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AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION

2009 House of Delegates Resolutions - FINAL Actions
Annual Business Meeting, July 14-19, 2009
Fairmont Hotel, Chicago, Illinois

Res.

House Resolutions Grid

Submitted By

Action

Attachments

200

Advertising – Inflammatory and Unethical by Attorneys

BOT / CAP

Approved to Reffirm

 

201

Alcohol Abuse

BSGA / CAP

Approved to Reffirm
 

202

Diversity in AOA Membership

CMHI / CAP

Approved as Amended to Reaffirm
 

203

Discrimination in Healthcare

BOFHP / BSGA / CAP

Approved as Amended to Reaffirm
 

204

Abuse of Performance Enhancing Substance and Procedures

BSAPH / CAP

Approved as Amended to Reaffirm
 

205

Diversity in Leadership Positions

CMHI / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

206

Federal Health Policies and Principles

BOFHP / CAP

Policy to be Deleted
 

207

Domestic Violence – Development of Programs to Prevent

CWHI / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

208

Drug Expenditures – Elimination of Restrictive Drug Formularies

BOFHP / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

209

Drug Therapy Surveyor Guidelines for Nursing Homes

BOFHP / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

210

Due Process for Alleged Impaired Physicians

BOM / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

211

Emerging States – Assistance by Other States and the AOA

BESC / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

212

Explanation of Benefits Form

BOFHP / CAP

Approved as Amended to Reaffirm
 

213

Government Intervention in Private Practice

BSGA / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

214

Graduate Medical Education – Federal Funding

BOFHP / CAP

Policy to be Deleted
 

215

Firearm Safety

BSAPH / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

216

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Communications with Physicians

BOFHP / CAP

Approved as Amended to Reaffirm
 

217

Healthcare Costs

BOFHP / CAP

Approved as Amended to Reaffirm
 

218

Healthcare Fraud

BOFHP / CAP

Approved as Amended to Reaffirm
 

219

Healthcare Telemarketing

BOFHP / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

220

Home-Based Care for Frail Elderly

BOFHP / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

221

MANDATED PATIENT CARE - ASSIGNMENT OF -

BSGA / CAP

Approved as Amended to Reaffirm
 

222

Immunization Registries

BSGA / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

223

Investment Tax

BSGA / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm as Amended
 

224

Latex Allergy

BSAPH / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

225

Managed Care Plans – Service, Access and Costs in

BSA / CAP

Approved as Amended to Reaffirm
 

226

Multiple Prescription Programs

BOFHP / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

227

National Practitioner Data Bank – Membership Action

BOT / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

228

OMT – Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment

BOC / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

229

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

CWHI / CAP

Approved as Amended to Reaffirm
 

230

Teaching Children and Adolescents About Medicines – Ten Guiding Principles for

BSAPH / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

231

Third-Party Payers and Utilization Review Firms – Accountability

BSA / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

232

Tobacco Use Status – Reporting in the Medical Record

BOFHP / CAP

Approved as Amended to Reaffirm
 

233

Unionization of Physicians

BSGA / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

234

Women’s Contraceptive Coverage Legislation

BSGA / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

235

Minorities in the Osteopathic Profession – Collecting Data

CMHI / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

236

Fluoridation

BSAPH / CAP

Approved as Amended to Reaffirm
 

237

End-of-Life Care – Use of Placebos

BPCI / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm as Amended
 

238

Importation of Medications

BSGA / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

239

Mandatory CME Course Requirements

BOFHP / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

240

Mergers and Buy-Outs of Third Party Payers

BSA / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

241

Anthrax Victims, Government Responsibility of Health Care

BSAPH / CAP

Approved as Amended to Reaffirm
 

242

Uniformed Services Physicians Requiring and Assigned to Civilian Residency Programs – AOA Support of all Osteopathically Trained

COPT / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

243

Broadband Over Power Lines (BPL)

BOFHP / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

244

Medicaid, Independent Program Oversight

BOFHP / CAP

Policy to be Deleted
 

245

Pharmaceuticals – Support Efforts to Encourage the Proper Disposal of Unused and Expired

BSAPH / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

246

Administrative Fees

BOT / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

247

Mail Order Pharmacy

BSGA / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

248

Any Willing Provider Legislation

BSGA / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

249

Healthy Weight for Families

CCME / BOC / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

250

Cardiovascular Disease and Women

CWHI / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

251

Support for Family Caregivers

CPCI / CAP

Referred to the Council on Palliative Care Issues to develop more specific policy.
 

252

Maternal and Child Healthcare Block Grants

CWHI / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

253

Electronic Prescribing Standards

BSGA / CAP

Approved as Amended to Reaffirm
 

254

Medicare Physician Payment

BOFHP / CAP

Approved as Amended to Reaffirm
 

255

Medicare Liability Reform

BOFHP / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

256

Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974

BOFHP / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

257

OMT of the Cervical Spine

BSAPH / CAP

Approved to Reaffirm
 

258

Agenda 111th Congress

BOT / BOFHP

Approved as Amended
 

259

Assistance for Medicare Patients

MOA

Approved as Amended
 

260

American Osteopathic Association Committees

IOMA

Disapproved
 

261

H273-A/03 – Breastfeeding While on Methadone Maintenance

BSAPH

Approved as Amended
 

262

Certification Eligibility Requirements

ACOFP

withdrawn
 

263

Clinical Rotations for International Medical Students

BSGA

Approved as Amended
 

264

Comparative Effectiveness Research

BOFHP

Approved as Amended
 

265

Women in Leadership Positions

CWHI

Approved as Amended
 

266

Electronic Prescribing, Cost of Medical Therapy

IOMA

Approved
 

267

Electronic Prescribing

IOMA

Approved as Amended
 

268

AOA Support for Federal Health Information Technology Stimulus Incentives

AOAMI

Approved as Amended
 

269

Follow-On Biologics, Recommendations for

BSAPH

Referred back to the Bureau on Scientific Affairs and Public Health for clarification
 

270

Gender Identity Non-Discrimination

BSAPH

Referred back to the Bureau on Scientific Affairs and Public Health for proper use of terminology and definitions according to the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edition – text revision)
 

271

Good Medical Practice

NAPAPC

Disapproved
 

272

Health Insurance Code of Conduct

OPSC

Approved as Amended
 

273

Healthcare Benefit Payor or Manager Code of Conduct

MOA

withdrawn
 

274

HIV Testing in Women, Recommendations

ACOOG

Referred back to ACOOG to clarify the term “opt-out” to clarify why ages are included in the resolution and to make the resolution consistent with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 

275

Increasing Osteopathic Physician Effectiveness in Grassroots Advocacy

MOA

Disapproved
 

276

Inhalation of Volatile Substances

ACOP

Approved
 

277

In-Vitro Fertilization, Standards of Care

OPSC

Referred back to OPSC to include the full policy of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine
 

278

Local Coverage Determination

FOMA

Approved as Amended
 

279

Maintaining the Integrity of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) and University Health Science Centers (UHSC) Granting the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Degree DO

ACOFP

Approved as Amended
 

280

On-Line Care and the Doctor-Patient Relationship

HAOPS

Disapproved
 

281

H250-A/08 – On-Line Medicine

 

Approved as Amended
 

282

OPTI Delegate and Alternate Delegate to the AOA House of Delegates

OPSC

Disapproved
 

283

Osteopathic Medical Student Tracking

IAOPS

Approved as Amended
 

284

Osteopathic Psychiatry and Osteopathic Manipulation

ACONP

Withdrawn
 

285

Physically Active Video Games, Health Benefits

BSAPH

Approved
 

286

Identification of Poorly Performing Osteopathic Medical Students Early in Their Academic Career

MOA

Referred to COCA to evaluate its current standards ability to adequately address the issue of early identification and remediation of poorly performing students and report back to the HOD at A/2010
 

287

Privacy of Prescriptions

MOA

Withdrawn
 

288

Psychiatry Curriculum and Staffing

ACONP

Approved as Amended
 

289

Raw Milk – Health Risks

BSAPH

Approved as Amended
 

290

Resident Hours

POMA

Withdrawn
 

291

Right to Privately Contract

AOMA

Approved as Amended
 

292

Flexibility in Use of Specialty-College Approved Inspectors VS. AOA-Selected Physician and Non-Physician Inspectors for Residency Program Inspections

ACOFP

Withdrawn
 

293

Uniform and Standardized Self-Breast Exam Instructions

MOA

Referred back to MOA for clarification and for referencing of recommendations on self-breast exam from the United States Preventive Services Task Force or other agencies or organizations.
 

294

Support of Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness, Health and Sports and Michigan Fitness Foundation

MOA

Disapproved
 

295

Teenage Alcohol Abuse

ACOP

Approved
 

296

Timely Distribution of AOA House of Delegates Resolutions

MOA

Referred back to MOA for clarification
 

297

Traumatic Brain Injury Prevention and Response Coalition

BSAPH

Referred back to the Bureau on Scientific Affairs and Public Health for clarification of the intent of the resolution in light of the proposed revisions
 

298

Use of the Term “Doctor”

BSGA

Approved as Amended
 

299

Vaccines

ACOP

Approved
 

300

National Institutes of Health Grants

TOMA

Referred to the Bureau of Scientific Affairs and Public Health for report back at A/2010
 

301

Electronic Prescribing for Scheduled Pharmaceuticals

TOMA

Approved as Amended
 

302

State Vaccination Program – WITHDRAWN

TOMA

Withdrawn
 

303

Osteopathic Treatments for H1N1 (Swine) Influenza Pandemic

TOMA

Approved Substitute Resolution H-303
 

304

Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Availability

OOA

Approved
 

305

Charity Care

OOA

Referred to the Bureau of Federal Health Programs for further clarification
 

306

Controlled Substance Prescriptions in the Technological World

OOA

Disapproved
 

307

Electronic Prescribing Software

OOA

Referred back to OOA for clarification
 

308

Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Employee Relationship Modification

OOA

Approved as Amended
 

309

Hardware Language on Medical Equipment

OOA

Approved as Amended
 

310

Low Back Pain Clinical Practice Guidelines

BOCER

Approved as Amended

311

Direct-to-Consumer Marketing of Health Screenings and Testing

MAOPS

Approved as Amended
 

312

Physician Expert Witness Testimony

MAOPS

Disapproved
 

313

New Born HIV Testing

CWHI / CAP

Approved to be Reaffirmed
 

314

Pharmaceutical Packaging / Environmental Responsibility

BSAPH / CAP

Approved to be Reaffirmed
 

315

Graduate Medical Education - Training of U.S. Medical School Graduates

Bureau on Federal Health Programs

Approved
 

316

INFLUENZA Immunization for Health Care Workers AND EDUCATORS

American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians

Approved as Amended
 

317

Influenza Vaccination Programs for Medical Schools

American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians

Approved
 

318

Provider – Use of Term to Describe Physicians

 

Approved as Amended
 

319

WI-FI Wireless Connectivity At Meetings

Michigan Osteopathic Association

Referred to the appropriate AOA Committee for Review
 

320

CDC – HIV Proposed Rule Change

TOMA

Approved as Amended
 

321

Opposition to TEXAS COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE (TCOM) MD Option

TOMA

 

Approved as Amended
 

322

Clinical Education Program for Osteopathic Preceptors

 

TOMA

Approved as Amended
 

 323

State of Texas Education Code Prohibiting the UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS From Granting an MD Degree

 TOMA

Approved
 

324

Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) Student Position Regarding The Addition of An MD Degree to the UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER (UNTHSC)

TOMA

 

Approved as Amended
 

325

Recommendations Regarding Admitting MDs into
OSTEOPATHIC GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION Programs

Medical Education Summit Progress Task Force

Referred to the Department of Education for review and report back at A/2010
 

326

 Industry Transparency Standards 

 BOT

Approved as Amended
 

327

Collaboration to Protect the Integrity of the Physician Testing Process for Unlimited Licensure

 

Approved as Amended