HFMA Utah Chapter

Spring has finally arrived in Utah. Spring is one of my favorite seasons! It’s nice to venture outdoors and visit with neighbors, go to soccer games and take a walk at lunch time. Spring also brings the end to my year as President of the Utah HFMA Chapter. I have been surrounded by hard working board members and I appreciate their hard work and dedication. Colin Quincy is eager to fill in as the next chapter President. I know he will lead our chapter in the right direction. He has great ideas and has great leadership skills. He has been my right hand guy this past year and I appreciate his dedication while serving as President Elect and Program Chair.

Since our last newsletter have added another sponsor “Mountain Land Collections, Inc.”. They will be sponsoring our chapter at the Silver Level. MountainStar Healthcare increased their sponsorship level from the Silver Level to the “Gold Level”. Thank you Mountain Land Collections, Inc. and MountainStar Healthcare for your support.

We would like to recognize our 2008 sponsors:

Gold Sponsor - Cardon Healthcare Network Inc.
Gold Sponsor - Iasis Healthcare
Gold Sponsor - Intermountain Healthcare
Gold Sponsor - MountainStar Healthcare
Gold Sponsor - University Health Care

Silver Sponsor – Mountain Land Collections, Inc.
Silver Sponsor – Ray Quinney & Nebeker Law Firm

Bronze Sponsor - Perot Systems
Bronze Sponsor - North American Recovery, Professional Debt Collection Services

Because of our sponsors, we were able to provide a free breakfast in October and a lower registration fee for our April 18th meeting. We will continue to provide lower registration fees and higher quality speakers this year.

If you know of a great speaker or a specific topic that you would like our chapter to include in its program offerings, please contact our President-Elect and program chair Charles Birkinshaw. You can email him at clbirkinshaw@mmm.com with ideas.

The Alliance meeting that was scheduled for March 26-28 was cancelled for the first time in history. We are planning an Alliance meeting that will take place on October 24th at Gardner Village. Our theme for this conference will be “Make a Difference.” Janet Rush will be our key note speaker. She will speak on “Making a Difference Today for Tomorrow.” We will have break out sessions again this year for the AAHAM and HFMA groups. We also have Kelly Matthews from Wells Fargo Bank, who will be speaking on the economy of Utah. We are still planning on having the March 2009 Spring Alliance in St. George. So keep that in mind for 2009.

It has been my honor to serve as your chapter president this past year. I made it a goal to “make a difference” this year. I hope you have noticed some changes that were made on your behalf. Our Utah Chapter Leaders will continue to grow our membership satisfaction and serve your education needs. We just ask for your questions and comments to make our chapter better!



Laura Wood
Chapter President 2007-2008
801-507-2409
laura.wood@imail.org

Link to HFMA National