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| CHAIR 2011 |
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John Morton |
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| CO-CHAIR |
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Wayne English |
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| CO-CHAIR |
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Mitchell Roslin |
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| EC LIAISON |
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John Morton |
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| ASMBS STAFF |
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Jennifer Wynn |
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| ASMBS Mission |
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To advocate for healthcare policy that ensures patients access to high quality prevention and treatment of obesity |
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| Description |
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The Access to Care Committee has the principal mission to assist patients affected by metabolic disease and obesity in obtaining appropriate, safe and effective medical care. |
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Committee Activities include: |
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· Developing the strategic vision and strategies to make improvements in access to care |
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· Advocating for legislative changes on the state and local level that will affect health care coverage |
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· Address the politics, policies, and ethics of access issues on the local, state and national levels |
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· Bringing together initiatives/partners to effectively address access issues |
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| Objectives |
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Increase awareness of access issues and progress among the public and members |
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Identify reasonable targets for progress in short mid and long term |
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| Activities |
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Finalize and publish Access to Care statement |
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Establish "state of access" to determine benchmarks and future progress |
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Hold 3 access to care programs at state meetings |
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Provide national support/expertise to local access issues |
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Present on access issues to national insurers and employers - Tech assessments/State forums /Medical Directors |
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Create a map of coverage |
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Sleeve Guideline Statement |
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| Goals |
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Support STAR Program - Establish STAR for every state |
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Tool Kit - Continue to update as needed |
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Develop a Access to Care log of ongoing battles and outcomes |
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Milliman Battle |
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Health Exchanges |
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Identify "hot spots" in need of ASMBS support |
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Identify opportunities to form coalitions on the issues or patient access |
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Start thinking bigger mainstream outselves: US News and World Report that they rank the best bariatric programs in the country |
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Rapid Response Team |
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First Responders - Speakers who can address access issues to media when appropriate |
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Media Training |
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Building a Bridge to PCPs |
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Support for OAC - Increase membership to 50,000 |
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Establish mechanism to stay abreast of issues |
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Coordinate with CMS |
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Forge relationships w/ industry to better understand & coordinate their approach - Tech assessments/FDA/ |
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Provide membership with timely updates on progress on access to care issues |
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Increase access to bariatric surgery overall or with insurers and/or employers |
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Assign someone to be on the task force to develop a model policy - Mitch Roslin-Check with Jaime |
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Chris Gallagher Contract Renewal Deliberables |
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