Registration is Now Open
Join us in Historic Charleston, SC
October 17-19, 2018
Charleston Marriott | Charleston, SC
NCMGMA is heading back to Charleston, South Carolina for our 2018 Fall Conference. Scheduled for October 17-19, we will be at the Charleston Marriott, located just blocks from historic downtown Charleston. Start making your plans to join us for this exciting healthcare industry event: registration is now open so sign up today!
Browse this email for details on our Thursday keynote presentations, registration, nominations for Practice of the Year, and more! For complete details about this year’s Fall Conference, visit the NCMGMA website here.
Thursday Keynote Presentations
Britt Berrett, PhD, FACHE
Program Director / Clinical Faculty
Univ. of Texas Dallas Jindal School of Management
SESSION: Patients Come Second: Leading Change
by Changing Parts I and II
Britt Berrett currently serves as the Program Director of Healthcare Management in the Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas. His depth and breadth of professional and academic experience provides a tremendous foundation in the preparation for the next generation of healthcare leaders.
He is an Executive Coach with MEDI and has more than 25 years of experience as a hospital president and CEO. In 2013, Dr. Berrett co-authored a New York Times Best Selling book on leadership in healthcare entitled, “Patients Come Second – Leading Change by Changing How You Lead.”
Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH
Secretary
NC Dept. of Health and Human Services
SESSION: An In-depth Interview with Dr. Mandy Cohen
by Matt Hanis of the Business of Healthcare
Since being appointed as Secretary of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services in January 2017, Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, and her team have worked tirelessly to improve the health safety and well-being of North Carolinians. DHHS is a cabinet-level agency with approximately 16,000 employees and an annual budget of $20 billion. Among her top priorities are combating the opioid crisis, building a strong, efficient Medicaid program, and improving early childhood education.
A graduate of Cornell University, she received her medical degree from Yale School of Medicine, a Master’s in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health and trained in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Matthew Hanis
Executive Producer and Host
Business of Healthcare
SESSION: An In-depth Interview with Dr. Mandy Cohen
by Matthew Hanis of the Business of Healthcare
Matthew Hanis is the Business of Healthcare Executive Producer and Host. He helps a wide range of healthcare organizations commercialize new solutions. Hanis has held executive leadership roles with Mercy, a St. Louis Based $5 billion health system, Advanced Practice Strategies, an Ascension Ventures portfolio company, and the Healthcare Business of Thomson Reuters, now Truven Health Analytics.
Registration
Registration is open for the 2018 Fall Conference in Charleston so sign up today. Click on the links below to access our online and print registration forms. For complete details on registration costs, follow this link. Early registration discounts end September 24th.
Accommodations
All events for the Annual Conference are scheduled at the Marriott Charleston located at 170 Lockwood Blvd. in Charleston, SC. We are pleased to offer our attendees the discounted group rate is $174 per night (plus 14% tax + $2.24 destination fee). Hotel reservations can be made online by clicking here.
About the Marriott
Experience true southern hospitality and modern accommodations at its finest at the Charleston Marriott. Our location overlooking the Ashley River, offers easy access to beautiful downtown historic Charleston, the old city market, local area beaches, The Citadel, and of course, great dining and entertainment. Our downtown Charleston hotel offers luxurious hotel amenities including high-speed wireless internet, shuttle service to the historic district, state of the art business and fitness centers.
Practice of the Year Award
Submit Your Nomination Today
The North Carolina Medical Group Management Association (NCMGMA) is proud to partner with First Citizens Bank to present the 6th Annual Practice of the Year Award, to be presented on the evening of Thursday, October 18th at the NCMGMA Fall Conference in Charleston.
About the Award
This award recognizes a medical group practice that has made a significant contribution to their community, patients and/or staff through volunteer work, indigent clinics, fundraisers, staff wellness programs, community clean ups, community screenings and education (internal & external), etc.
Submit Your Nomination Today
Follow this link for complete Practice of the Year award nominations information, including the award nominations form. The deadline to submit nominations is Friday, August 31st.
Questions
Follow the links above for more information and for registration. If you have any questions, please contact the NCMGMA offices at info@ncmgm.org.
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