History - 1990

Nevada MGMA was established in July 1990.

Mound Medical Center, Mound, Minn., was founded in 1990.

Also 1990, Queen of Peace Hospital in New Prague purchased assets of Belle Plaine Clinics, Ltd., and informed Southern Metro Medical Clinics with clinics operating in Belle Plaine, Jordan and LeSeur.  Belle Plaine Clinics, Ltd., began with Dr. Roger Hallgren opening a practice there in 1963.  He was joined later by Dr. James O'Reilly, Dr. Timothy Halloran and Dr. Milan Schmidt who helped expand the group into offices in Jordan, Henderson and LeSeur.  Joyce Johnson has been the Clinic Manager since the beginning of the Belle Plaine Clinics.

The 1990 MMGMA photo directory lists 312 member organizations.

MMGMA leadership included President James Wilkus; Vice President David Rothschiller; Secretary Bill Amery; Treasurer Bonnie Porte; Third Party and HECAPP Liaison Bonnie Porte; MMA Liaison Brad Stoneking; Education, Al Tank; MMA Professional Liability Committee, Jim Tierney; and MMSC Insurance Committee, Jeff Kellis.

The Winter Conference was held on February 28-March 2, 1990, at the Minneapolis Marriott with Bud Olson (Chairman) supported by Jim Wilkus, Peter Bartling, Kay Hobday, Pam Moniza, Bonnie Porte, Brad Stoneking, Pat Kaufman and Greg Warner.  Fifty-four exhibits were shown.  The Summer Conference was held August 1-3, 1990, at Arrowwood Resort in Alexandria, Minn., with Tim Wieben serving as chair.

Activities and issues of the year in the MMGMA

• Membership:  Life membership for Don Olson; Life members, conference registration fee of $75; August 1, 1990 -- 474 individuals from 303 medical groups;

• Education:  MMGMA program for scholarship and management development awards moving forward with Bill Amery, Dave Rothschiller and Al Tank; Committee for ACMGA Promotion and Development within state established -- Mark Fisher named first Chairman; Chairman becomes Board member;

• MMA:  Bill Amery appointed to the MMA Task Force on the Uninsured;

• Legislative Liaison:  discussed RBRVS legislation; Curt Nielsen to 7th Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, attended by 600 people;

• Exhibitors/Sponsors: 54 exhibitors at Winter Meeting; Sponsorship program, very successful;

• Third Party Liaison:  education sessions on CPT coding; Bill Brouwer working with MMA and insurers on balance billing problems; Brad Stoneking reported on establishment of joint committee to study Third Party Payer recertification;

• Newsletter:  Board approved new arrangement with Meyer Associates and other policies proposed by Dave Rothschiller;

• Workers' Compensation:  Al Tank continues to follow this important and troublesome issue
  

The current MGMA directory shows 163 Minnesota groups.

The 64th Annual Conference of MGMA was held October 28-31, 1990, in the Metropolitan Toronto Convention Center in Toronto, under the direction of President Kenneth Bash, FACMGA, of the Carle Clinic of Champaign-Urbana, Ill.  Official registration totals were 1,967 members plus 498 guests for a total of 2,465.

The ACMGA President for 1990 was Marshall M. Baker, FACMGA, of Albuquerque, N.M.

New Minnesota Fellows for 1990 were Majorie Canning, Tom Holets and Joel Koemptgen.

The Midwest Section Annual Conference was held July 7-11, 1990, at Kings Island, Ohio, under the direction of President Douglas Ravnholdt.

Midwest membership was 2,724 (still in second place) out of a total of 11,030 MGMA members.