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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Become a Member
Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Become a Member
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Membership

Member Discount Programs

Unlock the savings on products and services you can use every day. Take advantage of these exclusive members-only discounts and benefits provided through our Affinity partners.

Please note you will be directed to the member login page if a link requires member verification.

Local Hospitality Travel Discounts

ACS offers an exclusive Travel & Entertainment Discount Program to members, employees, friends and family.  Save time and money.  Let us negotiate the best deals and comparison price for you.  Any room, any car, any ticket, anywhere, anytime.  Search and book online today!

ACS Member Benefits

We invite all ACS members, employees, friends and family to enjoy:

  • Exclusive savings that may exceed 50%, and will average 10-20% below-market on all hotels, car rentals, entertainment, vacation rentals, tour packages, and cruises.
    • Domestic or international destinations. 
    • Business or leisure travel.
    • Individual or group bookings.
  • Custom AI trip planning concierge.
  • Easy, intuitive online user-interface.  Simply click, search and book.
  • 24/7 customer support

Medical Liability Insurance Program

The ACS has offered The Doctors Company’s medical liability insurance program as a member benefit since 2002. The Doctors Company has always been guided by a fundamental belief that the practice of good medicine should be advanced, protected, and rewarded.

Member-Owned, Physician First

As the nation’s largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, The Doctors Company is guided by our mission to advance, protect, and reward the practice of good medicine. In today’s evolving healthcare environment, we stand by our members with expert guidance, resources, and coverage, so they can focus on what they do best—delivering care.

Benefits for Eligible ACS Members

  • Program discount of 5 percent for qualified members with a favorable claims history.
  • Additional claims-free credit of up to 25 percent for eligible members.
  • Participation in the Tribute® Plan, an unrivaled financial benefit that rewards member loyalty and commitment to superior patient care.
  • Participation in The Doctors Company’s multiyear dividend program
  • The industry’s most aggressive claims defense—including an ironclad consent-to-settle guarantee, where permitted by law.
  • Free tail coverage for qualified members.
  • Patient safety programs tailored to the needs of ACS members.
  • Automatic protection against privacy breach and Medicare reviews through CyberGuard® cyber liability protection and MediGuard® regulatory risk coverage.

Suggested Resources

Lessons Learned from a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit: Aortic Surgery in a Patient with Significant Underlying Coronary Disease
David Han, MD, FACS, and Jacqueline Ross, RN, PhD, Coding Director, The Doctors Company, part of TDC Group, discuss the complications and critical decision-making errors in a case of aortic surgery on a patient with severe coronary disease. The article emphasizes the importance of thorough preoperative evaluation and considering all surgical options to manage complications effectively.

Identifying Malpractice Risks for Surgical Practices
Understanding that the causes of claims are multifactorial and rarely result from individual judgment or technical skill alone can help surgeons improve outcomes.

Lessons Learned from a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit: Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Complication
In collaboration with the American College of Surgeons, we analyze a closed malpractice case involving laparoscopic cholecystectomy, examining factors behind the adverse event and strategies to prevent future risk.

For more information, visit www.thedoctors.com/ACS, call 800-352-0320, or e-mail TDCSales@thedoctors.com.