About The Fairfield County Medical Association

The Fairfield County Medical Association (FCMA) is the coalition of 5 Connecticut City Medical Societies (Greenwich, Stamford, Norwalk, Danbury and Bridgeport) representing more than 1,800 physicians in all specialties. It was founded in 1792 to advance the scientific, social and political interests of the profession.

FCMA works on an ongoing basis with your State Medical Society and the AMA to preserve the integrity of the physician-patient relationship by maintaining a constant vigil against federal and state interference in your medical practice.

The mission of the Association is to serve you via:

Legislation and Government Liaison: Represents the interests of all physicians and provides you with a voice at every level of government.

Insurance and Membership Benefits: Provides you with a number of low cost group insurance programs including life, health, dental, disability and accidental death and dismemberment.

Medical-Legal-Ethical Services: Provides members with information on such areas as medical records retention, confidentiality, ownership and self-referral, ethics, license registration, and interpretations of state and federal laws and regulations.

Patient and Language Referral Service: Each month approximately 500 patients are referred by staff to member physicians based upon the specialty, geographical and language requirements of the patient.

Socioeconomic Ombudsman Services: Serves as a liaison with the Worker's Compensation Commission, Blue Shield, Medicare, Medicaid, other third party payors, hospital-professional staff relations, and the Connecticut Peer Review Organization.

Communications: Gives a high priority to promoting the image of the physician by bringing to the attention of the news media the good deeds of its members, their major accomplishments of medicine, and the problems confronting the profession.

Publication: FCMA provides its members with News Capsule, a bimonthly publication designed to keep you abreast of the latest social, socioeconomic, regulatory, legislative and general medical issues.

Employment Placement Service: FCMA routinely advertises for prospective employees for placement in physician offices (i.e., secretaries, receptionists, billing and collection clerks, etc.). The Association also maintains a file for physician practice opportunities within the County.

Practice Management Education: FCMA is a leader in providing practice management education opportunities within the County. Topics covered have included RBRVS, CLIA, computers, OSHA, medical waste management, billing and collections, ADA, medical-legal issues, managed care agreements and hospital-staff relations.

Physicians Health: Assist any member who feels the stress of personal and/or professional matters is interfering with their practice of medicine. Getting impaired physicians into the Association's approved rehabilitation program can be an important step in protecting one's license and medical career.

Speakers Bureau: FCMA maintains a list of members who are interested in appearing on television or radio or meeting with the press to discuss various clinical, ethical, and socioeconomic issues.