​I hope everyone is doing well and so are your families. These are challenging times for everyone. I want you to know that you CMSA chapter understands and supports you all. As you know we are still observing COVID-19 precautions which does not permit us using conference rooms to gather, therefore; we are still not having our lunch and learns until further notice. I trust this will not stop your support as sponsors and individual members. Please continue to support us for when we are able to resume normal meetings.

​I just wanted to make reach out and let you know that your CMSA chapter is still here and functioning, just not as we once did.

Thank you again for all of your support.

Kathern Demicell, RNCCM
President of CMSA Middle Tennessee Chapter

And we will still have many of the events and activities we have come to love and expect from our Annual Conference – an interactive vendor hall, prizes and giveaways, and an opening party. We will also have our annual meeting with Chapter Excellence, Case Manager of the Year, and other awards. It will be a wonderful conference in a new format, which can be enjoyed right from your own home or office.
                I hope you all are taking good care of yourselves and families and are well. Please remember to observe social distancing, handwashing and mask. And that we are all valuable and worthy of love.
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Missing you all, Kathy

       The last few months have been taxing on all of us, but I trust you are all well and your families are well. Many functions  and activities have had to be cancelled to include the yearly CMSA Conference in Boston. We have also been unable to do our monthly lunch and learns. There will be none in May. As the state is slowly opening up we will have to play the waiting game to see if we will be able to have June’s meeting. Be assure that your local board has not forgotten you.

       May has been a month to celebrate nurses, hospital week, and Florence Nightingale 200th birthday. I know a lot of you are working from home but if you have a chance don’t forget to celebrate your nurses and hospital worker connections.
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       Until we are able to meet again, keep safe and take care.

Kathern Demicell, RNCCM
President of CMSA Middle Tennessee Chapter

              Hello everyone, I hope this finds you all in good health and taking care of yourself and your families. This time has been very stressful and we are still not sure when it may end or what each day brings. I have been so pleased with the community support for all of the  healthcare providers  that keeps our patients cared for.  I want to highlight Amedisys Home Health for the posters they posted at Centennial Medical Center that was encouraging to all of the staff as we entered the building. As an HCA Tri-Star Case Manager I am especially proud of the caring and diligence of the staff at my hospital for the care they provide for patients and the support for each other. I also want to thank the community for their support and acknowledgment of the other essential staff at grocery stores, trucking, and food service and how important they are to all of us.
                Because of continued restrictions we will NOT be having a lunch and learn in April. With God’s blessings we will have one in May. And it will be wonderful to see everyone again. We will keep you posted. I want to add that at this time National CMSA is still planning the yearly education June 28-July 2, 2020 celebrating 30 years of Care Transitions Across the Full Continuum. They have extended the early bird registration.
                I have good news that we have two new board members that have joined us and when we meet again they will be introduced.
Until we meet again may God bless you all and keep you and yours safe.

Kathern Demicell, RNCCM
President of CMSA Middle Tennessee Chapter

Happy Social Worker month. Please take time to celebrate and commend your coworkers, friends, and contacts for the hard work Social Workers do to make sure patients and clients are cared for.

We will not be having March CMSA Lunch and Learn due to COVID-19 (Corona virus) and HCA restricting entrances from outside vendors and visitors. But we will see you all back in April.
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As always thank you for all of your support.

​Kathern Demicell, RNCCM
President of CMSA Middle Tennessee Chapter

​                 The responses I received from January’s lunch
and learn was positive. It sounded like everyone enjoyed a meet and great session. The board discussed this in the past and we hope to be able to offer it again. It is a good time for vendors and Case Manager as well as Social Workers to network. Again I want to thank everyone that attended.
                We are still happy for sponsors and individual memberships to join us. We are also in need of more board members so if you are interested in participating as a board member please see me. We always try to have CMSA information  and sponsor/individual packets out for you to pick up that will hopefully prompt you to  join. If you are an individual member that has not had a chance to renew your membership please know that  a discount code EXPAND2020 can be used  to save $20 off National Memberships expires 02/29/2020.
                As always thank you for all of your support and I will see you February 19,2020 for our monthly lunch and learn.

​Kathern Demicell, RNCCM
President of CMSA Middle Tennessee Chapter