The incredible benefits you have are a result of your colleagues working together to ensure that resident physicians can provide the highest quality care possible and improve their working conditions.
Join CIR now. We’re stronger together.
Your Benefits:
Additional Benefits, including Patient Care Trust Fund.
Your Contract:
- $2250 living stipend in year 1, $4250 in year 2, and $4500 in year 3
- $1,200 educational stipend and $750 in meal allowance through AY23-24
- Extra On-Call Pay: $200-$750/ shift
- $88k in annual diversity, equity and inclusion funds, with resident input into spending
Questions about your contract?
Contact: Liliana Gutmann-McKenzie
LGutmann@cirseiu.org | (857) 408-3701
+ Mental Health Resources
- Mass.gov: Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
- Emergency Crisis Line: (877) 382-1609
- Mass.gov: Mental Health Services for COVID-19
+ Personal Information
- Membership Form
- Update Form
- Affidavit – If you cannot locate the marriage certificate or birth certificate(s), you can submit this affidavit in its place. The affidavit must be notarized.
Membership Form & Update Form
+ Disability
For purposes of our disability benefits, “disabled” means you can no longer perform the duties of your occupation due to accidental bodily injury, sickness, or a related medical condition, including pregnancy or childbirth. You must also be under the care of a licensed provider as defined by the state in which you work.
2021 Massachusetts Paid Family And Medical Leave (MPFML) – Visit mass.gov/PFML for more information.
- Short-Term Disability (STD) Benefits Claim Form
- Coverage begins on the eighth (8th) day of your disability. The maximum benefit payable is 60% of your weekly salary, up to $692 per week, for up to 26 weeks. See the Summary Plan Description (SPD) for more details.
- If you are going out on a disability leave, contact your employer as soon as possible.
- Long-Term Disability (LTD) Benefits Claim Form
- The LTD plan pays you 60% of your monthly salary, up to a maximum of $3,500 per month. LTD benefits typically start if you are still disabled after 26 continuous weeks. For detailed information on Long-Term Disability see the Guardian Certificate.
- When you terminate employment, you will have the option to convert this benefit to an individual policy, subject to certain conditions.
- INSMED Portable Disability Coverage – Policies offered to you without any medical underwriting requirements or exams.
+ Education
- Participants are eligible for up to $3,000 in reimbursement per plan year (July 1-June 30) to cover expenses related to attend a U.S. patient safety event. You must submit at least 6 weeks prior to the conference date.
- QI Training & Education Application Form
- QI Training & Education Reimbursement Form (For those who have been previously approved for this benefit)
- QI Grant (The CIR House Staff Quality Council at BMC has secured $25,000 per year from BMC’s Captive Insurer as a dedicated stream of funding for house staff led QI/PS projects at BMC. Grants are available in any amount, determined by the applicant’s proposed budget.)
- Library Funds Request
+ Childcare
Backup Childcare Benefit (CARE.COM)
+ Employee Assistance Program
Guardian is partnering with ComPsych for your Employee Assistance Program (EAP). The Employee Assistance Program is provided by ComPsych® GuidanceResources® and offers counseling, work-life assistance and crisis intervention services to you and your household family members. Take advantage of this great benefit you can receive 3 free sessions per person, per issue, per year.
Connect to a counselor for free support services: 1-855-239-0743 (available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week).
First-time users:
Go to Guidanceresources.com to reach the website.
- Click the Register Tab.
- Enter your Organization Wed ID (web ID: Guardian) and click the Register button.
- You will then be asked to enter a Username and Password. The Username must be at least six characters long and should have no spaces (for example: joesmith). The Security Questions are meant to prompt you if you forget your password.
Future logins:
You will only need to remember your Username and Password. When you get to step 2 above, instead of clicking on the Register tab, use the login section and enter your Username and Password and click the Login button. This will take you directly to GuidanceResources Online. If you have any problems registering or logging into GuidanceResources Online, email Member Services at memberservices@compsych.com.
Regional Vice Presidents:
- Taylor Walker, Family Medicine,
Cambridge Health Alliance - Erica Lee, Psychiatry,
Cambridge Health Alliance
Delegates:
- Suleman Khan, Internal Medicine
- James Blum, Emergency Medicine
- Sabhi Singh, Internal Medicine
- James Blum, Emergency Medicine
- Martha Duah, Psychiatry
- Taha Khan, Pediatrics
- Chevaughn Wellington, Psychiatry
- Brett Lewis, Psychiatry
- Adeyemi Sofoluwe, Pathology, Anatomic & Clinical (alternate)
- Timothy Rodriggs, Otolaryngology Ent (alternate)
Additional Benefits
QI Funding
$25,000 for QI/Patient safety projects
$10,000/year for shared educational materials
QI Conference Scholarships
Patient Care Fund
The CIR House Staff Patient Care Fund (PCF) Committee at BMC has secured $35,000 per year through the CIR/BMC contract as a stream of funding dedicated to address ing patient care. The fund accepts grant applications for materials, resources and/or services to improve patient care at BMC as well as for house-staff led initiatives to address key social determinants of health issues facing our patients. Applications now closed.
Member Discount Program
CIR Members are entitled to a number of discounts on services. Learn more.
Attention: In compliance with HIPAA regulations, we are moving to a new, secure email portal. Please use benefits@cirbenefitfunds.org to send secure emails to the Benefits Office.
