Since Larry Weaver, Treasurer, was not present, there was no Treasurer's report available. An audit has been performed on the books and we will get the information from Larry regarding the outcome of the audit.
Web Site
Bill Hofer offered to design the chapter Website. One thousand five hundred dollars were approved at the last meeting to fund the website creation. He distributed 6 examples of similar chapter websites and said that he has asked an independent person, Mark Toboll from Western Surety ("Speyder Net" Business), to set up the website. Discussion followed and it was felt that the website should have a unique look to it. It would include calendars, e-mails, and communication links with an estimated cost of set up to be approximately $1000. Bill offered CLM’s services to manage the website at no charge.
We also discussed the possibility of having advertising available on the website to pay chapter educational expenses. Bill will work with Mark and help with the advertising. We want to be able to keep it current and dynamic, so that we can update the site ourselves. Wanda Dally moved to pursue the offer; Kari Nornes seconded it. Volunteers for the committee include: Wanda Dally, Kay Knoblock, Karen Jepperson, Bill Hofer. After the website has been created, we will send out an informational sheet to vendors and members describing the site and how to use it.
Chapter Awards
Judy Richards moved to put the National Chapter Award project on hold for approximately one year, until our chapter can grow. Kay Knoblock seconded and the motion was carried.
HIPAA Meeting CD
The HIPAA Meeting CD did not arrive until first part of May, so has not been available to use. Twila will order the handout to accompany the CD and it will then be available for different facilities to use. Please coordinate through Karen Jepperson.
Board Meeting
A majority of the Board Members were not present at the CLMA/SDSCLS meeting so a board meeting was not held.
Newsletter
Kay Knoblock will coordinate the quarterly newsletter to be sent out after the meeting. It will be available on the website. Volunteers for the newsletter can contact Kay at 605-328-5457.
Logo Contest
Diane Dell moved that a one year membership for CLMA be awarded to the winner of the best logo design of the Siouxland CLMA logo contest. Bill Hofer seconded and it was approved. The contest is open to anyone who is currently a laboratory manager or CLMA member. Judy Richards will help Twila develop criteria for the logo.
Education Committee
October 2002 will be a tri-state meeting for SDSCLS in Sioux Falls.
We decided to have a Pierre CLMA meeting in the spring of 2002, with the new president elect in charge of the program. It will be a one-day program.
Fall SDAHO
Meeting will be held September 19-21, 2001.
CAC
HCFA name and function will be changing. Dr. Hertko reviewed the BIPA mandated changes. Numerous changes were made to coverage guidelines. LMRPs will change in name and format. They will be known as LCD’s local coverage decisions and will include only CPT and ICD9 codes. All of the rest of the coverage and guideline information will be published in the newsletters. Dr. Hertko indicated that the two parts to coverage would not be merged into one document.
Officer Nominations
Since Elaine Nelson will not run for re-election as Secretary, Karen Jepperson was nominated for Secretary for the fall ballot. Mike Dott and Jill Hanley were nominated for the Board Member position. Cathy Ogdie has resigned as President Elect. Kari Nornes volunteered to help with the fall SDAHO meeting until the new President Elect was decided. Nominations for President Elect were opened; Kari Nornes was nominated. The ballots for the election can have write-in names on them. Election ballots will be mailed to all members with the names of those elected announced at the fall meeting.
Siouxland CLMA Membership Award
Any nominations for the award can be sent to Twila and the Board Members will decide on the recipient.
Mailing List
The mailing list for CLMA seems to be a problem. We discussed having a manager for a SCSCLS/CLMA combined mailing list. The objective is to mail to anyone interested in attending the meeting. Judy Richards moved to approve up to $250 to update the list; Mike Dott seconded the motion. Diane Dell will contact Ardyth from SDSCLS to get one list created.
Contract negotiations
It was brought up that we should look at the contract with SDSCLS and CLMA; currently, we get 10% of the fees for the meeting, but CLMA has a larger proportion of the members that attend than 10%. Jill moved that Twila work with SDSCLS president to update the % we receive. Patty seconded the motion.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:05 p.m.
Karen Jepperson, Acting Secretary
