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Election of Officers and Members of the Board of Directors will be conducted on Monday, January 29, 2018, during NCHCFA’s Business Meeting. The Business Meeting will be held in conjunction with NCHCFA’s 2018 Annual Convention in Greensboro. All persons seeking an office or a position on the Board of Directors should complete the NCHCFA Board of Directors Application and submit it to the Nominating Committee by November 30, 2017. The NCHCFA Board of Directors Application is new for 2018, and it is being implemented to assist the Nominating Committee in evaluating candidates wishing to run for a seat on the Board of Directors. Click here to download and print the application. Please mail or e-mail the completed application to the attention of:

By Mail:
Nominating Committee
North Carolina Health Care Facilities Association
5109 Bur Oak Circle
Raleigh, NC 27612

By E-mail:
Karen Lennon, NCHCFA, KarenL@nchcfa.org

You may also complete and submit your application online through Survey Monkey. Click here to start the online application now.

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Make your overnight reservation today for the NCHCFA Annual Convention and Expo January 28 – 31, 2018. The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Greensboro Hotel at Four Seasons/Joseph S. Koury Convention Center, Greensboro, NC. Call the Sheraton at (800) 242-6556 and identify that you are with “NC Health Care Facilities Association 2018 Convention” to receive the group discounted rate.

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Make plans today to attend the NCHCFA Annual Convention and Expo January 28 – 31, 2018. The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Greensboro Hotel at Four Seasons/Joseph S. Koury Convention Center, Greensboro, NC. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear Secretary Cohen’s informative program on Monday, January 29th, during the Annual Business Meeting.

Since being appointed as Secretary of the DHHS in January, Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, and her team have worked tirelessly to improve the health safety and well-being of North Carolinians. DHHS is a cabinet-level agency with approximately 16,000 employees and an annual budget of $20 billion. Among her top priorities are combating the opioid crisis, building a strong, efficient Medicaid program, and improving early childhood education.

Cohen is an internal medicine physician and has experience leading complex health organizations. Before coming to DHHS, she was the Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). She brings a deep understanding of health care to the state and has been responsible for implementing policies for Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program and the Federal Marketplace.

A graduate of Cornell University, she received her medical degree from the Yale School of Medicine, a Master’s in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health and trained in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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Save 15% on AHCA’s Long Term Care Survey Phase II edition during cyber week! Order the Long Term Care Survey Phase II edition, using promo code CYBER and save 15% this week only. The recently released Phase II edition of the Long Term Care Survey includes all the updates from Phase I and the Phase II of CMS’ three-phase implementation plan that is set to take place over the next several years. It includes completely new F-tag numbers, updated guidance, and some revised regulatory language. The newest updates and revisions are now in effect. With more than 800 pages of new content, it is imperative that every center have a copy!

To order, visit http://www.AHCApublications.org or call (800) 321-0343. Fax orders may also be placed at (800) 869-5605.

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This DVD, Mobility and Safe Movement of the Elderly, Improving Your Skills to Prevent Injuries and Reduce Falls, by Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L., FOTA, Dementia Care & Training Specialist, was developed in conjunction with Wake Allied Health Education Center, Durham Technical Community College and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Office of Information Systems. The content is formatted in separate segments in order to customize the delivery of content to your learning objective. Handouts developed by Teepa accompany each video and may be reproduced. To order, e-mail your request to Donna Snyder at donnas@nchcfa.org. The price is $35.00 (tax and shipping included).

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Oh, the places they’ll go: Provider gives residents the vacation of a lifetime

McKnight’s Article

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The word pomegranate means apple with many seeds.

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