President’s
Message
By Cathy
Minan, RHIT, CCS – GCHIMA President 2005-2006
Welcome back everyone! The end of summer is
drawing near. The FHIMA convention is over, school has
started and, once again, we begin to crank up our meeting
schedule.
To start off my message, I would like to inform
you that our association has received some news. FHIMA has
acknowledged the dissolution of the Tri-County region and has
informed GCHIMA that these six counties (Citrus, Dixie,
Hernando, Levy, Marion, and Pasco) will be incorporated into
our region. Although it is sad to see the end of an
association, we are thrilled at the idea of inviting our
fellow professionals from these counties to join us. Fresh
faces, fresh ideas, fresh challenges….we are ready to forge
ahead!
I hope many of you were able to attend the
FHIMA convention in July. It was a great convention and I
believe we all enjoyed our time. It is always so nice to see
old friends, former students and associates, as well as to put
faces to the names we so often hear tossed around our HIM
world.
During my
limited time at the convention, I participated in a discussion
at the House of Delegates that I would like to share. Perry
Ellie, MA, RHIA, FAHIMA, Chief Delegate for Florida in
conjunction with the Florida Health Information Management
Association presented an AHIMA House of Delegates Proposed
Resolution entitled “Bridging the Gap! – Education to
Employment.” The intent of this resolution is to enhance
dialog and actions to facilitate the employment of graduates
from CAHIIM-accredited HIM programs at the baccalaureate and
associate degree levels, and the AHIMA-approved coding
programs at the pre-degree level. During Perry’s
presentation, I was once again reminded of the important role
we hold as HIM professionals in the grooming of the next
generation of Health Information Management professionals. It
is so important for us to assist students, recent graduates
and approved educational programs in any manner possible to
ensure the development of a quality workforce. Our
participation and feedback is vital and will only help us to
succeed in the future. I applaud Perry for his hard work
preparing this resolution and I challenge each of you to find
some way to contribute to the future of our profession.
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Standing Committees
Meeting Minutes
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Executive
No report
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Budget
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Beginning Balance as of |
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May 1, 2005 |
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$8,311.16 |
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Credits |
05/09/05 |
Membership Dues |
$360.00 |
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05/19/05 |
Symposium Fees |
$995.00 |
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05/16/05 |
Symposium Fees |
$1,495.00 |
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05/20/05 |
Symposium Feeds and Membership Dues |
$1,145.00 |
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07/06/05 |
Membership Dues |
$365.00 |
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$4,360.00 |
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Debits |
05/07/05 |
Website hosting and Maintenance |
$94.45 |
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05/20/05 |
Symposium costs, site, speakers, materials |
$7,304.12 |
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05/20/05 |
Office supplies |
$9.61 |
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05/20/05 |
May Newsletter with Symposium applications |
$52.77 |
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April/May |
Service charges |
$15.00 |
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$7,475.95 |
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Current Balance as of |
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July 31, 2005 |
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$5,195.21 |
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Nominating
No report
at this time.
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E-Taskforce
No report
at this time.
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Legislative
No report
at this time.
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F.I.R.E.
The FIRE
Committee is up and running with its new members:
Barbara
Bermudez, Committee Chair 352-457-3905
Martin O'Neil
Tracy Peabody
Joyce Ammons
Mary Warren
Sherry
Kristmann
Information
and Recruitment packets were mailed to all new committee
members. We are currently making arrangements to visit
area High Schools and Job/Career fairs. A couple of the members will be
submitting articles to area newspapers. In addition, Coca
Cola has
sponsored us
and provided us with a banner highlighting HIM education and
careers.
Plus a BIG
Thank You to Martin O'Neil who has worked very hard to put a
pamphlet together for the GCHIMA FIRE Committee. It is due to
be completed by the end of September.
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New Business
No report
at this time.
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Old
Business
No report
at this time.
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Employment Opportunities
See the
website for current openings
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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
Secretary,
TBA
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