NCVPRN Executive Board Meeting Agenda Community Memorial Hospital, Host Vicki Lindberg August 21, pm-3pm Voice bridge #

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1 NCVPRN Executive Board Meeting Agenda Community Memorial Hospital, Host Vicki Lindberg August 21, pm-3pm Voice bridge # Committee Reports due to Cindy Yound by August 20, 2018 I. President Rachel called the meeting to order at 1:04pm. Those joining the conference call at various times during the meeting were President Rachel Werner, Past President Cindy Yound, Treasurer Buddy Goodenkauf, President Elect Emily Thompsen, Member at Large Sarah Holley-Burback, Program Chair Pam Gaines, and Health Policy & Reimbursement Chair Karen Hardy. II. III. IV. Secretary Report - Vicki reported that she had sent out the revised copy of the minutes with correction that Emily and Rachel are unable to attend the national conference, where previous minutes stated they were able to attend. When Sarah joined the call she had a correct to reflect she would not be able to attend national conference. Correction will be made and motion was made by Buddy to accept the minutes with said corrections; seconded by Sarah and motion carried. Treasurer Report Buddy reported an ending balance of $15, There will be $ added as just received a check from NOVA for the fall conference vendor fee. See attached report for other income and expenses from the month of July. Committee Reports Cindy provided the information from Dani and Roberta. Karen and Pam provided their own reports. A. Membership/Communications/Outcomes Dani Ronk (Chair)reported we have 79 current members B. Marketing & Development Roberta Chilcoat (Chair) reported she could use one more member on her committee

2 that would be closer to her area. She will be sending out request for raffle donations from the programs and also check with vendor that might be able to donate a larger item to sell raffle tickets as money maker. Board felt this idea should be dismissed as we plan to see if vendor or physician group would support monies for providing members membership to AACVPR. C. Health Policy & Reimbursement Karen Hardy reported about an sent out from AACVRN. (See attached report with ) D. Program Pam Gaines reported updates from her committee meeting. See attached minutes. a. Fall conference Oct 3 rd and 4 th, Quality Inn & Conference Center, Grand Island i. Eventbrite vs. PayPal, Board voted that we would have Adam place Evenbrite on the website to use this for registration paying. Pam reported she has worked with this with other events and it has worked very well. ii. Brochure is completed with information thus far. See attached copy, with updates to be added as they present. Rachel will work with Dani and AACVPR to get the brochure sent out once it is complete. iii. Cindy is working on getting door prizes; suggestion to have fifteen door prizes at conference. iv. Pam asked if we have dates for 2019 yet so she can set up the Voice Bridge numbers. Rachel will work on this and forward onto Pam. v. Pam stated she does not have the overall budget yet for the conference. Once she gets these numbers then Board will decide on how many tickets we will provide for the open bar and length of time providing bar at the pre conference lecture with Dr. Collins. vi. Pam reported that vendors are a little slow getting back to her. vii. Cindy continues to work on the CEU s.

3 viii. Buddy reported that we don t have the bank card yet, but should be receiving soon. V. Old Business A. Website update Rachel reported that conference call with Adam was very productive. He will be working to change website with different host and make it more user friendly for those needing to add updated information. B. Nomination committee for officers President Elect solicits nominations in July i. President Elect, Emily reported that we have not received any nominations for this position. We can ask Andrew to send out another blast asking for nominations. Buddy nominated Sarah Holley-Burbach. ii. Secretary nominations received are Lisa Parsen and Patty Henry. C. Award nominations i. Distinguished member nominations are Emily Thompsen and Rachel Werner. ii. Committee member nominations are Buddy and Cindy. iii. New member joined NCVPRN in the past 5 years nomination was for Sarah Holley- Burbach. Discussion regarding all the nominations were Executive Board members, members feel that maybe we should have previous award recipients submit nominations. Vicki will retrieve the names of those who have received awards for Distinguished member, Committee member and New Member and send out to the Board. (Attached is the form)rachel will contact these members to see if they can help with submitting names. D. Discount membership for new members Rachel reported that Andrew has had one person join using the discount code. Rachel will send out again to all programs to promote this for new member interest.

4 VI. New Business a. Agenda for October general membership meeting Board all agreed that the following topics will be included on the agenda for the meeting: i. Strategic plan ii. Program of the Year iii. Student Program iv. Member at Large appointed by President would require By-Law change v. Discount membership b. Budget for 2019 Buddy will be working on the proposed budget to be presented at the Fall Conference general meeting. c. Other Buddy stated he had attended a mini tour of Good Sam at Kearney and Congressman Smith. The discrepancy of reimbursement payment for those programs off site vs. those with hospitals seems to be an issue. Buddy will send pictures that were taken to Rachel so they can be posted on the website. Next Meeting September 18, pm Board decided this would be a conference call rather than trip out to the Fall Conference site. Respectfully submitted, Vicki Lindberg RN, NCVPRN Secretary These minutes were approved at the September Executive Board conference call.

5 NCVPRN TREASURER S REPORT LINCOLN FEDERAL SAVINGS July 2018 Beginning Balance $15, Income: June Interest 0.12 Total Income: $ 0.12 Expenses: Jan Williams Membership William Goodenkauf Miles Rachel Werner Membership Rachel Werner Miles Cindy Yound Miles Total Expenses: $ Total NCVPRN Bank Balance $14, No outstanding checks, deposited $700 for Scottcare Fall Conference which will be reflected in the August report. Available Balance: $15, Respectfully submitted, W. A. Buddy Goodenkauf, MS NCVPRN Treasurer

6 August report from Karen Hardy, Health Policy & Reimbursement Janie Knipper has officially retired and is no longer the AACVPR MAC Liaison Task Force Member. Susan Flack from Iowa has taken on this AACVPR position. She says" Though I am quite sure I will not be able to replace her, I will be taking over her responsibilities as the AACVPR-MAC Liaison Task Force Member. I will do my best to communicate information to you all, and ask that you keep me informed of any new information or changes in your areas as well." "Thank you in advance for your help and patience as I attempt to step into Janie s role. I already miss her " The AACVPR website still lists Janie as the contact this will get updated. Current state reps to the task force are: J5: Val Kirby (MO/KS) Debra Dorshorst (MO) Karen Hardy (NE) Me, Susan Flack (IA) as of this writing Iowa does not have a state replacement for me. J8: Susan Bauman (IN) Donna Donakowski (MI) Since Janie retired she wants our members to first contact me, the state contact rep. We will likely be able to answer their question(s). If not, I will forward onto Susan for help. I will send an blast out to this effect after your meeting if you would like me to. Other news: Buddy will have some to report about Congressman Smith's visit to Kearney. Proposed reimbursement rates for 2019 were sent out by AAACVPR Karen K. Hardy RN BSN FAACVPR CHI Health Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Director, Lakeside/Midlands Hospital Metro Omaha Cardio/Pulmonary Rehabilitation Office: Cell: Karen.hardy2@alegent.org was sent out from AACVPR on July 31, 2018 addressing the Proposed 2019 Medicare Regulations. To see these please go to the AACVPR website as not able to attach to the minutes.

7 Program Committee Minutes August 21, 2018 Fall Conference Attendees: Sarah Burbach, Patty Henry, Jan Williams ex. Accou Discussion/decision points. ntabili ty Sub committ ee Speakers All Need Presentations: Handouts for website by Sept 20 th Final ppt. for conference by Sept 27 th. Patty will help Pam with Conference ppt. Contact Hours Cindy AARC and AACVPR submitted AARC needs separate registration sheets for RT s Vendors Pam Astellas (Dan Kuehl) LOA AstraZeneca (Kraci Martin) Yes Nova Fitness (Kristy Kusielka) LOA Mortara/Hill Rom (David McNeal) Yes Scott Care (Ami Casper) $ Zoll (BWetton) free, sponsoring speaker Grant Applications: Boston Scientific NO Pfizer-pending Novartis-pending Venue team 3 PM Board Meeting in Wood river Room set for 10. Pre Conference-In North Platte Room with salad with soup. Need Dr. Collins recipe. Bar Available: $75 plus $15 per hour bar tender; tickets available Vendors: 12 tables set up in the Foyer. Conference-In North Platte, Loup and Niobrara Rooms classroom set up with H2O on tables. Breakfast Buffet in the Little Blue Room: Complete breakfast. Lunch: Chic wrap/salads set up in main dining area. Break: 1/3 desserts of Bread pudding, Cheese cake/brownies. Flyer Rachel /team Flyer complete Distribution: Website Members/programs Site Host Jan Kathy : Chamber of Commerce assistance Name tags Patty with work with Dr. Tom Lanspa to get ppt. Pam will work with the rest of the speakers Cindy to report when approved Pam will send out 3 rd round of s this week. We have a few Regular vendors that haven t Responded just yet. Need to discuss with Board: Bar options; social before and after? 1000 AM break Final Contract pending. Pam to Review and discuss with teams. Registration committee to Distribute flyer. No report

8 Door Prizes Cindy TBD usually has 1 per every 10 attendees. No report Meetings & Timeline Adjourn Pam 8/21.Flyer due and ready to circulate 9/4..CEU applications (RN-RT) 9/18 Finalize registration process. Get presentations ready. 9/25 th.pending last minute details. ongoing Brochure is on separate attachment to minutes.