Faculty members of the Wayne State University School of Medicine will join together Tuesday, Oct. 9, at 10:30 a.m. to celebrate the formation of the area’s largest practice plan, the Wayne State University Physician Group.

As academic physicians, the group’s 750 members already provide world-class medical care while also ensuring continuing improvements in health care by conducting groundbreaking research and teaching the next generation of first-rate doctors.

“Wayne State University Physician Group is a dominant force in the metropolitan Detroit medical field,” said Stephen DeSilva, president and CEO of the Wayne State University Physician Group. “We are looking forward to improving care by eliminating some of the hassles our patients face as a result of disparate processes and systems our physicians have been using.”

Wayne State University physicians formerly were represented by 19 separate practice plans. By bringing all of the university’s physicians together into one plan, the group hopes to improve patient care by streamlining contract processes with health insurers and simplifying billing systems through a new management services organization.

The group also plans to improve referral systems, both for physicians within the organization and for those outside of it.

The Wayne State University Physician Group is a non-profit corporation that consists of 750 doctors who are faculty members at Wayne State University School of Medicine, a leader in women and children’s health, cancer and the neurosciences.

Please join the Wayne State University Physician Group at its celebration at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 9, in Room 1358, Scott Hall, 540 E. Canfield, to learn more about the group and its plans.