Overview
Purpose/Objectives
Invited Organizations
Programmatic Agenda
Summit Agenda (tentative)
Post Event

Overview:     The National Medical Association (NMA) is the nation’s oldest and largest association of African American physicians. The NMA has a longstanding history of advocating for health equity and the elimination of health disparities. As a leader in health and an organization representing providers on the frontlines of health care in this country; the NMA has the expertise, influence and national stature to bring together a diverse coalition of representatives of organizations in an effort to chart the course for health and wellness in African Americans in the United States.

The NMA will host the 2013 Summit on African American Health and invite leading organizations from the private, public, government, civic, faith based and other segments to address the critical healthcare needs of our targeted population. The NMA feels that it is imperative to convene a diverse coalition of organizations who will serve as the “architects” of a strategic agenda that is multifaceted in its approach to healthcare and specifically health disparities. At the end of the Summit, the NMA will produce a public record of the meetings as well as an action oriented agenda. The Summit is the first step in collaboratively addressing health disparities; however, the action agenda will chart the short and long-term steps that organizations will take to ensure the sustainability of our efforts.

Purpose/Objectives:

1. To address the health issues facing the African American community with a focus on health disparities in key disease areas, across variables of age and gender. The critical issues of access to care and stigma in disease will be central to the Summit’s deliberations.
2. To bring together a diverse cohort of leaders which include; healthcare professionals, public policy makers, elected government officials, private corporations, patient advocacy groups, faith based, civic and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of discussing the state of health in African Americans and developing a coordinated and cohesive programmatic agenda to effectively target decreasing health disparities via a multifaceted approach involving all sectors.
3. Findings and the Action Agenda developed from the Summit will be published as: “The State of African American Health: The Path to Health Equity in 2013 and beyond”.
4. To continue to develop, refine and promote a national action plan which will serve as an evolving roadmap for collaborating organizations and private, public and governmental sectors with an interest in health disparities.

Invited Organizations (initial draft, growing and being developed):
The NMA will host this event and assure a collaborative environment and sharing of knowledge/ information prior to and post the Summit. This event is not seen as a lone activity but rather an ongoing initiative, which will make a measurable impact across the country. The small, focused and diverse Summit Task Force will consist of approximately 8-10 diverse organizational representatives. This group will work with staff and is tasked with ensuring a successful and comprehensive meeting. The Task Force ensures that this is not solely an NMA initiative but that the “voices” all are heard in the development, execution and eventual outcomes associated with this Summit.

Organizations will be selectively invited based on their mission, diversity and reach. We anticipate inviting over 100 organizations and will target an attendance of 25-30 representatives. Irrespective of direct participation organizations will be given vital information pre and post event and asked to adopt our programmatic agenda.

Invitees (selected)
100 Black Men of America
Aetna
African Methodist Episcopal Church
African Methodist Zion Church
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
American Academy of Physician Assistants
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
American Association of Retired Persons
American Diabetes Association
American Heart Association
American Hospital Association
American Public Health Association
Association of American Medical Colleges
Auxiliary to the National Medical Association
BlackDoctor.org
Black Women’s Health Imperative
Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Charles Drew Medical School
CIGNA
Commission to End Health Disparities
Council of Medical Specialty
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Howard University School of Medicine
Morehouse School of Medicine
Meharry School of Medicine
Humana
The Institute of Medicine
Iota Phi Theta
Kaiser Permanente
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Association of Black Journalists
National Association of Black Pharmacists
National Baptist Convention
National Black Caucus of State Legislators
National Black Church Initiative
National Black Nurses Association
National Caucus and Center on Black Aged
National Coalition of 100 Black Women
National Conference of Black Mayors
National Council on Aging
National Dental Association
National Forum for Black Public Administrators
National Health Council
National Minority AIDS Council
National Newspaper Publishers Association
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority
Sister Network
Student National Medical Association
The Association of Black Cardiologists
The Centers for Disease Control
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Development Studies
The National Urban League
The Office of Minority Health
The United States Food and Drug Administration
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations
U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations
U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
United HealthCare
US Department of Health and Human Services
WellPoint
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority

Programmatic Agenda

Summit Agenda (tentative):

Thursday March 7, 2013

• Arrivals and Registration
• 6:00 pm Reception/Meet & Greet
• 7:00 pm Dinner Program
  • Welcome by the NMA President
  • Keynote Speaker
  • Closing Remarks

Friday, March 8, 2013

• Registration
• 7:15 am Breakfast
• 8:00 am Welcome
  • Purpose/Objectives
  • Introductions of Attendees
  • Guest Speaker: Overview of Health Disparities
  • Question and Answer
  • Presentation on Relevant Health Issues Focused on Age Groups
  • Overview of the Workgroups
• 9:30 am -10:45 am Breakout Sessions
  • Workgroup I: Access & Advocacy
  • Workgroup II: Barriers to Care & Stigma
  • Workgroup III: Priority Disease States
• 11:00 am – 12: 15 pm Breakout Sessions
  • Workgroup I: Access & Advocacy
  • Workgroup II: Barriers to Care & Stigma
  • Workgroup III: Priority Disease States
• 12:30 pm Lunch
• 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm The Affordable Care Act and the African American Community Town Hall Format
• 2:15 pm – 3:30 pm Reporting from the Workgroups/Breakout Sessions
• 3:45 pm- 5:00 pm Development of Action Plan and Next Steps
  • Closing Remarks

Post Event:

• Draft report to attendees within 14 days of the meeting with request for input.
• Final Report
• Final Document to be released prior to or during NMA Conference 2013

Ongoing communication with summit participants, updates and collaboration

Printable Version – 2013 Summit on African American Health