The HFMA South Texas Board recently approved for the chapter to grant (5) current students or new graduates an opportunity to join as a student at $50, and the chapter would pay the remaining $385 for a Professional Membership.  The full membership entitles you to certifications, content and more.  Learn more about the benefits associated with your membership at HFMA.org What’s the catch?  We would like you to volunteer at three future HFMA South Texas Events.  Your registration would be waived for the event and might involve welcoming members, making announcements or just having a presence at our meeting as an Early Careerist. The criteria: Current HFMA Student MemberStudent or recent graduate with a degree in Healthcare AdministrationA strong desire to pursue the financial side of healthcare (CFO, Controller, etc.)A cover letter with your resume, explaining in a few paragraphs why you would be a good recipient of this awardDeadline for submission is June 15, 2020Email to:  LisaRenee0716@gmail.com Since we are only offering this to (5) people, please reply soon if you are interested as memberships are limited. 

Do you have a professional life update such as a new job, retirement, book publishing, or recent graduation? Please submit the following to melissa@demarsemeetings.com and jess.garcia.h@gmail.com – it could be featured in South Texas Chapter communications and/or the HFM magazine! Name as you would like it to appear in print (including academic degrees and/or certification credentials) What Chapter you belong to (if any)If new job: New position, title and institution (including city and state)Previous position title and institution (including city and state)If it’s a different announcement (not for a new job): Current title and institution (including city and state)A headshot at 300 dpi when reproduced at 3”x5”, full-sized, head and shoulders, in professional attire, in color This is a free member benefit for the monthly magazine and for HFMA online. Below is the URL for most recent People story from January. https://www.hfma.org/topics/hfm/2020/january/first-illinois-chapter-past-president-accepts-consulting-principal-role.html

HFMA South Texas Chapter Certification Update March 18, 2020 Update With the recent postponement and cancellation of upcoming HFMA live education, chapter leader training and local chapter and regional events, HFMA is implementing a certification maintenance grace period for all active CHFP, CRCR, and Fellows with a due date of May 31, 2020. The maintenance deadline will be extended from May 31, 2020 to October 1, 2020 for eligible CHFPs and Fellows. HFMA will work with certified members on a case-by-case basis if they are unable to meet the requirement by the extended due date. On Friday, March 20, 2020, an email will be distributed to CHFPs and Fellows providing further details on the 2020 maintenance due date change. Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you, Shirley Heavlin Certification Operations Administrator careerservices@hfma.org ATTENTION CHFP AND FHFMA MEMBERS: In order to maintain your certification, you are now required to renew your membership by May 31st of each year, and to also complete all educational requirements by May 31st of the year that your 60 education hours are due. There is no longer a grace period if you miss the 05/31 deadline.  Please be sure to renew your HFMA membership by 05/31 each year.  In addition, complete your educational hours by 05/31 of your maintenance period (maintenance periods are every 3 years and depend on the date you became certified). To review the certification maintenance requirements please go to the “Maintaining Your Certifications” page of HFMA using this…

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The Robert M. Shelton Award Judging Committee, chaired by Melinda Hancock, met and after considerate and careful deliberation selected the South Texas Chapter as this year’s award recipient.  The committee discussed all the chapters that were eligible.  View article here The chapter achieved 94% Membership Satisfaction high scores for education qualitygrew membership in target market segments.  South Texas has consistently been in the top tier over the past several years.  All of this while overcoming adversity in September 2018, as their President became ill and the President Elect took over and finished the year strong.  The chapter will receive this award during the Evening of Celebration at the Annual Conference in Orlando, FL.

Pictures from various HFMA South Texas events in 2019

Technology has brought healthcare to consumers’ fingertips, putting them at the nucleus of care and blurring the definition of a healthcare organization. Traditional technology entities are building healthcare apps, wearables and other connected devices, and consumers are using them to track their health progress and feed data back to their provider, payer or both. Retailers are partnering with pharmacies, so both can gain access to each other’s data and reach a greater number of consumers. Insurers are partnering with pharmaceutical manufacturers to leverage patient data to improve outcomes and lower health costs. But perhaps nothing says the healthcare company of the future has arrived as best as the innovative partnership between Amazon, JPMorgan and Berkshire Hathaway. Data-sharing between consumer health organizations is of course net positive. Capitalizing on data is the first step to achieving precision medicine and creating shared value across the health ecosystem. But cyber risks are also growing as data sharing increases. If organizations in the business of consumer health are going to sustainably innovate around patient care, they must be able to safely store and analyze patient data—the most valuable resource to the consumer, to the business of health and, we believe, to the security of a nation. Threat-based cybersecurity will be their lifeline. Threat-based Cybersecurity:  A Condensed Roadmap Based on intent, threat-based cybersecurity is a forward- looking, predictive approach. Instead of (or in addition to) focusing solely on protecting critical data assets or following the basic script of a generic cyber program, threat-based cybersecurity concentrates…