he following are informative minutes of the December 7, 2006 meeting of the WCA Board of Directors. Please note that these minutes may not cover all of the subjects discussed or motions passed by the board. The portion of the minutes dealing with confidential attorney-client communications, personnel issues, legislative strategies, communications with legislators, communications with government employees, political contribution strategies and specific complaints or information about individual practitioners is considered confidential by the board. WCA members may obtain detailed minutes by contacting the WCA office.

Board of Directors

December 7, 2006

Minutes

The meeting was called to order at 8:30 a.m. by WCA President Sherry Walker, DC at the WCA Building in Madison.

Motion: Moved by Bronston, seconded by Steele to approve the minutes of the November 2, 2006 meeting. Motion carried.

Motion: Moved by Adams, seconded by Lysne to seek member comments on their relationships with physical therapists and the complaints they have received from patients about physical therapists performing adjustments. Motion carried.

Aurora Health Care

The board discussed the lawsuit file by Aurora Health Care against WPS and the request by Aurora attorneys for copies of chiropractic managed care agreements with WPS. The WCA advised its members to comply with the request because the suit is not likely to impact an individual chiropractor and all of the information will be kept confidential by the court.

Nutrition District Meetings

The board reviewed the special district meetings that will discuss nutrition. A special focus of the meeting will be the impact of the law on multi-level marketing, advertising, and the expansion in the scope of chiropractic practice.

CCGPP

The board received an extensive briefing on the COCSA meeting in Baltimore that dealt with the CCGPP issue. The board was pleased that CCGPP agreed response to the many concerns raised and to work on a second version of the “best practice” document draft. When the draft is released the WCA will immediately make it available to its members for comment and review.

Motion: Moved by Bronston, seconded by Lefler to authorize the executive director’s trip to meet with the Chair of CCGPP and to present the attached language to CCGPP for consideration in the next version of the “best practice” document. Motion carried.

Motion: Moved by Bronston, seconded by Douglas, to present the attached charts to CCGPP for consideration in the next version of the “best practice” document. Motion carried.

District Public Relations

The board discussed a desire by the districts to coordinate their public relations work. Of particular note was the work that has been accomplished by the Chippewa Valley Chiropractic Alliance. At its February meeting the board will consider the idea of launching district societies to encourage local public relations activities.

Motion: Moved by Bronston, seconded by Steele, to invite Jay LaGuardia, DC to the February meeting of the board to discuss the work of the CVCA. Motion carried.

Medicare

The board was advised to encourage their members to continue to write to Congress to restore the 2007 Medicare fee cut.

Zane Benefits

The board was briefed on a program by Zane Benefits that encourages chiropractic patients to sign up for health insurance plans and then splits revenue with the referring chiropractors. The board was presented with the statue language that appears to make this fee sharing illegal in Wisconsin. The staff will include an article on this activity in the next issue of the Wisconsin Chiropractor.

Criminalizing Health Care

The board discussed the cased of the nurse that has been criminally charged after making an error in deliver medication to a patient. The board discussed the implication for all health care providers if this trend is continued and the efforts of health care trade associations to form a coalition to change the law to provide more protection to providers.

Motion: Moved by Bradley, seconded by Lefler to join the coalition to create legislation that would prevent the criminalization of health care errors.

Motion: Moved by McMahon, seconded by Douglas to move into executive session. Motion carried.

The meeting was adjourned approximately 2:15 p.m.