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October 17, 2017 Board meeting minutes

MOKSACVPR Board Meeting

October 17, 2017

Attendees:  Carolyn Beard, Amy Choitz, LeAnn Dickson, Tiffanie Holman, Snizhana Hostyanska, Jennifer Newman, Tedd Walsh, Tricia Walsh

Proceedings:

Meeting called to order at 0700 by President Tedd Walsh

September 2017 meeting minutes approved

Committee Reports / New Business:

  • Treasurer’s Report–Jennifer Newman
    • Current Accounts:
      • Checking:  $22,681.76
      • Savings:  $14,006.68
  • Education –Carolyn Beard
    • Spring Conference
      • Speaker from Ohio was very good speaker on program structure.  
      • Karen Collins spoke on nutrition.  Amy will contact after conference date set
      • Need to set date for conference
      • Tricia is looking at Graceland University in Independence for possible location
      • No new vendors
      • Topics:  PAD
  • Communications/Website – Snizhana Hostyanska / Amy Choitz
    • Constant Contact emails are being stopped by some security programs.  Contact your IT dept if this seems to be a problem at your facility.
    • Website
      • Add AACVPR quick links to our website
      • Add PAD toolkit
      • Email Amy with frequently asked questions
  • Standards & Issues – Debbie Dorshorst
    • Advocacy Day—Leann will be attending (11/7/17-11/8/17)
    • PAD codes have been approved starting 10/1/17
  • Nominations—Amy Choitz
    • Loretta Thomas is already on committee but could contact for upcoming positions
    • Sandy Abbott from Jeff City area could be potential MO Member at Large
    • Dallas Berry is moving to St. Louis.  He will continue on the education committee
  • Certification – Carolyn Beard
    • Remediation complete-328 applicants remediated (243 were for wrong ITP headings)
    • December 2, 2017 begins new review session
    • Registry updates coming to include new performance measure tracking
  • Outreach
    • Contact Illinois and Nebraska area with Spring conference information
  • AACVPR annual conference
    • 27 attendees from MO/KS area
    • MOKSACVPR received award for 25th anniversary
    • Props for Lynn Jenkins
    • 2 fellows—Lynn Hedvik and Eric Larson
  • Kansas  meeting
    • Basic review of charges, CMS guidelines, criteria, etc
    • What is the need?
      Old Business:
  • Strategic Plan—no updates
  • Student memberships—table until October or November meeting

Next Board Meeting:  November 14, 2017

Next Education Meeting:  October 24, 2017 at 0700

Minutes submitted by Tiffanie Holman