October 2020

HFMA has made a change to the 2021 Certified Revenue Cycle Representative (CRCR) and Certified Specialist (CS) [CSAF, CSBI, CSMC, CSPPM] maintenance due date and process: The 2021 maintenance due date is changing from May 31, 2021 to August 15, 2021. Please note this change as it may affect your organization. HFMA wanted to provide advance notice to allow time for organizations, as needed, to adjust any applicable training schedules or internal processes. Below is some important information to help you understand the 2021 recertification process and upcoming changes: What is changing?The 2021 maintenance due date is changing from May 31, 2021 to August 15, 2021.The maintenance due date is being extended from May 31, 2021 to August 15, 2021 for the 2021 year only.The revised recertification window will be:February 1, 2021 through August 15, 2021 with due date of August 15, 2021. (previously January through May)As a courtesy for any inconvenience this change may incur, HFMA is offering an additional 2 weeks to the 2021 cycle.Registration for the CRCR and CS recertification program study materials and assessment will be available on February 1.Why the change?HFMA is upgrading to a new learning management system platform in January 2021. To ensure a seamless transition for individuals and organizations, we are extending the 2021 recertification start date. The 2021 recertification programs will have refreshed look in the new system.When will my staff/team be informed of the change?HFMA will be sending an email to all individuals due to recertify in 2021 during the…

The Fall Symposium was a success! Held in person at The Menger Hotel in San Antonio October 18-20, 2020, the conference featured fun networking and up to 11.0 CPE. Here’s what some of the attendees had to say: It was our pleasure and the South Texas chapter sets the bar very high for HFMA…what a fun group!Excellent and SAFE program. Thanks to all who supported the conference.Hats off to this HFMA excellent Chapter for conducting an in-person socially distant/safe symposium. It was a privilege (and a treat) to attend in person! First business trip in 7 months. Great group of healthcare professionals.Great event and the social distancing was taken very seriously by all, which gave me a great level of comfort. Thanks team and thanks attendees.This was my first visit to the South Texas Chapter. I had heard it was a great chapter from Claudia Falcon years ago. I only wish I would have gotten there when she first told me. I visit many and am active in a few chapters and I can honestly say that this is the friendliest chapter of all that I have seen. There is so much camaraderie that makes for the perfect environment to share ideas and best practices.Did an excellent job of providing an in person conference with the social distancing and mask requirements for COVID.

Paola Turchi, MSHCA, FHFMA, CMPE, CPC is the HFMA South Texas Certification Chair and has just won a gift card from HFMA for posting her pandemic project on the Community Callout board. When you login at hfma.org, find the Community section and check out their groups. Subscribe and receive emails for whatever you’d like more information on. Who knows, you might even win a gift card! When my husband and I discussed the idea of reusing the cedar we were cutting at the property. I never imagined it was going to be so labor intensive. We had to cut all the trees (in total 30+ trees). Then we had to seal the wood, create the edge for the mulch and rock; add the mulch (which came from shredding the branches from the trees), add the rock, some lights, and Voila! Soooo rewarding to see the results.