Summer Quarter
Sept 2012
Fall News
Conference 2012
The trees are turning, football is on, and fall is in the air. You know what that means….. OMA Educational Conference!!!!
It’s only a few weeks away. We have a host of great speakers. We have AAPC and PMI CEU’s available. We have a lot of fun activities planned. We hope you have already made your reservations and paid your registration fee because we do not want you to miss this one.
Reminder that late registration and the “Hotel special rate” deadlines have passed but we still want you there!!! There is still time to late register.
We will be at The Canaan Valley Resort this year on Oct 11th and 12th. The theme
is Patriotic so please do not forget to wear your RED, WHITE, and BLUE during conference. We will be giving a prize to the BEST costume and/or outfit at Sponsor/Vendor night!!!
Please bring your donations for the Military Care packages with you to conference.
Try and take a collection from your employees or other OMA members who are not going to be able to make it to conference and bring them with you!!!!
We will be having a “Afterhours Santa’s workshop” with several different vendors including Cash for Gold, 31, InitialsInc., Avon, etc. So bring your old gold and silver to cash in and buy gifts!!!!
Announcements
WVSMA has scheduled a CMC (Certified Medical Coder) class through
PMI for Oct 26th, and Nov 2nd, 9th, 15th and 16th at St. Francis Hospital. Participants must attend all 5 days. 29 CEU’s available for PMI certified individuals. For more information visit or .
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WVBCBS Provider Conferences
Registration 7:30 am Conference 8:00 to 3:00 Refreshments and lunch provided.
Tues, 10/9/12 at Tri County Casino and Resort, Charleston
Wed, 10/10/12 at Waterfront Place Hotel, Morgantown
Wed, 10/17/12 at Tamarack, Beckley
Thurs, 10/18/12 at Highmark BCBS Corp Office, Parkersburg
For more info and to register visit and
Go under provider tab.
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AAPC Charleston Chapter will be hosting a WV Coders Day on November 1st from 7:30 to 4:00. There will be AAPC CEU’s and they are working on getting PMI CEU’s.
Speakers include: Kathy Boehm from Palmetto GBA and Mary Beth Jenkins discussing ICD-10-CM. Other guests to be announced.
Holiday Inn and Suites in South Charleston, WV
Letter from the President
Are you ready for FOOTBALL! It’s back to school and back to football. It’s a busy time for us all. Remember to take some time for yourself every day to walk or get some form of exercise in. And even though it’s cooler weather drink plenty of water and eat healthy.
Here is a healthy snack:
Blueberry Muffins
Yield: 12 servings / Prep: 10 minutes / Temp: 425 degrees / Bake 15-18 minutesIngredients
3 cups Quick Muffin Mix (recipe found below)
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1-1/4 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
1 cup milk
2eggs
¼ cup applesauce
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions: In a bowl, combine first three ingredients. Stir in blueberries. In another bowl, beat milk, eggs, applesauce and vanilla. Stir into blueberry mixture just until moistened. Fill greased or paper lined muffin cups two third full. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.
Quick Muffin Mix
Yield: 24 servings or 6 cups / Prep: 5 minutes2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2-1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1cup wheat bran cereal
1 cup quick cooking oats
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons baking powder
2 teaspoons salt
Directions: Combine all ingredients in a large airtight container. Store at room temperature until ready to use. Stir well before measuring for the muffin recipe.
In our office it’s a good to start planning for the end of year. Make any big purchase and donate any old office equipment. Schedule your holiday staff celebrations. Open your appointment schedulers for 2014. Make sure you have your OSHA and Hipaa training completed for the year. Make sure you are ready for any coding changes the will take effect. And the most important thing to do is RSVP for our October conference. I am getting so excited! I hope to see everyone there! Don’t forget to bring your donations for the troops and dress in red, white and blue!
See you all in October.
Sincerely,
Julie Williams, State OMA President
After more planning “Door Prizes” are back in for Conference 2012!!!
We are asking all Chapters to please begin collecting donations of these door prizes from local business, banks, offices, etc. These will not be the responsibility of the Chapters themselves. We will be giving out what is collected until they are gone!!!
Also, at Conference, we will be collecting donations for care packages which will be sent overseas to our Military. Below is a list of items that are requested by the soldiers. You can choose to donate items from this list or make a donation for postage which runs approximately $14.00.
Paper/Tablets
Envelopes
Pens/pencils
Puzzles
Games for Troops
Playing Cards
Hand Sanitizer
Toothbrushes
Toothpaste
Shampoo
Deodorant
Soap
Chapstick
Razors
Tissues Pocket Size
Baby wipes Travel Size
Canned Meat with Pop Top
Beef Jerky
Nuts/Sunflower seeds
Instant Cereal
Cereal Bars
Ramen Noodles
Cheese Crackers w/ Peanut Butter
Tea
Powdered Drinks
Hot Chocolate Packets
Little Debbie cakes
Popcorn
Candy filler
CDs/DVDs
Chapter
Reports
3rdQuarter
2012
BECKLEY CHAPTER REPORT
Beckley Chapter has 14 members, 2 emeritus members.
Our sponsoring hospitals are Raleigh General and Beckley Appalachian Regional.
We have had a really successful summer with our meetings.
June 6th Paula Clark and Jill Aliff from WVMI presented on the Million Hearts Campaign. Reba Celsor and Teresa Thacker from Raleigh General Hospital presented on Bed Access Management. Attendance was low but a very interesting meeting.
June 27th UMWA; Joanne Bryon, Ms. Bryon presented on the updates with UMWA, recent audits they had gone through and what we could do to help bill UMWA. Teresa Thacker with Raleigh General Hospital presented again on the Bed Access Management.
Attendance was 23.
August 29th Teresa Ansell WV-RHITEC, Meaningful use. What our offices need to be doing to get ready for phase II of MU.
Jason Warner WVMI, Privacy & Security Specialist, Great information on privacy and security laws. Jason would be great to have for an educational meeting or even for Conference one year. A little something we all need to know.
We have a meeting scheduled for November 15th with Stephen Burt on Social Media in the Workforce. Mr. Burt is with Healthcare Compliance Resources, he does our HIPAA and OSHA training yearly. Our membership has increased; people seem to be getting more interested in our meetings and the importance of knowing what is going on with Medicare and other insurances.
Respectfully,
Diana Walker,
Beckley Chapter, President
Charleston Chapter
The September Meeting was held at the Fifth Quarter and we had 20 members and guests in attendance on September 18 to hear and ask questions of Compliance Expert Robert Liles who was in Charleston conducting the Certified Medical Compliance Officer Coursehosted by the WVSMA. See his bio below and check out his website at . It is very informative.
Robert W. Liles, JD, MBA, MHA, was the first National Health Care Fraud Coordinator and subsequently worked as Deputy Director of the U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for United States Attorneys. As Managing Member in the Washington D.C. based office of Liles Parker, PLLC, Robert heads one of the nation’s leading law firms focused on healthcare fraud defense and regulatory matters representing providers in civil, criminal, and administrative proceedings. Robert’s background, education, and experience in the field bring this class to life with a real-world perspective.
Our October Meeting will be replaced by the State OMA meeting at Canaan Valley.
The Charleston Chapter Board had a planning meeting and we have great programs planned for the next several months. As speakers are confirmed we will do an email blast with dates and times of meetings to come.
Our Membership Drive will be held in November and we will have Amy Tolliver of the West Virginia State Medical Association present with an update program for us on how the National Election Results will affect physicians and staff as well as the State Narcotic Prescribing Laws as related to our physicians, performing Pharmacy Board searches, etc. We will also have Julie Williams, state OMA President and WVMI Meaningful Use guru ;o), update us on Meaningful Use Stage 1- Year 2 monies and how to get them, with a preview of Meaningful Use stage 2 requirements. We plan to have a prize for the office manager that invites the most potential members so please invite your office manager friends that are not already members. Show them our plans for future meetings and tell them to send suggestions/questions for information that would help them manage their practices to Rhonda Adkins at
We will not have a meeting in December due to the holidays.January will start off a great new year with Jason Warner presenting a program on Risk Assessment and how it applies to Office Management.In February we will have presentation on Meaningful Use Stage II requirements ( Medicare and Medicaid).
March- We are planning an ICD-10 informational meeting and have this be a State Educational Meeting possibly with Medicare.
April- We are planning a program on HR Issues-We would like to have the membership send us their most prevalent HR Issue and we plan to get solid answers to those issues.
Please send any and all suggestions for meetings that you would be interested in participating or learning about to We would love your input!!!
CLARKSBURG CHAPTER REPORTTHIRD QUARTER
CLARKSBURG CHAPTER OFFICE MEMBERS
- PRESIDENT, SANDY GORE
- VICE PRESIDENT/ SECRETARY, ADRIENNE MILLER
- TREASURER, TORI STEVENS
* ONE NEW MEMBER FOR THIS QUARTER
FRAUD AND ABUSE TRAINING
May 30, 2012 SPEAKERS: Kelly Delaney
6 pm Roxanne Lowery
IHOP Conference Room OBJECTIVE: Annual Fraud and Abuse Training
Bridgeport, WV 26330
INSURANCE FORUM
July 24, 2012 PARTICIPATING INSURANCES:
10:00am- 2:00pm Cigna, Highmark WV, United Healthcare,
UHC / Classrooms 1& 2 Unicare, The Health Plan, Molina Medicaid,
Bridgeport, WV 26330 WVHIN, Humana
AUGUST E-MEETING
DUE TO BUSY SCHEDULES AND VACATIONS, WE HELD OUR MEETING VIA EMAIL. THE TOPIC WAS REGARDING GENERAL UPDATES AND REMINDERS, AND THE UPCOMING OMA CONFERENCE.
Huntington Chapter
July 2012 The Huntington Chapter held an Insurance Panel Forum with BCBS, Cigna, UHC, Brickstreet, Tricare and Molina.
We held a meeting on Sept 12th with Barbara Good speaking. Her topic was Interviewing 101: Getting the Best Employee Every Time. She spoke about the age gaps we may be seeing in our offices and how to get the best out of our employees with the different generations working together. We also did an interactive interview scenarios that was a lot of fun and educational at the same time. It gave us a chance to interact with our members which we do not always have the time to do if we have a speaker.
Our next meeting is scheduled for November at SMMC. Topic has not been set.
Thank you to Barbara for all her help…SHE IS THE BEST!!!
Officers
Pam Shafer, President and Treasurer
Stacie Spotloe, VP and Membership
Debbie Wilson, Secretary
Morgantown Chapter
July- no meeting
August 1st- WVHIN
September 5th- Insurance Forum
October 31st- Keith from UMWA with a presentation on coding and compliance
November 7th- "Holiday Shopping Extravaganza"
December- no meeting- Christmas party
Jodi Raley, President
OMA Morgantown Chapter
Weirton Chapter
Nothing to Report
Conference Report
The Conference will be held on October 11th & 12th at The Canaan Valley Resort & Conference Center located in Davis, WV.
Our theme this year will be PATROTIC. Our fee of $150.00 will remain the same. Our GRAND PRIZE will remain at $500.00 you must be present to win. The drawing will be held at sponsor/vendor night.
If you know of anyone that would like to be a sponsor/vendor please let us know. 304-840-4529.
If you have any suggestions or ideas, please contact your chapter committee member before this date.
Submitted by:
Pam Shafer & Rita Hope
CO-VP’s of Conference
Public Relations Report
With everyone so very busy getting ready for Conference next week this will be a condensed newsletter. I will be sending out
an email after conference letting everyone know any news, updates, and how conference went.
The next full newsletter will be in December 2012.
Again, please check out the website for any and all information pertaining to the OMA.