Mike and Jennifer.

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News & Features

The Savings Expected. Members Are Seeing...

Indianapolis Medical Society physician practices are benefiting from the new discount IMS has secured through ADVANTAGE Health Solutions. The practices that have enrolled their employees in this program so far have saved, ON AVERAGE, over $1900/Employee/Year.

Whether the driving issue for you is:
  1. Rising group health insurance premiums, or
  2. A need to consider an alternative health insurance company, or
  3. A combination of these and other issues,

then, contact the exclusive brokers for this group insurance offering, Acumen Benefit Solutions, to see if ADVANTAGE is a good fit for your practice. ADVANTAGE Health Solutions is a local health plan owned by local providers.

Call Acumen Benefit Solutions at (317) 564-4003, or click HERE

Indianapolis Medical Alliance - IMS Foundation Scholarship

In effort to assist the entire medical community of Indianapolis and the surrounding areas, the IMS Alliance provides scholarships. These scholarships are exclusively for nursing and allied health students who have been accepted into the clinical portion of their specific curriculum. Students submitting fully documented applications will receive interviews in June. Awarded funds will be disbursed for the Fall/Spring Semester, 2010-2011. Applications may be obtained through the university Financial Aid Offices or contact Beverly Hurt, IMS EVP, Becky Collis @ (317) 639-3406 or click here.

*May 1st, 2010 is the deadline for Applications, Letters of Reference, and a copy of the most recent Transcript.

IMS Introduces Praesentia's Benchmark Database®

The Indianapolis Medical Society is pleased to offer members a new payer contracting resource. The Benchmark Database®, an online proprietary database of CPTR reimbursement fees, allows providers to confidentially and legally compare their managed care reimbursement rates to market averages.

The Benchmark Database®, developed by Praesentia Consultation LLC, benchmarks more than 450 CPTR codes against average negotiated rates in Indianapolis, five Ohio markets and two nearby Midwest cities. Results can be used in negotiations with health insurers, as a tool for physician recruitment and/or to analyze trends in reimbursement relative to an individual practice.

Pricing for IMS members is as little as $45 per month with a three-month minimum purchase, which is a 24 percent discount on the standard rate. Access to the service lets subscribers create reports benchmarking three managed care fee schedules. Practices can purchase additional credits to create reports or stay subscribed beyond the three months and receive additional credits each month.

Praesentia complies with the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust regulations, including confidentiality protections and assurance that the data represents a minimum number of practices in a geographic area.

For more information on IMS' partnership with the Benchmark DatabaseR, contact Josh Kaufmann at (866) 515-3870 or josh@praesentiallc.com.

2010 IMS Pictorial Roster - On Sale NOW!

We have a very limited supply of 2010 Pictorial Rosters. Order your additional copies NOW! Members should have received the 2010 edition in January as a benefit of membership, but additional copies need to be ordered while supplies last. Click here or call (317) 639-3406 to order.

Members, if you have not received your personal copy yet, please call the Society office (317) 639-3406.

Talent Gallery

The IMS wants to feature the creative talents of our Members. Please send your photographs or images of your creative work to Mhadley@imsonline.org for posting on our Talent Gallery and for use in the IMS Bulletin and other publications.