Upcoming Events

Inside This Issue

1 Upcoming Events

2 Delegates Needed

An Evening with Bill Hazel

3 Virginia Exhibit

RCMA Newsletter

VOLUME 2 ISSUE 1

September 9, 2013

October 18

Octoberfest

Home of Sam and Gail

Arthur

October 25 - 26

MSV Annual Meeting

November 14

Holiday Fine Arts and Crafts

Market

Spotswood Country Club

1400 East Market Street

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Please Join Us

Welcome Coffee

Thursday, September 19, 2013 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM

New Leaf Bakery

Hardesty-Higgins House and Visitor Center

212 South Main Street

Harrisonburg, VA 22801

Please join us as we renew friendships and welcome new

members to our community in this historic location. The

Hardesty-Higgins House and Visitor center is also home of the

Valley Turnpike Museum and the Harrisonburg-Rockingham

Civil War Orientation Museum.

The air has gotten crisp and although unofficial, it feels like autumn. The return of children to school

always coincides with the start of the RCMA calendar year. We had a very successful year last year:

our Holiday Wreath Sales and Holiday Market earned over $1000 and we were able to donate more

than $5000 to community including bringing the national spokesperson of “The Bullying Ends Now” to

Montevideo Middle School. (The full list of donors is listed below.) Our social events have enjoyed

greater attendance than in previous years and we plan to continue to build on our success.

We will be starting with our traditional Welcome Coffee (56th) at the New Leaf Bakery on September

19 in the Hardesty-Higgins House. We also have an opportunity to tour the Valley Turnpike Museum.

We are aware that due to work schedules, many members cannot attend our inaugural event, so we

will have an informal October Grill Fest planned where we can greet new members to our community

or sit back and enjoy a beer or hot apple cider with friends.(Sam Arthur is ordering the brats!)

The 14th Annual Holiday Crafts Market will return to Spotswood Country Club on November 14th. We

are pleased to be hosting 9 new vendors in addition to the return of some old favorites, and we are

continuing our popular wreath sales online and at the Holiday Market. We are still soliciting vendors

for the Holiday Market, so please let me or Kathy Lareau know if there is a vendor we should consider.

In addition to dispersing philanthropic funds at the end of the year to the community, we will continue

supplying SAVE (“Hands Are Not for Hitting” and “I Can Handle Bullies”) materials to area schools. We

have been supplying SAVE materials for a decade.

We hope that many of you will be able to join us at some the events we have planned. Martha

Waligora and Kathy Kollman, assisted by other board members, have been busy these past few weeks

updating our data base and directory so the directory will be available at the Welcome Coffee to paid

members. Debbie Reilly, Kathy Lareau, and Debbie York have spent the summer developing an

exciting Holiday Market for November and Beth Nelsen will be managing wreath sales again this year.

Dawn Kern is investigating an evening at Bluestone Vineyards for the spring and we are revamping

our Girls Night Out with an evening of wine, cheese, and chocolate. Guy’s Night will continue with Beer

and Brats in February and RCMA will be hosting its 4th annual Chili, Beer, and Bonfire. I am looking

forward to seeing some of you this week!

Sincerely, Gail Arthur, RCMA Chair

Welcome

Holiday Event 2012

Medical Society of Virginia Annual Meeting

Delegates Needed

Legislative Training Session planned for Saturday

RCMA may have 4 delegates represent our region at the Medical Society of Virginia Annual Meeting which will be held at The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia October 25 – 26, 2012. RCMA delegates are eligible to receive $500 from RCMA to defray costs attending this meeting. If you are interested in serving as a delegate, please contact Dr. Chuck Kern at During the Annual Meeting, MSV is excited to offer educational sessions on Saturday, October 26 with Roy Heffley, a nationally acclaimed media training expert, who will deliver sessions on how to formulate and deliver messages. He will provide you with the tools you need to determine what to say and how to say it so that legislators and the media get the messages you want them to get. Sessions are free and registration is required. For more information about these sessions, click here. These sessions are open to any MSV or MSVA member who wishes to attend.

Tour of Lavender Farm – May 21, 2013

ICD 10 Training Session

November 7 – 8 in Harrisonburg

The Medical Society of Virginia is offering a two-day boot

camp designed to teach coders, care providers and office staff

everything they need to know about ICD-10 CM (clinical

modification). These sessions will cover:

an overview of the ICD-10 format and structure,

an in-depth study of ICD-10 guidelines; and

valuable coding tips and hands-on coding exercises to

prepare individuals for ICD-10CM profiency exams

required to maintain coding certification.

The ICD-10 Boot Camp dates and locations are as follows:

Nov. 7 – 8 Harrisonburg

Nov. 14 – 15 Richmond

Dec. 18 – 19 Woodbridge

Space is limited so registration is required. To learn more about

the session or register, please visit www.msv.org/classes.

Flowers donated by RCMA in honor

of 100th Anniversary of RMH

Are You a Member?

Please Join Us

Our 2012-2013 Members Dr. and Mrs. Stewart Pollock Dr. and Mrs. Leonard and Sylvia Aamodt Dr. and Mrs Nazir and Keir. Adam Dr. Heidi Rafferty and Mr. Gregg Rafferty

Dr. and Mrs. Hal and Donna Reilly

Dr. and Mrs. Ned and Susan Adamson Dr. and Mrs. Raymond and Jeanne Rapp

Drs. Sam and Gail Arthur Dr. and Mrs. Dennis and Wendy Rohrer

Dr. Bart Balint Dr. and Mrs. Wesley and Nancy Ross

Dr. and Mrs. Joseph and Elaine Behl Dr. and Mrs. Ronald and Beverly Schubert

Drs. Timothy and Caroline Bill Dr. and Mrs. Robert and Mary Sease

Dr. and Mrs. Gene and Mary Ann Branum Dr. and Mrs. Richard and Nancy Sedwick

Dr. and Mrs. Joseph and Suzanne Burge

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald and Jo Ellen Capstack Dr. and Mrs. Samuel and Janice Showalter

Dr. and Mrs. Larry and Renee Conell Dr. Cathy Slusher and Mr. Don Flegel

Dr. and Mrs. Galen and Susan Craun Dr. Michael Smith Dr. and Mrs. Kent and Amy Diduch Dr. and Mrs. Evans Dr. and Mrs. Richard and Mary Smith

Dr. and Mrs. Morris and Vicki Fendley Dr. and Mrs. Frank and Nancy Steller

Dr. and Mrs. Kent and Karen Folsom Dr. and Mrs. Chris and Melinda Summers

Dr. and Mrs. Fred and Gail Fox Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey and Ginger Turner

Dr. Molly Galgano and Mr. David Galgano Dr. and Mrs. Keith and Terri Vest

Dr. and Mrs. John and Janice Gandy Dr. and Mrs. Andrew and Shana Wagner

Dr. and Mrs. Wayne and Donna Gates Dr. and Mrs. Andrew and Martha Waligora

Dr. & Mrs. Frank and Jean Gearing III Dr. and Mrs. John and Kristi Walsh

Dr. and Mrs. James and Sheila Evans

Dr. and Mrs. Gene and Marie Harper Dr. and Mrs. George and Becky Weidig

Dr. and Mrs. Charles and Mary Henderson

Dr. Lucy Weston Dr. Gordon and Mrs. Linda White

Dr. and Mrs. Alden and Louise Hostetter Dr. and Mrs. Larry and Kathy Whitten

Dr. and Mrs. Harold and Barbara Huffman Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey and Debra York

Drs. Christian and Kathleen Iudica

Dr. Kathleen Kelley

Dr. and Mrs. Elmer and Marianne Kennel

Dr. and Mrs. Charles and Dawn Kern

Dr. and Mrs. Eric and Valerie Kramer

Dr. and Mrs. Robert and Nancy Kyler

Dr. and Mrs. Timothy and Patti Landes

Dr. and Mrs. Gene and Kathy Lareau

Dr. and Mrs. Mark and Dawn Mast

Dr. and Mrs. John and Beverly McGowan

Dr. and Mrs. Greg and Karen Montgomery

Dr. and Mrs. Marcus and Jodi Morra

Dr. and Mrs. Danny and Merribeth Neal

Dr. and Mrs. Len and Beth Nelsen

Dr. and Mrs. Terry and Joyce Overby

Dr. Diana Padgett and Mr. Richard Padgett

Dr. Addison and Elizabeth Parris

Dr. and Mrs. Steve and Stephanie Pence

Drs. Zack and Judy Perdue

Dr. Aaron Perme and Ms. Jacky Brent

For information for joining is attached to this newsletter.

Congratulations to RCMA for over $5,000

donated to the community in 2013!

First Step (Women’s Shelter) $1400

Harrisonburg Pregnancy Center $1000

(Training for one nurse)

“Hands Are Not For Hitting” Booklets $1161.65

“Bullying Ends Now” by Julia Kordon

(at Montevideo Middle School) $574.70

Bully T-Shirts for Spotswood HS Ambassadors $310

People Helping People $1000

Total: $5446.35

Our Next Board Meeting

Friday, October 5, 2012

11:45 am

Home of Debra and Jeffrey York

3710 Traveler Road

Any member is welcome to attend our

board meeting. We will attach our minutes

to this mailing.

September 30, 2013

7pm

Forum on the Affordable Care Act

Tim Jost

Harrisonburg City Council Chamber

409 South Main Street

SAVE THE DATE

November 14, 2013

Holiday Market Spotswood Country Club

1039 Port Republic Road, Harrisonburg, VA

For more information: http://rocmedassn.com/holiday-market/

Holiday Wreath Sale

RCMA will be selling wreaths again this Fall that

will be shipped to the individual of your choice

between December 3 – 7, 2013. These make

easy and beautiful gifts. Proceeds have been

donated to local charities.

For more information and to view the wreaths,

check out our website at

http://rocmedassn.com/holiday-wreath-sale/

Please Support Our Partner Organizations

With the merger of RCMS and RCMA we are

no longer collecting dues for the

Medical Society of Virginia

American Medical Association or the

American Medical Association Alliance

These organizations have supported us in the

past with leadership training, discounted

educational materials such as the Hands Are

Not For Hitting booklets, and speakers.

Please help support them and our mission by

joining them.

Medical Society of Virginia

American Medical Association

American Medical Association Alliance or at

www.amaalliance.org

Coming This Fall:

Rockingham County Medical Association Membership Form

Name: ____________________________________________ Specialty: ___________________________ **E-mail: __________________________________________ Birth date: __________________________ Name: ____________________________________________ Specialty: __________________________ **E-mail __________________________________________ Birth date: __________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________________ Phone: _________________________________________________________________

DUES – please check level (state and local) you wish to join. We encourage you to support the state organization Medical Society of Virginia Alliance ( www.alliancemsv.org) due to the information and education it provides, however, if you can only join at the local level, we will appreciate your support. Dues Regular Retired MSVA ___ $20.00 $10.00 **In an effort to “go green” and save our Local ___ $125.00 $30.00 funds for philanthropic endeavors, much of our correspondence, including invitations, Totals $145.00 $40.00 is done through e-mail when available.

Please complete and return form with check payable to “RCMA” Mail to: Kathy Kollman, RCMA Administrative Volunteer

625 Wyndham Woods Circle, Harrisonburg, VA 22801

Member Benefits:

Rockingham County Directory of Physician Families

Networking (and social) opportunities with other physicians and their families

Outreach to new members of the medical community

Support for the SAVE (Stop America’s Violence Everywhere) Program providing “Hands Are Not For Hitting” to all city and county elementary school students

Participation in and support of the 2009 National Health Awareness Promotion Award-winning “Onesie” project raising awareness of Shaken Baby Syndrome

Support for Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, First Step, Mercy House, and the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Children’s Museum

Access information on our website www.rocmedassn.com and Facebook page www.facebook.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rockingham-County-Medical-Association/126355960745086

Suggestions for programs and possible projects: _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________

Congratulations to Graham

Nelsen, who received his white

coat from Dr. Len Nelsen at

EVMS

A beautiful May day at White Oak

Lavender Farm

Additional Information on our Holiday Wreath Sale: RCMA is again selling our popular holiday wreaths and trees. These fresh items are shipped directly to your lucky recipient and include your personal note. Order forms are available at all RCMA events or by contacting Beth Nelsen at grianan1@aol.com or 289-6313. Deadline is November 14th. See a sample at the RCMA Holiday Market.

$ 32.00 Classic wreath, Candlelit Centerpiece, or mini Merry Christmas Tree $ 37.00 Victorian, Cranberry Splash, or Wintergreen wreaths Pricing is all inclusive of shipping and handling. Hear what our members have to say: "I have been ordering wreaths and miniature Christmas trees through RCMA for many years. What started out as purchases to help decorate for the holidays for us has grown into wonderful gifts for our family and friends to enjoy. In fact, they look forward to receiving the Mickman box in the mail each year! If you haven't ordered yours from RCMA, don't delay.. order yours today!

Melinda Summers RCMA Member