4.19.2023 Board Book

Maintaining AMA Delegate Seats + Membership Categories Considerations Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) Board of Trustee (BOT) Meeting 04/19/2023 Problem Statement: The OMA’s delegate seat is crucial to the work for ALL clinicians in the OMA relative to advocacy and access efforts for the patients they serve. At the current growth trajectory of the NP/PA segment of OMA’s voting membership, this group will surpass the physician membership by June 2026, when the OMA is due to be reviewed by the AMA (American Medical Association). Currently, the OMA’s ability to retain its representation in the AMA House of Delegates depends both on our physician members being members of the AMA, as well as our association being comprised of most physicians (51%). The AMA is NOT an NP/PA organization--it is only physicians and as such, the AMA looks at the OMA’s voting membership. Potential interventions and their proposed advantages and disadvantages are outlined below, and the presumed impact factor noted in each intervention is comparative to the presumed impact factor relative to the problem statement as enumerated above. Intervention Background Advantages Disadvantages/Considerations/Impact **Allow Clinicians in Training (CITs) who are physicians (residents and There are currently 645 members in the CIT category, and although it is hypothesized that 70% of this group are likely (physician) medical Based on the current number of CIT members at left, we could potentially The number of CITs who are members is a moving target, and further, the best insights we can gain with the CIT “conversion” rate to full membership is approximately 9%.

“gain” between 3-4 percentage points of voting membership under the AMA’s definitions with this plan.

fellows) to convert to

students, residents, or fellows, it is difficult to specifically discern the actual makeup of the CIT group based on the current categorization in the OMA’s Assocation Management System (AMS). Further, medical students are not technically considered physicians until they graduate from medical school, so medical students would not likely be considered a “voting” member.

Most CIT members are enrolled in their academic (medical school) programs as a component of their curriculum; however, it is hypothesized that these soon-to-be residents never have an intention of practicing exclusively in obesity medicine, thus the life cycle of this group relative to voting membership is limited. Finally, provided we limit the non physician voting membership to 40% maximum (see plan as described below), technically, we will not need to make any adjustments to the CIT membership category.

voting member status (CITs are currently non voting members) **Outreach to program directors to advocate for resident and fellow

enrollment (potentially offer group pricing? )