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CAFM COUNCIL OF ACADEMIC FAMILY MEDICINE Legislative Issue Update Advocacy Endeavors ADFM 2011 Winter Meeting

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Legislative Issue Update Advocacy Endeavors. ADFM 2011 Winter Meeting. ACA: Primary Care Residency Expansion. Surprise Initiative – Not specifically Included in ACA Creative Use of Prevention Trust Fund - $250 M Expansion of Residency Positions – 82 residents $80,000 Direct GME ONLY - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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ADFM 2011 Winter Meeting

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ACA: Primary Care Residency Expansion

Surprise Initiative – Not specifically Included in ACA

● Creative Use of Prevention Trust Fund - $250 M

Expansion of Residency Positions – 82 residents

$80,000 Direct GME ONLYControversial Program

Pediatric Residents

Internal Medicine Residents

Family Medicine Residents

Funded in

FY2010

15 23 44

# trained by 2015

185 303 889

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2011 Teaching Health Centers

Organization City State Award

Valley Consortium for Medical Education Modesto Calif. $625,000

Family Residency of Idaho Boise Idaho 37,500

Northwestern McGaw Erie Family Health Center Chicago Ill. 300,000

Penobscot Community Health Center -- Dental Bangor Maine 150,000

Greater Lawrence Family Health Center Lawrence Mass. 112,500

Montana Family Medicine Residency Billings Mont. 37,500

Institute for Family Health New York N.Y. 150,000

Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education -- IM Scranton Pa. 225,000

Lone Star Community Health Center Conroe Texas 37,500

Community Health of Central Washington Yakima Wash. 75,000

Community Health Systems Beckley W. Va. 150,000

Dental: 4 residents; IM: 6 residents; FM: >40 residents TOTAL $1,900,000

2011 Teaching Health Center Awards

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Primary Care Extension ProgramEffective Date, FY2011

• Establishes a Primary Care Extension program

• Purpose: support and assist primary care providers with the incorporation of techniques to improve community health.

• State Hubs and local extension programs may be created.

• $120 million is authorized for FY 2011 and FY 2012 and as much as necessary in FY 2013 and FY 2014.

• Small group conference held by AHRQ

• Appropriations needed before any implementation action

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AHRQ’s General Spending Authority

NEW Grant Announcement: Deadline February 15: Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) – Support for Models of Multi-sector, State-level Excellence (U18)

• 3 Awards – total $1.5 million in FY2011• No grant over $500,000 per year or $1,000,000

over two years

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National Healthcare Workforce Commission

● National Commission● Independent like MedPAC● Appointed by Comptroller

General● Conduct studies and make

recommendations to Congress

● Consult with HRSA and State workforce grant program

● Receive and Assess reports from the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis

Majority of members NOT directly involved in health professions education or practice

15 members Only 1 Family Physician

Appointed

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Deficit Reduction

1. H.R. 1 – House Continuing Resolution

2. Title VII and VIII cuts -- brought to FY2008 levels – a 29% cut

3. GME is on the table for cuts and transformation (Heritage Foundation, President’s Deficit Reduction Commission)

4. Use health care reform funding to pay for other cost items (eg. Repeal of 1099 form; malpractice, SGR)

5. Government Shutdown??

1. $61 billion in cuts

2. FY2008 levels – 29% cut

3. Down to the “Empirical Level” – cuts of approx. $3 billion

4. Continuous Attacks

5. Mar 4? 2 week extension

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History Primary Care Training Funding

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2009 Recovery Package 1

FY 09 Final2 FY 10 FinalPresident's FY

11 Request 3FY 11 House CR

as of 2/11/11President FY 12

Request

All Title VII Programs

109 221.69 254 259 449 4

Primary Care Cluster,

Section 74747.6 48.43 54.43 54 140 5

AHECs -- 32.54 33.35 33 35 6

National HealthService Corps

300 135 141.93 169 0* 418

Community Health Centers

2,000 2,190 2,190 2,480 1,190 3,317**

AHRQ 700 372 397 611 372 390***

NIH 10,400 30,553 31,089 32,089 30,089 31,829

CDC 300 6,357 6,830 6,915 5,894

3- FY11 totals are rounded by the agency, so exact totals are not known; On Aug. 23rd, President Obama submitted an amendment that added $250 million to Title VII and Title VIII (nurse training). It is unclear however, how much of this is dedicated directly to Title VII programs.

4, 5, & 6- includes evaluation fund money

* received funding in Affordable Care Act **includes $1.2 billion from ACA and $96 million from FTCA ***$24 million transferred from Patient Centered Outcomes Trust Fund

L-HHS Appropriation (Figures in Millions of

Dollars)

1-Recovery package also includes $50 million for health professions training programs to purchase equipment to expand and improve the quality of training 2- FY 09 Final does not include 2009 Recovery Package dollars

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ADVOCACY 101

Tools to Help You:• STFM.ORG/advocacy – one pagers, talking

points, etc.• Family Medicine Congressional Conference• NEW online Advocacy course• Advocacy videos – new media

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Health care reform caught the attention of Washington. What now?

Help put primary care and your patients at the center of the new health care system. In two days, learn about the legislative process and how you can influence health care legislation.

Day 1: Learn how to lobby. Day 2: Go do it.

Get your message heard in D.C. and at home. Learn how you can strengthen and develop relationships with legislators and staff. Beginning tracks and advanced tracks available.

Sponsored by AAFP and the Council on Academic Family Medicine (composed of the Association of Departments of Family Medicine, the Association of Family Medicine  Residency Directors, the North American Primary Care Research Group, and the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine).

Family Medicine Congressional ConferenceMay 9-10, 2011Grand Hyatt WashingtonWashington, D.C.

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Course Demo

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With deep thanks to all who spent their time, energy and expertise on this project:

STFM Staff:Joseph Cody, Government Relations AssistantJill Haught, Membership SpecialistAngela Broderick, Deputy Executive Director

STFM Leaders:Terry Steyer, MD, for his concept and leadership which set this in motionJerry Kruse, MD, for his enthusiastic support for advocacy in all forms, and his oversight of the project.

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What will you learn?

At the end of this course participants will be able to:

1. Articulate why advocacy is important in general and why academic family medicine faculty should be involved in advocacy

2. Set up a meeting with a congressional office (legislator or staff)

3. Describe how the legislative process is important to developing an advocacy strategy

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Learning Objectives, cont.

4. Craft a “one-pager”

5. Utilize resources available to advance the learner’s advocacy agenda

6. Apply what they’ve learned to execute one or more of their own meetings with legislator

7. Maintain and cultivate a relationship with legislators and their staff

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ADVOCACY 101

Tools to Help You:• STFM.ORG/advocacy – one pagers, talking points, etc.• Family Medicine Congressional Conference• NEW online Advocacy course• Advocacy videos – new media

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Student/Resident Videos

● 90 seconds● Issue content

● Importance of Primary care● Title VII impact● GME issues – ambulatory training sites● Family practice center, etc.● The Sky is the Limit!!

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Boston University FaMeS Predoc Grant

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Syllabus

●Introductory Video●Four Modules of Learning●Practicum to Achieve Certificate

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Video Introduction

A. Why advocacy is important in general

B. Why members should be involved

C. How STFM/ADFM offers this course as a member benefit.

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First Course Module

I. Learning the Process

A. Understanding who to contact

B. Best practices for contacting a Congressional office (and what not to do)

C. How to set up a meeting (local office and DC Office)

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Second Course Module

II. Substantive information on content prior to meeting

A. A primer on how Congress works, including explanations and definitions of key legislative terms.

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Third Course Module, part “a”

III. a) What a meeting “looks like”

A. Power point-like presentation discusses the basic etiquette of a meeting, and includes tips on how to conduct a meeting.

B. How to craft a one-pager, or background piece, and

C. Resources available to help you craft your advocacy message.

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Third Course Module, part “b”

III b) Four types of Meetings

A. A video showcases four different scenarios of what one might expect during a visit with a legislator.

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Fourth Course Module

IV. Tangible recommendations for cultivating a relationship and how to become a resource:

A. "Words that work“

B. What follow up is useful – and what is not.

C. Sample follow up emails with do's and don'ts

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Practicum

A certificate of achievement will be awarded following the completion of this part of the curriculum.

A. Supervised practical application of previously studied theory or techniques included in this course, accomplished by:

∙ Attending FMCC, or∙ Attending a state legislative conference