Membership Benefits

Please Contact Us for information about any of the following membership benefits.

We provide access to:

• High quality Continuing Medical Education opportunities at 2 conferences each year
• Internet Continuing Medical Education free of charge
• Legislative Alerts and Information
• Access to TOMA staff for information and assistance
• Osteopathic representation in the Medical Community
• Professional liability insurance through Advocate DO
• Retirement and investment planning
• TOMA Physician Services - a vast array of practice enhancing resources

We maintain a current list of:

• Practice opportunities
• Attractive practice locations
• Physicians seeking practice opportunities
• Available locum tenens

We provide you with these important materials:

• Sample Employee Handbook 
• Monthly Texas D.O. magazine
• Annual Membership Directory
• Influenza shot cards
• Immunization reminder cards
• "Blueprint for Practice" - Courtesy of Dean Jacobson Financial Services
• TSBME complaint notices
• "Glossary of Medicaid, Medicare, and Health Insurance Terms"
• "The Osteopathic Oath and Physicians Creed"
• Durable power of attorney and living will
• "Guidelines for Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in Patient Management" instructional manual
• Osteopathic educational materials for your patients
• Sample Patient Termination letter
• Discounted Reference information through the UNTHSC Gib Lewis Library Med-Search Program

We offer the following additional membership services:

• Preferred Payment Processing through NOVA Information Systems, Inc.
• Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) forms and bracelets ($5.00/set - Contact Patty Bell
• Access to protection in an IRS audit with Tax Resources
• Controlled Substance Log Book for a small fee
• Fulbright and Jaworski's most current edition of the Medical Jurisprudence Manual at a reduced cost
• TOMA Mastercard program - includes the TOMA Individual Mastercard, Corporate Mastercard, and Merchant services through MBNA
• I.C. System collection agency
• Referral to low cost managed care contract review
• Patient referral service
• Advertising discounts in the Texas D.O. magazine
• Access to lists and labels of TOMA members
• Discount for automobile rentals with Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Prospective members shall affiliate with the local district society in their area. Your membership application will be sent to your local district society for approval. It will then be sent to the TOMA Membership Committee, and then to the Board of Directors for final approval.

Student, Intern, Resident, and Fellow memberships are complimentary. There are also discounts for physicians in their first, second, or third year of practice.

Osteopathic physicians who are living out of state, those in active military service, and those in the public health service qualify for special physician memberships. Also available are associate memberships for individuals, and affiliate memberships for businesses and corporations which work closely with and support the osteopathic profession.

For additional information or to join TOMA, contact Lucy Gibbs, Associate Executive Director at (512) 708-8662 or (800) 444-8662, or e-mail her at LucyG@txosteo.org.

© 2002 Texas Osteopathic Medical Association
Last updated 01/14/2004