Year: 2023
Resolution Number: 36
Action Taken: Approved
Status: Complete
Author(s): Stephanie Clemens, MD
Sponsor: Stephanie Clemens, MD
On behalf of: Oakland County Delegation
Committee: A (Medical Care Delivery)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS support and advocate that health care plans cover evidence-based, medically necessary treatments for obesity, and that access to care should not be hindered by undue prerequisites on the part of the patient; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to advocate for adequate coverage of FDA approved anti-obesity medications and to not exclude anti obesity medications from coverage based on a benefit exclusion or a carve-out.
RESOLVED: That MSMS support and advocate that health care plans cover evidence-based, medically necessary treatments for obesity, and that access to care should not be hindered by undue prerequisites on the part of the patient; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to advocate for adequate coverage of FDA approved anti-obesity medications and to not exclude anti obesity medications from coverage based on a benefit exclusion or a carve-out.
Fiscal Note: $16,000-$32,000
Resolution: View PDF for Evidence-Based Anti-Obesity Medication as a Covered Benefit
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