FW: [MedicaidforHDOT] TODAY'S IHMA WHITE HOUSE MEETING 4/29/04

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>Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:06:31 -0400

>Subject: [MedicaidforHDOT] TODAY'S IHMA WHITE HOUSE MEETING 4/29/04

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>Today we met with Philo Hall, Associate Director for Health of the Domestic

>Policy Council in the White House who serves the President directly. During

>the one hour meeting we were able to explain how hyperbaric oxygen treats

>both acute and chronic brain injury, shared the many brain scans and

>experiences of the patients Dr. Harch has talked to Congress about, and

>discuss the new combined drug and hyperbaric treatment for autism in next

>week's hearing.

>

>Philo was aware that patients have a problem with access to treatment.

>There are simply not enough physicians who are trained in how to treat

>neurological injuries. So even when chambers are available they cannot be

>treated. This is simply not a problem the Federal government can solve.

>They leave this up to Medical Specialty organizations like the IHMA or the

>American Academy of Pediatrics.

>

>In addition, he had not seen enough scientific evidence to demonstrate that

>this should be covered by Medicare and Medicaid. He did not understand how

>oxygen worked to do what we were describing. We explained the principles

>and mechanisms and showed him numerous cases where the cost of $8,000 worth

>of treatment had saved the Federal government many thousands more in Social

>Security disability, in IDEA education costs, or in Medicaid expenditures

>with patients being placed in long term care facilities or nursing homes.

>These improvements in the quality of life were not lost on him. We also

>showed him the acute treatment research peer reviewed research that has

>already been done that he had no knowledge of. We believe he realized this

>is not anecdotal.

>

>In addition, IHMA Foundation board members have submitted two NIH grants,

>one for acute stroke and one for chronic brain injury. Harch and other

>members of the IHMA Foundation worked for two years from the initial

>meetings in 2002 to make these happen. It showed Mr. P. Hall that we

>understand how research works. Also Harch was nominated for one of the

>prestigious NIH Pioneer Researcher Awards by the former Speaker-elect of the

>House, Bob Livingston. Chairman Livingston was highly respected as the

>Appropriations Committee Chairman and his recommendations carry great

>weight.

>

>Mr. Hall stated that he could see that we had a plan to solve these

>problems. By using training, evidence gathering, and research we were

>following the right process. He knew Eisenberg and personally

>recognized 's passion for evidence-based medicine. The treatment

>registry will help establish, very quickly, the additional irrefutable

>evidence that can be used by the Government and insurance companies to make

>hyperbaric medicine standard of care. He also knows Bob Moffitt of the

>Heritage Foundation personally. Bob is on the IHMA Foundation Research

>Advisory Board and is a cofounder of the American College of Hyperbaric

>Medicine with Dr. Teller. He also serves on the land State Medicaid

>Board. We expect to be working with the State of land in the future

>with his help.

>

>Philo Hall also stated that we were doing the education program the way it

>needed to be. The IHMA Foundation, in cooperation with the American College

>of Hyperbaric Medicine and Oklahoma University's School of Medicine, will

>be offering medical school courses in treating neurological injuries with

>hyperbaric medicine, the knowledge of a few will be spread to many. The

>first course in treating neurological indications will be taught this coming

>October, and exact dates will be announced soon. After the first course,

>many others will be offered each year to every physician and technician who

>wants to learn how to do this properly, under medical school auspices.

>

>Mr. Hall was very aware of the devastation to people's lives that diabetic

>foot amputations cause. The fact that the IHMA got diabetic foot wound

>treatment approved by Medicare showed we were already helping to prevent 75%

>of amputations being treated with hyperbaric medicine and saving the

>government money. Philo stated he looked forward to working with us in the

>future. He now has a much better perspective of what hyperbaric medicine

>can do to improve the lives of Americans everywhere and its significant

>impact of health care policy at the Federal and State level.

>

>There are scores of meetings scheduled next week by parents seeing their

>elected representatives will further our mutual cause by letting House

>members and Senators know that Hyperbaric Medicine really works. We also

>have a meeting schedule with CMS next week to discuss proper reimbursement

>for outpatient hyperbaric clinics.

>

>A new day has dawned for the movement. Thank you to the many of you that

>are coming to Washington to meet with your representatives and to the others

>who are sending in your personal stories to be placed in the Congressional

>record or letting your elected officials know how important this really is.

>Together we are making a huge difference in the future of hyperbaric

>medicine. We are dedicated to making sure it is not lost after its

>rediscovery this time, as it was in the 1970s.

>

>Anita W. Duncan

>Executive Director

>IHMA

>IHMA Foundation

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