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Dear WOEMA Member,

We need your input. WOEMA’s Legislative Committee is meeting in January to develop its 2011 legislative priorities and guide our advocacy and lobbying activities in our five member states.

To assist us, please rate each of the following 14 policy goals on a scale of 1-5, with 1 being “Very Important” and 5 being “Not Important.”

Your evaluation can take into account how effective you think WOEMA could be in making progress toward that goal. That is, feel free to elevate (or reduce) your rating of a goal if you think it is within (or outside) WOEMA’s ability to have impact.

Thanks for your help!

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* 1. Promote quality in Occupational Medicine services:
Occupational Medicine services delivered to workers, including injury care and preventive care, should be continuously improved both through improved adherence to evidence-based Practice Guidelines and through better alignment of financial incentives with established medical quality metrics.

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1=most important, 5=least important

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* 2. Universal health coverage for the American workforce:
WOEMA will promote policies at both the state and national level to make quality affordable healthcare available to all American workers.

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1=most important, 5=least important

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* 3. Widespread availability of workplace preventive services:
The workplace is an efficient and effective site for the delivery of clinical preventive services, including health promotion services. WOEMA will promote policies related to appropriate reimbursement for such services, and related to medical record storage and transmission, to be compatible with the Medical Home model, with the personal health incentive structures contained in the Health Care Reform bill, and with the firewall requirements of GINA (Genetic Information and Non-Discrimination Act).

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1=most important, 5=least important

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* 4. Improved OSHA Standards (both Federal and state OHSA programs), expanding the role of Occupational Medicine physicians in OSHA compliance, and aimed at safety and preventive planning in workplaces. In particular, WOEMA will continue to advocate for improved OSHA Standards on Hazard Communication, Injury and Illness Prevention Programs, occupational lead exposure, and other circumstances involving medical surveillance of workers.

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1=most important, 5=least important

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* 5. Enhanced funding for Graduate Medical Education in the field of Occupational and Environmental Medicine:
WOEMA will advocate for additional resources, and will promote public-private partnerships to increase the training of Occupational Medicine physicians, including mid-career physicians via the newly opened Complementary pathway, as well as other occupational health professionals.

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1=most important, 5=least important

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* 6. Promote Health and Productivity Management (HPM) Programs, through the adoption of public policies, regulations to implement PPACA (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act), including tax incentives or other initiatives, to encourage the widespread adoption of Health and Productivity Management (HPM) Programs in workplaces and mechanisms for reasonable payment to physicians for providing these services.

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1=most important, 5=least important

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* 7. A healthy and sustainable Built Environment:
WOEMA will support land use policies, chemical and technology policies, and community planning practices to promote a healthful and sustainable built environment.

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1=most important, 5=least important

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* 8. Progress on global climate change:
WOEMA will support environmental initiatives to decrease the release of greenhouse gases, and to monitor indicators of the effects of global climate change.

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1=most important, 5=least important

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* 9. Wider use of electronic medical records in Occupational Medicine Practice:
WOEMA will support effective incentives for the adoption of electronic medical records in Occupational Medicine practice, including electronic reporting and billing in the area of Workers’ Compensation care.

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1=most important, 5=least important

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* 10. Equitable fee schedules for primary care Occupational Medicine practice:
WOEMA will support regulations leading to fair fee schedules for Occupational Medicine practice, aimed at reflecting and enhancing the special expertise that Occupational Medicine specialists possess in the area of disability assessment and management.

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1=most important, 5=least important

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* 11. Appropriate Medical Credentialing:
WOEMA will promote medical quality by ensuring that occupational health services are delivered by medical providers with appropriate skills, training and knowledge.

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1=most important, 5=least important

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* 12. Adequate physician staffing in our States' agencies related to Occupational Medicine:
WOEMA will promote staffing of key positions in state and local government agencies, related to Occupational Safety and Health. In particular, WOEMA believes that medical expertise is critically important in state agencies dealing with workers’ compensation, occupational health and safety, and health care delivery in workplaces.

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1=most important, 5=least important

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* 13. Development of better epidemiologic databases related to Workers’ Comp medical practice:
WOEMA is aware that our society lacks an adequate epidemiologic database allow to improve medical outcomes by linking them to to link process standards, including those contained in Practice Guidelines. Because the opportunities for improved quality outcomes and improved cost containment are so great, WOEMA favors expansion of reporting requirements by workers’ compensation insurers and others to develop a robust epidemiologic database in our member states.

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1=most important, 5=least important

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* 14. Improved delivery of workers’ compensation services to low-wage workers:
WOEMA is aware of recent studies indicating troubling and widespread patterns of labor injustice for low wage workers, and will promote improved regulations to insure uniform and just treatment of workers injured on the job.

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1=most important, 5=least important
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