Service by alphabetical order: 
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Answering Services  

Appointment Scheduling and Physician Finder

• MedWaitTime
  Partner since April 2011

  

  MedWaitTime allows physicians to broadcast their availability and appoint wait times and allows patients to schedule appointments online from their web site or mobile phones using the MedWaitTime iPhone app.

Billing and Practice Management

• athenahealth
  **Affinity Partner since October 2008
  
  

  

  athenahealth is a cloud-based provider of medical billing, electronic health records (EHR) and patient communication services for ISMS members.  ISMS members receive a 6% discount on atheneahealth’s integrated suite of practice management services including:  

  ·         athenaCollector® – a medical billing and practice management service that increases client collections by an average of 12%.

  ·         athenaClinicals® – a Stage 1 Meaningful Use-certified EHR solution that guarantees eligible providers receive their federal stimulus bonus.

  ·         athenaCommunicator ®–automated patient communication, live operator services, and a patient web portal that keeps your practice competitive, compliant and accessible.

  Visit www.athenahealth.com/ISMS or call 877.216.3676 to learn more and receive your ISMS member discount.

Career Center

• Job Target
  Partner since March 2010
  
  

  

  Job Target is a niche online career center housed on the ISMS web site. 

  Discount: ISMS members will receive a discounted rate of $115 for a 30-day job posting ($400 for non-members) and $175 for a 60-day job posting ($500 for non-members). Discount is only offered to groups with 100 percent ISMS membership.

Credit Card Services

• TransFirst Payment Solutions
  ** Affinity Partner since September 2004
  
  

  

  TransFirst offers medical practices electronic credit card services.

  Discount: TransFirst Payment Solutions performs a free analysis of your practice’s credit card payment costs. No set-up fee (lease/purchase equipment) or early termination fee.

• Prescriber’s Letter
  **Affinity Partner since April 2006

  

  Prescriber’s Letter is a drug therapy newsletter.
  
  Discount: ISMS members pay $68/year (compared to $112/year for non-members) and will receive a monthly letter, online resources, and up to 12 CME credits.

Document Management Systems and EHR Consulting

• Caliber Point Solutions
  Partner since April 2009
  
  

  

  Caliber Point helps physician offices convert paper documents to digital format, and to seamlessly integrate with EHR and practice management systems.

  Discount: ISMS members receive a 15 percent discount on document management services and a cost of 10 to 12 cents per page.

• Coker Technology
  Partner since October 2009

  

  Coker Technology specialized in providing full-service information technology services for hospitals and medical offices. Coker helps clients prevent miscalculations in the implementation of new technology, or mistakes in the application of old technology that can result in substantial financial losses.
  
  Discount: ISMS members receive free vendor quotes and contract reviews and a 10 percent discount across the board on all Coker published hourly rates, fixed fees and any resources made available to members.

• Databank IMX
  Partner since April 2009

  

  DataBank helps physician offices convert paper documents to digital format, and to seamlessly integrate with EHR and Practice Management systems.

  Discount: ISMS members will receive a 10-15 percent discount based on the services provided. Unit base pricing will vary due to keystroke, pages and time.

• E-Medapps
  Partner since October 2009

  

  E-Medapps helps offices select and implement electronic health records and practice management systems by setting up and maintaining network and server environments. The software used provides products designed to enable communication within the health care industry and increase operational efficiency within provider practices. 

  Discount: ISMS members will receive a 13.3 percent discount. This discount is offered to groups with 100 percent ISMS membership.

• Medix Systems Consultants
  Partner since April 2009

  

  Medix helps physician offices convert paper documents to digital format, and to seamlessly integrate with EHR and practice management systems.

  Discount: Medix offers ISMS members a 10 percent discount on application software, systems engineering installation and configuration, and implementation and training services.

• Platinum Systems Specialists, Inc
  Partner since April 2009

  

  Platinum Systems Specialists specializes in strategies that assist clients in lowering costs, increasing efficiency and eliminating paper. The core solution used is Laserfiche Document Management which allows any organization to convert paper documents to digital format.

  Discount: ISMS members receive a 10 percent discount on Laserfiche and all Platinum Systems Specialists' services. Receive a free document scanner worth $1,000 for any member who spends over $15,000 (not including tax, shipping and custom programming) on services.

Drug Reference Guide

• Epocrates
  **Affinity Partner since January 2005
  
  

  

  Epocrates is a personal digital assistant (PDA) web-based drug reference. Its mobile and online products enable users to make clinical decisions at the point-of-care more quickly and confidently, allowing them to enhance the quality of patient care.

  Discount: There is a 30 percent retail discount on software to ISMS members.

Electricity Supplier

• Energy Plus
  Partner since April 2011
  
  
  
  Earn Cash Back on Your Electric Bills!
  
  As the preferred electricity supplier of the ISMS, Energy Plus® can help members earn Cash Back on their business or home electric bills. You'll earn Cash Back while still receiving the same delivery service from ComEd.

Special member benefits include:

• Earn 5% Cash Back on your electricity supply charges each year for your business (or 3% for your home)
• Receive a $50 Enrollment Bonus when you enroll your business (or $25 for home electric accounts)
•  Enjoy the same delivery service without monthly service fees or long-term commitments

To learn more about the program—or enroll Click Here. 

Foreign Language Translation

• CTS Languagelink
  **Affinity Partner since October 2008
  
  

  

  CTS LanguageLink provides physicians a simple, cost-effective solution for complying with regulations requiring medical interpretation services with non-English speaking patients.

  Discount: ISMS members will receive a 30 percent discount on per-minute fees ($1.40) with no monthly minimum and no sign-up fee, as well as cards, posters, and stickers to promote the availability of translation services to patients.

Group Purchasing for medical supplies

• CCPA Purchasing Partners
  Partner since June 2010
  
  

  

  CCPA Purchasing Partners, LP, is a physician purchasing group that offers its members discounts on vaccines, medical supplies, and other products and services commonly used by medical practices.

  Discount: ISMS members do not receive preferred pricing. A portion of the administrative fees are returned to physician members who join as CCPA’s partners. Limited partners make a one-time capital investment of $10 per physician and there are no annual fees.  Limited partners have access to CCPA’s vendor pricing and are also eligible to receive an annual distribution of the partnership’s net income based on the individual physician’s utilization of CCPA Purchasing Partners, LP vendors. 

Medical Marketing Services

• JPB Medical Marketing
  Partner since October 2009
  
  

  

  JPB Medical Marketing provides comprehensive marketing services to medical professionals. Services include but are not limited to: marketing and business development, market research, patient surveys, medical education programs (CEU & CME), workers compensation programs, collateral material development/revision and website development/revision.

  Discount: ISMS member offices will receive a 10 percent discount off bills, regardless if they pay a monthly retainer or per hour. 

Small Business Loans

• Bank of America Practice Solutions,
  **Affinity Partner since March 2006
  
  

  

  Bank of America offers small business loans for starting or expanding a practice or for equipment financing. 

  Discount: Reduced loan administration fees are available to ISMS members.