The disposition of the resolutions from the 2004

CMS Annual Meeting will be as follows:

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Resolution #

Name

Action

Assigned to

Status

Res-1-P	Revised Policy Manual	Adopted	Sandy	Revised - available on the CMS Web or in hard copy by request.
Res-2-A	Bylaws Change – Chief Medical Officer	Adopted	Sandy	Bylaws amended
Res-3-A	Access of Rural Health Providers to Selected medical Society Programs	Amended, referred to the Board of Directors for action	Sandy	Board to review 11/19
Res-4-A	Bylaws amendment – Practice Entity	Adopted	Sandy	Bylaws amended
Res-5-A	Amend Bylaws РChapters I and VII	Amended, referred to the Board for report back	Sandy	Referred to C&B where it was reviewed and a new resolution regarding revision of Chapter I was submitted to the 2006 HOD for adoption.  Chapter VII was re-written by legal counsel and a new resolution was submitted to the 2006 HOD for adoption.
Res-6-A	Bylaws Amendment – Chapter II	Adopted as amended	Sandy	Bylaws amended
Res-7-A	Amend Bylaws – Ex Officio Members	Adopted	Sandy	Bylaws amended
Res-8-A	Bylaws Amendment – Tie Vote	Adopted	Sandy	Bylaws amended
Res-9-A	Amend Bylaws – Council Terms	Adopted	Sandy	Bylaws amended
Res-10-A	Amend Bylaws –Component Medical Society Executives as Ex Officio Members	Referred to the Board of Directors for Report Back	Sandy	Referred to C&B where it was reviewed and determined that no further action should be taken.
Res-11-A	Rules of Parliamentary Procedure	Adopted	Sandy	Bylaws amended
Res-12-A	Bylaws Amendment – Election Procedures	Adopted as amended	Sandy	Bylaws amended
Res-13-A	Amend Bylaws – Finance/Audit Committee	Adopted as amended	Sandy	Bylaws amended
Res-14-A	Constitutional Amendment	Adopted as amended	Sandy	To be carried to the 2005 Annual Meeting for adoption.
Res-15-P	Licensing of Naturopaths	Referred to the Board of Directors for decision before the 2005 legislative session	Suzanne	Position adopted March 2005 BOD.
Res-16-A	Health Insurance Market Reforms	Not Adopted	N/A	No action required
Res-17-P	Equitable Payment for All Payers	Referred to the Board of Directors for decision	Sandy	Board approved 7/15/05 revised resolveds to take back to the HOD in September.
Res-18-P	National Prompt Payment Statute	Adopted	Sandy	Reaffirmed as AMA policy at IM-04 meeting.
Res-19-A	Electronic Communication Services Codes	Adopted	Sandy	Policy adopted by AMA at AM ’04, adopted by CMS at AM ’04. No need for CMS Delegation to take back to AMA.
Rev Res-20-P	Guidelines for Telephonic Communications	Adopted	Marilyn	Monitor
Res-21-P	Inpatient vs. Observation Care	Adopted	Sandy	Update Policy Manual
Rev Res-22-A	Nationwide Standardization of Reimbursement Policies for the Insurance Industry	Adopted	Sandy	Reaffirmed as AMA policy at IM-04 meeting.
Rev Res-23-A	Access of Rural Health Providers to Selected Colorado Medical Society Programs	Duplicate – see RES-3-A	N/aA	NA
Rev Res-24-P	Support National Health Care Funding strategy	Adopted	Chet	CMS actively supported the Hanna/Berens bill to address health care reform. Now CMS is working closely on the comprehensive health care reform interim study.
Res-25-P	Health Care Services for Colorado Uninsured, Underinsured and the Colorado Indigent Care Patients	Referred to the Board of Directors for report back	Chet	Board of Directors decided against developing such a network during its March 2005 meeting, for reasons including cost and unintended consequences to physicians that are already volunteering their services.
Res-26-P	Mandatory Advance Directive by Subscribers of Third Party Payers	Amended, referred to the Board of Directors for Decision	Sandy	The Executive Committee at the 6/30/05 meeting gave approval 1) to support the efforts of the Health Leadership Committee in disseminating the newly developed Advance Directives brochure, 2) to ask the Governor of Colorado to declare a month as the CMS Advance Directive Awareness Month, and 3) to report the outcome of this project to the House of Delegates at the 2006 Annual Meeting.
Res-27-A	Patient Assistance Based on Income, Drug Benefits	Adopted as amended	Sandy	Reaffirmed as AMA policy at IM-04 meeting.
Res-28-P	Credentialing Application Questions	Adopted	Sandy	Update Policy Manual
Res-29-A	Using False Identification to Obtain Health Care Services	Not adopted	N/A	N/A
Res-30-A	Medical Marijuana	Adopted	Sandy	Update Policy Manual
Res-31-A	Teenage Drivers	Adopted as amended	Suzanne	SB 36 has passed the legislature and is awaiting the Governor’s signature.
Res-32-P	CMS Sponsor a Bill to Ban Smoking in Public Places	Adopted as amended	Suzanne	SB 207 Colorado Clean Indoor Act legislation has been introduced.  CMS is actively working for its passage.
Res-33-A	Joseph A. Jabaily, MD	Adopted	Suzanne	Senator Johnson sponsored a tribute to Dr. Jabaily which was adopted by the Senate on March 30^th, 2005 – National Doctor’s Day.
Res-34-P	"Off Label" Prescribing of Medication	Adopted as amended	Sandy	Update Policy Manual
Res-35-A	Requiring Insurance Companies to Disclose Their Contracted Fee Schedules	Adopted as amended	Suzanne, Sandy	AMA policy already exists; no need for CMS delegation to take to AMA.  Legislative sponsorship was contingent upon existing data to show prevalence of the issue.  Such data is not currently available.  Public Affairs will work closely with Health Care Financing to secure data for future sessions.
Res-36-A	Requiring Insurance companies to Disclose any Variation from AMA CPT Guidelines	Adopted as amended	Suzanne, Sandy	AMA policy already exists; no need for CMS delegation to take to AMA.  Legislative sponsorship was contingent upon existing data to show prevalence of the issue.  Such data is not currently available.  Public Affairs will work closely with Health Care Financing to secure data for future sessions.
Late Res-37-A	Technology Fair	Deferred to the Annual Meeting 2005	Sandy	Practice-based Office Technology Symposium held 6/24/05. Conference evaluations are being used to develop future programs and projects.
Res-38-A	Ambulatory Surgery Centers	Adopted as amended	Suzanne	CMS began discussions with the Colorado Ambulatory Surgical Center Association and will continue to meet with them to collaborate on future legislative issues.
Res-39-A	E-Health	Adopted	Chet	Practice-based Office Technology Symposium held 6/24/05. Conference evaluations are being used to develop future programs and projects. CMS is also actively participating in the Colorado Health Information Exchange that is developing a statewide, interoperable health information network to improve services at the point of care.
RES-40-P	Opposition to Importation of Radioactive and Toxic Waster Materials	Adopted as amended	Chet	Work with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
COPE-1	Progress Report – RES-16-P, AM ’03, Hospital and Network Physicians	Extracted, referred to the Board of Directors for decision	Marilyn	The Division of Insurance has been holding hearings with all parties involved and CMS leadership and staff have been participating in these talks.
HAC-1	Progress Report – Substitute RES-39-P, AM ’03, Projecting Statewide Specialty Shortage Areas and Developing an Office for Physician Recruitment	Extracted, referred to the Board of Directors for decision	Chet	CMS collaborated with Colorado Health Institute, Colorado Area Health Education Centers and Colorado Rural Health Center to conduct comprehensive workforce survey in conjunction with BME physician license renewal process. Results are forthcoming.