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2010 Fall Conference and Membership Meeting

October 2010

More info to follow

The VaSHHRA Voice

For the latest in VaSHHRA happenings, click here and read the inaugural issue of The VaSHHRA Voice!

Announcements

Back By Popular Demand . . .

Mercer is pleased to provide VaSHHRA members with a complementary, powerful benefits benchmarking process for your healthcare community. Once again, participants will gain insight to how they compare to peers for key benefits like retirement/savings, health and welfare, and time off.

First Time Participants

First time VaSHHRA participants simply complete an online form then send the applicable SPDs and rate sheets to Martha Connors. Mercer does the rest. Healthcare organizations throughout the country have found participation to be fast and convenient. The quick online set up is at the below link: www.imercersurveys.com/benefitsenrollment

Returning Participants

As a 2009 VaSHHRA survey participant, you can update last year's information via the below link. Your user ID and Password has been sent to the person who completed the set up form last year. (Please contact Kathy Woollum at Kathryn.Woollum@mercer.com if you need this information). If you prefer for Mercer to make updates for you, please send the revised SPDs and rate sheets to Martha Connors. Returning Participants Link: www.imercersurveys.com/dor

Three Free Reports

Mercer provides the following valuable reports at no cost to you:
Market Comparison Report - a ranking of each of your top 15 benefit programs (retirement/savings, health and welfare, and time off) against other healthcare providers in your community.
Benefit Prevalence Report - details statistics on the benefit offerings and cost-sharing strategies employed by healthcare providers in your community.
Spotlight on Benefits - a snapshot of the trends and prevalence of key plan features of all healthcare organizations in the national database.

Mercer's Commitment to Confidentiality

Mercer takes seriously their obligation to maintain all client information confidentially. Although Mercer clients have the capability to select custom peer groups for reporting purposes, Mercer ensures that data at an organizational level is maintained confidentially.

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Mission

VaSHHRA’s mission is to “lead, develop and support its members as they strive to attain their institutions’ goals … through the delivery of outstanding human resource management …”

We are a valuable network of healthcare human resource professionals—a group of individual colleagues with centuries worth of combined healthcare human resource experience.

Through networking with fellow VaSHHRA members, the answers to your healthcare human resource questions are only a phone call, or keystroke, away.

We are the most in depth and regularly updated fingertip reference guide that you’ll ever want to use.

You will definitely want to take advantage of this excellent opportunity and resource.

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Objectives

VaSHHRA advances the development of effective administration in health care human resources through the following means:

Association—Continually developing an association that responds to the needs of health care HR professionals.

Education—Providing real time educational opportunities that support the continuing development of human resource personnel at all levels.

Relationships—Fostering active, on-going relationships and positive collaborative initiatives with the American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration (ASHHRA), the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association (VHHA), and other associations and organizations.

Advocacy—Researching, developing, establishing and advocating for policies and programs that meet the needs of the membership, profession and healthcare industry.

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Advantages

VaSHHRA membership provides an opportunity to:

Exchange information and ideas through networking with other health care, HR professionals both regionally and state-wide. Additionally, you will receive:

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History

In 1969 a group of hospital personnel directors met in Richmond to discuss the need for a state-wide personnel association. Out of that meeting (VAHPA) the Virginia Association for Hospital Personnel Administration was organized.

Today our organization has approximately 200 members who represent over 85% of the hospitals, as well as a number of long term care and other health organizations in the state of Virginia. We are a Region 3 chapter of the national organization – The American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration.

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Community Outreach

VaSHHRA Contributes to the well being of others throughout Virginia communities by actively sponsoring and participating in various activities or events such as: food drives, coat drives, wellness initiatives and making monetary donations to worthwhile causes.

Thanks For Inquiring About Membership in this Dynamic Professional Association

VaSHHRA is an organization where every “one” counts and everyone can make a difference. In addition to the many professional benefits, you’ll have an opportunity to develop life long friendships with your fellow health care human resource professionals.

We hope you will join our organization today and take advantage of the many benefits available to you as a member of VaSHHRA. Any individual from the executive leadership group would be happy to provide you additional information.

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