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Our membership continues to grow! Take a look at the list of healthcare professionals and students who have recently joined NCMGMA (February 16, 2023, through March 17, 2023):
Hear the Issues. Meet the Experts. Take Action Now
March 28-29, 2023 NC Medical Society Offices Raleigh, NC
Join fellow NCMGMA members in Raleigh on Tuesday, March 28th at the NC Medical Society offices for vital industry and legislative updates from key decision-makers and players within North Carolina, as well as an evening networking reception sponsored by Curi. Stay on Wednesday, March 29th, and meet with our legislators, along with other North Carolina administrators.
There is no shortage of issues at hand in NC and NOW is the time to be heard
3:15pm – 4:15pm Presentation Chip Baggett, JD NC Medical Society
4:15pm – 5:00pm Presentation Dale R. Folwell, CPA State Treasurer of North Carolina
5:30pm – 7:00pm Networking Reception Rye Bar & Southern Kitchen Sponsored by Curi
Wednesday, March 29th
8:00am – 8:30am Legislative Visits Gather at NC Medical Society Offices Discuss talking points
8:30am – 12:00pm Legislative Visits NCMGMA & General Assembly Meetings
Networking Reception Sponsor
Speakers
Chip Baggett, JD Chief Executive Officer & Executive Vice President NC Medical Society Chip is responsible for state level advocacy efforts (primarily focused on the NC General Assembly) as well as communications and fundraising for the NCMS and NCMS Foundation. Chip has a long history in organizational advancement and advocacy. Dating back to college, he has fundraised in numerous paid as well as volunteer capacities. He has led successful corporate and personal annual fund programs and gone through training at the Indiana School of Fundraising. Chip has worked in many different facets of healthcare, ranging from a children’s science and health museum to pharmaceutical sales, before going to work directly for physicians and PAs as a medical society executive, first at the county level and then at the NC Medical Society.
Dale R. Folwell, CPA Treasurer State of North Carolina Dale R. Folwell, CPA, was sworn in as State Treasurer of North Carolina in January 2017. As the keeper of the public purse, Treasurer Folwell is responsible for a $100 billion state pension fund that provides retirement benefits for more than 900,000 teachers, law enforcement officers and other public workers. Under Folwell’s leadership the pension plan was rated among the top five highest-funded in the country and won accolades for proactive management and funding discipline. In 2020 the state’s coveted AAA bond rating was reaffirmed by every major rating agency, making North Carolina one of only 13 states in the country to hold that distinction. Treasurer Folwell also oversees the State Health Plan, which provides medical and pharmaceutical benefits to more than 720,000 current and retired public employees and is the largest purchaser of health care in North Carolina.
Hotel Information
Reserve your room now at the Raleigh Marriott City Center. Limited standard rooms available at the discounted rate of $209/night for single/double occupancy plus tax. To reserve your hotel room, please click here. All reservations must be accompanied by a first night room deposit or guaranteed with a major credit card. If a guest does not cancel a reservation within 48 hours before 6:00 PM of the guest’s check-in date, then the hotel may charge the credit card one night’s room fee plus any applicable taxes. Hotel room block cutoff is March 10, 2023.
Registration
Advocacy Days online registration is now open. The cost to register is $95 for NCMGMA members, $125 for non-members and $10 for students. To register today, please follow the online registration link below.
Submit Your Nomination for NCMGMA’s 2023 Administrator of the Year Award
Presented by Curi
Annually, the North Carolina Medical Group Management Association (NCMGMA) and Curi recognize outstanding performance by an individual with the Administrator of the Year Award. For 2023, the award will be presented at our Annual Conference, to be held May 17-19, 2023, at the Charleston Marriott in downtown Charleston, SC.
About the Administrator of the Year Award
The Administrator of the Year award recognizes a healthcare administrator, affiliated with the NCMGMA, who has exhibited exceptional leadership management proficiency and enhanced the effectiveness of healthcare delivery in his/her practice and community through recent, noteworthy achievements.
Nominations
Nominate yourself or a colleague! If you wish to learn more about this award, follow the link below to see the complete award criteria and nominations form. To nominate another administrator, please email Melissa@ncmgm.org. The candidate will be contacted and asked to complete the following application form for consideration. The deadline for nominations is March 24, 2023.
Get Expert HR Advice in Charleston Learn to hire, retain and inspire top talent!
Do you feel like your teams are working against each other? Are you having trouble hiring and retaining top talent? During NCMGMA’s Annual Conference, Stephanie Anderson and Don Harkey of People Centric will present two general sessions focused on HR you can’t afford to miss!
We’re adding more fun to this year’s conference. On Wednesday evening we’ll be offering three tours of Charleston. Whether you’re interested in food, cocktails or a little bit of history and scare, we’ve got something for everyone to enjoy!
Savor the Flavors of Charleston 6:30pm – 9:00pm In Charleston’s delicious, award-winning food, you taste more than a chef’s skill and passion, you taste the vibrant flavors from farmers’ fields, the bounty from the waters, and more than 300 years of rich history, culture and culinary tradition.
Pricing – $125 per person (without alcohol) & $175 per person (with alcohol).
Ghost and Graveyard 7:00pm – 8:30pm Charleston’s rich history brings with it incredible stories — and ghosts! In a city that’s endured everything from war, earthquakes, and hurricanes to financial prosperity and artistic achievement, ghosts, haunted places, and legends are everywhere.
Pricing – $40 per person.
Toast of the Town 6:30pm – 8:30pm Charleston’s talent for entertaining is world renowned! Join us and visit the quaint bars of three of Charleston’s most popular, upscale boutique inns, and learn about how this colonial port city became known as one of the best places to raise a toast.
Pricing – $95 per person
Learn more about our Wednesday evening tours and additional Annual Conference highlights here.
General Information
Accommodations
The Charleston Marriott, overlooking the Ashley River, offers easy access to beautiful downtown historic Charleston, the old city market and great dining and entertainment. The NCMGMA room block rate is $205 per night. Learn more.
Speakers
Hear from labor/delivery nurse and TikTok star Jen Hamilton; HR gurus Don Harkey and Stephanie Anderson; management consultant Kerri Burchill, Ph.D.; and government relations expert Thomas Kincheloe. Learn more.
Administrator of the Year
NCMGMA and Curi recognize a healthcare administrator who has exhibited exceptional leadership management proficiency and enhanced the effectiveness of healthcare delivery in his/her practice. Nominations are open and due by Friday, March 24th. Learn more.
Register Today!
Online registration is now open. Full conference costs start at $425 for members. See all of our conference pricing here. To register today, please follow the online registration link below.
European Trip Registration is Open Join us for this unique healthcare travel experience
Melinda Webb Huggan, president of Dreams and Destinations, will be leading us through Geneva and Milan this fall. To help get us ready, she has created a video previewing our trip: what we can expect and how to sign up. Click on the thumbnail to learn more about our exciting adventure to Europe.
Trip Details:
NCMGMA is bringing a unique opportunity to the North Carolina healthcare community October 1-7, 2023. We are creating a customized travel experience for attendees, offering two fantastic European cities: Geneva, Switzerland, and Milan, Italy. This is a chance to site see, network, hear different perspectives in the healthcare world, and learn from international leaders.
Trip Goals:
This trip offers an opportunity for like-minded attendees to both learn and network together, two valuable pillars of our organization’s mission. It’s also a chance to explore Europe and to observe the delivery of healthcare from a European and world point of view.
Package includes 6 nights centrally located hotel accommodation; transfers between airport and hotel; welcome event; city tours with guides and dinner in Geneva / lunch in Milan; daily breakfast; meals where listed as included; Geneva City Pass, one way rail ticket between Geneva and Milan; transportation for tours not designated as walking and to organizations in Geneva; onsite group host; and all guide and driver gratuities.
2023 Trip Package Price:
The Single Adult in Room cost is $4,525 per adult and the Two Adults in Room cost is $3,100 per adult. Pricing is per person and doesn’t include the cost of travel insurance. Insurance is available at $150 per person and is non-refundable after purchase.
Hire, Inspire, and Retain Exceptional Staff Experience People Centric’s Practice-changing Tools!
Do you feel like your teams are working against each other? Are you having trouble hiring and retaining top talent? During NCMGMA’s Annual Conference, Stephanie Anderson and Don Harkey of People Centric will present two general sessions focused on HR you can’t afford to miss:
Thursday, May 18 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Breaking Down Silos: Focusing on Cross Functional & Intentional Interactions
Friday, May 19 | 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Hiring & Retaining Employees: Gaining the Competitive Advantage to Attract and Retain the Top Talent
Speakers
Stephanie Anderson Business Strategist People Centric Consulting Group Stephanie Anderson is an experienced business strategist who helps organizations grow by creating and executing strategies that achieve their goals, engage their teams, and positively impact their communities. She has worked with organizations of all sizes from small start-ups to Fortune 100 companies in leadership and consultant roles, in addition to being a small business owner and social entrepreneur herself.
Don Harkey CEO and Founder People Centric Consulting Group Don Harkey is the CEO and Founder of People Centric Consulting Group in Springfield Missouri. People Centric helps organizations and their leaders to become the best versions of themselves through systems that support the creation of a strong culture. Don holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and spent 10 years working for Fortune 500 companies (Archer Daniels Midland and 3M) before taking a leap into the world of management consulting.
Attendee registration is now open! Browse this post or click here to see this year’s highlights and make plans to join us today!
We’re adding more fun to this year’s conference. On Wednesday evening we’ll be offering three tours of Charleston. Whether you’re interested in food, cocktails or a little bit of history and scare, we’ve got something for everyone to enjoy!
Savor the Flavors of Charleston 6:30pm – 9:00pm In Charleston’s delicious, award-winning food, you taste more than a chef’s skill and passion, you taste the vibrant flavors from farmers’ fields, the bounty from the waters, and more than 300 years of rich history, culture and culinary tradition.
Pricing – $125 per person (without alcohol) & $175 per person (with alcohol).
Ghost and Graveyard 7:00pm – 8:30pm Charleston’s rich history brings with it incredible stories — and ghosts! In a city that’s endured everything from war, earthquakes, and hurricanes to financial prosperity and artistic achievement, ghosts, haunted places, and legends are everywhere.
Pricing – $40 per person.
Toast of the Town 6:30pm – 8:30pm Charleston’s talent for entertaining is world renowned! Join us and visit the quaint bars of three of Charleston’s most popular, upscale boutique inns, and learn about how this colonial port city became known as one of the best places to raise a toast.
Pricing – $95 per person
Learn more about our Wednesday evening tours and additional Annual Conference highlights here.
Hotel Accommodations
The Charleston Marriott, overlooking the Ashley River, offers easy access to beautiful downtown historic Charleston, the old city market and great dining and entertainment. The NCMGMA room block rate is $205 per night. Learn more.
Administrator of the Year Award Sponsored by Curi
Each year, NCMGMA and Curi recognize a healthcare administrator, affiliated with the NCMGMA, who has exhibited exceptional leadership management proficiency and enhanced the effectiveness of healthcare delivery in his/her practice and community through recent, noteworthy achievements. Follow the button link below to learn more and to access our nominations form. Deadline for nominations is March 17th.
Jacob A. Rodman, CMPE, (center), CEO of Raleigh Neurosurgical Clinic, Inc., is recognized as the 2022 NCMGMA/Curi Administrator of the Year. Photo Credit: Chris Brehmer
Online registration is now open. Full conference costs start at $425 for members. See all of our conference pricing here. To register today, please follow the online registration link below.
Strengthen your path to organizational success by utilizing industry specific trends to help shape your employee value proposition.
Organizational objectives and employee preferences are changing. Economic disruption, the challenging labor market, and the reshaping of employee priorities result in innovation that permanently alters how you build your Human Resources and total rewards strategy.
Join Gallagher for this forward-looking seminar to explore how healthcare leaders can strengthen organizational well-being by taking a comprehensive look at their total rewards strategy and aligning it to their employee value proposition. Gallagher’s industry experts will highlight trends impacting your organization and people to support your efforts to attract, retain, develop and engage your staff.
Learning Outcomes:
Build tools to effectively navigate workplace and regulatory changes as they relate to Compensation, Recruitment, Retention, Engagement, DEIBJ and Leadership Development.
Explore the total rewards evolution including how leaders must turn their attention toward retention strategies to competitively attract and retain diverse talent.
Apply emerging benefit insights, sourced from thousands of U.S. survey participants over the past year, to strengthen organizational wellbeing.
Speakers
Elizabeth Stillwell Area Vice President, Human Resources & Compensation Consulting Gallagher Elizabeth Stillwell brings more than 14 years of experience in risk management, human resources and total rewards with progressively increasing responsibility. In her role at Gallagher, she acts as a strategic partner to help businesses navigate complex organizational challenges. She works with clients to view people and culture decisions through a risk management lens, developing innovative solutions that align with business goals. Elizabeth collaborates with Gallagher’s comprehensive network of industry experts to ensure the timely delivery of transformative work to support client goals.
Ellen Tucker, CMCE Area Vice President, Health & Welfare Consulting Gallagher A Certified Managed Care Executive and veteran of the healthcare industry, Ellen uses her vast experience and knowledge to help client employers design, implement and manage a customized benefit strategy that best aligns with their corporate objectives and enhances their retention and recruitment initiatives. She is considered an expert in several areas of benefit finance and administration.
Registration
Registration is complimentary, however space is limited. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. To register please click the link below:
NCMGMA Medical Employee Salary & Benefits Survey Review
Wednesday, March 29, 2023 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST | Zoom
Presented by Bernard Robinson & Company
Data Matters. Join us on March 29th as we hear from Tracy Martin, CPA, with BRC detail out 2022’s North Carolina-specific salary survey highlights along with important KPIs, and year-over-year salary trends.
It is essential healthcare practices review their complete compensation package (wages, salaries, benefits) annually to help attract and retain exceptional employees. By ensuring market-based competitiveness and maintaining internal equity, practices are more likely to retain their valued employees. Due to the unprecedented impact of COVID-19, 2021 healthcare practices continued to witness shifts in historical compensation practices.
After completing this webinar participants will:
Hear the current state of healthcare compensation within North Carolina
Learn to use survey data to update and validate current compensation/recruitment practices for the following areas:
Salary Administration
Nursing, Mid-Level & Other
Benefits
Office Staff
Laboratory & Radiology
Hear additional KPIs and year-over-year trends based on data gathered through NCMGMA’s highly respected annual Medical Employee Salary & Benefits Survey.
Webinar Speaker
Tracey Martin CPA and Partner Bernard Robinson & Company Tracey is a CPA and partner in the Wilmington office of Bernard Robinson & Company (BRC). She applies her knowledge and practical ideas to meet client needs from both a business and tax perspective.
Tracey works primarily with medical practices, professional service groups and high net worth individuals. She also leads BRC’s client accounting service line, focusing on providing outsourced accounting and CFO advisory services to clients. With over 30 years of experience, Tracey enjoys working with healthcare clients to address the ongoing challenges they face – delivery system consolidation, increased transparency, increased regulatory requirements and physician transition.
Thank You to Bernard Robinson & Company
Registration
This webinar is free for members and $25 for non-members. Space is limited so register early! After you register, you will receive an email confirmation and an email reminder with webinar login instructions.
Our membership continues to grow! Take a look at the list of healthcare professionals and students who have recently joined NCMGMA (January 28, 2023, through February 15, 2023):
Active
Brandon Cassel, Greensboro, NC
Courtney Denning, Wake Internal Medicine Consultants, Raleigh, NC
Naquan Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Katie Lowry, Robeson Pediatrics, Lumberton, NC
Affiliate
Robert Duggan, Earney & Company, Wilmington, NC
Avary Gillyard, Healthy Blue NC, Cary, NC
Anna Jordan, Bernard Robinson & Company, LLP, Greensboro, NC
Student
Hailey Barkey, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Durham, NC
Giselle Bedolla-Solis, Winston Salem State University, Winston Salem,
Bradly Boaz, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Kathryn Chetwynd, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Cary, NC
Elizabeth Coykendall, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Siler City, NC
Jordan Grier, Winston-Salem State University, Walkertown, NC
Damon Heath, Appalachian State University, Elizabethtown, NC
Tejaswini Saunshi, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Charlotte, NC
Shaista Sayeed, Gillings School of Public Health, Huntersville, NC
Submit Your Nomination for NCMGMA’s 2023 Administrator of the Year Award
Presented by Curi
Annually, the North Carolina Medical Group Management Association (NCMGMA) and Curi recognize outstanding performance by an individual with the Administrator of the Year Award. For 2023, the award will be presented at our Annual Conference, to be held May 17-19, 2023, at the Charleston Marriott in downtown Charleston, SC.
Jacob A. Rodman, CMPE, (center), CEO of Raleigh Neurosurgical Clinic, Inc., was recognized at the 2022 Annual Conference as the 2022 NCMGMA/Curi Administrator of the Year. Photo Credit: Chris Brehmer
About the Administrator of the Year Award
The Administrator of the Year award recognizes a healthcare administrator, affiliated with the NCMGMA, who has exhibited exceptional leadership management proficiency and enhanced the effectiveness of healthcare delivery in his/her practice and community through recent, noteworthy achievements.
Nominations
Nominate yourself or a colleague! If you wish to learn more about this award, follow the link below to see the complete award criteria and nominations form. To nominate another administrator, please email Melissa@ncmgm.org. The candidate will be contacted and asked to complete the following application form for consideration. The deadline for nominations is March 17, 2023.
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