History - 1981

Minnesota Otolaryngology P.A. of Minneapolis was founded in 1981.  Leadership of MMGMA includes:  President Joseph Dillenburg; Vice President Stan E. Salzman; Secretary Gerald Wollner; Treasurer Jean Trygstad.  David Adams chaired the Legislative Liaison Committee; Vivian Hoese, the Third Party Liaison Committee; John Ostrander, the Education Committee; and Donald Grandgenett, the Membership Committee.

The Winter Conference in 1981 was held on February 27-March 1, 1981, in Minneapolis with members and guests totaling 190 in attendance.  The Summer Conference was held August 26-28 at the Radisson Plaza hotel in St. Paul.  The attention to exhibitors and sponsors appeared to be paying off in that there was $5,900 in revenue developed through this source.  The Summer Conference attracted about 90 members and 35 guests for a total of 125.

Membership in the Minnesota Association reached 187 in August of this year.  The cash balance on January 1, 1981, was $11,576 and on December 31, 1981, was $17,376.

Major items receiving attention of the Board this year were:

• Organizational: checklists for responsibilities of leaders;
  
• Education:  four seminars and one large assembly planned; Stan Salzman reported for the Education subcommittee which included also Jerry Wollner and Jean Trygstad on discussions held with Mayo's Jim Martin about production of a series of films; $10,000 allocated for development;
  
• Newsletter: Joe Dillenburg suggested seeking a skilled semi-permanent editor and request quarterly publication; Adams appointed to handle newsletter for two years, amended to one year;
  
• Liaison:  Dave Adams proposes to phase out of this after many years of outstanding leadership; Adams to Washington as a guest of MMA;
  
• Third Party Liaison:  Foundation program for private review; Committee to look at Workers' Compensation reimbursement levels;
  
• Exhibitors:  Exhibitors' fee -- minimum $200 per exhibit; exhibitors not eligible for food functions;
  
• Sponsors:  Al Tank collected $2,150; a sponsors' fee schedule was approved and published:  sponsors are eligible for food and meeting functions;
  
• Membership:  Life membership to Al Vonderhaar, Betty Bjornberg, Merle A. Lindberg, C.L. "Kelly" Martinson, and Ormond Seavey; membership reached 187; and
  
• Third Party Liaison:  Reimbursement level of the Medical Assistance Program and the General Assistance Program.
  
  

Minnesota groups in MGMA in 1981 numbered 96.

The 55th Annual Conference of MGMA was held October 10-14, 1981, at the Hilton Hotel in New Orleans under the leadership of Stanley A. Hager, FACMGA, manager of the Everett Clinic, Everett, Wash.  Official registration was 1,129 members plus 427 spouses and guests for a total of 1,556.

The 20th Annual Conference of the Midwest Section of MGMA was held June 28 to July 2, 1981, at Maddens Lodge at Brainerd, Minn., under the leadership of President Kenneth G. Bash.  The conference theme was "Creating the future:  Managing effectively today."  The keynote address was "Preparing for the year 2000" by Leland R. Kaiser, Ph.D., Director, Health Administration, University of Colorado Medical School, Denver.  A second session conducted by Dr. Kaiser was "The courage to create change."

The Council of Presidents met under the leadership of Stanley A. Hager, President of MGMA.  Another interesting topic "Ambulatory Care -- Group Practice vs. Hospital-Based" was led by Gerald F. Moore of Fort Dodge Medical Center in Iowa, and George H. Creel II of the Health Center System in Minneapolis, Keith D. Ketelsen of MARC Inc. of Colorado Springs, Colo., presented "Are you really changing?"  Dr. Frederick W. Winter of the University of Illinois in Urbana presented "Why not a $25 physical?"  Other avenues were explored in a program which included Keith D. Ketelsen's discussion of "Obstructionist or Facilitator?" and Harlan E. Crouch's presentation of "Managed or Manager?"

The ACMGA President this year was Robert J. Wright, FACMGA, of Dallas.