President's Message
July 2011

It is hard to believe we are already in mid-July. I would like to start my year as chapter president by thanking and congratulating Richard Imbimbo on a very successful year.  Richard has certainly left me with some huge shoes to fill. During June, Richard and I attended HFMA’s ANI where Richard went on stage to accept the many awards our chapter earned under his leadership. Three of these awards really stand out.

• We scored 100 points on the Chapter Balanced Score Card for the second consecutive year. The balanced score card is the metrics HFMA uses to measure and monitor a chapter’s success.
   

• Charles F. Mehler Gold Award of Excellence for Education. This award recognizes chapters performing at the highest levels in educational programming.  To earn this award a chapter must have had a minimum of 19.8 hours of education per member. Our chapter finished the year with 26.6 hours per member—the second highest in HFMA.
   

• C. Henry Hottum Award for Educational Performance Improvement. This award is given to any chapter who had an increase of more than 6 percent in education hours.

Richard took Debi Kuchka-Craig’s theme to heart and Stepped-Up.  Richard, thank you again for everything you do and have done for the Central Pennsylvania Chapter.

 As I look at the accomplishments above, I say how are we going to do this again? 

This year’s HFMA Chairman Greg Adams has chosen the theme “Believe to Achieve.”  For the 2011/2012 year, my goals for the chapter are:

• Score 100 points on the Chapter Balance Score Card for the third year in a row.
   

• Earn gold awards in ALL categories (Education, Certification, and Membership).
   

•  Have the highest education hours per member in HFMA.
   

•  Begin online meeting registrations and the acceptance of credit card payments.
   

• Continue to grow and further develop our annual two-day March meeting.

I believe we have the best members in HFMA and together we can achieve these goals.  I want to thank all of our board and committee members for their hard work and dedication toward meeting the needs of our members. If you would like to get involved in a committee, please see me or any of our board members.

Michael L. Rupert, FHFMA
Chapter President, 2011/2012