Star Award Winner

I am passionate about being a nurse & assisting my consumers in their walk toward health, arming them with the tools to make informed health decisions & becoming their own health advocates. This is what case management is all about, walking along side our consumers to help them in their health journey. SOV-CMSA educational programs help us as case managers to build on our knowledge base to assist our consumers as well as meet our ccm hours requirement. As SOV-CMSA has helped me as a case manager, I have decided to give back to this great organization by serving on the SOV-CMSA board. As we all give back to the SOV-CMSA organization by volunteering/serving on committees & the board, it makes the load lighter by sharing the work so consider doing what I did by volunteering so that our SOV-CMSA can continue strong to meet the mission of educational programs for case managers.
Kathy Barrows

Star Award Winner
Our Purpose
Our Vision: Advancing Case Management
Our Vision:  Advancing Case Management "We envision case managers as pioneers of healthcare change...key initiators of and participants in the healthcare team who open up new areas of thought...research and development...leading the way toward the day when every American will know what a case/care manager does and will know how to access case management services."
CMSA Value Statement
CMSA Value Statement "Case/Care managers believe patients need an advocate...someone who helps clients understand what's wrong with them, what they need to do about it and why those treatments are important. In this way, case and care managers serve as catalysts. By participating in the equation, case and care managers enable their clients to achieve goals more effectively and efficiently."
Awards
Photo of the 2007 Excellence in Education award
  • CMSA's 9th Annual Innovation Awards, Award of EXCELLENCE for Chapter Education Program, 2007
  • CMSA's Annual award: In recognition of outstanding efforts for valuable contributions and innovations in PRINT, 2007
  • CMSA's Annual award: In recognition of OUTSTANDING MEMBERSHIP GROWTH: Chapter size category: 101-200 members: for increasing chapter membership by 50 members from May 2006-May 2007
  • CMSA's Annual Award: In recognition of outstanding efforts for valuable contributions and innovations in CONFERENCE, 2007
  • CMSA's Annual award: In recognition of outstanding efforts for valuable contributions and innovations in TECHNOLOGY, 2007
  • Chapter Growth Award from National CMSA! (June 2006)
  • Governor Taft Declaration of National CM Week! (Oct 2006)
Our Mission
Our Mission
SOV Chapter Target Area