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MMAE                                                                                Charlotte AHEC Course Offerings

Mecklenburg Medical Alliance &                                                       Charlotte AHEC is part of the N.C. Area Health Education Centers
Endowment Planned Giving                                                                    (AHEC) Program and Carolinas HealthCare System.

  Making MMAE part of your legacy through planned giving                    MARCH 2017
helps ensure MMAE’s mission of making our community healthier               Continuing Medical Education (CME)
continues for many years to come. A planned gift is one that originates
during your lifetime and becomes available to MMAE after your death             3/1	 PeraHealth Webinar Series: Patient Safety
(or some other later event).                                                	 3/3	 7th Annual Carolinas Clinical Sleep Symposium
                                                                            	3/15-17	 41st Annual Internal Medicine Conference
Types of Planned Gifts                                                      	3/16-18	 Spring Cactus Cancer Conference

Bequest                                                                        3/31	 Whole Person Integrated Care Summit
  A gift from your will or trust is the simplest way to remember            	 3/31	 Schwartz Center Facilitation Workshop
                                                                            O	 ngoing	 Communication in Health Care: 4 hr, Basic Communication Course
MMAE. Work with your attorney to prepare a simple, inexpensive              	Ongoing	 Communication in Health Care: Train the Trainer Course
codicil to your will. The bequest can specify a gift of cash or securities  	Ongoing	 University of Colorado: Excellence in Communication
and may reduce your estate tax liability.
                                                                             Online	 Protecting Your Patients From Air Pollution
Retirement Plan Assets                                                       Online	 DOT Medical Examiners Course
  Retirement plan assets often are considered an attractive option           Online	 Risk Management: Patient Identification
                                                                             Online	 Social Media: Risks and Benefits for Physicians
for making a planned gift because they can be subject to income and          Online	 Prevention and Management of Concussion/Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
estate taxes at death. To make a charitable gift of retirement assets,       Online	 Motor Vehicle Crash Victims
simply complete a new beneficiary designation form naming MMAE               Online	 MTAC Trauma Modules
as a percentage beneficiary.                                                 Online	 Get the 4-1-1: Everything Primary Care Providers Should Know

Life Insurance Policies                                                               About Parent Training in Behavior Therapy While Working With
  You may use one or more whole life insurance policies to make                       Families With Young Children With ADHD

a future gift to MMAE. To do so, name MMAE as a percentage                                 For more information or to register for these courses,
beneficiary of a new or existing policy, or simply transfer ownership.                       call 704-512-6523 or visit www.charlotteahec.org.

Save the Date!

NC MedAssist Executive Luncheon                                                    NATIONAL HEALTH
                      Presented by                                            & WELLNESS OBSERVANCES

         Tuesday,April 25                                                                     MARCH 2017
         11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
    Charlotte Convention Center                                             American Red Cross Month n Brain Injury Awareness Month n Colorectal Awareness
                                                                              Month n Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month n Eye Donor Month n
    For more information, visit www.medassist.org.
                                                                            Hemophilia Month n Kidney Month n Nutrition Month n Save Your Vision Month
                                                                                                 n Workplace Eye Health and Safety Month

                                                                                                March 1–6: Aplastic Anemia and MDS Week
                                                                                                   March 5–11: Sleep Awareness Week
                                                                                                   March 6–10: School Breakfast Week

                                                                                               March 12–18: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week
                                                                                                   March 15: Kick Butts Day (Smoking)
                                                                                                  March 19–25: Poison Prevention Week

                                                                                                March 20: Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
                                                                                                       March 22: World Water Day

                                                                                                  March 28: American Diabetes Alert Day

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