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2013 AMA-OMSS Annual Meeting

2013 AMA-OMSS Annual Meeting
June 13-15
Chicago, Illinois

Meeting Handbook and Other Downloads

Meeting Handbook -- Updated June 11 to include:

  • GC Report A and all on-time resolutions
  • Preliminary Report of the OMSS Reference Committee
  • All available education program PowerPoint presentations

Meeting Agenda

Status Report

Final Report of the Reference Committee

Education Program PowerPoint Presentations
Note: These presentations will not be distributed in hard copy at the meeting.

  • Download all available PowerPoint presentations
  • Win-Win-Win Approaches to Accountable Care: How physicians, hospitals, patients, and payors can all benefit from changes in the way we pay for and deliver health care -- Not yet available
  • Engaging Patients to Take Charge of their Health Care: Motivational Interviewing -- download
  • Physician Wellness: The Medical and Legal Shift Towards a Culture of Safety -- download
  • Principles for Physician Employment -- download
  • The Joint Comission's Leadership Standards on Conflict Management: Empowering Medical Staff Leaders to Advocate to "Yes" -- download

Registration

Online registration for the 2013 AMA-OMSS Annual Meeting is now closed.

Onsite registration will open on Thursday, June 13, at 11:00 a.m. at the Hyatt Regency, Chicago.

Travel Arrangements

Housing/Airline Information:

Hotel:

Hyatt Regency Chicago
151 East Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60601

Single - $220
Double - $245
Regency Single - $270 (limited Rooms)
Regency Double - $295 (Limited Rooms)

City Tax - 16.4%

To book your reservations on-line go to www.ama-assn.org/go/annual2013 or call Hyatt reservations at 888.421.1442.

Please be sure to make your reservation by the cutoff date of May 10, 2013 to insure that your requirements are met. We cannot guarantee room availability after the published cutoff date.

Special Airline Discounts:

Airline discounts are available on both American Airlines and United Airlines.

To book your American Airlines reservation on-line and receive a 5% discount, to go www.aa.com. Once you have linked to AA.com:

  • Click on Refine Your Choice
  • Enter origin, destination, and travel dates
  • Enter authorization code 9363DW in Promotion Code box

To book United Airlines reservation and receive a discount call United Airliens Meetings at 800.426.1122 and mention Z code ZZU8 and Agreement code 266314.

The United discount may also be obtained on-line at www.united.com. Once you have linked to united.com:

  • Click on Advanced Search
  • Enter origin, destination, and travel dates
  • Enter ZZU8266314 in Offer Code box

Available flights will be displayed. When an available flight is selected the discounted fare will automatically be calculated. The discount is valid for travel 3 days prior to and 3 days after the official meeting dates (June 15-19, 2013).

Education Programs

The AMA-OMSS 2013 Annual Education Program will consist of the following programs:

  • Win-Win-Win Approaches to Accountable Care
  • Engaging Patients to Take Charge of their Health Care through Motivational Interviewing
  • Physician Wellness
  • Principles for Physician Employment
  • The Joint Commission's Leadership Standard on Conflict Management

For more information on these programs please click on the link below.

AMA-OMSS 2013 Annual Education Programs

Resolution Submission

The deadline to submit on-time resolutions has passed. The late resolution deadline is 4:00 p.m. Central time on Wednesday, June 12. Please note that late resolutions require a 2/3 vote of the OMSS Assembly in order to be considered.

Submit all resolutions and direct questions to Keith Voogd (keith.voogd@ama-assn.org).

Information about the Development and Submission of Resolutions

Virtual Reference Committee

All OMSS representatives and other interested AMA members, whether able to attend the meeting or not, are encouraged to participate in the OMSS Virtual Reference Committee.

Testimony submitted online by Sunday, June 2, will be used by the OMSS Reference Committee to draft a preliminary reference committee report, which will be distributed before the meeting and which will serve as the starting point for discussion at the live reference committee hearing at the meeting.