Business Briefs
“Financing Healthcare”
(Asheville, NC): The next regular meeting of the
Western North Carolina Human Resources Association will be at
12 noon on Wednesday, November 9, at the Renaissance Asheville Hotel
in downtown Asheville.
Joe Damore, President and CEO of
Mission Health and Hospitals, accompanied by Mission’s CFO, Lonnie
Younger, and Dr. Dale Fell, VP of Medical Affairs for Mission, will
discuss the topic of “Financing Healthcare”. This topic will touch
upon such issues as the rising level of the uninsured and its impact
on healthcare costs; Asheville as a high quality and cost effective
healthcare community; the growing concern of medical worker shortages;
the importance of promoting and achieving a health community; and
Mission’s Health’s daily prescription for health.
The program is open to members,
students and anyone interested in learning more about human
resource-and management-related issues. Reservations can be made by
emailing Mike Neely at
mneely@ingles-markets.com, or by calling 669-2941, extension 310.
The cost of attending the lunch meeting is $16.00 for members and
students, $20 for nonmembers, and includes lunch (a vegetarian option
is available by request when making reservations).
The Western North Carolina Human Resources
Association is a certified chapter of the Society for Human Resources
Management, and is comprised of human resource and other professionals
from various area businesses and industries. The purpose of the
association is to develop the personnel function in each participating
company by close contact and cooperation with others in the same
field, to facilitate the dissemination of information of value to
human resource professionals individually and collectively, and to
promote positive human relations principles.
