In this month’s issue, early bird registration is closing soon for the 2022 Solutions Summit in Amelia Island, Florida, April 24-27, 2022. Learn more about the Solutions Summit golf tournament and sponsorship opportunities for the Summit and beyond. Elections for the EDPMA Board of Directors are coming up, find out how to get involved and the requirements to be on the Board. Lastly, we talk about our upcoming educational webinar. We hope to see you at the Summit!
Early Bird Registration for the Summit Expires in ONE WEEK!
Register for the Summit today because early bird registration expires in one week (Friday, February 11th). EDPMA’s 2022 Solutions Summit: “Quality Connections: Ready, Set, Grow!”, April 24-27, 2022 at the Omni Amelia Island in Florida is the premier conference for those in the business of emergency medicine. Join us and hear from the decision-makers for emergency physician groups, billing companies, and other businesses supporting the emergency department! Don’t miss out!
Register Here
Summit Golf Tournament
EDPMA will be hosting a golf tournament on Saturday, April 23, during the 2022 EDPMA Solutions Summit and we invite you to join us. The tournament is an excellent opportunity to meet other EDPMA Summit attendees and enjoy several hours of networking with EDPMA Board members and other industry leaders in the Florida sunshine.
Tournament play will begin at 12:30pm at the
Oak Marsh Golf Course, onsite at the Omni Amelia Island Resort. The course was designed by Pete Dye and showcases small greens and tight fairways, running along marsh creeks lined with moss covered oak trees.
The Summit Golf Tournament features a best ball style format with forward shotgun start. Following the tournament, join other EDPMA Summit attendees from 5:30-7:00pm for a reception on the Oak Marsh Terrace, adjacent to the Pro Shop.
Tournament cost is $150 per player and they have a limited number of club rentals available for $70. More details, including how to register for the tournament, are found
here.
Sponsor EDPMA’s Solutions Summit!
Are you a leader in the business of Emergency Medicine? The 2022 EDPMA Solutions Summit is THE Place to be. Join us April 24-27 in Amelia Island, FL. Highlight your services, products, and thought leadership by joining your colleagues in supporting EDPMA through year-round corporate partnerships, Summit sponsorships, and exhibiting! There are sponsorships related to the Golf Event on April 23rd in the article above.
Corporate Partnerships: $7,500-$25,000
Year-Round Corporate Partnership Packages (Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze) give you high visibility at EDPMA’s signature event, the 2022 Solutions Summit, as well as year-round benefits. Corporate Partnerships highlight your leadership in the business of emergency medicine and your support for EDPMA. Depending on the package, benefits include Summit registrations; an exhibit table; and ads on our website, newsletters, and the Summit Onsite Guide. The Platinum Corporate Partnership includes the sponsorship of a Summit keynote speaker or a reception.
EDPMA’s 2022 Solutions Summit Sponsorship Opportunities: $2,000-$15,000
Solutions Summit Sponsorships showcase your company throughout the Solutions Summit. We expect 300-400 attendees with over 80% in management. We offer a wide variety of sponsorships that will give your company and logo high visibility. Here’s just a sampling; Conference Portfolios, New Member Breakfast, Water Bottles, and more.
2022 Solutions Summit Exhibit Table: $2,500 for members/$2,800 for nonmembers
Spend quality time with Solutions Summit attendees networking during breaks and for the well-attended Opening Night Reception.
Solutions Summit Advertisements: $500-$750
Highlight your group or organization by purchasing a full or half-page color ad in the Solutions Summit Onsite Guide.
For more information and to move forward, please contact Joanne Tanner, MBA, Membership, Sponsorship & Exhibits Coordinator at joanne.tanner@edpma.org.
Would You Like to Serve on the EDPMA Board of Directors?
In March 2022, the Designated Company Contact for each member organization will have the opportunity to vote for the EDPMA Board Members who will serve on the Board from 2022-2024. The EDPMA Board has a staggered membership with two-year terms. In 2022, 13 of the 19 Board Seats will be open. The organizations that currently hold these seats may run for reelection.
The formal nominating materials are linked here. They consist of the
Official Board Nomination Form,
Candidate Statement and Questionnaire, and information about
EDPMA Board Responsibilities. We encourage you to think about nominating your organization, big or small.
Please note, the member organization – not the individual – holds the seat on the Board. However, nominating materials also ask for information on the individual who will represent the organization on the Board.
When you fill out your Official Board Nomination form and Candidate Statement and Questionnaire, please type your answers to the questions into the form (only typed responses will be accepted, please no handwriting). The required forms need to be received by EDPMA as typed Microsoft Word documents and not as PDFs.
Deadlines are strictly enforced. All nomination materials plus your 2022 dues must be submitted to
edpmahq@edpma.org no later than
Friday, February 25, 2022.
Election Process:
- Your organization’s 2022 EDPMA dues must be paid before February 25, 2022, in order to be eligible to be placed on the ballot.
- Nominations will be accepted through February 25, 2022.
- In March, the election will take place. Only the Designated Company Contact will be able to vote.
- The new Board will start serving immediately after the 2022 Solutions Summit.
The current Board is listed below. Board seats that will be open in the 2022 election are marked with an asterisk. These companies may run for reelection.
Executive Committee:
Emergency Care Specialists: Don Powell, DO, FACEP, Chair
*TeamHealth: Aron Goldfeld, JD, MBA, Vice Chair
*Brault: Andrea Brault, MD, MMM, FACEP, Chair-Elect
Vituity: Bing Pao, MD, FACEP, Immediate Past Chair
*R1: Jackie Willett, CHBME, Treasurer
*BSA Healthcare: Jeffrey Bettinger, MD, FACEP, At Large
EPOWERdoc, Inc.: David Ernst, MD, FACEP, At Large
*Ventra Health: Shanna Howe, At Large
Zotec Partners: Ed Gaines, JD, At Large
*Acute Care, Inc.: Paul Hudson, MBA, MHA, FACHE
*CIPROMS Medical Billing, Inc.: Andrea Halpern Bryan
*Envision Healthcare: Patrick Vellicky
*Gryphon Healthcare: Mark R. Jones
*LogixHealth: Elijah Berg, MD, FACEP
Rev4ward, LLC.: Juli Forde Smith
*SCP Health: Randy Pilgrim, MD, FACEP
*Sound Physicians: Nate Ruch, MD, FACEP
St. Vincent Emergency Physicians: William Freudenthal, MD, FACEP
*US Acute Care Solutions: L. Anthony Cirillo, MD, FACEP
Save the Date — February Webinar
EDPMA’s next educational webinar, “Presumptive Charitable Screening, Hardship, Prompt Pay Discounts, and other Compliance Conundrums,” will be held on Wednesday, February 23 at 2:00 pm ET.
This webinar is sponsored by Zoll and presented by Ed Gaines and Juli Forde Smith. Emergency Medicine providers work tirelessly to provide high-quality patient care when it’s needed most. Unfortunately, for many patients that very same lifesaving care can create a significant financial burden. Physicians and RCM professionals alike want to aid patients with timely and compassionate financial relief. Yet, depending on how that relief is structured it may expose providers to unexpected compliance risk.
Join, Ed Gaines and Juli Forde Smith for an informative discussion around the regulatory guidelines and best practices surrounding patient-centric financial policies, charitable programs, and new regulatory requirements.
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