Centers for Medicare and Medicaid

Joint Commission

President’s Message 

By Cathy Minan, RHIT, CCS – GCHIMA President 2005-2006

Welcome to a new year with Gulf Coast!  In my first message as President, I simply must brag about the new addition to our organization…our new website, www.gchima.org.  The website was introduced to the membership at the March meeting, and I have to say, I am terribly proud of it.  The Electronic Task Force Committee has worked very hard on this project.  The first edition has been quite successful. We have already had almost 19,000 hits.  If you haven’t visited the website, please check it out and provide us with your feedback.  You will find all kinds of information as we continue to improve upon its function for our organization.  Information about future meetings, as well as valuable links, contact information, local job postings, and registration forms…a multitude of valuable tools are now available at the touch of a key.

As I assume my new role as President, I ask for your help to make this association the best it can be. Your participation in GCHIMA is the key to our success. We are one of the strongest local HIM associations in Florida and we are very proud of our distinction.  Currently, we are processing the membership registrations for the 2005-2006 year.  If you have not yet registered, please consider joining our dynamic team and send in your 2005-2006 registration form today.  To avoid a late fee, make sure your registration is received by May 15, 2005.  And Students please remember….your membership is free! 

Before I close, I would also like to thank everyone who has volunteered to serve on a committee for this upcoming year.  You are an important part of this association.  We truly appreciate all of the volunteers that put so many hours into making GCHIMA a successful organization. I look forward to working with each of you as the President of GCHIMA and hope that we can encourage others to consider the opportunities to get involved with GCHIMA. Please contact me (or any of the other GCHIMA Officers) if you would be interested in joining our dynamic team of committee members!

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Standing Committees

March 16th, 2005

Meeting Minutes

Executive

Anita Doupnik, President called the meeting to order and welcomed all of the members.  Anita stated to the membership that she and the GCHIMA Board spent a large amount of time this past year working with the E-Task Force Committee developing our Website and she thanked all the volunteers for their participation in GCHIMA activities this year.

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Budget

Suzanne Spigner, Treasurer announced the treasurer’s report for Jan/Feb 2005 as follows:

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Program

Upcoming Gulf Coast Health Information Management Association Meetings

Date:  05/18/05

Time:  7:30 am - 5:00 pm

Location:  GHIMA 6th Annual May Symposium Hilton Hotel, Tampa Airport Westshore

Speakers: 

Holly Woemmel, MA, RHIA, President-Elect FHIMA

Barbara Flynn, RHIA, CCS Florida Hospital Association

David A. Solomon, M.D. Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Mark Michelman, M.D., MBA Florida Medical Quality Assurance, Inc.

No July GCHIMA Meeting Due to FHIMA Annual Convention (July 24th - 28th, 2005)

September 21, 2005 - GCHIMA Meeting

AHIMA Convention & Exhibit (Oct. 15th - 20th, 2005)

November 16, 2005 - GCHIMA Meeting

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Nominating

The new officers were introduced to the membership. A motion was made and passed to destroy all of the ballots from the elections of the 2005-2006 Officers. 

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E-Taskforce

The E-Taskforce was introduced and presented our new GCHIMA website after the GCHIMA business meeting.

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Legislative

A report to the membership was presented regarding Hill Day that recently took place in Washington, D.C.

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F.I.R.E.

No report at this time.

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New Business

A $500.00 scholarship contribution to FHIMA is typically voted on a this meeting each year, so the motion was made and approved to do this again this year.  No further business was discussed and the installation of the 2005 – 2006 ceremonies was held.

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Old Business

No old business was discussed.

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Employment Opportunities

A couple of job opportunities were verbally presented to the membership.

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Membership

No report at this time.

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Bylaws

No report at this time.

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2005-2006 GCHIMA Officers

Cathy Minan, RHIT, CCS, President, (727) 573-7704, CJMinan@aol.com

Monica Cole, RHIA, CCS, President - Elect, (727) 724-9471, colecoder@aol.com

Anita Doupnik, RHIA, Past - President, (813) 994-6383, Anita.Doupnik@pyramidhs.com

Suzanne Spigner, RHIT, Treasurer, (727) 573-7677, Suzanne@eliterecordssc.com

Patricia McWhorter, Secretary, (727) 397-7057, Patricia.McWhorter@kindredhealthcare.com

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