Board of Directors

September 4, 2003

Minutes

The following are informative minutes of the September 4, 2003 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.

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

Motion: Moved by Bronston, seconded by Lyne to approve the minutes of the August 7, 2003 meeting. Motion carried.

Motion: Moved by Bronston, seconded by McMahon to approve the financial report.

Coalition on Aging The board discussed the work of the Coalition on Aging and the way in which the chiropractic profession could assist their members in attaining better health. The board requested that staff contact the Coalition to arrange a meeting so that we might discuss ways in which our organizations could integrate our work.

WCRI Report The board discussed a preliminary report issued by the Worker’s Compensation Research Institute in which the cost of WC care was compared across the country. The report, which is used by the state’s Worker’s Compensation Advisory Council, focused on those states that do not have mandatory cost containment measures or pre-authorization requirements. It is very likely that the WCAC will use this report as the basis for legislative action to force mandatory cost containment measures on providers in Wisconsin’s WC system.

Worker’s Compensation Bill Management and Labor have yet to agree on a final version of the bill. The disputed item continues to be recommendations for changing the Reasonableness of Fee Dispute Process. It is expected this will be resolved in the next 30 days.

Fall Convention It was announced that Governor Doyle will attend the Fall Convention on Friday to give a speech at lunch. The time of the annual meeting was changed to 5:00 p.m.

Member Benefits The board spent a considerable amount of time discussing different types of benefits that could be added to WCA membership. Of particular interest was the project to offer a self- insured health plan to our members. The staff is the preliminary stages of acquiring the information the board will use to makes its decisions.

National Legislation The WCA has offered to host a national meeting for the ACA, ICA and WCA to discuss the various approaches to the national Medicare legislation.

Young Doctors Program The WCA is preparing to offer a program designed to meet the unique practice needs of our members with 5 years of less chiropractic experience.

Unity Health Care The WCA has filed a complaint with the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance based on Unity Insurance’s policy to restrict long term chiropractic care. The WCA has not yet received a response from the Commissioner’s office.

The meeting was adjourned at 2:00 p.m.