2022 Public Policy Comments

• January 14, 2022 – OAC/WI ASMBS State Chapter/WAND State Chapter Letter to Wisconsin Group Insurance Board recommending State Employee Coverage of AOMs and Medical Nutrition Therapy for Obesity
• January 27, 2022 – OAC Letter to House Energy & Commerce Committee Leadership Supporting CBO Score
• February 17, 2022 – OPM carrier letter re Federal Employee Health Coverage for Obesity Care
• March 16, 2022 – OPM technical guidance letter re Federal Employee Health Coverage for Obesity Care
• April 15, 2022 – OAC, TOS, WAND, OMA, WI ASMBS State Chapter Joint Letter to WI Group Insurance Board
• May 16, 2022 – Letter where OAC President Joe Nadglowski expressed the OAC’s “profound disappointment in the State of Wisconsin’s Department of Employee Trust Funds (ETF) recommendation to the Group Insurance Board (GIB) that they NOT provide state employee coverage for anti-obesity medications for 2023
• October 20th, 2022 – the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) released its final policy recommendations surrounding treatments for obesity management