• Business Meeting Minutes CSM 2007

Health Policy & Administration Section Bylaws

• Download Document (Adopted 2/2006)

Strategic Plan
Revised October 2006

Goal #1:  Create LAMP Institute

1. Define purpose, scope, activities
1. Report from Task Force to HPA Board Members by 1/10/07 for review prior to the board meeting (recommend Board liaison to the Task Force)
2. Presentation of Task Force Recommendations and discussion by HPA Board at CSM  2/07
2. Develop a Strategic Plan for the Institute
1. Report from Task Force to HPA Board Members by 1/10/07 for review prior to the board meeting (recommend Board liaison to the Task Force)
2. Presentation of Task Force Recommendations and discussion by HPA Board at CSM  2/07

• Recommended “components” of the Institute
• Programs:  Summit, CSM Programming, teleconferences, audio conferences, webinars
• Resource Bank:  Human Resources (trainers); tools
• Partnerships:  liaison with APTA Components, presence at Annual Conference, Components with focus on State Chapters, House of Delegates
• Research/Evidence
• Mentoring:  Grass Roots, professionalism

3. HPA Board to define strategies for the development of a plan for implementation of Strategic Plan
1. Board discussion of A & B at CMS 2007
2. Board recommendations for development of implementation plan based on B
3. Board assignment of responsibilities and time frames
4. Development of Implementation Plan
1.  Based on board assignments, implementation plan will be developed and is due to HPA Board by 4/2007 for review prior to May Board meeting
2. Discussed/revised/approved at Board Meeting 5/2007
3. Board to assign development of Business Plan 5/2007 at Board meeting
5. Development of Business Plan
1. Plan due to Board by 9/15/2007 for review prior to Fall Retreat
2. Discussion/revision/approval of plan at Fall Retreat and recommend included items for Phase I in Budget for 2008
6. Implement Phase I - 2008
1. To be determined

Goal #2 – Increase membership in HPA to 2700 members by 2010.

1. Develop a well formed outcome for membership in HPA.
   • Define membership in positive descriptive terms.
   • Describe what a member will see, hear, feel
   • Assess congruency with overall HPA values
   • Assess ecology of membership in relation to other roles
   • Assess whether membership is within the control of the individual
2. Develop and implement a marketing plan to recruit and retain members.
   • Analyze the five year analysis and make recommendations for its utilization
   • Develop strategies for marketing HPA to those external to HPA
     • Distribution of HPA Resource
     • Article to all components for their publications
     • CDs at CSM with tracking
     • Marketing teleconferences at CSM
   • Identify and recruit members through connections with all PT and PTA programs.
     • Update database of administrative faculty
       • Track membership of this group
       • Set up listserv for them
       • Designate three or four faculty to get it moving
     • Give 6-8 wk trial to listserv for students
       • Faculty during administrative semester
       • Track membership from this group
     • Mentorship program
       • Track membership of mentees
       • Establish the need for ongoing mentorship with mentees
   • Support Diversity 2000 and Beyond
     • Contribute $500 for advertising and $1,000 for a table
     • Investigate interest in creating mentorship program tied to this event (CCISIG)
   • Annually recruit and track Section membership from target audiences.
     • House of Delegates
     • Federal and State Government Affairs Forum
3. Investigate and evaluate communication with new and ongoing members.
   • Analyze survey information and make plan to address member needs (every 3 years linked to 3 year cycle of strategic plan – distribute Jan, discuss June, action plan October)
   • Explore development of “Hands on HPA” (time limited, explicit assignments available to all HPA members)

Goal #3:  Develop and promote an HPA research agenda

1. Develop agenda priorities that are relevant to practice.
   • Identify at least two appropriate research questions in health policy that can be proposed as amendments to the APTA research agenda that address questions of health policy.
   • Identify at least two appropriate research questions relating to administration and management of physical therapy practice that can be proposed as amendments to the APTA research agenda.
   • Host an annual forum at CSM for member input to identify relevant research questions and document these recommendations for priority consideration.
     • Pursue additional venues to solicit relevant research questions, including the use  of the HPA listserve
   • Promote publication of research on HPA-related topics:
     • Encourage selected CSM platform and poster presenters to submit manuscripts for publication.
     • Establish a mechanism to publish accepted CSM abstracts.
2. Collaborate with the APTA Foundation to expand their research agenda to include the HPA research agenda as outlined in Objective A.
   • Create proposed amendments for the APTA Foundation research agenda based on priority recommendations developed by HPA membership.
   • Investigate the feasibility of an APTA Foundation gift from HPA that dedicates these funds for research that address the HPA research agenda.

Goal #4 Advocate for APTA members in health policy, regulatory, and administration issues.

1. Establish a mechanism for communication and comment on contemporary health policy, regulatory, and administrative issues.
   • Identify key contacts and create liaisons for health policy, regulatory, and administrative issues from: (time line: CSM 2007)
     • APTA staff
     • HPA members
     • Outside agencies
   • Identify opportunities of liaisons to educate APTA members (time line: May 2007 BoD meeting)
   • Strongly encourage HPA members to sign up for and respond to APTA action alerts using HPA communications.  (Time line: ongoing)

2. Influence APTA positions and initiatives related to health policy, regulatory, and administration issues.
   • The president will establish a 3 member consultant group to assist the Section delegate in the analysis of House of Delegate issues (Time line: CSM 07)
   • Create a mechanism for reviewing and responding to current APTA policies, positions, and guidelines. (Time line: CSM 2007)

    

LAMP
Leadership
Administration
Management
Professional Practice

A task force on leadership, administration, and management preparation was convened in 1998 in response to a charge by the American Physical Therapy Association Section on Administration membership and Executive Committee. The purpose of the Task Force was to examine and develop a position on professional education related to leadership, administration, management processes (LAMP) for presentation to the Section on Administration (now the Section on Health Policy & Administration).

The Section on Health Policy & Administration sponsors an annual conference (The LAMP Institute) to further the core beliefs and processes identified by the original task force.
Relatively recent information related to LAMP skills can be found in a Research Report published in Physical Therapy, Journal of the American Physical Therapy Association, Volume 84, No. 2, February 2004, titled “Leadership, Administration, Management, and Professionalism (LAMP) in Physical Therapy: a Delphi Study,” authored by Lopopolo, Schafer, and Nosse.