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Article: Outliers; Asides & Insides.(News)(briefs)
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- Modern Healthcare
- Article date:
- October 19, 2009
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Cheesehead confidential: Danner sets MGMA straight
Although he's only been in office a few days, Forrest "Dean Danner Jr., the new board chairman of the Medical Group Management Association and the vice president and chief operating officer of Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus Clinics, has already had an immediate impact on at least one aspect of day-to-day life at the MGMA: How to pronounce his home state.
"Wih-SKAHN-suhn is is out. "Wis-KAN-sen is in. At the MGMA's recent annual meeting in Denver, the organization's president and CEO, William Jessee, made a note of the pronunciation in his opening remarks. And, after introducing Danner and mentioning his ...