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An E-Newsletter for Chapter Members |
Winter 2011 - 2012 |
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In This Issue
Links Chapter Officers President: President-Elect: Immediate Past-President: Regent: Treasurer: Secretary/Assistant Treasurer: Immediate Past Regent: Academic
Representative: Academic
Representative: Save the Dates! Events You May Not Want to Miss! Thursday, March 1, 2012 March 19-22, 2012 Thursday June 14, 2012 Thursday, September 13, 2012 Thursday, October 4th 2012 October 24 - 26, 2012 Thursday, November 29, 2012 Our Valued Sponsors
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We began 2011 with the 1st Quarter Educational Session with a record number (over 300 registrants) to hear keynote speaker Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, President, Clinical Services and CMO of Nashville, Tennessee-based HCA, speak on "Leadership's Impact on Quality Initiatives: How Data is a Crucial Piece of 21st Century Approach to Quality Medicine." The first Category I panel discussion of the year, "Building the Hospital of Tomorrow: Rehabilitate, Renovate or Replace" had an impressive registration of 116. Since its creation in 2005 by Mark Wallace, President/CEO, Texas Children's Hospital, the "What's up Boss?" (WUB) event has become a biennial tradition. The night of October 20th will well be remembered by those who attended. Over 165 leaders, early, mid and senior careerists enjoyed the opportunity to dialogue about career development while enjoying the ambience and great food of Trevisio's restaurant in the TMC. In addition, I was honored to present Dr. David J. Fine, FACHE with a $5,000 academic scholarship in his name. I also had the privilege of formally recognizing honored guests R.O. Hunton, President, The Hunton Group and Monzer Hourani, President of Medistar Corporation, for their outstanding sponsorship support of the WUB event and the Chapter. On Sept 27th, ACHE-SETC joined with the ACPE (American College of Physician Executives) and presented a Category I panel discussion on "Accountable Care Organizations: Implications and Impact." Another record attendance: 179! ACHE - SETC membership is at an all time high! As of this writing your Chapter has 1,354 members! ACHE-SETC is one of the largest ACHE affiliated chapters in the U.S. Special thanks to the ACHE-SETC Membership Committee for their outstanding work in stimulating membership growth with a 100 day campaign. The Chapter's 12th Annual Golf Tournament was highly successful with 120 participants and 30 teams. As a result of the Tournament's success the Star of Hope Mission was the recipient of a check for $8,346.77. Most important: Your Chapter is successful because of YOU and the commitment of our sponsors. Thank you for a GREAT YEAR! It has been an honor to serve you. Todd Caliva Back to top
Incoming President, Deborah Alsante, is developing an exciting agenda of offerings that will reward our membership and serve as further attraction for more to join ACHE. I encourage everyone to plan to attend at least one ACHE-SETC event during 2012. As part of your planning resolutions for 2012, members should begin their fellowship advancement strategy. Current fellows needing to recertify can plan to obtain their Healthcare Management Continuing Education credits. The great news is that ACHE-SETC offers Category I panel discussions throughout the year to supplement the credits available through Congress or cluster programming provided by the national organization. Have a successful and rewarding 2012, and remember to include ACHE participation with your colleagues in ACHE-SETC. Ed Tucker Back to top
International Conference on Health Systems - October 17 - 19, 2012! Your Chapter will be hosting an international conference next fall in the Texas Medical Center! This three-day conference will be a great opportunity for many of you to enhance/advance your organization and career by attending high-quality presentations while earning Category I and II ACHE continuing education credits. International, national and local speakers will be providing cutting-edge education on leadership development, quality and safety, reform legislation, and other crucial topics including late-breaking topics. For those members who seek an ACHE Fellow credentials there will be a workshop to guide you through the necessary steps for qualifying. This conference will provide you with the opportunity for exceptional networking among your colleagues. Here's your chance to be among hundreds of healthcare executives and learn new approaches to healthcare management. Many of you that work in the Texas Medical Center will only be a short distance from your office to access educational programs, career development programs and the potential to maximize your networking opportunities at a fraction of the cost to attend an out-of-state conference. Ashish Chandra, PhD and Don Gibson, FACHE will be coordinating the details of this unique conference. In the months ahead, look for more details on your Chapter's website (www.ache-houston.org). 2012 ACHE-SETC President/Chair Assumes Office January 1st Welcome 2012 Board Members! At the last quarterly breakfast meeting ACHE-SETC members voted and approved the nominated list of board of directors. Congratulations to Deborah A. Alsante, FACHE, as the new President/Chair of your chapter. On January 1, Todd Caliva, FACHE, will transfer the chapter leadership role to Deborah. Thank you, Todd, for all of your amazing accomplishments for the chapter over the past year. You are truly appreciated! What’s up Boss Recap – Success! Once again, the biennial "What’s up Boss?" (WUB) event was a huge success. This year's theme was "Pathway to a Purpose Driven Career". A record 165 people were in attendance at TMC Trevisio's restaurant. Health care administration graduate students, early and mid-careerists were able to meet with health care leaders to gain advice on their careers and to listen to seasoned professional experiences. 40 health care leaders from around the Southwest Texas region graciously donated a few hours of their time to serve as Leader Hosts. This was also the first time that participants were able to dialogue with two leaders over the course of 2 hours. The evening event went smoothly and will definitely be repeated for future WUB events. To see more pictures, please
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An evening of learning about strategy for career management from well-experienced leaders.
Dr. Anne-Claire France (in turquoise) and careerists listen intently to an early careerist's comments.
Anastasia Sturza (2nd from left), TWU MHA Student, Tiffany Ngo, TWU MHA student, and Van Le, Our Lady of the Lake College MHA student, enjoy a few minutes of conversation prior to the WUB dinner. 2012 ACHE Congress on Healthcare Leadership - Hyatt Regency Chicago The 2012 ACHE Congress on Healthcare Leadership will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chicago March 19-22. Registration opened on November 15, 2011 on the ACHE national website. ACHE’s Congress on Healthcare Leadership brings you the best in professional development, opportunities to network with and learn from peers, and the latest information to enhance your career and address your organization’s challenges in innovative ways. More than 4,500 healthcare leaders attended the 2011 Congress on Healthcare Leadership. Join us in 2012 and experience the energy of an event that draws the top healthcare leaders from across the world! This year’s main speakers will include:
1st Quarter Educational (Breakfast) Session March 1th, 2012 The first quarterly breakfast meeting will be quickly approaching before we know it. It will be held on Thursday March 1, 2011 at the Houstonian Hotel from 7-9am. For this session, we are very excited to be joined by John Nance, J.D. Mr. Nance was one of the founding member of the National Patient Safety Foundation at the AMA and a member of the Executive Committee who has served on the board for 9 years. Most importantly, he was one of the pioneers of the pivotal safety revolution in professional communication, teamwork and leadership known in aviation as CRM, Crew Resource Management. His book about safety in human systems entitled Blind Trust, published internationally in 1986, is widely credited with helping to spark not only the universal acceptance of CRM principles in aviation, but the earliest infusion of culture-changing lessons derived from aviation into medical practice. Over the last few decades, Mr. Nance has authored 18 major books and made countless appearances in the national and international media. Already one of the nation's most dynamic and energizing professional speakers, John Nance's messages to medical practitioners have reached new heights of relevance and importance as seen in his presentations to such pace-setting entities as the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and a who's who of healthcare organizations. Mr. Nance’s full biography will be available on the ACHE website before the breakfast session. 13th Annual ACHE-SETC Golf Tournament The annual golf tournament is always a major fundraising opportunity for this chapter. Save the date for the 2012 tournament. Over the next several months there will be more communication about sponsorships, participation, and volunteer opportunities. It will be held at the same location as last year, Meadowbrook Farms Golf Club on Thursday October 4th, 2012. For more information on the tournament please contact Mitali Paul (mitali_paul@hchd.tmc.edu or 713-873-4738) or Terry Cooper (tjcooper@mdanderson.org or 713-563-3629). ACHE-SETC Academic Scholarship Your Chapter will soon be announcing the details of the 2012 Academic Scholarship Awards. ACHE-SETC has a proud tradition of providing academic scholarships to outstanding graduate students in health administration/health services management programs and may be awarding this year as much as $25,000 in various scholarships in the names of the following honorees: Jeptha W. Dalston, PhD, FACHE, Dr. David J. Fine, FACHE; Donald B. Wagner, LFACHE; Dan S. Wilford, FACHE; ACHE- SouthEastTexasChapter. To be eligible to submit an application for one of the aforementioned scholarships you must be a 2012 paid dues member of the ACHE national organization (which automatically qualifies you as a member of ACHE-SETC) who lives in the southeast Texas area and who is pursuing a graduate degree with a GPA of at least 3.5. Look for an email the first of the year, to all chapter members, announcing the availability of an application and the timeline. Are You Due to Recertify as a Fellow in 2012? Recommit to lifelong learning! Visit my.ache.org to learn if you are due to recertify your FACHE credential in 2011. My.ache.org will provide you with:
Visit my.ache.org now to check your recertification status. For more information on recertification, contact the ACHE Customer Service Center at (312) 424-9400. New Tools for ACHE & Other Chapter News Stay current with Chapter news and visit the ACHE-SETC Chapter website frequently at: www.ache-houston.org “Inquiring Minds Want To Know” Many of you have questions, from time-to-time, about your chapter. ACHE-SETC has added a new section to their website called “Inquiring Minds Want to know” the week of December 5th. The section will focus mostly on frequently asked questions, but will also include anything that would be beneficial for members to know. It can be found on the right hand corner of the first page of the ACHE-SETC website and will be updated every few days with new questions, so check back often to stay up to date! If you have any questions about the chapter, please contact Don Gibson at quantumleadership@ache-houston.org. Join our local ACHE-Houston chapter on
LinkedIn by
clicking here and learn how to create an effective LinkedIn
profile and capitalize on new features. We encourage our
early careerists and new members to visit and ask any questions
they have about the field, their career, or obstacles they face.
As a great resource, you will find many people including our
senior members who will try their best to answer your questions.
We encourage our senior members to recall their early
experiences and professional insights, as a valuable resource to
our newer members. ACHE Membership Number Continues to Increase Your Chapter has experienced a phenomenal growth in membership this year. This month the membership numbers 1,354! The ACHE-SETC Membership Committee, under the leadership of Jillian Webb Day and Anup Bodhe, has been very effective in stimulating major interest among healthcare professionals in the southeast Texas region in applying for ACHE membership with their "100 new members in 100 days" program. If you would like to join the Membership Committee please contact Jillian at jwebb@mdanderson.org or 713-745-6137 OR Anup abodhe@genesis-planning.com or 713-852-3778. Special thanks to all the ACHE-SETC Membership Committee members for their outstanding accomplishments this year! Earn Rewards: Pass ACHE Membership Forward Support your colleagues' career development
and help advance excellence in healthcare delivery by
encouraging colleagues to join ACHE. It only takes a minute to
spread the word about ACHE through our
Tell a Colleague e-mail form. When you refer a colleague to
join, you earn rewards through the
Leader-to-Leader program. Accountable Care Organizations-2012 Hot Topic! ACOs (Accountable Care Organizations) are one of the hottest topics as we go into the 2012 year. The goal of ACOs is to create a managed care environment that will provide the best possible care for patients while working to reduce costs. They are a network of hospitals, physicians, and other health care providers that work together to improve quality while reducing costs. CMS has put aside $170 million to be made available next year for organizations to start ACOs. There will be 2 tracks that CMS has put forth. The first is an “upside only” during the first 3 year period where the ACO will not be liable to pay CMS if their costs increase. The second is both upside and downside, where ACOs will be liable to pay CMS even if costs increase in the third year. Since ACOs are mainly focused on quality, CMS has created an easy to follow service quality scale. Instead of Hospital Acquired Conditions, which consist of 65 measures, there will be 33 quality measures that will be standard across the spectrum of ACOs regardless of region. Members will not be able to join ACOs voluntarily. ACOs will receive lists of “probable beneficiaries” every quarter that can possibly be assigned to the ACO. The ACO will only receive credit for the beneficiary once they have had a majority of their primary care visits with the ACO. Also, 50 percent of ACO primary care physicians must be meaningful users of HER within the second year of the program. If the ACO doubles that number they will become part of the EHR Incentive Program Payment. As CMS beings to push harder toward the formation of ACOs, it is important to know what your organization is subject to. From
ACO final rule-summary U.S. Supreme Court agrees to take on health reform law As the debate of health care reform wages on, a new player has entered the mix. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear both sides of the debate. The constitutional nature of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will be examined in the spring of 2012, thus bringing to a head all the debates and arguments over the constitutionality of requiring individuals obtain health coverage or pay a penalty. From
U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Take on Health Reform Law Houston Chronicle lists top Houston area workplaces in 2011 Workplace Dynamics recently conducted a national survey among employees about their workplace. Houston area employees shared their views as well, and The Houston Chronicle released a report on the city’s top rated workplaces based on employee surveys. The list spotlights 2 Houston area hospitals in the top 10 ranking: Christus Health came in at the top healthcare spot, number 4, while West Houston Medical Center ranked number 9. It is also worth mentioning that West Houston Medical Center’s CEO is our very own chapter president, Todd Caliva. Congratulations to the hospitals listed! From
Top Houston Area Workplaces Employees tout core values at Christus Health Christus Health, a non-profit Catholic health care system that operates in 7 states and Mexico is a stable and highly touted workplace among its employees. With roots in health services for more than 100 years, emphasis is placed on their core values: dignity, integrity, excellence, compassion and stewardship. Christus Health has become a leader of success among employee satisfaction. The company amounts their success to nurturing its employees with the same core values they implement in providing health care to their patients. From
Employees Tout Core Values at Christus Health Thanks to all of the Chapter’s committee chairs, co-chairs, members, and student volunteers who tirelessly work to ensure the continued success of ACHE-SETC. Their volunteer services are greatly appreciated. If you would like to become a member of one of your Chapter’s committees please contact the ACHE-SETC Administrative Office @ 281-398-7877 or email @ quantumleadership@achehouston.org Special recognition to Anastasia Sturza, TWU MHA student, Prerna Yadav, M.D., UHCL MBA student, and Shervin Kalinia, President, HHPage, Inc., for their time, talents and energy in developing this newsletter. If you would like to comment on the Chapter’s Newsletter, please contact the ACHE-SETC Administrative Office (quantumleadership@ache-houston.org) or call: 281-398-7877 and speak to Don Gibson. |
What
a great year your Chapter has experienced with several new
records achieved! To summarize:
Our
Chapter President, Todd Caliva, had an extremely successful year
and he deserves our appreciation for a job well done. The
increase in membership is particularly noteworthy and creates
tremendous momentum for continued growth in 2012.
