Awards & Recognition
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2003-2004
The Alabama Chapter of HFMA was honored at the Healthcare Financial Management Association's 2004 Annual National Institute (ANI) in Nashville, Tennessee on June 28, 2004, for its outstanding accomplishments during the year.
The Chapter received the Charles F. Mehler Gold Award of Excellence for Education for its efforts related to the 23 Chapter Educational Events totaling 13,100 total registrant hours- which equates to 21.58 registrant hours per Alabama HFMA member. These events included institutes, forums, and workshops organized to educate its members on various issues affecting the healthcare industry. In addition , the Alabama Chapter also received the Henry Hottum Award for Educational Performance Improvement Award for having a 14.42% increase in registered hours from the previous year. Several individuals in the Chapter made extra efforts in helping us achieve this remarkable increase. Many thanks to our Forum leaders, Linda Maddox, PFS, Jenny Wakeford, CFO and Maron Boohaker , Compliance. Between the three Forums alone, the Chapter offered over 850 hours in workshops on top of our regularly scheduled Institutes. Also special thanks to our Institute Vice Presidents, Jon Kimsey, Stephanie Martin, Cindi Barksdale and Kim Shrewsbury for the Institutes during the year.
The Chapter also received the Silver Award of Excellence for Membership Growth. This award is in recognition for outstanding performance in membership growth. The Alabama Chapter ended the year with 623 members, which was an increase of 103 or a 2.64% increase. Special thanks to Pollyanna Brannon, who in her role as Membership Chair, continues to find ways to get us all excited with recruitment.
In addition, the Chapter received a total of 7 Helen M. Yerger Recognition Awards. These awards recognize chapters who have achieved outstanding performance with excellent efforts in programs, services, and administration. The Alabama Chapter received these awards by achieving excellence as follows:
Multi-Chapter Education: | 2004 Region V “ Dixie ” Institute ( Alabama , Florida , Georgia, South Carolina , and Tennessee ) |
Multi-Chapter Collaboration: | Online Credit Card Capability ( Alabama and Georgia ) Newsletter Referrals ( Alabama and Georgia )
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Education: | 2003 Summer Institute (Stephanie Martin, Institute VP) |
Improvement: | Annual Sponsorship Program (Dawn Walton, 2002-03 Sponsorship VP) |
Innovation: | Chapter Website Renovation (Mitzi Winters, President) |
Member Retention: | Membership Recruitment & Retention (Pollyanna Brannon, Membership Chairperson) |
Congratulations to Mitzi Winters, FHFMA,2003-2004 Chapter President and the entire Alabama Chapter for their outstanding achievements!!