Membership Benefits
NPA membership provides a national network and forum for physicians of all specialties. Opportunities for direct involvement range from attendance at local events and national conferences to active participation on working committees. Members may join interest-based listserves and participate in NPA policy development. Other membership benefits include:
Reduced registration fee for NPA conferences
NPA News, our monthly e-newsletter, providing updates on the organization's work
Easy participation in on-line advocacy campaigns, involving simple steps you can take to influence policymakers
The opportunity to join our Industry-Free Speakers' Database
- NPA Member Insurance Program (see below)
- Bekins Moving Discount (see below)
Bank of America Home Loans Mortgage Discount (see below)
Reduced subscription rates for a range of high quality health-related publications as described below
BEKINS MOVING DISCOUNT:
The National Physicians Alliance has partnered with Bekins Van Lines to provide NPA members with expanded services and benefits--all at a discounted rate. Bekins Van Lines is the oldest and one of the most recognized names in the relocation industry, and has helped thousands of Physicians and Healthcare Professionals with their moves. Bekins also offers many value added services beyond the actual move. Click here for more information .
NPA MEMBER INSURANCE PROGRAM:
Pearl Insurance is now the NPA Member Insurance Program Administrator and Exclusive Sponsor of Disability, Automobile, and Homeowners Insurance for NPA members. You can now obtain the following insurance products through the NPA Member Insurance Program:
- Individual Disability Income Insurance: Protects your most valuable financial asset-your ability to work and earn an income; it's non-cancelable, with guaranteed premium rates to age 65, and a 10% discount for NPA members!
- Automobile Insurance: Provides bodily injury liability, personal injury protection, property damage liability, collision, comprehensive and uninsured motorists coverage to help you feel secure on the road.
- Homeowners Insurance: Covers structures on your property and the personal possessions inside them, additional living expenses while the house is being restored after a disaster, and accidental injuries caused to third parties and/or their property.
If you have any questions about the NPA Member Insurance Program and the insurance products now available to you, please visit www.npamemberinsurance.com. There you can find details, contact information, links to the Automobile and Homeowners Insurance online quote process, and more....
BANK OF AMERICA HOME LOANS MORTGAGE DICOUNT:
In a formal alliance with the NPA, Bank of America Home Loans is offering special mortgage financing for licensed medical physicians or medical residents. National Physicians Alliance members will receive a credit on their closing costs and/or discount points towards a new mortgage or refinance of an existing mortgage. The closing credit paid by Bank of America Home Loans will range from $200 - $5000 depending on the mortgage amount---well over the cost of membership in the NPA.
For additional details about this member discount, please contact:
Suzy Savod
Vice President
Bank of America Home Loans
866-810-4404 (toll free)
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SUBSCRIPTION BENEFITS:
The Bellevue Literary Review
The Bellevue Literary Review is a unique literary magazine that examines human existence through the prism of health and healing, illness and disease. Edited by the acclaimed author Danielle Ofri, MD, and published by the department of medicine at New York University, the BLR offers poetry and prose of stunningly high quality. BLR writers have appeared in the Best American Essays series three years running as well as in Pushcart's Best of the Small Presses 2005.
As a special gift to NPA members, the Bellevue Literary Review is now offering two three-year subscriptions for the price of one. To take advantage of this wonderful benefit, simply print out this form and mail it in. What an easy way to let a friend or relative understand what medicine really involves....
The Carlat Psychiatry Report
The Carlat Psychiatry Report (TCPR) is an eight-page monthly newsletter that provides clinically relevant, unbiased information on psychiatric practice. We receive no drug industry funding, which allows a clear-eyed evaluation of all available treatments. View a sample newsletter.
Each issue includes reviews of the latest medications, updates on the latest research, interviews with national experts, plus many more features.TCPR is pleased to announce a special discounted subscription rate of $79 to all NPA members. This special offer includes:
- FREE Medication Fact Book - 49 at-a-glance fact sheets (a $25.95 value)
- One Year - 12 monthly issues - subscription (Regularly $109 per year)
- Full online access to all archive newsletters, over 260 articles, and our New CME Center
- Up to 12 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM per year
Click here to subscribe at the special rate. Or cut and paste the following address into your web browser: http://www.TheCarlatReport.com/NPA.
Evidence-Based Practice
The Family Physicians Inquiries Network (FPIN) is offering a discount to their new evidence-based newsletter for members of the National Physicians Alliance. FPIN is a non-profit consortium of family physicians dedicated to answering clinicians' questions with the best possible evidence without the bias of industry support.
FPIN is now introducing a new way to get evidence-based information for our practices. The Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) newsletter provides concise answers to real clinical questions, utilizing the best available evidence and presenting it in an easy-to-read format. Each issue of EBP also offers the opportunity for you to earn up to three hours of CME credit.
FPIN is offering a discount for NPA members - 20% off of the regular annual subscription price. They will also donate an additional 5% to NPA for every member who subscribes.
- Annual subscription with 36 hours of CME only $179 after 20% discount
- Annual subscription without CME only $119 after 20% discount
- Resident / Student annual subscription discounted to just $79
Many of us subscribe to clinical newsletters; why not subscribe to one that is published by and for physicians, that is evidence-based and easy to use?
To subscribe at the discounted rate, simply go to www.ebponline.net and claim your discount with product code NPA20. Alternatively, you can send your request and mailing address to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call 573-256-2066. For more information about FPIN and the EBP newsletter, visit www.fpin.org.
The Medical Letter
The Medical Letter is offering its two most popular publications at discounted rates to members of the NPA. The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics is a peer-reviewed biweekly publication which provides unbiased critical evaluation of new drugs; appraisal of new drugs for effectiveness, toxicity and cost; and discussion of possible alternatives. There is also an occasional review of a new non-drug treatment or a new diagnostic aid.
1 yr. $76 15% discount
2 yr. $143 20% discount
3 yr. $203 25% discount
Treatment Guidelines from The Medical Letter is an unbiased, independent, peer-reviewed monthly publication that provides the latest information on drugs for treating the major indications; recommendations for first-choice and alternative drugs; comparative assessments of the drugs' effectiveness, safety and cost; and charts and tables for easy reference.
1 yr. $83 15% discount
2 yr. $159 20% discount
3 yr. $223 25% discount
Go to http://medlet-best.securesites.com/html/6NPA.htm to take advantage of these discounts.
Nutrition Action Health Letter
Since 1971, the Center for Science in the Public Interest has been a strong advocate for nutrition and health, food safety, alcohol policy, and sound science. Its award-winning newsletter, Nutrition Action Healthletter, is the largest-circulation health newsletter in North America, providing reliable information on nutrition and health.
Paying members of the NPA are eligible to opt-in for a free one-year subscription to the Nutrition Action Health Letter. To take advantage of this offer, click here .
In addition to these terrific subscription benefits, the NPA also provides a forum for collaboration among physicians, with many opportunities for direct involvement. Member benefits include:
- The opportunity to serve on National Committees
- Reduced registration fee for NPA conferences
- Opportunities to connect with like-minded colleagues via meetings, listserves, and committees
- NPA News, our e-newsletter, for up-to-date news on the organization's work
- Policy Action E-lerts, with concrete steps you can take to influence policy makers
- Local and regional events
As the NPA grows, we are exploring the following benefits:
- National and regional Leadership Training in subjects such as public health, health disparities, and community activism
- Members Only sections of the Web site
- Patient-Provider Resource Center
- Opportunity to serve as a mentor to medical students
- Lobbying trainings and organized days for NPA members and friends
- Continuing Medical Education opportunities through workshops and presentations around the country, free of pharmaceutical-industry sponsorship
- Financial planning/investment services
- Access to and opportunity to sign up for one or more of the following: Volunteer Bank, Speaker Database, Disaster Relief Board, Practice management - IT, patient handouts, EMR, reimbursement help
We welcome your suggestions for future NPA benefits. To send the membership committee your ideas, simply click here!