Private Practice
Membership Application
Membership is what gives our union power. You must submit an application and pay annual dues to be a member of UAPD.
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Medicare Cuts Threatened
A shocking 23 percent reduction to Medicare payments to doctors is scheduled to go into effect on the first of December, unless Congress intervenes. Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar reports in the Associated Press: “The cuts have nothing to do with President Barack Obama’s...
HIPAA AND THE NEW HITECH AMENDMENTS
HIPAA AND THE NEW HITECH AMENDMENTS: WHAT IS REQUIRED AND HOW CAN PHYSICIANS COMPLY? Presentation by Karin Zaner, Attorney at Law Kane Russell Coleman & Logan PC
UAPD Independent Physicians Association (IPA)
The UAPD IPA is a statewide, non-profit Independent Physicians Association formed in 1993. It gives its members, who are also members of UAPD, access to eleven PPO contracts with more than 3,500,000 non-exclusive patient lives, plus seven industrial medicine contracts...
Legislative Advocacy
Every year UAPD sponsors and endorses state legislature bills that are beneficial to working doctors and those they care for.
Legal Expertise
UAPD stewards and staff get advice and support from experienced labor attorneys.
Know Your Rights
Union members have the right to union representation at any meeting with management that they reasonably believe may lead to discipline. These are called Weingarten Rights.
You can save thousands of dollars on products and services by taking advantage of discounts provided to union members by Union Plus and AFSCME Advantage.