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April 2007
Greetings!
As I write my last President’s letter, I want to say thank you. It has been a great year for the Chapter. I recently submitted four events/processes the Chapter completed for national awards-“Yergers”. We had a very dedicated committee that reviewed these candidates for Yerger. We are very confident we will have some selections. This is a real testimony to the great things our Chapter is working on.
I am very excited about the leadership team for next year. Kathy Hughes will be a great President and she is organizing some strong leadership committees. She is still looking for people-no experience necessary! If you are interested, please see her.
The HFMA year wraps up in May with the Spring Conference in Branson. It should be a great conference. This is a multi-Chapter event which will afford additional networking opportunities from our typical Chapter meetings.
Thanks again for all your help this year. See you at the next HFMA event!
Sincerely,
Jim Hill
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2007-2008 Officers and Directors
| Kathy Hughes, FHFMA |
President |
| Teri Reger, FHFMA |
President-Elect |
| Tami Knobbe, CHFP |
Vice President |
| Rebecca Phillips, CPA |
Secretary |
| Sharon Redel, CPA |
Treasurer |
| Brian Clubb |
Director |
| Rosemary Hakenwerth |
Director |
| William Hamm |
Director |
| Joanne Hollett |
Director |
| Tracy Packingham |
Director |
| Susan Richardson |
Director |
| James Hill, CPA |
Past-President |
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2007-2008 New Members
| Peggy M Sisk |
Senior Analyst - Finance/Planning |
Washington University School Of Medicine |
| Jeff Arledge |
Director, Financial Planning And Analysis |
BJC Healthcare |
| Susan C Koesterer |
Manager Of Accounting And Reporting |
Missouri Baptist Medical Center |
| Amy J Desart |
Director, Financial Services |
Missouri Baptist Medical Center |
| W Mark Broughton |
President |
Procheckplus, Inc. |
| Charles Krasnicki |
District Sales Manager |
I.C. System, Inc. |
| Larry Berron |
Sales Manager |
Resource Management & Recovery Services, LLC |
| Paul D Watson |
Analyst |
A. G. Edwards & Sons |
| Barbara Shaffer |
Dept. Coordinator/CDM |
Phelps County Regional Medical Center |
| Joe Finocchiaro |
Manager- Financial Analysis |
Christian Hospital NE-NW |
| Andrew Goldfrach |
MHA Student |
Health Administration Program, Washington University School Of Medicine |
| Theresa Kipper |
Accounting Manager |
SSM Healthcare |
| Jeffrey A Combs |
Senior Vice President |
Pmis |
| Janet Zerr |
Director of Finance |
Ranken Jordan |
| Curt Grassi |
Performance Improvement Engineer |
Barnes Jewish Hospital |
| Amye Ladd |
Student |
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| Chris E Stein, III |
Vice President |
US Bank |
| Andrew B Esterer |
Senior Manager |
Chan Healthcare Auditors |
| Lisa B Rossics |
Director, Provider Contracting |
Correctional Medical Services, Inc. |
| Lino M Berendson |
Audit Manager |
Chan Healthcare Auditors |
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| William J Tunis |
Vice President - Healthcare Banking |
National City Bank |
| Mark O'Connor |
Director of Finance |
SSM De Paul Health Center |
| Roger D Weiss |
Chief Operating Officer |
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2007-2009 Strategic Plan
The chapter Board of Directors and other interested parties met on
February 27 to develop the strategic plan for the next two years as well as goals for the coming year. A total of 16 members were in attendance for the afternoon session.
Development of a strategic plan has been a requirement from National
HFMA for a number of years. This year it was optional, but a new
requirement of goal setting based on a balanced scorecard established by National was put into effect. The 2007-2008 year is considered to be a transition year to the new National HFMA requirements, so our chapter elected to do both--goal setting and a strategic plan.
Highlights of the strategic plan include:
--Providing quality educational programs that meet member needs. Ten
different initiatives have been established in order to meet the goal of increasing registrant hours at programs by 3 percent.
--Ensuring professional development opportunities, with 5 different
action items for the year. The goal is for chapter members to achieve a minimum of five certifications annually and also to have more of our
provider members serve on the Board and as committee chairs.
--Provide opportunities for networking and improving communications
within the Chapter. Six different initiatives have been established
that will help us achieve the goal of 49% of our members being "very or
extremely satisfied" with HFMA on the next national survey.
--Promote membership retention and growth. We want to achieve a
membership retention rate of 87% and a senior financial executive goal
of 65% of the market. The group developed 6 different ways to achieve
this goal.
--Provide effective and efficient Chapter management. Nine initiatives
have been listed on the plan to help us achieve the goal of keeping the
chapter moving forward in the areas of finances, timely reporting to
National, and Yerger Award applications.
Should any member have questions about next year's plan, feel free to
contact Kathy Hughes at 314-525-4445 or by email at hughkl@samcstl.org.
The list of Board meeting dates for next year will be available soon and all members are invited to attend any Board meeting--another new
initiative for next year!!!
Kathy Hughes, FHFMA
St. Anthony's Medical Center
Director, Patient Accounts
(314)525-4445
Fax 314-525-1899
email: hughkl@samcstl.org
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HFMA Calendar of Social Events
Mark Your Calendars
Here are some events you will not want to miss!!!
Come join the fun at the 2nd Annual Family Picnic
Saturday, June 16th a full afternoon of FUN!!!
Location is Shaw Park Sponsored by The Outsource Group
 
Face Painting and the Famous Water Balloons (Sheila Washington would be able to attest to this). There were some washers, duck pond for the little ones and bean bag races. These are just a few of the activities from last year. We are looking to have another successful event this year.
Calling all golfers….Save the date!!!
Greater St. Louis HFMA Annual Golf Outing
Place:
WingHaven Country Club
7777 WingHaven Blvd
O’Fallon, MO 63366
Date:
September 10th, 2007
Registration: 11:00 a.m.
Tee Time: 12:30 p.m.
Reception Banquet and Awards: 5:00 p.m.
Our Happy Hour schedule for the rest of 2007 is as follows:
July 19th and October 4th. There will be updates on locations.
For more information regarding any of these events contact:
Tracy Packingham, Social Committee Chair
tracy@consumercollection.com
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