ABOUT

The largest organization of physicians in Colorado, CMS champions health care issues that improve patient care, promote physician professional satisfaction and create healthier communities in Colorado.

CMS Strategic Plan

Approved by the CMS Board of Directors: June 13, 2025

Mission

To champion health care issues that improve patient care; promote physician professional satisfaction; serve as a place of inclusion and belonging for all Colorado physicians, residents and medical students; and create healthier communities in Colorado.

Vision

CMS will be the leader in making Colorado the best state in which to provide and receive the safest, highest quality and most cost-effective medical care.

Mission-Based Goals and Strategies

Improved Physician Health, Wellness, and Career Satisfaction
Goal: Colorado physicians have successful and satisfying careers.

  • Conduct outreach targeting medical schools and residency programs, designing a mentorship/communication initiative to guide career decisions and connect students and residents to the everyday life of practice and the career and professional life resources necessary for success.
  • Provide customized career and employment resources informing CMS member decisions on employment relationships and career pathways.
  • Orient trainees and physicians, training them to advocate for their careers, profession, and practices.
  • Support and sustain physician-led healthcare through relevant programs, services, and advocacy initiatives.
  • Orient CMS members to evolving models of care and techniques or technologies designed to reduce the burden of practice.

Stronger Physician-Led Advocacy and Practice Sustainability
Goal: The professional and practice environment supports viable patient-centric care.

  • Promote CMS policy recommendations that improve care, reduce regulatory burdens that limit effective clinical decision-making, decrease the quality of care, and promote sustainable practice of medicine and physician careers in Colorado.
  • Continue political efforts to elect policymakers supportive of policies encouraging patient-centric care and sustainable practices.
  • Continue grassroots activities educating state legislators to the realities of modern physician-led healthcare in Colorado.
  • Advance a positive policy agenda designed to improve the Colorado legislative and regulatory climate, incorporating recommendations to reduce the administrative burden on physician-led care and make Colorado a “destination of choice” for physicians.

Greater Public Trust and Understanding of Health Care
Goal: Physicians provide evidence-based guidance to patients and families, helping them understand healthcare realities and make informed care decisions.

  • Collaborate with relevant organizations to communicate vetted information on common healthcare conditions, informing patients, their families, policymakers, and journalists about public health and clinical conditions issues.
  • Identify and use relevant media, providing expert opinions on public health or clinical issues and acting as a trusted resource in healthcare.
  • Explore communication efforts discussing the realities of clinical care, payment, and healthcare successes within the Colorado physician community with patients and their families.
  • Identify and work with relevant professional societies or local organizations to support a positive physician community in Colorado through vetted information and resources.

Increased Statewide Membership Engagement and Sustainable Revenue Growth
Goal: A supportive, diverse, and engaged network of members committed to supporting the life of Colorado physicians, their practices, and their families.

  • Improve the CMS member experience throughout Colorado by providing volunteer leadership pathways and networking opportunities supporting member growth.  
  • Support and collaborate with component societies to improve efforts to create a positive physician community and sustainable practices through relevant programs, services, and initiatives.
  • Create customized CME, and other programs or services supporting different practice models and career stages.
  • Create and support customized communities reflecting the diverse practice, professional, and personal characteristics of physicians in Colorado.
  • Activate and engage all Colorado physicians in CMS’s advocacy, education, and community efforts and the life of the physician community.
  • CMS establishes new financial and partnership models that strengthen its ability to support physicians and advocate for the profession.