Midwest Independent Physicians Practice Association (MIPPA) and Telemedicine

 

The Midwest Independent Physicians Practice Association, a group of about 450 primary care physicians and specialists who are not tied to a specific hospital system in Nebraska, will begin using video-audio consultations for patients who need to be seen by a specialist but live too far away to conveniently see the specialist in person.

 

"This is going to be the health care of the future,” said Dr. Gamini Soori, a cancer specialist and the CEO of MIPPA.

 

Read more about the expanding role of Telemedicine in rural Nebraska with Dr. Soori's leadership of MIPPA by clicking here.

 

 

American Medical Association (AMA) Activities

• Chair (2015-2016)  and Vice Chair (2014-2015) of the AMA Council on Long Range Planning and Development (CLRPD)

  • Contributed continually to the annual publication of the AMA National Healthcare Trend Report

  • Member, Sub-committee on AMA Sections & Groups: with other members, crafted the current AMA governance policy on creating new AMA Sections & Groups and continuation of existing Groups

• Reappointed by the AMA Board of Trustees to the AMA CLRPD for a second term (2013 to 2017)

• Board Member AMA Foundation, 2015

• Delegate to the AMA House of Delegates, representing over 15,000 members of the American Society of Hematology. Reappointed to a third term in 2016

• Past Chair, AMA IMG Section

  • Represented over 35,000 AMA members (nearly one seventh of AMA membership) 

  • Served as the Vice-Chair and Chair of the Governing Council of the IMG Section

• Alternate Delegate to the AMA House of Delegates, representing the AMA IMG Section

• Representative to the AMA-Organized Medical Staff Section from Alegent Creighton Bergan Mercy Medical Center, Omaha, NE

• Served as an alternate representative of the AMA to the Commission to End Health Care Disparities (CEHCD)

• Volunteer Speaker on Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) at the AMA – NMA regional conference on ACOs

• National recipient of the Excellence in Medicine Award for Leadership from the American Medical Association Foundation in 2006

• Member, AMA Cancer Caucus

• Member AMPAC

• Major donor, AMA Foundation Honor Fund

• AMA member recruiter

 

 

Nebraska Medical Association (NMA) Activities

• Councilor, Nebraska Medical Association

• Member, Board of Directors of the NMA Foundation

• Distinguished Service to Medicine Award, 2012

• Delegate from the Metro Omaha Medical Society to the NMA House of Delegates

• Speaker on ACOs at the Nebraska State Medical Association (NMA), 2010

• Member, Legislative & Government Relations Committee

• Contributing author to NMA Journal issue on Accountable Care Organizations, 2011

 

 

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Activities

• Member, Bylaws Committee: diverse membership of this international organization with over 30,000 members

• Member, Editorial Board of the Journal of Oncology Practice, an ASCO publication

• Member, Nebraska Oncology Society: engaged in issues of re-imbursement and other issues of day-to-day relevance to practicing oncologists

• Past Member of the Oncology Drug Advisory Panel of the American Hospital Formulary (one of the compendia accepted by CMS)

 

 

American Society of Hematology (ASH) Activities

• Member, Committee on Practice of the American Society of Hematology which has over 15,000 members

• Delegate to the AMA House of Delegates

• Member of the Congressional Lobbying team of the American Society of Hematology. Multiple years of Capitol Hill visits lobbying congressional and senatorial offices

• Member of the ASH Practice Partnership

• Member, ASH Task Force on Mid Level Practitioners

 

 

Metro Omaha Medical Society (MOMS) Activities

• Member Board of Directors of MOMS for several years

• Chair of the Public Relations Committee of MOMS

• Co-Chair, Legislative & Public Relations Committee

• Organizer, Community Internship Program of MOMS

• Participant in the MOMS monthly meetings with Nebraska State Legislators on healthcare issues