Supporting Your Practice

The LACMA provides the support you need to
maintain a successful practice

Preferred Partners

Members can more than make up for their membership dues and save time and headaches by using LACMA’s carefully selected and ever-growing network of preferred partners who offer exclusive programs and pricing on services that can improve how they treat patients and themselves.

LACMA is committed to providing customized solutions for physicians and their staff, regardless of mode of practice or specialty.

You care for your patients, LACMA cares for you.

Adaptive Medical Partners

What They Do

Adaptive Medical Partners is a full service, permanent placement healthcare provider staffing firm. Adaptive's experienced recruiters are equipped with the best sourcing tools available; many of which are proprietary technology, resulting in quality placements in shorter time frames.

Who to contact:

Mario Ortiz
Email: elopez@adaptivemedicalpartners.com

AthenaHealth

What They Do

Offers electronic health record with Epocrates intelligence embedded in the workflow
Patient Engagement services
Practice Management services
Simplifying order transmission
Help physicians achieve quality goals, lower costs and optimize utilization

LACMA members can now receive two months of free service when they choose athenahealth!*

About athenahealth

athenahealth partners with hospital and ambulatory customers to drive clinical and financial results. They offer medical record, revenue cycle, patient engagement, care coordination, and population health services. athenahealth combines insights from a network of more than 160,000 providers and approximately 117 million patients with deep industry knowledge and performs administrative work at scale.

To learn more, you can reach Pat Keating at (617) 402 6035 or pkeating@athenahealth.com. Or visit us at athenahealth.com.

*Provided that Client (i) is not receiving any athenaNet Services as of the Effective Date; (ii) executes the Agreement, including this Proposal, on or before the earlier of (a) the Valid If Accepted By Date set forth in this Proposal, or (b) December 31, 2019; (iii) has its Go-Live Date with respect to the full suite of athenaOne services within six (6) months of the Effective Date; and (iv) as of the Effective Date, is a member of Los Angeles County Medical Association, then the Parties agree that for the first two (2) months following the Client’s initial Go-Live Date (x) the athenaOne Service Fee shall be reduced to 0% of Collections and (y) the Client Minimum Fee per Month (if any) shall be reduced to $0. Beginning in the third month after the initial Go-Live Date and thereafter, the athenaOne Service Fees shall be as set forth in the athenaOne Fees section of this Proposal. If Client satisfies each of the conditions in subsections (i)-(iv) above, then this paragraph shall supersede any conflicting provisions of this Proposal related to invoicing or payment of the athenaOne Service Fees in the first three months following the Go-Live Date.

Avery Healthcare Appraisal

New to the LACMA Preferred Partner Program is Avery Healthcare Appraisal, Inc. Avery Healthcare Appraisal has prepared hundreds of valuations nationwide of medical practices including equipment and furniture valuations, surgery centers, imaging centers, endoscopy centers, dialysis centers and hospitals. They also assist physicians in buying and selling their practices, in compensation issues, and in recruiting, admitting and retiring partners.

Who to contact:

Ken Avery
Phone: 310-487-7405
Email: ken@averyappraisal.com
Website: https://www.averyappraisal.com

Capsule

What they do:

Send a new prescription:

Any doctor can prescribe to Capsule, and you don’t need an account before they prescribe. We’ll text you as soon as we receive your prescriptions at the phone number your doctor sent us.

Transfer your refills:

It only takes a minute to transfer refills from your old pharmacy to Capsule. We’ll contact your old pharmacy and transfer your prescriptions to Capsule within one day so we can hand-deliver your next refill wherever and whenever you need it.

Deliver your prescription:

Once we have your prescription, we’ll text you to schedule your free delivery whenever and wherever you need it. There just needs to be someone – a friend, a doorman, a colleague – to receive your medication when it arrives. All our deliveries are contactless.

Who they are:

Capsule is a new kind of pharmacy. Or maybe a new kind of pharmacy mixed with an old type of pharmacy. Anything but a chain type of pharmacy, where you wait in line to talk to people who would rather be anywhere else.

We are the type of pharmacy made up of friendly, caring pharmacists who carry prescriptions straight to your door, at the tap of your phone. We are also people who take pleasure in looking after people and hope to take care of you for years to come.

Who to contact:

Mike Strouss
Email: mstrouss@capsule.com

Carblip

CarBlip is a car buying and leasing platform that provides customers with a completely personalized car buying experience without ever having to visit a dealership. Through our car configurator, customers are able to build their ideal car exactly how they want it. Someone from our CarBlip Concierge Team will then locate all options that match their preferences. Each customer is provided with a dedicated concierge who will guide them through the entire process from negotiation to delivery. CarBlip’s goal is to alleviate most, if not all, of the pain points that consumers often experience in the car buying process.

Who to contact:

Krista Nutt krista@carblip.com

Paul Turner paul@carblip.com

CareClix

CareClix is a leading virtual healthcare solution company that provides software applications coupled with medical services enabling patients to receive care anytime at anyplace. CareClix's suite of services is revolutionizing the way hospitals, doctors, and clinical care providers can interact with an increasing number of patients. CareClix Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Solei Systems Inc. (OTC: SOLI).

What they do:

Patient Engagement
- Encourage your patients to engage with your physicians through CareClix. You can provide them with fast access to our network of thousands of licensed and board-certified physicians and specialists and a range of consultations from prescription refills to urgent care emergency consultations.
Trusted Platform
- CareClix’s robust and flexible platform can significantly upgrade your telemedicine program. Whether you are looking to pilot your first virtual clinic or implement a comprehensive program, our scalable platform will work for you.
Solutions That Save
- With CareClix solutions, like Chronic Care Management and Remote Patient Monitoring, you’ll be able to save money while providing patients with better care. Our solutions will cut down on patient readmission fees while increasing reimbursements.

Who to contact:

Sal LoBianco slobianco@careclix.com

Carlson and Jayakumar

What They Do

Achieve considerable cost-savings for physician and medical group clients with favorable outcomes in CMS and insurance reimbursement disputes
Help practices with their business transactions and corporate formation and maintenance.
Form hundreds of medical practices and negotiated physician compensation agreements
Defend and protect numerous physician licenses in Medical Board investigations, credentialing, and peer review matters
Give advice on healthcare regulation compliance provides clients with peace of mind and the confidence to focus on patients and building their practice

Benefit to LACMA Members

Complimentary one-hour consultation to all members.

About Carlson & Jayakumar LLP

Carlson & Jayakumar LLP is a healthcare specialty law firm located in Southern California that serves physicians, medical groups, hospitals, and other healthcare provider clients throughout the state. For more than a decade, Carlson & Jayakumar has been committed to protecting and ensuring the success of physicians and their medical practices.

Carlson & Jayakumar is the best at minimizing legal costs while providing the utmost in quality service so that physicians can focus on what they do best – caring for patients.

Client testimonial:

“As a new graduate from residency, I had been advised to have an attorney take a look at my first big contract. I was a little nervous, but Kathy and her team made the process easy and seamless. She was efficient, approachable, responsive, and a pleasure to work with. Her advice was very helpful and practical, and now I’m working in my dream job! Thanks Kathy!” – J.M.

Cerrell

What They Do

Cerrell builds strategic communications and advocacy programs to meet our clients’ needs.

Who they are:

Cerrell's formation began in late 1966, when Joe Cerrell began a transition from being one of the key campaign strategists and head of the California Democratic Party, to running his own consulting company that specialized in political campaign management and advised corporate clients about the intersection of public policy and politics.

Today the tradition continues. Our diverse staff of experienced professionals possesses a keen knowledge of the political and public policy process, coupled with a healthy dose of creative thinking and unmatched integrity. We enjoy unequaled strength in developing and implementing comprehensive communications programs for clients, large and small, and with 50-plus years of experience, we have a well-established network of contacts and resources that can be tapped immediately to help get the job done.

Who to contact:

Brandon Stephenson brandon@cerrell.com

Compass

What They Do

A brokerage of unparalleled agents
- As an innovative residential real estate firm, we empower our agents so they have more time for advising their clients. With the solutions-driven mindset of a startup and the sophistication of a luxury brand, Compass is the future of real estate.
A tech company reinventing the space
- To lead the industry requires the smartest tools built by the brightest minds across engineering, design, and strategy. Through our proprietary platform, Compass is changing how agents and clients navigate the process of finding or selling a home.

Who they are:

Compass is building the first modern real estate platform, pairing the industry’s top talent with technology to make the search and sell experience intelligent and seamless.

Who to contact:

Josh Brenner josh.brenner@compass.com

Cooperative of American Physicians

What They Do

Provide physicians with solid, dependable medical professional liability coverage coupled with exceptional member care

Benefit to LACMA Members

Receive medical malpractice coverage at rates that can’t be beat.
Provides a 24/7 claims and risk management hotline.

About Cooperative of American Physicians

Patients rely on you every day to provide the best care possible. But can you rely on your current malpractice insurance carrier to care for you when you need them most? CAP offers physicians solid, dependable medical professional liability coverage coupled with exceptional member care, including a 24/7 claims and risk management hotline.

Entertainment Benefits Group

Through Entertainment Benefits Group (EBG) members can purchase discounted tickets for sporting events, concerts, movies, theme parks, car rentals, hotels and much more. Take advantage by clicking below.

Four Seasons, Westlake Village

LACMA has a wonderful partnership with Four Seasons Westlake Village. Set in the heart of the Santa Monica Mountains between Malibu’s sunny beaches and Santa Barbara’s famous vines, the relaxed yet refined Californian Resort offers a family-friendly atmosphere and one of the Los Angeles area’s most comprehensive spa and wellness programs. Come and redefine what it means to reinvigorate. If you want to visit any Four Seasons Resort property, contact gustavo@lacmanet.org

Gentem Health

About Gentem:

Gentem Health, Inc. is a Silicon Valley-based company
with a simple mission - get healthcare providers reimbursed more and faster with minimal administrative cost. Gentem accomplishes this by leveraging technology such as artificial intelligence, automation, and data to streamline and accelerate the reimbursement process.

Who to contact:

LACMA members can email Gentem's Head of Sales, Justin Gold at Justin@Gentem.com, to learn more about the platform and how they are currently helping private medical practices.

JNTTek

What They Do

When you’re ready to grow, JNTTek IT Solutions is right there with you.

Your go-to IT Department for:

• IT evaluation
• Digital marketing solutions for small practices
• HIPPA compliance
• Network security
• EMR integrations
• Website development and optimization
• Phone service and VOIP systems
• Hardware lifecycle management
• Mobile device management strategy & security
• Server and PC and Mac support
• Concierge IT support and services

Benefit to LACMA Members

FREE ASSESSMENT OF YOUR SERVER, DEVICES, SECURITY, EMR OR BACK UP SERVICES.

Contact:
866.986.2551
support@jnttek.com
jnttek.com

About JNTTek

JNTTek is a full service IT solutions firm with a team of certified engineers and developers who have more than 40 years of IT experience, designing, building and supporting IT systems of all sizes.

LACMA members are in good hands with JNTTek’s dedicated team, Justin Murphy, CEO and Dave Bader, VP of Business Development.
About

JNTTek provides unmatched IT support to help businesses grow—and they’ve got the experience to back it up.

Understanding how important IT is to your business is one thing. Understanding how to implement it is another. JNT’s team of certified engineers and developers have more than 40 years of IT experience, designing, building and supporting IT systems of all sizes.

The skills gained from supporting these high-growth companies have put their team in a position to deliver simple IT solutions fueled by the latest technologies—and ones that meet the demands of your business, no matter how small or big.

Juno

What They Do

We use group buying power to negotiate with lenders to get you the best interest rates available. Think student loans, with a volume discount.
While we grow our group year round, our negotiations happen in the spring. From there, we send all of our members a special link to access the lender who offered us the lowest rates.

About Juno:

We are on a mission to increase access to and reduce the financial burden of higher education.

Who to contact:

Nick Talamelli nick@joinjuno.com

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LANES

What They Do

LANES is on a mission to improve health care delivery by providing a platform that enables cost-effective and secure electronic exchange of patient medical records among public and private health care providers and plans in L.A. County.

About LANES

Los Angeles Network for Enhanced Services (LANES) is an independent, nonprofit organization developing a health information exchange for Los Angeles County residents to enable participating physicians, healthcare facilities, hospitals, health plans, and other healthcare providers to share patient clinical information efficiently and securely.

LANES is a community health information exchange (HIE) with a primary mission of benefiting the local, Los Angeles county residents and health care providers. The Board of Directors is made up of Los Angeles County Healthcare stakeholders that have vested interest in healthcare outcomes and population health.

Who to contact:

Bradd Hibard brad.hibbard@lanesla.org

Phone: 949-633-3900

LibertyID

If your identity is stolen and you are signed up for one of LibertyID's low cost member plans, one phone call results in your full identity theft restoration. This means that they will take care of everything for you from managing the dozens of phone calls, hours of wait time, filing of documents, replacing any lost documentation, and every other detail that needs to be attended to. Services are 100% guaranteed and while other companies offer identity theft resolution—this only means they will guide you through the process of doing it yourself.

Who to contact:

Travis Mills or Paul Ferron
Office: 844-445-4337
Email: travis@libertyid.com, paul@libertyid.com
Website: https://www.libertyid.com/business/lacma

Mercer

What They Do

Mercer Health & Benefits Insurance Services programs include:

Workers’ compensation
Health insurance
10- and 20-year group level-term life
Group long-term disability
Long-term care
Business owner’s policy
Group dental

About Mercer

Mercer Health & Benefits Insurance Services offers insurance plans to members of the Los Angeles County Medical Association with expert service and solutions provided by a team of licensed Client Advisors.

Mercer Health & Benefits Insurance Services is a division of Mercer, a global consulting leader in talent, health, retirement, and investments, with 20,000+ employees based in more than 40 countries. Mercer is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE: MMC), a global team of professional services companies offering clients advice and solutions in the areas of risk, strategy, and human capital.

Medtrainer

About Mercer

MedTrainer was founded in 2013 with a simple idea. Create a company that delivers affordable learning, compliance tools, credentialing and accreditation support to the healthcare market all within one platform. MedTrainer maintains a blend of technology and human-assisted support which has led to something unique in the software industry.

Who to contact:

Gerald “Buck” Buckland
Director, Channel Partnerships
Phone: 303-638-3644
bbuckland@medtrainer.com

Mocingbird

What They Do

Clarity on complex and confusing rules and regulations
A streamlined platform to keep all your clinicians’ ongoing credentialing documentations
Automated tracking and credit calculation for each requirement
Industry-leading security to ensure that your information is always safe
A CME marketplace with high quality relevant content from accredited providers

About Mocingbird

MOCINGBIRD’s mission is to positively impact the healthcare ecosystem by streamlining continuing education and simplifying ongoing credentialing. Managing ongoing licensing requirements should not be an administrative burden on the clinicians, the medical support team nor the credentialing office.

Together, we can solve the inefficiencies in the CME process thus increasing the amount of time spent towards patient care. Ongoing licensure should be an opportunity for clinicians and administrators to obtain the latest cutting edge knowledge and bring innovation to healthcare organizations.

Who to contact:

Scott Duarte scott.duarte@mocingbird.com

optimize.health

What They Do

As the exclusive Remote Patient Monitoring partner to LACMA, we're committed to ensuring that every eligible provider in Los Angeles County has access to a comprehensive and effective solution for delivering remote patient monitoring at a time when these services are most critical. Our easy-to-use system is designed to facilitate improved clinical outcomes and to be highly profitable with minimal upfront risk.

Benefit to LACMA Members

LACMA members who sign up for Optimize Health will receive 1-2 days of initial RPM remote training for their staff for free ($2500-$5000 value). Members with at least 30 monthly active patients will also have their ongoing monthly support fees (up to $500/mo.) waved throughout 2021. And, as an added bonus to those who sign up before March 31, we're offering up to 3-months of no software fees and up to 6-months of no device payments for all members who meet their minimums for new active patients and device orders.

Contact optimize.health below:

PatientPop

What They Do

Implementation Manager gets your practice ready and launched onto the PatientPop platform in 30 days or less
Customer Success Manager ensures your satisfaction by monitoring your practice’s progress by sending performance updates and adjusting strategy when needed
PatientPop Support team is available to assist, quickly responding to questions and ensuring your practice stays at the forefront of digital innovation.

Benefit to LACMA Members

PatientPop is offering a discount of $1,000 to LACMA members who sign up for the PatientPop practice growth platform (applies to your implementation fee).

GET STARTED WITH A FREE PRACTICE WEBSITE DIAGNOSIS

About PatientPop

PatientPop is a team of 300+ experienced healthcare executives and experts with one vision: to help practices thrive amid today’s challenges and tomorrow’s ever-changing trends.

Their dedicated staff focuses on each stage of your practice growth. PatientPop drives results for practices with a platform designed specifically for providers, focusing on the critical areas of practice growth, from a superior web presence and SEO to proven content marketing strategies.

With PatientPop, practices can attract more patients, manage their online reputation, modernize the patient experience, and automate the front office.

SiteRx

What They Do

SiteRx is on a mission to bridge clinical trials with clinical practice, making access to appropriate clinical trials available to any patient that qualifies and wishes to participate. By accomplishing this, we give treating physicians an opportunity to provide additional care options for their patients while generating significant new income for their practices. We also improve things dramatically for sponsors and sites who consistently struggle to recruit the right patients, wasting precious time and money, and delaying the approval of potentially life-saving treatments.

About SiteRx:

SiteRx’s long-term mission is to revolutionize the way healthcare opportunities are delivered to patients. We strive to promote diversity and inclusion in clinical research. By bringing ground-breaking treatments to the market more efficiently, we hope to deliver the first cure for Alzheimer’s disease for the benefit of every patient.

Who to contact:

Carlin Lee carlin@siterx.com

Wells Fargo

About Wells Fargo:

Wells Fargo assesses business needs and goals and focuses on building strong, long-term relationships so that they can support the practice or a physician’s personal banking needs.

Who to contact:

Gustavo Friederichsen gustavo@lacmanet.org

West Coast University

About West Coast University:

For over 100 years, West Coast University has been educating and preparing students for professional careers. Today, WCU is committed to a unique student-centric approach to advanced healthcare education—combining critical thinking with hands-on experience to put our students “ahead of the curve.”

Across our six modern facilities in Southern California, Texas, and Florida, we offer focused undergraduate degree programs in nursing and dental hygiene, as well as master's and doctorate programs in nursing, health administration, occupational therapy, physical therapy and pharmacy.

WestPac Wealth Parnters

What They Do

What does Jonathan Barrera with WestPac Wealth Partners Do?

Educate and bring awareness to physicians and clinicians so they increase their ability to make informed decisions using key areas such as:

Retirement: Saving as much taxes as possible during your working years and significantly increasing future retirement savings
Exit and Succession Planning: Providing Education and Awareness on transactions resulting in the transition out of, merge or acquisition of a Private Practice at any point in their career
Decrease Tax Liability: Enhance lowering tax liability during a sale and while in retirement
Protection and Preservation: Protect and preserve assets accumulated during your career in the most tax efficient way possible.

WestPac also:

Presents physicians with a comprehensive range of financial services and wealth management products
Provides financial strategies that allow physicians to keep as much of their income as possible and transform their earnings to a lasting source of wealth and legacy

About WestPac Wealth Partners

WestPac Wealth Partners is home to financial specialists who have dedicated their careers and professional practice into designing, crafting, and implementing practical and sustainable financial strategies. Operating on a platform built on wealth preservation, protection, and accumulation,

[Jonathan Barrera is WestPac’s exclusive Registered Representative to the Los Angeles County Medical Association. Early in his career in the financial sector, Jonathan worked in the tax, audit and mergers acquisitions in San Diego and Las Vegas.

Today, Jonathan’s work in crafting smart, practical, and sustainable financial solutions has gathered a prominent following from crowds of financially-aware professionals.]

The focus of WestPac Wealth Partners centers on their clients’ vision for their future to create a lasting impact on wealth potential. Uniquely positioned to offer clients access to one of the most comprehensive financial product platforms available today, WestPac Wealth Partners envisions and enhances the clients’ goals by designing a customized strategy and creating a life map to achieve and protect their wealth.

Whether its simply just wanting to review your current tax situation and see how much more you can save with todays new tax laws, looking to prepare for retirement or looking to exit your practice smartly WestPac is there to help.

Contact:

Office: 619-684-6400
Fax: 619-684-6410
info@thewp2.com

WorkWise Law

What They Do

Running a business in California requires knowledge of a complex set of laws. Workwise Law trains management, creates infrastructure for handling HR issue, and protects businesses to limit their exposure.

PROTECT YOUR BUSINESS FROM COSTLY MISTAKES

Employee Handbooks
Job Description & Essential Duties
FEHA/ADA Legal Compliance
HR Law Training & Workshops
Employee Complaint Investigations
Employment Conflict Resolutions
Interactive Process Guidance & Tools
Performance Improvement Plans
On-Call Employment Questions Advice
Legal Mediation Services

Benefit to LACMA Members

-$2500 Annual Package: Includes a full HR Audit and 10 hours of employment law advice.

OR

-1 hour free consultation and discounted rates customized to your needs

About WorkWise Law

WorkWise Law is headed by Alexis D. James and Renee N Noy, both who have practiced employment law in California for more than eleven years.

Having worked on both sides of the fence, Alexis and Renee have insight into the challenges that face employers and employees in the workplace as disputes arise. They believe that the word “counselor” is particularly fitting in their approach to the law, as they listen closely to the needs of their clients, and offer advice based on legal principles and common sense. Alexis and Renee are trusted consultants who have a keen understanding of what employers must consider to avoid the pitfalls of a time-consuming and costly lawsuit.

Contact:

(818) 591-6724

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