History - 2004

President's Summary Sue Haugen, President

Winter Conference
This event was held at the RiverCentre in St. Paul February 18-20. There was a pre-conference event held at the St. Paul Hotel the evening before the conference kicked off on Pay for Performance, Disease Management, Chronic Care Management. The theme for the conference was "No Change No Pain-No Change No Gain." The event was kicked off with a new member breakfast followed by the opening keynote Georgine Madden who spoke on Championing Change. Breakout session topics included: Finding the Leaders Within; Shall We Dance? Negotiating the Employment Agreement from Both Perspectives; and Creating a Consumer Focused Healthcare Model. Paul Mccabee provide attendees with a fascinating presentation at lunch about the history of St. Paul's Gangland. Author of the book "John Dillinger Slept Here: A Crook's Tour of Crime and Corruption in St. Paul." After lunch, networking sessions were offered for a variety of specialties. To keep with the theme, the reception that evening was held at the Landmark Center themed "A Night at the Hollyhocks Club Casino". Attendees enjoyed great food, cards and horse racing! The final day wrapped up with a Washington Update provided by MGMA and Dave Durenberger speaking on Issues in American Health Care. The conference adjourned with Dan Buettner speaking about goal setting strategies. Another successful event that was support by the many sponsor and exhibitors that help MMGMA put on such events.

Summer Conference
The summer conference was held at the Arrowwood Resort in Alexandria July 28-30. The theme of the conference was "The Summer Buzz: Consumerism." As always, the summer meeting kicked off with a golf event held at the Alexandria Golf Club with an opening reception held back at the resort that evening with entertainment provided by the country music band, The Killer Hayseeds. The conference started the following day, again with a new member breakfast, and the opening keynote speakers Perry Hanson and Davis Fansler speaking on "Managing the Emergence of Consumerism - A Focus on Customer Service" immediately followed by the second keynote John Sweeny, "Innovation at the Speed of Laughter." Following the business meeting where the new executive members were elected, a series of breakout sessions were held with the following topics: Security and Recovery Implications of an EMR System; Importance of Patient-Physician Relationships; and HAS/HRA Is This the Silver Bullet? That evening an old-fashioned back yard barbecue was held with games and entertainment for big and little kids. The final day started with a legislative session presented by Paul Lousielle and Jim Wilkus. The final keynote session was a panel discussing Consumer Healthcare, facilitated by Dan McLaughlin.

Membership
MMGMA maintained a B membership base ending the year with 719 members.

Website
During the year, MMGMA developed and launched a new website that provided members with the opportunity to manage their own membership information, register for events, post jobs and other useful tools. Closing It was a pleasure to have the opportunity to work with such a fun and dedicated group of volunteers during my time on the MMGMA Board, Executive Committee and time serving as President of your organization.

Committees

Daniel Grosskopf - Treasurer Susan M Haugen - President Gregory D Maurer - Vice-President Dennis Wipperling - Past President	ACMPE Liaison * David D Rothschiller
Communications * Brendan G Cassidy * Dawn M Lunde Beth Merdan Wendy Reamer Deneace Tucek	Education * Bonnie R Bina * Bill Palmer
Exhibitors/Sponsorship * Michael J Dunn * Troy J. Roovers * Tom P Spiczka	Government Affairs * Paul Louiselle * Jim F Wilkus David Allen, Jr. Stephen Bolles Greg B. Christopherson James R. Dobbyn Franklin W Iossi Jerome B Knuesel Elizabeth Lincoln Phillip J Riveness Gary M Ryba James J Sieben Candace S Simerson James E Tierney Paul A. Wilkus
Membership * Wendy L. Rider * Melanie Sullivan * Dorothy E. Walden-Woodworth	MMA Liaison * Bradley C. Montgomery * John M Whisney
Third Party Liaison * Barbara Daiker * James E Tierney