HCMS Branch Meetings

Join us for networking at your local Branch Meetings

HCMS has seven branch societies and HCMS members are designated to a branch in the area they work or reside. Refer to he Physician Directory for your current branch designation. Click to review the branch zip code designations.

Branch meetings provide information on practice management, medical legislation, medical liability, other HCMS/TMA events, as well as networking opportunities. Branch officers are elected and each branch president serves on the HCMS Executive Board.

There is a fee to attend meetings to help defray costs (i.e. CME programs, facility, meals and beverages). The fee is waived for new HCMS members or early career physicians.


Meeting Fees:  

  • $50 assessment covering nine meetings - includes two in-person meetings and up to seven virtual CME meetings throughout the year. To pay your $50 Branch Assessment, click here.
  • Non-physician guests of HCMS members may attend for a fee of $40 per meeting.
  • Physician non-members may attend for a fee of $100 per meeting.

For more information, contact us at 713-524-4267. 

2023 Branch Meeting schedule
(Click on the Branch Name to Register)

Thursday, March 30, 2023
HCMS East Branch Meeting  (Virtual)

"TMB Rules You May Not Know - But Should," by Dan Ballard, JD
1 Hour Ethics CME, TMLT
6:30 - 8:00 PM - Enjoy Networking followed by the Virtual Ethics CME Presentation
Contact: Jessica Smith, jessica_smith@hcms.org
 
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
HCMS Southwest Branch Meeting  

"Physician Investment and Engagement in Healthcare Business Ventures" by William "Bill" Hopkins, JD
1 Hour Ethics CME, HCMS/TMA
6:00 - 8:00 PM - Enjoy Networking followed by the Ethics CME Presentation
Braeburn Country Club
8101 Bissonnet St., Houston (77074)
Contact: Debbi Eschenbach, debbi_eschenbach@hcms.org
 
Thursday, April 13, 2023
HCMS Northwest Branch Meeting  (Virtual)

"Surprise Billing" by Robert C. Bennett, Vice President Medical Economics, TMA
1 Hour Ethics CME, TMA
6:30 - 8:00 PM - Enjoy Networking followed by the Virtual Ethics CME Presentation
Contact: Debbi Eschenbach, debbi_eschenbach@hcms.org
 
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
HCMS Central Branch Meeting  

"An Emotionally Malignant Disease - Physician Burnout" by Naim El-Aswad, MD
1 Hour Ethics CME, HCMS/TMA
6:00 - 8:00 PM - Enjoy Networking followed by the Ethics CME Presentation
Maggiano's Little Italy - Post Oak
2019 Post Oak Blvd, Houston (77056)
Contact: Susan Loucks, susan_loucks@hcms.org
 
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
HCMS Western Branch Meeting  

"Rev Up Your Revenue" by April Bellard, Director of Payment Advocacy & Practice Management, HCMS
1 Hour Ethics CME, HCMS/TMA
6:00 - 8:00 PM - Enjoy Networking followed by the Ethics CME Presentation
Churrasco's - Memorial City
947 Gessner Rd Ste B-290, Houston (77024)
Contact: Debbi Eschenbach, debbi_eschenbach@hcms.org
 
Thursday, April 27, 2023
HCMS North Branch Meeting

"Financial Management 101 for the Medical Practice: The Critical Fundamentals that are Often Neglected When Managing the Medical Practice," by Pam Potter, Health Care Administration, University of Houston at Clear Lake
1 Hour Ethics CME, HCMS/TMA
6:00 - 8:00 PM - Enjoy Networking with fellow colleagues followed by the Ethics CME Presentation
The Clubs of Kingwood
1700 Lake Kingwood Trail, Kingwood (77339)
Contact: Susan Loucks, susan_loucks@hcms.org
 
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
HCMS Southeast Branch Meeting  (Virtual)

"The Business of Medicine - Enhancing Compliance, Practice Viability and Patient Care" by April Bellard, Director of Payment Advocacy & Practice Management, HCMS
1 Hour Ethics CME, HCMS/TMA
6:30 - 8:00 PM - Enjoy Networking followed by the Virtual Ethics CME Presentation
Contact: Jessica Smith, jessica_smith@hcms.org