Summary of NCCPA Board Actions and Issues
The NCCPA Board of Directors met on Saturday, May 5, 2007 in St. Louis , Missouri . The following summary describes the actions taken and issues addressed at that meeting.
Receiving the Auditor’s Report
The auditor provided the organization a clean opinion indicating that the auditor found the organization’s financial records to be free of any material misstatements. The auditor also informed the Board of new, more stringent audit standards for nonprofits that take effect this year. Transparency is increasingly required in the wake of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; and the new standards require the auditor to more deeply investigate internal controls. The auditor applauded NCCPA’s current efforts to proactively meet these increasingly stringent requirements through its rigorous policies and procedures, including requiring an annual financial audit.
Continuing Discussions on Specialty Recognition
The NCCPA Board of Directors received a report from the Task Force on Specialty Recognition. For 2007, the task force has subdivided into workgroups to facilitate the gathering of information from interested specialties through dialogues with PA and physician specialty organizations that have approached NCCPA seeking assistance with the development of specialty recognition tools.
The report included updates from the NCCPA subgroup meetings with PAs and physicians in cardiovascular surgery and emergency medicine. The task force noted a third specialty interested in developing core competencies for PAs in their specialty had also contacted NCCPA.
The task force then sought the Board’s approval on revisions to the Points of Consensus. The revisions endeavor to clarify the organization’s current thinking. The primary addition specifies that any specialty recognition processes will be independent of the NCCPA certification and recertification processes. The revised document will be available in its entirety on NCCPA’s Web site.
Revisiting the Development of a Vision Statement
At the strategic planning retreat this past February, the Board tasked management to develop a vision statement for the Board’s consideration. The Board provided feedback on the proposed vision statements and tasked the Governance Committee with continuing to work with management to refine a proposed version for presentation to the Board later this year.
Other Issues & Decisions
- Board members participated in a presentation on the roles and responsibilities of board members including the three C’s: a duty of care, a duty of confidentiality and a duty to be free of conflicts of interest.
- The Board approved and accepted for filing minutes from the November 2006 and February 2007 Board and committee meetings.
- The Board approved a reallocation of funds based on new information about projected needs and expenses for the remainder of the year.
- The Board approved revisions to the governing policy related to the application process for public and PA director-at-large positions on the NCCPA Board. NCCPA will solicit nominations for one PA and one public director at large in 2007; the deadline for applications is July 16, 2007 .
- The Board received a report from the NCCPA Foundation on their latest efforts and upcoming initiatives.
Next Meeting
The Board and its committees will next convene
August 17-19, 2007 in Atlanta , Georgia
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