February/March 2007

Access Sports Medicine and Dr. Christopher Couture, for their sponsorship of the January 17, 2007 - NH Extension program, Who are the people in your neighborhood? - The Sports Medicine Physician

Apria Healthcare, Yarmouth Maine for their ongoing sponsorship of the Maine Extension meetings.

Depuy Spine for their sponsorship of the February 13, 2007 - ME Extension program on Artificial Lumbar Disc, Apria Healthcare, Yarmouth, ME

Kindred Healthcare Tower Hill Rehab, Canton, MA for their sponsorship of the February 22, 2007 Chapter Meeting, Options in Post Acute Healthcare

Novacare for their sponsorship of the February 22, 2007 - WMA Extension program, Functional Capacity Evaluations.

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Dr. Gilbert J. Fanciullo for their sponsorship of the February 23, 2007 NH Extension program, CRPS: Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome & The use of Opiods for non-cancer related pain.

Special thanks to the sponsors of the CMSNE March 14, 2007 Building Strategies - Tools of the Trade: Sharpening your Case Management Techniques for Improved Outcomes

American Ramp Systems, Inc.

Beacon Hospice, Inc.

Crotched Mountain

Evercare

Genzyme Corporation

Griswold Special Care

Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics

Harborside Healthcare

HealthBridge Management

Hebrew Rehabilitation Center

Lakeview NeuroRehab Center

McKesson Health Solutions

New Bedford Rehab Hospital

New England Sinai Hospital

Northeast Rehab Health Network

Rehab Hospital of the Cape & Islands

Retreat Healthcare

RS Medical

SeniorBridge

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Youville Hospital

December 2006/January 2007

Whittier Rehab Hospital and Medtronic Neurological for their sponsorship of the October 25th Treatment of Chronic Pain program.

Amgen for their sponsorship of the November 2nd RI Extension meeting on The Hurdles of Chemotherapy.

NHADA and MSC for their sponsorship of the NH Extension’s November 9th Getting the Difficult Patient Back to Work and the December 4th How Communication Affects the Cost of a Workman’s Comp Injury: Pitfalls and Prevention educational programs.

MSC and One Call Medical for their sponsorship of the November 9th Western Mass Extension educational program WC Topics to Keep CM’s in the Know.

Medtronic Neurological for the sponsorship of the December 6th RI Extension educational program the Treatment of Chronic Pain.

October 2006

Special thanks to the sponsors of the CMSNE Annual Conference, their generous contributions helped make the event an overwhelming success: Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics, Robin Hill Farm, Respracare, Amgen, RHCI, Kyphon, DePuy Spine, NH Neurospine Institute, Harborside Healthcare, New Bedford Rehab Hospital, Partners Healthcare, Genzyme and Center for Discovery.

Special thanks to Harvard Pilgrim Health Care for their sponsorship of the site for our August Preparing for Case Management Certification course.

Special thanks again to Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital for their continued sponsorship of a CMSNE Case Management Week celebration, this is Spaulding’s 5th year sponsoring this event for the chapter. This year’s program Stroke Recovery Across the Continuum was extremely well received.

Special thanks to Exeter Hospital’s Center for Occupational and Employee Health (COEH) for sponsoring the October 5th luncheon and educational program entitled, The Aging Worker: Bone & Joint Health.

April 2006

Thank you to all of the following organizations for their support with our effort to broaden awareness about the profession of Case Management to professionals throughout New England!

Cyberonics for their sponsorship of the March 6th RI Extension meeting on Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) Therapy for Treatment Resistant Depression.

Critical Care Systems and Mercy Medical Center Wound Center for their co-sponsorship of the March 23rd WMA Extension educational program on Current Trends in Homecare: Anti Infective Therapy and The Management of Diabetic Food Wounds.

Devine Millimet Law Offices for their sponsorship of the NH Extension educational program on Preparing a Case for Litigation and the Case Managers Role held on March 28th in Manchester, NH.

Special thanks to Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare for their sponsorship of the site for our March CCM Prep course that the chapter co-sponsored with CCMI Associates.

Thanks to Apria Healthcare, Yarmouth, ME for their sponsorship of the April 11th ME Extension meeting site, also special thanks to ArthroCare for their presentation on Percutaneous Discectomy for Patients with Sciatica and Back Pain.