Thursday, September 18, 2014

Here's the conference team with one of our favorite presenters....conference has been great so far!

Amy, Michael, Sandra & Melanie
Michael Miscoe, Esq, CPC, CASCC, CCPC, CUC is our resident compliance expert.  He speaks at all our conferences and is a slam-dunk every time!

Look for him at HEALTHCON 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada!

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

All about WALT

In about one week, we will be stepping into the land of all things Disney. We’re so excited to be holding our Anaheim regional conference in such a magical place!  Many of our childhood memories revolve around trips to Disneyland or cartoons and movies produced by Disney.  Here are a few facts about the man whose creativity has touched all of us.

#1:  Originally, Walt’s last name was “d’Isigny”. It belonged to his ancestors from France, but was later changed to make it more convenient to plan a trip to Disneyland.

#2:  On September 11, 1968, the U. S. Postal Service honored Walt by putting his picture on a six-cent commemorative postage stamp.

#3:  Walt never graduated from high school. He left school at age16 and joined the American Red Cross. However, he won honorary degrees from many renowned universities, including Yale and UCLA.

#4:  Disney often spelled his name backwards. Even when he searched for a plot to build his theme park, he used the name M.T. Lott so sellers wouldn’t take advantage of him.

#5:  Walt Disney Resort in Florida is about the size of San Francisco or two Manhattan islands.

#6:  Walt was awarded a special Academy Award in 1932 for creating Mickey Mouse. Goofy, Donald Duck, Pluto, and a host of other characters followed afterward.

#7:  In a career spanning 43 years, Walt Disney was nominated 64 times for the Oscars, of which he won 32 times – the most ever!

#8:  He once worked as an informant for the FBI.

#9:  Despite the fact that Walt was the voice of Mickey Mouse for two decades, he was actually afraid of mice.

#10:  Of all the music from all of the Disney shows, Walt’s favorite song was Feed the Birds, from Mary Poppins.

Obviously, Walt practiced what he preached when he said,

                         “ All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.”