As another successful year wraps up for the Central Ohio Chapter, we begin our transition into our 2012-2013 year. While activities like succession planning began many years ago, the true beginning of the transition from one year to the next is the Leadership Training Conference which just recently took place. Here, new leaders are provided opportunities to learn more about their upcoming or current roles within HFMA and to share ideas and best practices with other chapters from around the country. These ideas and experiences are then brought back to our chapter to better serve our membership.

This transition is not unlike many that take place in our workplace today. Many organizations have succession plans in place to ensure that the necessary duties can be fulfilled with as little interruption as possible. HFMA chapters have an advantage over a typical organization because they can predict when a term will end and plan accordingly many years in advance. It is important to recognize those within your organization that will be part of that transition and to ensure they have the proper training and experience. As chapter leaders, we strive to bring the ideas for providing these opportunities for education and experience to our members to help organizations prepare for the future.

At the Spring Golf outing at Longaberger we will be hosting a chapter planning session where the chapter leaders will share the ideas they have to make our chapter successful, but, most importantly, they will be soliciting feedback from our members to understand what you would like to see from the chapter and seeking implementation strategies for these ideas. We hope that you will join us the morning of May 14th to provide your insight and feedback.

As our transition takes place over the next month or so, I would like to welcome Jackie Nussbaum, Brian McCallister, Shawn McGrath and Lynette Vermillion to their new roles in chapter leadership and wish them the best throughout the upcoming year. On a personal note, I would also like to recognize and thank Preston Belding, Ken Stoll, Bob Miller and Will Sharp for their leadership, advice, and commitment to the Central Ohio Chapter as we would not be seeing the success we have today without them.

Sincerely,

Chris Peters
President, Central Ohio HFMA Chapter
bcpeters@health-partners.org