MACC Wins Exemplary Practices Award

Moberly Area Community College is a recipient of an Exemplary Practices Award in the Human Resources category. The Community College Business Officers (CCBO) presented this award to Mr. Gary Steffes, MACC Vice President for Finance, at its annual conference for community college business officers.
Mr. Steffes submitted a study entitled "Self Insurance Health Program:  From Crisis to Opportunity” which described MACC's adoption of a self-funded group health insurance program in 2001 and the subsequent success of the program.   January 1, 2008, is the beginning of its eighth year.
CCBO held its 25th Anniversary at the Annual International Conference, held November 10-13, 2007, in Orlando, FL.  Mr. Steffes and Sandra Marek attended from MACC.  Ms. Marek is a member of the CCBO board of directors. Mr. Steffes presented at the conference on the topic of his research.
"It is an honor for the college's self-insured health plan to be recognized as exemplary.  The success of the program has been achieved through the cooperation and input of faculty and staff, college administration and the Board of Trustees.  We hope that the program can continue to evolve and improve in subsequent years,” said Mr. Steffes.

The Exemplary Practices Award was established to promote awareness of outstanding, innovative, efficient and effective collaborative practices of all community colleges; to recognize and publicize the achievements and exemplary practices of community colleges; to encourage cooperation between community colleges and other public or private entities; to promote cost saving, revenue generating and service enhancement practices and to provide ideas and benchmarks for improvement of community colleges.
CCBO strives to be recognized as the premier association serving Community College Business Officers throughout the United States and Canada. CCBO is known for its outstanding professional development and leadership programs. The association strives to provide the most comprehensive resources for timely information and support available to the Community College Business Professional. (information taken from the CCBO website)

 

 

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