American Association of Community Psychiatrists
Board Meeting
May 21-22, 2005
Atlanta, Georgia
Present:
Wesley
E. Sowers, M.D.
Annelle
Primm, M.D.
Jack
Haggerty, M.D.
Charles
Huffine, M.D.
Cheryl
Bowers Stephens, M.D.
Anita
Everett, M.D.
Walter
Rush, M.D.
Warachal
Faison, M.D.
Paulette
Gillig, M.D.
Britt
Peterson, M.D.
Hunter
McQuistion, M.D.
Kenneth
Thompson, M.D.
Jackie
Feldman, M.D.
Elizabeth
Oudens, M.D.
Russell
Lim, M.D.
Kenneth
Duckworth, M.D.
Stephen
Goldfinger, M.D.
Reta
Floyd, M.D.
Kenneth
Minkoff, M.D. (phone)
Chris
Cline, M.D. (phone)
Robert
Ronis, M.D.
Eddie
Maxwell, M.D.
Tony
Ng, M.D.
Andres
Pumariega, M.D (phone)
Absent
David
Pollack, M.D. (2nd consecutive meeting
Kenneth
Minkoff, M.D. (2nd consecutive meeting)
Chris
Cline, M.D. (2nd consecutive meeting)
Neal
Adams, M.D. (2nd consecutive meeting)
.
Fred
Osher, M.D.
Satya
Chandrigiri, M.D.
Mario
Cruz, M.D.
General
Members
Annette
Matthews, M.D.
Holly
Stewart, M.D.
Jim
Thompson, M.D.
Mark
Russakoff, M.D.
Claudia
Johnson, M.D.
Guests:
Claudia
Johnson, M.D.
Judith
Landau, M.D.
Michael
Faenza
Tom
Bornemann
Karen Sanders
Dr.
Laftah
Dr.
Alzurhi
The meeting of the Board of
the AACP was called to order by Wesley Sowers, M.D at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, May
21 at the Embassy Suites Hotel, Atlanta, GA.
Announcements
Drs Gillig and McQuistion
announced that publication has been approved for the AACP sponsored book on
care of the homeless mentally ill. Distribution is targeted for the 2006 IPS
Meeting. Proceeds will come to the AACP.
The Board thanked Doctors Feldman and Altha Stewart for help on a grant
from the American Psychiatric Foundation.
Dr. Sowers announced that he
will author the “Taking Issue” column in the June issue of Psychiatric Services
addressing recovery oriented training.
The October issue of CMHJ
will focus on underserved minorities.
CMHJ distribution has recently been slowed due to a change in ownership
of the publisher.
The
spring issue of the AACP newsletter is being distributed. For future issues,
Area reps will be asked to sign up to write regional update articles.
Drs:
Feldman, Goldfinger, Osher, and McQuistion have been selected to receive NAMI
“Exemplary Psychiatrist” Awards.
Dr.
Sowers reported that the process for obtaining meeting support from BMS (and other
industry sponsors) has changed. BMS now requires agenda, list of speakers, and
budget. Anticipating that this will likely diminish funding, this years meeting
budget request will be cut back from $12,000 to $9,000.
Dr.
Crocker announced his hopes to fight APA’s hyper-focus on prescribing
privileges. He invites other AACP members to join him.
Dr. Everett introduced Drs. Laftah and
Alzurhi, visiting Iraqi psychiatrists sponsored by SAMHSA.
Minutes
The minutes were circulated
in advance of the meeting and two corrections were noted.
Action: Doctor Feldman moved to approve the minutes with the
two corrections noted .Second: Doctor Gillig. Motion passed.
Treasurer’s
Report
Doctor Everett reported a
current treasury balance of $63,775. 77.
The revenue and expense report was reviewed and a proposed budget for
05-06 was circulated. She advised the
Board that AACP’s finances were in a “Yellow Zone”: solvent but need
improvement.
Dr. Everett reported that
travel expenses for Board meetings average $11,000/year. She reminded the Board
that it was time to review its decision a year ago to temporarily reduce
meeting reimbursement.
Action: For the
current calendar year meeting reimbursement will return to its traditional
rate: one half of travel cost and $100 per diem for each meeting day. The
Executive Committee will monitor meeting expenses, and is authorized to adjust
reimbursement rate as needed if circumstances dictate. Board members were
encouraged to continue to consider deferring meeting reimbursement as a tax
deductible donation.
Dr. Sowers requested
discussion of the plan for a Capital Development Fund. Currently the plan calls for raising
$75,000, an amount approximately equivalent to one year’s expenses. Several
Board members questioned whether the fund would simply be considered a
rainy-day reserve, or a capital fund supporting specific projects. This was not
fully resolved at this meeting. It was
also unresolved whether the Development Fund would require a separate account.
Dr. Sowers observed that 2 one time sources of funds could be used to seed the
Development Fund: $9,000 earnings from the 2005 Winter Meeting, and $12,000 in
the CALOCUS escrow account now freed up by the dissolution of the agreement
with AACAP.
Action: The Executive Committee recommended that Anticipated
receipts ($9,000) from the Winter Meeting be used to seed the Development
Fund. The Fund could be used to create
a funding stream to support operations or it could be used to fund special
projects. This will be addressed as a
part of the strategic plan. Doctor
Everett will research reserve funds for other organizations.
Michael Faenza Executive
Director of the National Mental Health Association presented to the Board the mission, activities, and
structure of NMHA. He stated that NMHA
is differentiated from other consumer advocacy organizations by its public
mental health focus. It advocates strongly for people with most severe
illnesses, and has as one of its main priorities coordinating federal advocacy
on Capitol Hill. Its public affairs
staff has extensive experience shaping federal mental health legislation. Another of its priorities is to support
state level advocacy through consultation to state affiliates. NMHA has an annual budget of $8M, half of
which is directed to affiliates. Six staff members focus on State policy. Its Policy Resource Center handles 7,000
calls/year.
Current advocacy priorities
include: 1) Opposition to Medicaid cuts and Medicare medication plans that will
affect dually eligible individuals. 2) Drawing attention to growing mental
health service needs of Veterans and 3) Monitoring and supporting SAMHSA
funding.
Mr. Faenza listed several
ways NMHA and AACP might collaborate. 1) Mutual tracking of local crises and
state legislative activities. 2) Joint development of position statements and
3) NMHA making available to AACP advocacy toolkits and educational material on
changes in mental health services.
Multiple Board members suggested that the best way to start
collaboration would be around Medicare Part D. Dr. Duckworth recommended joint
conference calls including AACP, NMHA, NAMI, and APA.
Tom Bourneman, Executive Staff Member from Carter
Center, met with the Board to orient
it to the Center’s interests and activities. The Center, which is part of the
Emory system, is separate from the Presidential Library, and receives no
federal support. Its two primary
initiatives are Health and Peace. The latter (Human Rights, election
monitoring, etc) accounts for 80% of its activities. Its international health initiative focuses on treatable
infectious diseases, such as River Blindness, that are ignored by others.
The Center’s Mental Health
program is entirely domestic, and is policy focused. One of its mental health priorities is stigma. The Center
currently sponsors an anti-stigma fellowship for journalists that has produced
10 documentary films and books, and numerous newspaper articles. It is also
beginning a new program in partnership with the Morehouse School of Medicine
and the Rollins School of Public Health on removing organizational barriers to
the treatment of depression in primary care.
One of the Center’s annual events is a Mental Health Symposium in November.
This year the symposium will examine the failure to implement the New Freedom
Commission’s recommendations. Future projects will take on Child Mental Health
and Mental Health System Transformation.
Dr. Sowers invited Board
members to deliberate on how AACP might work with the Carter Center. He proposed that the Center take on a role
organizing and coordinating liaisons between MH advocacy groups. Mr. Bourneman
felt that the Center did not have the capacity for this, but Mr. Faenza offered
help from the NMHA.
Judith Landau M.D.,
American Orthopsychiatry Assn Board Member, joined us to discuss the standing proposal for joint AACP/Ortho
memberships.
Doctor Pumariega joined the
discussion via phone. The Ortho Board
has already approved the concept of joint membership, and now requests rapid
action by AACP. The first proposal is for joint membership, involving joining
one of the organizations and having reduced rate for the other
organization. The entire proposal
encompasses 4 separate sub-proposals: 1) joint membership, 2) a joint professional
meeting (specifically pre-IPS), 3) joint federal advocacy and legislative
monitoring, and 4) joint journal. At
this meeting, the AACP Board only considered the proposal for joint membership.
The bulk of Board discussion
focused on financial risks and benefits to AACP of accepting a lower return on
dues for joint members. Several preliminary motions that included specific rate
structures were floated before the Board voted on the final motion.
ACTION:
Motion: Doctor Bowers Stephens moved
to accept the proposal (#1) in principle subject to financial feasibility study
and to empower the Executive Committee for negotiation and negotiate the other
proposals. Second: Doctor Ng. Motion
passed 11 for; 2 opposed.
Liaison
Reports
Association of Clinicians serving the Underserved
(Thompson)
No
report
APA Assembly (Ronis, Everett)
The
Community on Community Psychiatry submitted a reworked version AACP’s position
paper on recovery. It was approved. A
position statement approving same sex marriage passed following some
debate. Proposed actions of interest to
AACP include a paper on Psychotherapy by Psychiatrists and a statement on
adolescent and child bed shortages. APA is $6-7M ahead of its income
projections.
Dr.
Ronis reported that this would be his last official report as Assembly
liaison. He will remain on the Assembly
as Ohio representative, but will transfer AACP liaison duties to Dr. Everett.
The Board thanked him for his service in this role.
APA Council on Minority Mental Health and Health
Disparities (Lim)
No report.
APA Council on Advocacy and Public Policy (Pollack)
No report
Deerfield
Behavioral Health (LOCUS/CALOCUS) (Sowers/Seeger)
Rick Seeger from Deerfield
met with the Board to provide a marketing update LOCUS/CALOCUS systems-level
software. Several state Departments of
Mental Health are looking at purchasing the software program this year, and it
continues to be used in managed care companies. There have been some problems with the online treatment-planning
module. Deerfield has sent out a user
survey and responses are beginning to come in. To date responders endorse its
utility for treatment authorization, paperwork reduction, quality management
and treatment planning.
Deerfield has budgeted
$75,000-$100,000 sales/year. Last year AACP received $15000 in royalties, and
Mr. Seeger stated optimism that projected royalties for 2005-6 of $18000 are
conservative. He stated that Deerfield
would now like to remove the LOCUS/CALOCUS research escrow account from their
books, and return it directly to AACP.
In return, he asked that LOCUS be re-examined from a consumer
perspective.
ACTION: The LOCUS/CALOCUS committee will review this
request.
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (Duckworth)
Doctor Duckworth reported
every state is in conflict in terms of human services funding. Every Friday NAMI has a “The Peoples Grand Rounds” conference call
moderated by Doctor Duckworth; he asked Board Members to participate in the
calls as experts. Regarding the
2005Annual NAMI Meeting, AACP is doing a workshop on medication adherence and
will be staffing a “Ask the Doctor” booth”.
Doctor Duckworth has written a guide on adolescent depression for
parents; it is available from the NAMI central office.
NASMHPD
Medical Council No report.
National Council of
Community Behavioral Programs (Sowers)
Doctor Everett is
working with the National Council through SAMHSA on a leadership
institute. Dr. Sowers plans to meet
with National Council executive director, Linda Rosenberg later in the week to
explore AACP’s involvement.
Orthopsychiatry
(Sowers)
See guests and networking
SAMHSA (Everett)
Doctor Everett reported that
she is engaged in a variety of projects organized around SAMHSA’s priority
matrix. Proceedings from SAMHSA’s
Recovery Conference will be released soon. Another conference occurred on
resiliency in children. SAMHSA is tracking efforts in each state toward
implementation of the New Freedom Commission’s 6 main goals. Doctor Everett has submitted a proposal to
SAMHSA to bring five Iraqi psychiatrists to the 2005 IPS Meeting; she requests
AACP’s help integrating them into the meeting.
Strategic Planning (Sowers)
Continuing the elaboration
of the strategic planning process initiated in 2004, Dr. Sowers reviewed the seven
priority goals chosen by the Board, and asked Board members to divide into
small discussion groups to develop implementation strategies, timelines and
pertinent questions for each goal. Group reports are presented below. But,
first, Drs. Minkoff and Cline joined the Board by phone to help reframe the
nature of the strategic planning process. Both emphasized that the most
important element of the process is to increase engagement of general
membership. They suggested that the
process at this point should emphasize the generation of questions (rather than
solutions) to take to the general membership.
Group Report #1:Improve functional efficiency through development of
organization procedures facilitating strategic planning.
·
Question: Should locus
of decision making remain with Board? If not, how can structure change?
·
Develop process for
enhancing interaction and involvement of membership, i.e., committee
re-organization.
·
Define procedures for
organization decision making and action.
·
Expand opportunities
for “active” membership on local, regional and national governance.
·
Redefine the role of
the Area Rep.
·
Moderator for listserv
Group Report #3: Improve
communication internally and externally.
Group Report # 6: Provide leadership, training and technical assistance.
Group Report #7:
Effective partnerships with selected allied organizations and stakeholder groups
CALOCUS –Meeting with AACAP (Sowers)
Dr. Sowers and several other
AACP Board members met on Saturday with representatives of the AACAP Board in a
last attempt to bring amicable closure to copyright disputes involving CALOCUS
and AACAP’s derivative instrument, CASI.
Dr. Sowers reported results of this meeting to the Board. He stated that little progress was made.
AACAP confirmed its plans to proceed with development and distribution of CASI
with no acknowledgement of its derivative status. However they have offered to
acknowledge joint development of the instrument.
Action: Doctor Huffine will draft a letter to the AACAP
leadership and circulate to the AACP Board for review
Actions:
Motion: Renew contract. Approved unanimously.
Motion: Feldman motioned to authorize executive secretary to
write checks up to $1000/ check, not to exceed a total of $2500/month, and with
process to monitor expenditures. Discussion: Dr. McQuistion observed
that this will make audit mandatory. Approved unanimously. Will decide
on audit later.
The 2006 Winter
Meeting/Board Meeting is scheduled for Pittsburgh March 3-4 in conjunction with
the All-Pennsylvania Congress on Public Psychiatry. Board members should plan
to arrive Thursday evening. Winter Meeting activities will occur on
Friday-Saturday with the Board meeting on Saturday afternoon and Sunday
morning. Meeting themes will be identified
in upcoming brochure. Negotiations are underway to include Charles Currie,
Pedro Ruiz, and Estelle Richman. Board
members will serve as discussion facilitators.
Charleston SC is no longer
available as a potential site for the 2006 Winter Meeting. Alternatives are being explored including
North Carolina and Madison, Wisconsin. Dr. Goldfinger continues to anticipate
hosting the 2008 meeting in Brooklyn. He would like this to be a major
fund-raising event.
Dr. Crocker reported that
APA will no longer provide audiotape recordings of IPS presentation. He asked
if AACP could record its own members’ presentations. APA Director of Education,
Dr. Hales, has indicated that there will be some subsidized streaming video
experiments. If this does not sufficiently cover AACP presentations, Dr.
Crocker would like to proceed with self-recording of selected sessions. Dr. Goldfinger observed that financial
stability of the IPS meeting may depend on the Hales plan, although he acknowledged
that APA has no right to prevent self recording and distribution.
Action: This issue will be referred to Program Committee.
The Board engaged in
considerable discussion about the potential impact of Medicare Part D on dually
eligible individuals with mental illness. Quality Management is working on
developing a position paper on this issue.
Some felt a tool kit might be more important than a position paper. Near
the close of the meeting Doctor Mark Russakoff introduced to the Board APA
staff member Karen Sanders (Associate Director APA Publicly Funded Services
Section to explore how AACP and the APA could collaborate together to get
information out.
Action: APA will coordinate a conference call in the next week to develop discussions on drug coverage changes at state levels. Dr. McQuistion will represent AACP.
Committee Reports (also see attached
committee agendas/action items)
Academic, Research, and
Training Committee (Gillig)
Doctor
Gillig reported that the committee agreed on charter revisions. The committee is working on a survey on
attitudes toward recovery. The
committee looked at the competencies of taking care of mentally ill patients. That document will be circulated for
review. The committee wants to
influence the RRC to incorporate recovery principles in training
requirements. This committee is
interested in having the training director’s luncheon at the IPS Meeting.
Bylaws, Awards, and Nominations
Committee (Feldman)
The committee presented to
the Board a proposal for two bylaw changes addressing meeting attendance
requirements and establishing emeritus board positions. The changes would require Board members to
attend at least 67% of meetings. Four non-reimbursed emeritus positions would
be established to retain prominent members who cannot meet new meeting
requirements.
ACTION:
Motion: Doctor Haggerty moved to endorse the bylaws change. Second: Doctor Everett. Motion passed unanimously.
Bylaws changes will be voted on by general membership at its next meeting in
October 2005. Bylaw proposal will be posted on website for at least 2 weeks.
Dr. Everett requested that
the role of APA Assembly Representative be made an official Board
position. Dr. Feldman stated that the
2006 ballot must go out by February 6. She requested that Board members contact
her with nomination suggestions and to indicate their own availability to run
again.
Clinical Services Committee (Oudens)
1) The Committee charter has
been finalized. 2) The committee
presented its outline for the formation of a Consumer Advisory Board for
AACP. It envisions a group of 5-10
individuals identified through affiliate organizations or by AACP members. It proposes that the Chair of the Advisory
Group sit on the AACP Board. Dr. Oudens acknowledged that multiple logistical
issues need solving, including costs.
Ideas that emerged during Board discussion included specifying the
Consumer Advisory Group in the capital campaign, or piggybacking on SAMHSA’s
plans to sponsor consumer attendees at IPS.
Action: The committee will make changes in the proposal and
re-circulate to the Board, which will then vote on whether to endorse proposal,
and whether to create new AACP Board position.
Proposal would eventually require bylaw change and vote by General Membership.
Disaster Committee (Ng/Thompson)
No report.
Executive/Finance Committee No report
Health Care Systems/Policy Committee (McQuistion for
Minkoff)
Doctor McQuistion reported
discussion of access position paper that Doctor Eilenberg has taken the
responsibility to work on. The question
is what is going to happen with Medicare Part D. It can be divided into the
policy and technical support pieces.
Doctor Duckworth is working on a position paper on Medicare Part D. That would be a tool that could be sent with
a cover letter to Senator Smith, Oregon.
The AACP could join a coalition of other advocacy-interested
groups. Doctor Everett is working to
put together something together with her colleagues at SAMHSA.
International
Committee (Thompson) No report
Leadership Taskforce
(Everett)
A taskforce has been
established by Drs Everett, Adams, and Primm to explore developing an
educational structure for individuals about to become medical directors. Dr.
Everett discussed current ideas and obstacles to establishing this within APA
meeting framework. They envision an
introductory course followed by a ‘fellowship’.
LOCUS/CALOCUS Committee (Sowers for Osher)
There was a discussion of
obtaining consumer and family input for these instruments. There is a plan to have a workshop at the
2006 NAMI Meeting. The revision of the
6th edition is under way incorporating recovery-oriented services;
Doctor Sowers is working on this.
Membership Committee (Primm)
Doctor Primm reported we
have 556 current members with 109 members in training who get a free one-year
membership. The list of delinquent
members will be sent to Doctor Primm and she will work on personal contacts to
try to get those members to renew.
The committee felt it worthwhile to
explore the option of accepting payments on line
Mental Health Care Disparities in
Underrepresented Groups (Lim)
Minor revisions were made to the committee charter to include public
policy interests. Ten individuals have been identified for this year’s honorary
minority membership offering; the committee seeks 6 more. Discussion of whether
child and adolescent interests are appropriate to this committee will be
postponed to the October meeting.
Program Committee (Thompson for Pollack)
The committee plans to
develop 3 program ‘threads’ for 2005-6: 1) A symposium on Training for
Transformation. 2) A Course on
Leadership. 3) A symposium at 2005 IPS meeting on Medicare Part D
followed by activities at 2006 APA and IPS meetings tracking effects.
Publications/Communications Committee (Thompson)
Doctor Thompson reported the
newsletter has a lot of content, but is still having some distribution
problems. It is posted on the
website. Development of committee web
pages still awaits Finance Committee approval of $2500 start up funds. The CMHJ
publisher is under new ownership. In
order to implement the strategic goal of increasing general membership-board
interaction, the committee will begin listing monthly the top 5 issues
appearing on the listserv, and will ask Board members to provide commentary.
The committee plans a general membership survey, and asks every committee to
identify two questions that they would like to be addressed by the
membership. Doctor Thompson will work
with Patrick Connell to allow dues payment through the website using
paypal.
Quality Management/Ethics Committee (Chandrigiri)
A revised Conflict of
Interest Policy was distributed and reviewed. The committee made
.additional changes softening the
recusal requirement.
ACTION:
Motion: Doctor Feldman moved to accept the revised statement. Second: Doctor Oudens. Motion passed
The committee charter was
revised and accepted. The committee is
working on a position paper on to Medicare Part D. Dr. Duckworth is preparing a draft that will look at this within
the framework of AACP’s formulary management position.
Meeting
adjourned at 4:45 PM, Sunday May 22, 2005.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Agenda items:
Proposed Bylaws changes
attendance/consequences,
emeritus board members
ACTION
ITEMS RESP PERSON DATE
Gearing up for election February 2006 Jackie Feldman 11-2005
Article IV, Section 7, absences, add
edits and distribute to board members
Jackie Feldman 5-31-2005
Article IV, Section 9, emeritus board
members, distribute to membership
Jackie Feldman 5/31/2005
Elicit names of potential candidates,
talk and verify interest
Jackie Feldman 5/31/2005
Verify present members commitment
to run for reelection
Jackie Feldman 5/31/2005
Review of nominations committees’
commitment to diversify (gender,
ethnicity, child and adolescent) Jackie Feldman 5/31/2005
Consider designation of 1-2 reps at
large to child and adolescent, youthful
Jackie Feldman 5/31/2005
Communications
Agenda
items:
Newsletter
Website
ACTION
ITEMS RESP
PERSON DATE
List written threads, good to more
actively reading and responding
Ken Thompson and 9/1/05
Patrick Connell
Web pages for committee,
need money Ken Thompson 9/1/05
Survey to the membership – how to hear
from the Board and what does the
membership want to know about
AACP Committees Ken Thmopson 9/1/05
Paypal – investigate the implementation
of Paypay for members to pay on line
Ken Thompson 9/1/05
Ads – will investigate Ken Thompson
Journal – no progress
Video – on community and practice with
focus on service to community and
engage training and scholarship
committee Ken Thompson 10/1/05
LOCUS/CALOCUS
Agenda
Items:
Consumer Input on Instruments,
Committee Membership,
Revision of Dimension VI
ACTION
ITEMS RESP PERSON DATE
Develop NAMI workshop/focus
group to obtain feedback
Ken Duckworth 10-05
Develop plan to obtain input through
other avenues (i.e. NMHA)
Fred Osher,
Mario Cruz 10-05
Develop plan to revise Dim. VI to
“Recovery Status” and add
stages of change
Wes Sowers 10-05
Other Issues:
Ken Duckworth will transfer to Policy Committee, but will remain available to assist when needed.
MEMBERSHIP
Agenda Items:
Membership Tally
Diversity
Review Charter
Membership Renewal Process
Dues for International Members
ACTION RESP
PERSON DATE
Frances will provide Doctor Primm with
list of individuals who are delinquent in
dues and Doctor Primm will follow up Frances/Dr. Primm 5-31-2005
The list will be divided among regional
reps and board members-Area reps
Dr Primm 7/15/2005
MHDUP has list for ten free memberships
Drs. Lim, Primm
and Frances 6/30/2005
Charter reviewed. Language to be added
regarding need to periodically solicit input
from members to add value to membership
Dr Primm/Frances 6/15/2005
Send out notice describing membership
renewal cycle so members know what
to expect
Frances 6/30/2005
Mental Health Care Disparities in
Underrepresented Groups
Agenda Items:
Approval of Charter
Free Memberships
Program
IPS- 2005, Telepsychiatry: A Resource for Culturally Competent Rural Psychiatric Care?, Cruz/Hilty/Chandragiri/Lim.
No program submissions planned for APA 2006
Publications
Community Mental Health Journal October 2005, in press- Special Issue-Diversity and Community Mental Health. Would like to follow-up to the symposium at the last IPS,
1. Submit list of free memberships for letters
to be sent. RL, FR, AP 06/05
2. Solicit more names, Have 5 now for next round. Board, RL 6/05
3. Submit revised charter to post on website. RL, FR, WS, PC 05/05
Other Discussion Points:
Child issues were tabled for the next meeting. Other publications could be based on previous presentations, such as How to treat White Patients, and Symposium on Standards, etc.
POLICY
Agenda Items:
Mental Health services/psychiatry access position paper
Medicare Part D
Access paper has been submitted yet. Dr. Minkoff would follow up on its status with Dr. Julia Eilenberg.
The committee determined that Medicare Part D for people who are dually eligible for Medicaid and Medicare is a pressing services issue, potentially impacting on continuity of care.
Work with Clinical Services Committee
as it leads in drafting a one page position
statement on the issue. The Policy
Committee will draft a cover letter for
Dr. Sowers to Dr. Mark McClellan
(CMS Administrator) and Senator Gordon
Smith of Oregon (Chair, Special Committee
on Aging). This letter will be appended to
the AACP position statement on the issue. July 2005. McQuistion 8/15/05
Dr. McQuistion and Dr. Everett will work
to develop an AACP toolkit for both
membership and the broader provider
community concerning the impact of
Medicare Part D for dual eligible. Drs. Everett and McQuistion 10/2005
QUALITY
ACTION RESP PERSON DATE
Recommend adoption of Conflict of Interest
policy with slight modification
Wes Sowers 5/22/2005
Revision of charter adopted
Draft a position regarding Medicare
Part D regarding AACP Quality
Formulary Arrangement Guide Ken Duckworth 10/2005
Other Items: Will think further about guidelines for collaborative approaches to recovery planning
TRAINING
AND SCHOLARSHIP
Agenda
items:
Charter,
MI/MD competencies,
Academic mentorship
Network for recovery oriented training
ACTION
ITEMS RESP
PERSON DATE
AACP endorse competencies for MR/MI 10/05 Paulette Gillig
Finalize the committee charter Paulette Gillig 10/05
Survey of attitudes toward recovery
in training Hunter McQuistion, Mario Cruz 5/06
Continue and modify training network
luncheon/mentorship in academia
Drs. Gillig/Rush 10/05
RRC requirements incorporate recovery
model Dr. Gillig to Dr. Taintor 7/05