PVP-Verification

1. Membership Verification

ACMS provides the PVP services for its own members and other medical societies under contract. When a physician or other qualified member calls you for an appointment, please also ask under what membership organization they are seeking their covered services under to confirm their eligibility below. Start with the organization through which they learned about the program since they may have overlapping coverage and the referring organization should be the one billed under.

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ACMS - Qualified Members Include

All licensed members of ACMS, including physicians (MD/DO), physician assistants (PA), nurse practitioners, and medical residents.
- This includes about 20 members who practice in Canyon County or other counties West/North of Ada County to the Oregon border and up to New Meadows if they have paid "secondary society" membership dues. (Mainly Full Circle Health medical residents).
Retired ACMS members (who may dwell in or outside of Ada County).
Currently, IMA Member medical students are not qualified for PVP unless it is a critical need and they cannot get in to their school provided/contracted counselor.
Five (5) appointment hours are available per 12-month benefit period.

QUALIFIED ACMS MEMBERS DIRECTORY

Idaho Academy of Family Physicians - Qualified Members Include

all licensed and/or resident members of IAFP. A current membership list is available upon request.
This may include some border area residents of a different state who have joined IMA. If you are serving them and they dwell outside of Idaho, you must be licensed in their state to provide care.
Five (5) appointment hours are available per 12-month benefit period

Current IAFP Membership List

Idaho Medical Association

All licensed members of Idaho Medical Association, including physicians (MD/DO), physician assistants (PA), nurse practitioners, and medical residents.
This may include some border area residents of a different state who have joined IMA. If you are serving them and they dwell outside of Idaho, you must be licensed in their state to provide care.
Retired IMA members.
Currently, IMA Member medical students are not qualified for PVP unless it is a critical need and they cannot get in to their school provided/contracted counselor.
Five (5) appointment hours are available per 12-month benefit period.

Qualified IMA Member Directory

MIEC - Medical Insurance Exchange of California (Effective 4/1/2024)

All current malpractice insurance policy holders (physicians). Ancillary medical or non-medical staff of the physician are not eligible.
This may include some border area residents of a different state who practice in Idaho. If you are serving them and they dwell outside of Idaho, you must be licensed in their state to provide are.
Five (5) appointment hours are available per 12-month benefit period.
Mental Health Provider should ask physician making an appointment to show a Certificate of Insurance available from MIEC to validate their eligibility.

You may not combine overlapping membership eligibility and stack the covered number of appointments together. Please bill the medical association/society based on how the member heard about the program, even if there is overlapping membership coverage. You may not combine their dual eligibility and stack the covered number of appointments together for more than five per year.

Critical/Urgent but Can't Verify Membership
If you cannot initially verify membership with one of the qualifying organizations, but you can verify their Idaho medical credentials, please establish them as a client and contact the ACMS office to find out what what to do before a second appointment. Their membership may have lapsed or they may be confused about membership coverage, and we can verify this while maintaining their confidentiality.