Maryland-DC Chapter of the Society for Healthcare Risk Management


Minutes, Bylaws, & Committees

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2017 Committees

Bylaws Committee
To periodically review and, if necessary and appropriate, propose revisions to the Bylaws of the organization to ensure consistency with the current practice and direction of the organization.

Principal Duties

  1. To periodically review the Bylaws, as directed by the President.
  2. To propose necessary revisions to reflect the purposes and activities of the organization and recommendations of the Board and/or active members.
  3. To submit revisions to the Board for review and clarification.
  4. To prepare Bylaw Revisions to be submitted to the Membership for adoption no more frequently than annually and in accord with the Bylaws:
    1. Prepare summaries of the revisions providing the rationale for the recommended revision.
  5. Distribute a draft of all proposed Bylaws revisions to the membership at least 60 days in advance of the Annual Meeting. Such distribution may occur by e-mail or regular U.S. Postal Service or any other reasonable means by which the membership can be notified as defined in the Bylaws, Article 12. Notice and Distribution.

Chairperson

Mary Alane Downs (madowns@morgancarlo.com )

Membership

  • Greg Kirby
  • Marianne Plant

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Communication Committee
To establish and maintain a process for ongoing communication with the organization membership.

  • We will continue to grow our Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and the main MD-DC SHRM web site.
  • We will send out blast emails to membership to notify them of educational opportunities as well as events and any other information useful to the organization.
  • Create a one-page “Benefits of Membership” tool to distribute to the organization.

I would like to start asking sponsors to provide us with their firm/company logo so that we can use it on our various forms of communication.

Principal Duties

  1. Ongoing evaluation of the website to assure information is current.
  2. Communicate information on upcoming events and educational programs.
  3. Facilitate communication among members through blast emails.

Chairperson

Christina McCormick (cmcorm7@jhmi.edu)
Pamela Adkins, Co-Chair (padkins2@jhmi.edu)

Membership

  • Renee Cover       
  • Greg Garrett                 
  • Debbie Glassman         
  • Paula Moore  
  • Deb Parraz  
  • Kristen Sapienza
  • Matt Somers

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Education Committee
To plan educational programs for all regular meetings of the organization and for the Annual Dinner Meeting to be held in conjunction with the last Board meeting of the year. Such meetings shall focus on issues of interest to the membership including: risk management, patient safety, and other health care-related topics.

Principal Duties

  1. To plan and support educational programs for all regular meetings and for the Annual Dinner Meeting:
    1. To identify interesting and appropriate topics
    2. To select qualified faculty
    3. To reserve an appropriate location
    4. To arrange for refreshments
    5. To handle registration and collect fees from attendees
    6. To provide necessary audio-visual equipment
    7. To draft, distribute, and collect evaluation forms.
  2. To prepare educational program flyers (including location, date, time, topic, and speaker) for distribution to the members and other interested parties via e-mail and the web site.
  3. To notify the membership as well as other interested parties of upcoming educational programs via e-mail and the web site.
  4. To prepare summaries of the educational programs for posting on the web site.
  5. To handle requests for speakers' materials:
    1. Obtain the speakers' consent to distribute materials
    2. Prepare copies of the materials for distribution
    3. Forward to the member/non-member who requested the materials by appropriate means (fax, U.S. Postal Service)
    4. At indicated cost, if any.
  6. To post on the web site Educational Programs sponsored by other organizations that may have interest to the members.
  7. To collaborate with other organizations in the development of educational programs of mutual interest.

Chairperson

Jacque Spielman (co-chair) (jacqueline.spielman@medstar.net)
Adam Kelley (co-chair) (axk@GDLDlaw.com)

Membership

  • Alex H. Adkins
  • Patrick Riley

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Legislative and Regulatory Committee
To identify and inform the membership of proposed federal and Maryland state legislation, regulation, or practices that impact health care risk management and related areas such as insurance, patient safety, workers compensation, tort reform (including procedural as well as substantive issues).

Principal Duties

  1. To evaluate pending federal and Maryland state legislation, regulation, or practices and provide interpretation, options, and recommendations to the Board for action relative to and in accordance with the furtherance of the mission and purpose of the organization.
  2. To disseminate federal and Maryland state legislative and regulatory information to the members via e-mail and Legislative and Regulatory Committee Reports to be posted on the web site.
  3. To prepare position statements, correspondence, or responses on behalf of the organization and at the direction of the Board regarding various issues of interest and concern to health care risk managers.
  4. To periodically update the Board and membership on the status of such federal and Maryland state legislation, regulation, and practices.

Chairperson

Julie Sibley, Co-Chair (jsibley@mmcip.umm.edu)
Erin Miller , Co-Chair (emiller@GDLDlaw.com)

Membership

  • Alex H. Adkins 
  • Kristina Miller 
  • Marianne Plant
  • Stephen Andrews

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Membership Committee
To actively solicit and recruit new members and to retain current members of the organization.

Principal Duties

  1. To actively solicit and recruit new members:
    1. Provide information and applications to prospective members
    2. Process completed applications and collect dues
    3. Review and approve submitted applications from prospective members
    4. Approve new members based on established criteria
    5. Notify the new member of the status of his or her application
    6. Provide information and materials, including the Web-site User Name and Password.
  2. To retain current members:
    1. Provide renewal applications to current members
    2. Process completed applications and collect dues
    3. Notify current members of their membership status: continued or terminated.
  3. To maintain a complete and accurate Membership Directory database and periodically update such database.
  4. To periodically update the Membership Directory, Membership Information, and Membership Application on the web site.
  5. To provide ASHRM with our current chapter contact information and membership lists, in accordance with ASHRM’s Chapter Affiliation Agreement.
  6. To provide Mailing Labels, as requested, and in accordance with the Policy on the Membership Mailing List

Chairperson

Margaret R. Garrett (mgarret@jhmi.edu)

Membership

  • Steffany Bender

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Nominating Committee
To foster qualified prospective nominees from the active membership of the organization for various elected positions of the organization including President, President-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer, Chairperson, Nominating Committee as well as the at-large positions on the Board.

Principal Duties

  1. To solicit nominees from the active membership for the officers, Chairperson, Nominating Committee, and the at-large positions for the Board at least 90 days prior to the Annual Meeting.
  2. To send a ballot of officers and at-large members of the Board to each member eligible to vote at least 60 days in advance of the Annual Meeting.
  3. To receive all completed ballots 30 days in advance of the Annual Meeting.

Chairperson

Heather Joyce-Byers (hjoycebyers@mmcip.umm.edu)

Membership

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Sponsorship Committee
To actively solicit and recruit new sponsors and to retain current sponsors of the organization.

Chairperson

Susan Kinter (co-chair) (skinter@mmcip.umm.edu)
Stacy Meyer (co-chair) (smeyer@mmcip.umm.edu

 

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