[NPInfo] The UAW and NP/PA services. WE NEED YOUR HELP.

Sun Aug 3 14:21:14 PDT 2008

I don't know.  However, my experience is that the nurses on a staff level (such as those who would be represented by UAW) aren't particularly concerned with or supportive of NP issues.  

Sue

> Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 06:15:57 -0700
> From: ljthiem at yahoo.com
> Subject: RE: [NPInfo] The UAW and NP/PA services. WE NEED YOUR HELP.
> To: npinfo at nurse.net
> 
> I agree but I also feel that the organizational level must hear from membership regarding their needs and desires.  I was also interested in the union nurses in Michigan who are represented by UAW.  What is their stand on this?
> 
> Laura
> 
> --- On Sun, 8/3/08, Sue Wiers <sgwiers at hotmail.com> wrote:
> From: Sue Wiers <sgwiers at hotmail.com>
> Subject: RE: [NPInfo] The UAW and NP/PA services. WE NEED YOUR HELP.
> To: "NP Info" <npinfo at nurse.net>
> Date: Sunday, August 3, 2008, 7:01 AM
> 
> These changes occur during contract negotiations which were just recently
> completed. While making patients who have UAW negotiated contracts and BCBS
> policies aware and asking for their help is a good thing to do, a concerted
> effort before negotiations on an organizational level is what will be most
> effective.  As my earlier post states, progress was made with the recently newly
> negotiated contracts and many of those policies have opened up for us to be
> reimbursed directly.
>  
> Sue
> 
> 
> 
> > Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 20:27:21 -0700> From: ljthiem at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [NPInfo] The UAW and NP/PA services. WE NEED YOUR HELP.> To:
> npinfo at nurse.net> > Here is a link to the list of UAW built vehicles:>
> > http://www.uaw.org/uawmade/auto/2008/index.cfm> > And there's
> MORE.  Look at this list of items that UAW produces (I was surprised at the food
> and beverage--Miller Beer, Bacardi Rum, Planters Peanuts!!!  Lennox air
> conditioners and AZMACORT?!? )> >
> http://www.uaw.org/uawmade/product2.cfm?catid=3> > If we can identify
> patients & family who are UAW members we should encourage them to contact
> their union stewards ASAP in protest.  > > Laura> > --- On Sat,
> 8/2/08, Jeff and Linda Bocchetto <lmbjsb57 at msn.com> wrote:> From: Jeff
> and Linda Bocchetto <lmbjsb57 at msn.com>> Subject: Re: [NPInfo] The UAW
> and NP/PA services. WE NEED YOUR HELP.> To: "NP Info"
> <npinfo at nurse.net>> Date: Saturday, August 2, 2008, 4:53 PM> >
> Thanks for the information Dave. I tried the link and received a "page>
> cannot be found message." You need to remove the "Here" from
> the> address for it to work.> > My Office Manager is checking with
> "legal" to make sure we are> "safe," then we plan to
> draft a sample letter and mail it to our UAW> patients so they can send
> something to the UAW in support of our plight.> > My assistant overheard a
> patient in our waiting room yesterday screaming at her> union rep on the
> phone for denying her child the availability of seeing her> NP...Hopefully
> more will be willing to at least write.> > Linda B> ----- Original
> Message ----- > From: David Mittman<mailto:dmittman at advancedprac.com>
> > To: ACC<mailto:acc-circle at listserve.com> ; NP>
> Info<mailto:npinfo at nurse.net> ;>
> paforum at mc.duke.edu<mailto:paforum at mc.duke.edu> > Sent: Friday, August
> 01, 2008 1:00 PM> Subject: [NPInfo] The UAW and NP/PA services. WE NEED YOUR
> HELP.> > > Below is information supplied by the Michigan Academy of
> PAs.> I know Michigan is one state where NPs and PAs have not yet >
> established a working relationship on a state organizational level and >
> IMHO, it is time to start. They both need to lead on this and I bet > the
> physicians they work with are being hurt by this also. A universal > problem
> for us all.> Greg Bennett, the AAPA Past President( and a Michigan leader)
> told me > one way we could all tackle this new escalation to denial of NP and
> PA > services, is by writing to the UAW leadership. It's not just GM
> cars, > but the UAW controls all of the auto workers in the USA. So, maybe we
> > let them know that we can start buying some nice Korean cars. Hyundai >
> just came out with a Lexus clone. In any case, here is one contact > address
> for now:> UAW> Solidarity House> 8000 East Jefferson Avenue>
> Detroit, Michigan 48214> > >
> http://www.uaw.org/about/officers/index.html-Here<http://www.uaw.org/about/officers/index.html-Here>>
> is a list of their > officers. There are NO email links I can find. So, take
> out a few > envelopes and write them a letter and copy it a few times and
> mail it. > I will today.> > Remember to be civil as we want to show
> them what professionals we > really are.> > Let's try something
> like this:> > Dear UAW Leader:> > > I am a physician assistant
> (PA) who has treated thousands of people > over my career. I have treated
> expectant mothers, soldiers ready to > deploy, babies and the elderly and
> most folks in the middle that have > come in to see me for their medical
> care. All of them have left > happier and I sincerely hope, in some way,
> healthier than before they > saw me.> I recently found out that you have
> instructed your insurance companies > not to reimburse for nurse practitioner
> and physician assistant > services to your members. I don't understand
> why? NPs and PAs are now > a VITAL part of providing healthcare to the people
> of America. We are > officers in the military (three PAs have died providing
> care in Iraq), > we can diagnose, treat and prescribe in all 50 states and
> all 200,000 > of us want to help your members stay healthier. Our record
> regarding > providing high quality care is exemplary. I know good care is
> > important to you and we provide that good care. So, why do you not >
> want your members to see us?> The US auto industry is in enough trouble as it
> is. How does it > benefit you to be the ONLY group in the United States that
> will not > allow its members to see us? Is it worth the price of the public
> > relations and ill will, let alone the misunderstandings it will cause >
> with hundreds of thousands of clinicians, your members, our families, > their
> families, our associations and more?> Why not let the patient choose the team
> of clinicians they want to > care for them?> I know I am not a member of
> your union but I am a very smart consumer. > Please help me understand why
> the UAW alone across the country refuses > to let it's members see the
> two groups of healthcare professionals who > can and will make a difference
> in the lives of their members.> Sincerely,> Dave Mittman, PA>
> Livingston,NJ> President-Elect,> American College of Clinicians>
> dmittman at comcast.net<mailto:dmittman at comcast.net>> > > > >
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