Message from the President
CMSA and Chapter Membership
Case Manager Certification
Honors & Accomplishments
Congratulations to Our Newly Certified Case Managers
Meet Our New Members
Member Spotlight

We welcome your participation and encourage you to join the Mid-Atlantic Chapter.

To join our Chapter, you must first become a member of the Case Management Society of America's national organization. You can do this online at www.cmsa.org. You can sign up instantly and pay with a credit card, or you can mail your application. Be sure to check out the many benefits associated with membership!

CMSA National will contact us with your membership information and we will add you to our Chapter e-mail list so you won’t miss any Mid-Atlantic Chapter meeting announcements.

You do not have to be a nurse, or a Certified Case Manager (CCM) to belong to our organization. The CMSA, Mid-Atlantic Chapter supports the principles upon which the National CMSA mission is based as outlined in their 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."
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If you are interested in certification as a case manager, information can be requested by contacting the Commission for Case Manager Certification at the following address or by visiting them on the web at www.ccmcertification.org.

Commission for Case Management
1835 Rohlwing Road, Suite D
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
Phone: (847) 818-0292; Fax: (847) 394-2172
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We are so proud of the honors and accomplishments of our members and would love to share them the entire membership. Send us an e-mail and let us know about honors, promotions, certifications, etc.

  Betty Long, RN, president and founder of Guardian Nurses

  Healthcare Advocates, was honored at a reception in

  New York on Monday, November 10th by Glamour Magazine

  and TAG Heuer North America as part of a celebration of

  Glamour's annual Women of the Year Event at Carnegie

  Hall.  Long was selected as one of five women who

  "make a difference in her community" in conjunction with

  the What Are You Made Of campaign by TAG Heuer. Betty was honored for founding a company of nurses providing health care advocacy services. Along with the reception to receive her award, Long received a three-day trip to New York for the event culminating in attending the black-tie, red carpet event at Carnegie Hall.

The following morning, Uma Thurman hosted a private breakfast in New York City, honoring the 5 women who are changing the world around them. Betty noted that, “It was quite a thrill for my accomplishments to be recognized by Uma Thurman, TAG Heuer watches, and Glamour magazine. And since it was my birthday yesterday, Uma was kind enough to lead the attendees in a warm rendition of ‘Happy Birthday.’ What a way to celebrate a birthday”!

Congratulations Betty for your accomplishments, your dedication to Case Management and your work with the Mid-Atlantic CMSA Chapter.
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Connie Martino has been a member of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter for 3 years and enjoys the chapter meetings. She received her Diploma in Nursing from Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, Johnstown, PA and holds a BS in Professional Arts from St Joseph's College, Standish, ME. A wife and the mother of one son, she has been in the Case Management field at CareAllies (formerly Intracorp) for 12 years. She has a diverse background in surgical ICU, med-surg, subacute rehab, and SNF.
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