From my desk to yours…………..

We finished our Chapter fiscal year 09/10 with a BANG!!!   Under Carmen's leadership we received a perfect score of 100 on HFMA's Chapter Balanced Score Card (CBSC).  HFMA developed CBSC to aid goal setting and performance monitoring related to key chapter activities.  Thanks Carmen for all your hard work and leadership.

As we enter into HFMA new fiscal year we are facing uncertainty as an industry and nation.  No one knows what the long term impact of healthcare reform will be. What is clear is some provisions of the legislation will be good other parts will not. 

As a nation, our economic recovery is slow going.  Federal and State budget deficits are of great concern, the gulf oil spill disaster, European debit crisis, Afghanistan war, etc...

The next five years will be some of our most challenging times and our networking and involvement with HFMA will become even more import as we navigate through the next five years.  Please remember the friends and colleagues you meet over the years in HFMA is a great resource.

Our Program Committee Chair, Jennifer Venable, is working hard behind the scenes to put together good relevant educational programs for 10/11.  She is assisted by co-chairs Marilyn Dixon, Tammy Simonton, Sharon Alfano, John Majchrzak and Carmen Trump.

Another highlight for 10/11 is Mike Kasser of our Chapter will be serving as the Regional Executive for Region 7 which includes the Illinois Wisconsin and Indiana chapters.

Our national HFMA Chair, Debora Kuchka-Craig theme for 10/11 is "Step Up", to the challenges of the healthcare organizations, patients and communities we serve.  There is a profile of Debora in the June issue of the HFMA magazine

Our first meeting is in August and Jennifer and her co-chairs have a great meeting planned.  I hope to see you all there and please remember to "Step Up".

Mark  Dallas
Kerber, Eck & Braeckel, LLP
1116 W Main St #1417
Carbondale, IL 62901-2335
Phone: 618-529-1040
Email: markd@kebcpa.com