Health Insurance Coverage and Access

• Increase number of Wisconsin people who have adequate health insurance and ready access to medical services
• Advocate for sufficient Government financial support of its health care programs
• Protect Wisconsin’s relatively favorable medical liability climate
• Reduce administrative inefficiencies and increase clinical efficiencies in health care delivery
• Advocate for the proper supply and distribution of physicians in specialties and locations based on patient need

Quality/Clinical Outcomes

• Encourage physicians to understand and participate in national and state quality efforts
• Champion patient-centered medical care* in Wisconsin
  (*clarifying bullets taken from the Principles of the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative include the following: ongoing relationship with personal physician, physician-directed medical practice, whole person orientation, coordinated care across the health system, quality and safety, enhanced access to care, payment recognizes the value)
• Support patient safety efforts in all health care settings
• Improve Wisconsin population health in areas that physicians can directly impact

Wisconsin Medical Society

• Ensure the Society’s vibrancy, attractiveness and value to members and potential members, its financial soundness, and its regard by the public, policy-makers and media as the primary resource for credible health care policy and perspective
• Evaluate and expand strategic alliances with other key stakeholders

Professionalism and Ethics

• Encourage physician-led primary medical care
• Work to assess and align scope of practice between physicians and non physicians and among physician specialties by accounting for the impact on quality, cost-efficiency, safety and access
• Engage and develop continuous physician leadership in targeted demographic groups, including experienced and emerging physician leaders
• Reactivate and collaborate with County Medical Societies to enhance the Wisconsin Medical Society’s efforts for the profession
• Explore mechanisms to support the health and well-being of physicians in Wisconsin