Member Benefits and Services

Get the most from your membership investment. Learn about the many valuable resources, publications, educational opportunities, professional services and practice-management tools available to Society members.

Member Information Center

Contact us for fast, courteous assistance in accessing member benefits.

Advocacy

Physician and patient advocacy at the state and national levels is a key benefit of MMS membership. Our voice effects change on Beacon Hill and Capitol Hill.

  • Legislative Advocacy
    Legislative updates, recent testimony, and task force and commission reports
  • Public Health Education
    Click here for links to patient-education materials on important public health and safety issues.

Publications

MMS publications combine a two-century tradition of excellence in medical publishing with a keen understanding of the information needs of today's busy clinician.

  • The New England Journal of Medicine
    MMS membership includes a subscription to the print and online versions of The New England Journal of Medicine, the world's oldest continuously published medical journal.
  • NEJM Journal Watch
    Get discounts on NEJM Journal Watch publications, summaries of clinically important articles from the world's leading general and specialty medical journals.

Continuing Education

Communications

The MMS keeps you and more than 24,000 of your member colleagues connected to each other, your patients, and organized medicine through an array of multimedia communication vehicles.

  • Vital Signs
    Comprehensive monthly coverage and analysis of local and national developments that affect you, your practice, and your patients.
  • Email Newsletters
    Subscribe FREE to Vital Signs This Week, CME updates, and special-interest email newsletters.
  • Member Information Center
    Contact us for fast, courteous assistance in accessing member benefits.
  • MassMedNET: MMS Member Email Service
    Information about the free email service available to MMS members.

Practice Resources and Professional Services

This is your direct link to valuable practice-management resources, including consulting services, and to information about insurance and physician health issues.

  • Physician Practice Resource Center
    The Physician Practice Resource Center (PPRC) offers members practice-management publications, educational seminars, and consulting services.
  • Practice Management Services 
    Services and programs endorsed by MMS, at special member pricing, designed to enhance practice viability and patient safety.
  • Physician Health Services 
    Physician Health Services(PHS) helps physicians suffering from physical and behavioral illnesses, including substance abuse.
  • PIAM 
    Offers a range of insurance products and practice services.
  • MMS Legal Advisory Plan 
    Provides advisory and consultation services to MMS members regarding Board of Registration in Medicine matters.  

Member Participation

Get involved, build leadership skills, and contribute your talents to the Society's efforts. Elected, appointed, and volunteer positions are available at the district and state levels.

  • Committees, Task Forces and Sections
    Provide guidance on MMS policymaking, programs, and activities by serving on a committee or section.
  • Districts and Regional Offices 
    Join local and regional MMS activities through one of the 20 District Medical Societies or the three Regional Offices in Wilbraham, Lakeville, and Waltham.
  • MMS House of Delegates   
    The House of Delegates is the Society's policymaking body. Members are elected, appointed, or serve in ex-officio capacity. 
  • Volunteer Opportunities  
    Serve the Society and enhance your personal and professional life by volunteering.

Personal and Financial Services 

  • Benevolent Society 
    The Benevolent Society has provided financial grants to physicians experiencing hard times for more than 150 years.
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