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LATEST 12/18//08: The Crescent team decided to make donations to local charities this year instead of printing/mailing Christmas cards. The idea struck a chord with many of our clients who told us this a a great idea to help those less fortunate in these challenging economic times. The charities who will benefit are: · Manna Food Bank Click here to see the e-greeting we sent. 11/4//08: The next presentation in the Asheville Chamber of Commerce's popular Doughnuts & Dialog series will again be sponsored by Crescent and will happen on Thursday, December 4th 2008 from 7:30am - 9:00am. The featured speaker is Biltmore Farms President, John F.A.V "Jack" Cecil who will talk about "The Vision of Biltmore Park". Beginning with the history and vision of Biltmore Farms, he will outline the future plans for Biltmore Park and the surrounding community.
In keeping with the theme, the event will be hosted at Biltmore Park Town Square (not in the usual Chamber Boardroom venue). Breakfast (more than doughnuts) will be provided so registration is required. Click here to register at the Ashville Chamber website (free for members, $10 for non-members). 7/7//08: Crescent will host a combined Open House and Asheville Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours on Thursday, August 28th 2008. Our annual Open House has typically been around the Christmas holidays, but we moved it to the summer last year and had a much better turnout (almost 100 visitors). This year, we decided to combine our Open House with the popular Business After Hours event to encourage not only our clients, providers and partners but ALL members of the business community in Buncombe and surrounding counties. The event will begin at 3:00pm, with Business After Hours attendees joining us around 5:00pm. As always, we'll be providing refreshments, with the addition of complimentary beer and wine after 5:00pm. Click here for directions to the Crescent offices. 5/23//08: Crescent management announced today that effective immediately, Haywood Regional Medical Center (HRMC) is reinstated as part of the Crescent provider network. HRMC was suspended from the network in February after the hospital failed to meet the standards required to qualify for Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement. “We’re delighted to welcome Haywood Regional back as an active participant in our network,” said Crescent CEO, Myrna Harris. “The Haywood Regional team is to be congratulated on a tremendous job of recovering from this unfortunate situation.” Harris pointed out that despite HRMC’s problems, many of Crescent’s clients decided to continue treating the hospital as in-network during the CMS recertification process. However, yesterday’s announcement by CMS paved the way for full reinstatement of the hospital into the Crescent network. 5/6//08: Crescent's CEO Myrna Harris presented information and participated in a panel discussion at the North Carolina Association of Health Underwriters (NCAHU) annual symposium in Winston-Salem last month. The topic was "The Myths and Realities of Self-Funding" and the panel also included Tom Snell of Benefit Edge of the Carolinas and Eric Ludwig, President of Intercative Medical Systems, Inc, among others. Myrna is the President-Elect of the Western Chapter of NCAHU and will take over duties as President of the Chapter later this year.
4/21/08: Due to some technical dificulties, we were not able to get as many photos at the Hendersonville walk as we had hoped, but please click here to see the photos we did get. 4/18/08: Once agaiin, Crescent PPO is proud to support the March of Dimes in its fight to prevent premature birth. Crescent staff will be on hand to take photographs of walkers at the Hendersonville and Asheville "March for Babies" (formerly Walk America) events. The photos from the Hendersonville walk will be posted on Monday, April 21st. 4/8/08:
The next in the popular series of Doughnuts and Dialogue events will take place at the Asheville Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, April 17 2008 beginning at 7:30am. 1/16/08: Crescent announced staff changes recently that included: 1/8/08:
Crescent will once again be the presenting sponsor of the Asheville
Chamber of Commerce's Doughnuts and Dialogue Speaker Series events.
The 2008 season kicks off on Tuesday, January 15th with an excellent opportunity to hear about Biltmore Company, Western North Carolina's most prominent tourism destination and one of the region's largest employers. Biltmore Company President and CEO, Bill Cecil, Jr., will discuss the estate's impact on the regional tourism industry and the company's plans for the future. He will also be available to answer questions from the audience. Hosted by the Asheville Chamber of Commerce, the event is free for members and $10 for non-members. It begins at 7:30am - 8:30am in the Chamber Boardroom. Click here to register.
1/3/08: To start off what promises to be another exciting year for Crescent, we are actively supporting "Lessons in Leadership", a leadership coaching event scheduled for the evening of January 23rd at the Grove Park Inn. The event will feature two motivating speakers; Bill Kelley, Director of Operations for the Grove Park Inn, and Asheville-based professional speaker, Brian Biro "America's Breakthrough Coach", whose clients include Starbucks Coffee, Southwest Airlines and Applebee's among many others. Crescent's Director of Marketing, Keith Challenger is one of the organizers, along with Biro, Kelley, Hometrust Bank President/COO Dana Stonestreet, and Regional Business Development Manager for Dixon-Hughes, John Locke. The organizers and presenters are donating their time/expertise as a way of giving back to the community, so the registration price is a remarkably low $20 per person. For more details, and to register for this world-class event, pleave visit www.wncleaders.com
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Crescent
PPO 1200 Ridgefield Blvd., Suite 215 Asheville, NC 28806 Phone:
828-670-9145
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