MISSOURI STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
113 MADISON STREET, JEFFERSON CITY, MO 65101 www.msma.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: MSMA's MISSION IS TO SERVE ITS MEMBERS THROUGH PROMOTION OF THE SCIENCE & ART OF MEDICINE, PROTECTION OF THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC & BETTERMENT OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IN MISSOURI.

THE MSMA ANNUAL CONVENTION WAS HELD APRIL 4, 2020 BY VIDEOCONFERENCE DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. NORMALLY, MSMA PROVIDES CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMING TO PHYSICIANS WHO ATTEND THE CONVENTION AND GIVES UPDATES ON ITS ADVOCACY EFFORTS. SPECIALTY MEDICAL SOCIETIES ALSO MEET IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MSMA. THE ANNUAL CONVENTION ALSO SERVES AS THE MEETING OF THE MSMA HOUSE OF DELEGATES. THROUGH THE RESOLUTION PROCESS, THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES SHAPES ASSOCIATION POLICY. THESE DID NOT HAPPEN AT THE 2020 ANNUAL CONVENTION, WHICH HAD APPROXIMATELY 100 ATTENDEES.

MSMA SERVES AS A PHYSICIAN ADVOCATE IN MISSOURI. IN 2020, MSMA MONITORED OVER 700 BILLS BEFORE THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE. MSMA'S LOBBYISTS ADVOCATED THE POSITION OF THE ASSOCIATION BEFORE NUMEROUS COMMITTEES ON A WIDE ARRAY OF LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON PHYSICIANS AND THEIR PATIENTS. MSMA ALSO REPRESENTS PHYSICIANS BEFORE STATE AGENCIES AND COURTS.

MSMA HAS THREE MAJOR PUBLICATIONS. "MISSOURI MEDICINE" IS PUBLISHED SIX TIMES PER YEAR, AND SERVES AS THE ASSOCIATION'S JOURNAL. IT OFFERS ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO MSMA MEMBERS. CIRCULATION IS APPROXIMATELY 3,000. "PROGRESS NOTES" IS PUBLISHED MONTHLY AND PROVIDES TIMELY INFORMATION ON TOPICS WHICH WILL AFFECT MEMBERS' PRACTICES. CIRCULATION IS APPROXIMATELY 2,750. THE "LEGISLATIVE REPORT" IS A FLYER WHICH IS PRODUCED WEEKLY DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. IT KEEPS MEMBERS UPDATED ON THE HAPPENINGS AT THE CAPITOL. CIRCULATION IS APPROXIMATELY 2,750. MSMA ALSO PUBLISHES VARIOUS BROCHURES AND PAMPHLETS FOR ITS MEMBERS.

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