2010 – Austin, Texas – August 3-7, 2010

By Jacque Taylor, AHDI-F
I wish you all could have been there to experience ACE 2010 in person, but I’ll do my best to sum it up for you!

TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2010
·         AHDI Board of Directors Meeting – If you’ve never gone to a meeting of the AHDI national board of directors, I hope you will make a point of it either next year in Phoenix or at one of their quarterly FTF meetings.  The AHDI board met on Tuesday and …

Congratulations to AHDI-West’s newest CMTs and RMTs who successfully passed their exams in May and June
Marla Farrell, CMT
San Dimas, CA
Therese French, CMT
Tualatin, OR
Sherron Ginn, CMT
Los Gatos, CA
Krista S. Hanlon, CMT
Chico, CA
Sue Ledger, RMT
Fayetteville, NC*
Elizabeth I. Lewis, CMT
Chandler, AZ
Maffie Rafferty, RMT
Azusa, CA
Tammy Marie Ricken, CMT
Surprise, AZ
Melanie Shockley, CMT
Provo, UT
Ellen K. Straw, RMT
Covina, CA
*Hooray across the country! Sue is an AHDI e-mentee with Kat King and just completed the Med-Line School RMT Study Group in Spring 2010.

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5 DAYS LEFT!!
AHDI welcomes you to the 2010 Summer G.A.M.E.

(Get a Member Event)

AHDI Individual Professional members can receive rewards for referring new Individual Professional Members!

Why play the G.A.M.E.?
Individual Professional members can earn discounts on membership renewal or even a FREE renewal!
Who can play?
Any AHDI Professional Member.
New and returning members who are recruited must sign up as Individual Professional members between June 15 and September 30, 2010.
Learn more about:

How to play the G.A.M.E.
How to earn rewards

When  it comes to writing about myself I always seem to have a problem…but I want to introduce myself to all of our members, so I’m going to do my best without under- or over-doing it!
I am originally from Provo, Utah. I came into the world on September 2, 1944.  (Egads!) We lived in Provo and during my tween years we lived in Ontario, Oregon; Nampa, Idaho; and Caldwell, Idaho.  In fact, we moved back and forth between Nampa and Caldwell a couple of times!  Moved back to Orem, Utah …

By Carrie Boatman, CMT, AHDI-F
President, AHDI-West
Don’t you just love that word?? It’s one of those words that sends chills down my spine. As a kid, I could not believe it took 12 months for Christmas to come again. Not to mention my birthday…well, back in those days I looked forward to birthdays. You want to know what I’m looking forward to now? Austin…the Music Capitol of the South! And the city will be even more special because lots of my friends and colleagues will be there. Some of them …

CMT & RMT STUDY GROUPS
We are partnering to bring you upcoming study groups

STARTING JUNE 1

Arkansas AHDI
14-week CMT/RMT courseThere is still time to sign up!!

Send email today letting them know you want to participate.
Send payment: $20 ($25 if not AHDI member)
Order either RMT or CMT Review Guide to use as a text. (Amazon usually ships quickly.)

STARTING IN JULY
RMT Study Group
Med-Line School of Medical Transcription
All donations made to support this study group go to AHDI’s Power of 10 campaign.

Carrie Boatman,CMT, AHDI-F
President, AHDI-West
Today, I dragged myself out of bed early to attend a webinar presented by AHDI’s Blueprint for Great Governance Task Force. And boy was I glad I did!
As many of you know, I’ve been around AAMT/AHDI for several years. Before we had state or state/regional associations, before we had a House of Delegates, before we had a credentialing exam….and over the years it’s been so exciting and fun to watch and participate in the growth and development of our association. Well, I’m here to tell you, the …