OMA ADVISOR 1st Edition

Feb 2017www.stateoma.com

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Conference 2017

SAVE THE DATEOctober 19 – 20, 2017

Flatwoods Days Hotel & Conference Center2000 Sutton Lane

Sutton, WV 26601866-700-7284

Educational Opportunites

MACRA Lunch & Learn Sessions – March 1 and March 8 – WVSMA Offices, Charleston

2017 Physician   Practice Conf. – Friday, March 24 – 6 hrs. CME Deadline is March 15

Hotel reservations can be made by contacting Embassy Suites directly   (1-800-EMBASSY) and giving them the code STA for the discounted room rate of $139 a night. The deadline for the discounted rate is March 8. 

Visit www.wvsma.org for more information and registrations

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Hello OMA Members,

 

I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday season.   I wanted to take this time to thank Rita Hope VP of Conference and the conference committee for their hard work and efforts put towards our Conference this past October.   I would also like to thank all of our Sponsors and Vendors for their continued support of our organization.

The eboard accepted Susan Umble's resignation as Historian.  Julia Keenan was appointed as the new Historian.  The eboard also voted on President Elect.  I was chosen for this position.  I am honored to serve in a leadership role of the OMA.   I hope we can bring more educational opportunities during 2017.

This is an election year for our Executive Board Officers.   We will be starting our eboard meetings in March.  If anyone has any ideas please feel free to contact me at 304-840-4529.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Pam Shafer

Officer Reports

Conference Report

The OMA 30th Annual Educational Conference was held at Lakeview Spa and Golf Resort in Morgantown WV October 13-14. 2016. Opening conference was a returning speaker from 2015, Lynn Lawrence, who presented “How to Develop a Compliance Program”. He also provided a wealth of materials and links for reference. Thursday afternoon various insurance representatives gave updates and answered questions. Thursday evening was Sponsor/Vendor night with a chance to meet with vendors we deal with throughout the year and that support our organization. The American Heart Association was a guest speaker for the evening.

Friday opened with returning speaker, Tim Smith, presenting “Dealing with Difficult People”. After lunch Dave Jakielo was fantastic in presenting “Managing Multiple Generations in the Workplace and Brenda Thompson closed conference presenting “Risk Management and Social Media”. CEU certificates were also provided.

Conference is scheduled for October 19-20, 2017 to be held at Flatwoods Days Hotel and Conference Center in Sutton WV. DON’T MISS IT!!

Submitted byRita Hope

Education Report

An Educational Event is being planned for May at the Days Inn Conference Center in Flatwoods.

Speaker is being confirmed and as soon as we have it all confirmed we will be sending out a flyer

And Registration will then be up on the website.

GOOD THINGS ARE COMING….Stay tuned

Membership Report

2016 ended with 125 active members

Charleston...34Clarksburg...18Huntington...28Morgantown...39Weirton...6

Those that attended the OMA Educational Conference were given OMA Membership applications for 2017 with their registration packets. Membership applications were mail to all members & potential members in December 2016.

Return you application as soon as possible to receive the complete benefit of all OMA has to offer

Public Relations

I will be attending the WVSMA with an OMA booth in the Vendor section. Hoping to Get the word out that we are planning educational events for our members. If there are any topic, speakers, information or anything you would like sent out or in the newsletter PLEASE send it to me via my email www.vpprstateoma.com. We are looking for TOPIC and SPEAKER ideas for Conference and Educational events. If you have heard any GREAT information lately please share it with us.

See you soon,

Stacie SpotloeVPPR State

Chapter Reports

Charleston Chapter

Nothing to Report

 Clarksburg Chapter

Nothing to Report

Huntington Chapter

The Huntington Chapter just had it’s first meeting of 2016 with Steve Santmyer discussing Telehealth and What effect it will have in the future for Medical care. We will have our next meeting in April. Planning a meeting on MACRA. Then I will be also planning our Insurance Panel Meeting.

Morgantown Chapter

2016 was a good year for the Morgantown chapter. We continued with a robust membership.We held several meetings and had a variety of speakers.Several of our membership attended the annual OMA conference held @ Lakeview in October.We held the chapter officer election and here is the list of the 2017 elected officers:President: Julia KeenenV-President: Deborah CarpenterSecretary/Education: Marlene EddyTreasurer: Mary Anne MeleadyConference Rep & State membership: Shelia Porter

December was our Christmas party hosted by Mon General Hospital. After enjoying many goodies, we had our Chinese gift exchange. Always enjoyable.

We held an executive board meeting and set up a meeting schedule for the first part of 2017.

The Morgantown chapter thanks all of our membership for continuing to make us strong and for keeping healthcare standards high.

More to follow as the year progresses….

Weirton Chapter Nothing to Report

The OMA would like to Thank all of our

Sponsors and Vendors who have supported

us for 2016. We hope you will continue to

support us in 2016 and beyond.

The OMA would like to Thank our Sponsors and Vendors