About The Physicians FoundationJune 15, 2012

Board members and affiliations

Louis J. Goodman, PhD, Texas Medical AssociationAlan Plummer, MD, Medical Association of GeorgiaWalker Ray, MD, Medical Association of GeorgiaRobert Seligson, North Carolina Medical SocietyLarry Braud, MD, Louisiana State Medical SocietyDon Alexander, Tennessee Medical AssociationSubhi Ali, MD, Tennessee Medical Association Karl Altenburger, MD, Florida Medical AssociationJohn Arveson, Washington State Medical AssociationTodd Atwater, South Carolina Medical AssociationJames Cross, MD, Aetna, Inc.

Board members and affiliations

Lawrence Downs, Esq., Medical Society of New JerseyWilliam Guertin, California Medical AssociationPaul Harrington, Vermont Medical SocietyRipley Hollister, MD, El Paso County Medical SocietySandra Johnson, Nebraska Medical SocietyPalmer Jones, New Hampshire Medical SocietyAlex Malter, MD, Alaska State Medical SocietyGerald McKenna, MD, Hawaii Medical AssociationGary Price, MD, Connecticut State Medical SocietyPhilip A. Schuh, Medical Society of the State of New YorkClaudia Tellez, Medical Society of Northern VirginiaJoseph Valenti, MD, Denton County Medical Society

Mission

To advance the work of practicing physicians and improve the healthcare delivery system in America

Overview

• Founded in 2003• Nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization • Provides perspective of practicing physicians on

many issues facing them today• Surveys physicians and patients to study impact on

them of government healthcare policies• Works to strengthen physician-patient relationship

and assist physicians in sustaining their medical practices

Overview

• Pursues its mission through a variety of activities including:– Grantmaking– Research– White papers – Policy studies

Focus areas

• The Foundation focuses on four core areas:– Physicians leadership

• Provide physicians with the leadership skills necessary to drive healthcare excellence

• Physicians Foundation Leadership Academy – Examines how physicians can deploy a variety of leadership

and skills for effective organizational management

– Healthcare reform• Offer physicians resources to succeed in today’s challenging

healthcare environment

Focus areas

– Physician practice trends• Better understand evolving practice trends to help physicians

continue to deliver quality care to their patients

– Physician shortage• Meet the current and future needs of all patients by assessing the

supply of physicians

Grantmaking

• Awarded numerous multi-year grants totaling more than $28 million

• Grants have been awarded to the following types of nonprofit organizations, including: – Healthcare systems – Medical society foundations– Universities

Grantmaking

• Our grantmaking program strives to: – Identify promising ideas, initiatives and tools that address

the needs of physicians in multiple practice arrangements– Offer solutions and actionable insights to help physicians

maintain success within their ideal practice setting– Support physicians and medical professionals in their

delivery of quality patient care

Recent grants• Institute for Medical Quality

– Intensive training for chiefs of staff, committee members, department chairs and other physicians to increase their leadership knowledge and skills

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Develop an open source, web-based projection model to estimate

whether current and future physician supplies will meet population healthcare needs at the state and national level

• Health Leads – Initiative to expand and deepen Health Lead's core model of providing

services that will improve the health of poor and disadvantaged patients and families

Recent grants• Vermont Medical Society Foundation

– Create infrastructure to support Physicians Resource Center for Vermont physicians

• Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation – Develop physician, employer and insurer partnerships to study

healthcare cost variation and best practice care

• Alabama Primary Health Care Association– Leadership training for physicians in health centers and toolkit for

leading implementation of health IT

Research & Insights

• Conduct comprehensive, timely research to explore issues affecting doctors, patients and the future of the U.S. healthcare system, including:– Research on healthcare reform – Analysis of physician practices trends

• Offer health providers and policy makers access to comprehensive research and white papers to help inform effective policy formulation

Recent research examples:

• Next Generation Physician Survey (2012) – Polled 500 young physicians (aged 40 and under) to gauge sentiment

about future of U.S. healthcare system and their own practice experiences

• Health Reform and the Decline of Physician Private Practice (2010) – Surveyed 100,000+ physicians and found strong negative feelings

towards new healthcare reform law

• The Physicians’ Perspective: Medical Practice (2008)– Examined how the state of medical practice is shifting and factors

driving an increase in doctor dissatisfaction

Recent white paper examples:

• A Roadmap for Physicians to Health Care Reform (2011) – Examined how new legislative changes will directly impact physicians’

practice of medicine

• Physicians and Their Practices Under Healthcare Reform (2009) – Raised questions about the role of socioeconomic determinants as

they relate to access, quality and cost of medical care in the U.S.

Recent media coverage

Upcoming initiatives

• Healthcare Highway – June 2012– As a follow up to 2011’s “A Roadmap for Physicians to

Health Care Reform,” this report will present physician challenges in the current practice environment

• 2012 Bi-annual Physicians Survey– This sweeping study of nearly 20,000 physicians across the

U.S. will provide America’s physicians with a clear voice on the most pressing healthcare issues facing the nation

Questions

Visit www.physiciansfoundation.org for more information