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SUMMARY:First Quarter Double Panel Education Event
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\nOffering 3.0 Face-to-Face Credits (1.5 per panel)\nPanel 1: Equity of Care \nQuality of care should not vary based on the patients’ socioeconomic\, ethnic\, gender\, or geographic background. It is known however\, there is a healthcare divide in the U.S. especially in vulnerable populations including: those lacking health insurance\, low income families\, racial and ethnic minorities\, and LGBT populations. The Affordable Care Act aims to address access and equity of care issues by expanding health insurance coverage. The improvement in access to care will change the way healthcare is delivered and financed. \nTo embrace diversity is a core principle of the healthcare management profession and is also an ethical and business imperative. Healthcare organizations must ensure their staff is educated on disparities in order to appropriately address the needs of patients from diverse cultural and economic backgrounds to provide equitable high-quality care to all. It has been shown that patient-centered care improves clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction while reducing medical errors and costs. Eliminating healthcare disparities provides a strategic component to ensure organizational excellence and long-term financial viability. \nModerator: Virginia Rose-Harris\, MBA\, FACHE\nVP of Service Line Officer & Administrator\nTexas Health Presbyterian Hospital \nPanelists: \nTiffany Capeles\, MBA\nDirector\, Health Equity\nCHRISTUS Health \nNydia A. Gonzalez\, MS\, CCDP\nVice President and Chief Diversity Officer\nJPS Health Network \nJames H. Sammons Jr.\, M.D.\, M.S.\, FACHE\, FACOG\nChief Medical Officer\nTexas Health Arlington Memorial \nPanel 2: Diversity in Healthcare Management: Value-Added Business Sense \nDiversity in healthcare management is of critical importance and this factor must be recognized in the health care industry as organizations explore their recruitment processes. An increasingly diverse patient population can place pressure on health care organizations to reflect the communities they serve. Healthcare leaders also recognize that diversity brings fresh perspectives and skills provided by diverse employees that can help produce a bottom-line benefit for their organization\, resulting in added value as well as competitive advantage. \nOften\, there is disconnect between an organization’s diversity initiatives and the ability to promote diverse workforce within all levels of the organization. Many c-suite executives and managers fail to understand diversity\, its value\, and the importance of identifying\, developing\, and advancing diverse talent. Building a diverse leadership team will help drive organizational success and enhance cultural competence. It is important for healthcare leaders to begin a realistic discussion about diversity and their responsibility in effectively encouraging diversity within their organization and integrating into strategic initiatives \nModerator: \nGuwan Jones\, MPH\, CHES\nVice President Workforce Planning/Chief Diversity Officer\nHuman Resources\nBaylor Scott & White \nPanelists: \nNkem Okafor\nVice President\, Strategy & Planning\nMethodist Health System \nJyric Sims\nChief Executive Officer\nMedical City Fort Worth \nPaula Turicchi\, FACHE\nAdministrator of Hospital Operations\nParkland Health & Hospital System \nSpeaker Bios: \nAs Director of Health Equity\, Tiffany Capeles is responsible for establishing and advancing the Health Equity strategy of CHRISTUS Health by working across the organization to ensure initiatives\, resources and tools are effectively leveraged. She is particularly skilled at driving business results\, as well as establishing processes to advance the health and wellbeing of vulnerable communities that align and support population health and other organizational goals. Ms. Capeles’s knowledge navigating the complex challenges of connecting the IT infrastructure for multisite hospital systems with different EMR platforms\, to enable data collection\, analytics\, and reporting has positioned CHRISTUS Health to begin setting metrics on Equity of Care initiatives. She leads the implementation of innovative system changes that promote community health\, reduce health inequities\, and improve patient outcomes. \nPrior to CHRISTUS\, Ms. Capeles served as the Program Director for the Health and Wellness Alliance at Children’s Health in Dallas\, TX. There she led a collective impact initiative that brought together over 60 community leaders to ensuring that every child with asthma achieves their fullest health\, well-being\, and potential. Her work in guiding this coalition resulted in long-term successes for both the community\, as well as the children themselves. As a result of the community collaborative\, Dallas Housing Authority is now smoke-free\, the city’s decade old housing policy was revised to require landlords to maintain properties in alignment with the National Center for Health Housing standards\, as well as training city code compliance officers to issue violations for potential health concerns\, not just safety concerns. \nBefore her time in Texas\, Ms. Capeles served as a Consultant at the Center for Health Equity & Wellness at Adventist HealthCare in Gaithersburg\, Maryland. Throughout her tenure with the Center\, she advised hospitals’ leadership and served as a pioneer in helping hospitals achieve health equity through the establishment of culturally and linguistically appropriate programs\, services\, and policy for underserved populations. Her portfolio of work also includes concerted efforts in enhancing organizational cultural competence through the development of lectures and e-learning modules for clinical and non-clinical personnel\, as well as\, conducting organizational cultural competency assessments\, developing organizational strategic plans to achieve health equity\, and mobilizing internal and external coalitions across domains to address the social determinants of health. \nMs. Capeles’s work has received attention from healthcare systems both nationally and internationally and has been presented her work at national conferences and webinars. Additionally\, Ms. Capeles led a collaborative partnership with the National Diversity Program Office of Kaiser Permanente to re-develop their Qualified Bilingual Staff (QBS) Model for adoption in acute care settings\, and then piloted it at Adventist HealthCare. Success and recognition of the revised program resulted in Adventist HealthCare training over 800 bilingual healthcare professionals on proper medical interpretation in 10 languages\, both internally and externally\, in the community. These efforts ultimately led to Adventist HealthCare’s designation as the state model for training bilingual dual-role health care professionals\, by the Maryland Hospital Association. Ms. Capeles then later led the effort to launch the first QBS Train-the-Trainer for Maryland hospitals statewide. \nHer passion for population health is sincere and evident as she continues to help communities realize health equity\, improve access to care\, and ultimately improve the health of her community. \nMs. Capeles earned her Master of Business Administration in Finance at Hood College in Frederick\, Maryland\, and her Bachelor of Science in Health Care Administration from Kent State University in Kent\, Ohio. She currently resides in Richardson\, Texas with her husband and two adored\, highly spirited little girls. Her interests include health policy\, teen mentoring and camping. \nNydia Gonzalez is the Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer for JPS Health Network\, Tarrant County’s tax-supported healthcare system that includes an acute care hospital\, the county’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and only psychiatric emergency center and more than 60 unique points of care including 20 school-based health centers. JPS Health Network has been named among Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare\, placing JPS among the top 150 healthcare companies in the nation. JPS is the only public entity in Texas included on the list of 2017 Best Places to Work\, one of the most coveted honors in the industry. \nMs. Gonzalez’s division\, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI)\, oversees cultural competency education\, diversity compliance affirmative action\, and business supplier diversity. The role of the ODI is to ensure that equity\, diversity and inclusion are considered at the highest levels of institutional governance and established as a core organizational competence. \nChanging demographics\, the emergence of a knowledge-based economy and increases among the racially\, ethnically\, culturally and linguistically diverse populations residing in Tarrant County have provided a focus on the benefits of cultural competence at JPS. At the patient level\, the presence of culturally competent employees builds trust\, provides patient confidence and reduces costs associated with various types of medical errors. At the provider level\, advancements in cultural competency can improve quality and accreditation scores. Minimizing racial and ethnic disparities requires not only culturally competent clinicians but also leaders who create an organizational environment in which cultural competence is enabled\, cultivated and reinforced. \nDuring the course of her career\, Ms. Gonzalez has held diversity leadership positions in academic healthcare with The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center\, in higher education with Yale University\, and in corporate America with Dell Computer Corporation. \nMs. Gonzalez believes a global perspective matters and that the fabric of our lives are given color\, shape and texture by those close to us as well as those we meet in passing. They are an important part of the fabric of our lives – creating a global tapestry of friendship. \n  \nGuwan Jones is the Chief Diversity Officer of Baylor Scott & White Health. She is an ongoing advocate for underserved and vulnerable patient populations. Through her work with three healthcare systems and other not-for-profits\, she has worked on issues such as funding to increase access to health insurance for children\, focusing community resources on providing health care access for low socio-economic populations\, organizing resources for HIV/AIDS patients\, designing meaningful interventions for minority diabetes patients\, and designing analytic dashboards to measure human capital investment and patient outcomes. Guwan has helped advance Baylor’s work around access and health care improvement and produced the Baylor Health Care System Health Equity Performance Analysis. She participated in the nationally recognized Disparities Leadership Program designed to tackle racial and ethnic disparities in health care lead by the Disparities Solutions Center at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston\, MA\,. She served on the CitySquare board\, an organization supporting basic needs for lowsocioeconomic Dallas families and homeless communities. She was featured as a case study in the 2014 book “Be the one to start change at work and in life: Make Waves” because of her reputation of marrying the business case for working in parallel on the diverse needs of both talent and patients’. Guwan holds a Master of Public Health from the University of North Texas Health Science Center\, Fort Worth and a Bachelor of Science in Health Science from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Guwan is also a Certified Health Education Specialist and received the 2008 U.S. Surgeon General’s Healthy Youth for a Healthy Future Champion Award. \n  \nNkem Okafor is a senior healthcare executive with experience in strategy\, business development\, program management\, hospital operations\, and consulting. She is the Vice President of Strategy & Planning at Methodist Health System\, a $1.4 billion\, 9 hospital system in DFW. She oversees setting system-wide strategies and business planning\, leads business development and growth activities\, and guides market research and data analysis for the company’s decision-making. \nLast year\, Nkem was named one of the Top 15 Businesswomen in Dallas by the National Diversity Council. Previously\, Nkem was a System Director at Houston Methodist Hospital System\, where she oversaw programs focused on business development\, operational improvement\, global operations\, community benefits\, and population health management. Under her leadership\, she expanded the company’s operations to new countries and turned a budget negative department into a profit-generating center\, tripling revenue expectations. She also assisted in two acquisitions and improved operational performance\, resulting in over $70 million in financial savings. She oversaw the system’s community benefits\, totaling $530 million in funding for community health-related programs. She began her career at Deloitte Consulting as a Strategy & Operations Business Analyst. \nNkem has a Master of Public Health degree in Health Management from Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Management\, and a Bachelor’s from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\, graduating cum laude and Honors with distinction. She is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives\, and an active member of National Association of Health Services Executives and the Dallas Regional Chamber’s Leadership Dallas.  \n  \nVirginia Rose-Harris serves an Officer for Texas Health Resources and the Administrator of The Margot Perot Center for Women’s and Infants at Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas Hospital. In addition\, Virginia heads up the community outreach initiatives and DSRIP/1115 Waiver programming forging relationships with community partners for Texas Health Dallas with an ultimate outcome of improving the health of the people in the communities Texas Health Resources serves. Most recently\, Virginia led the organization in the development of a strategic relationship with Children’s Health and UT Southwestern resulting in pediatric specialty service offerings creating enhanced coordinated care for newborns and the neonatal patient population. The Margot Perot Center has achieved the distinction by Dallas Child as being the Best Place to Have a Baby for five years running. \nVirginia is a graduate Fellow with the Texas Hospital Association and is a Leadership Dallas alum. She was formerly with HCA\, Inc. out of Nashville Tennessee from 1990 – 2010 serving as Vice President and Strategic Development Officer and Chief Ethics and Compliance/Diversity Officer at Medical City Dallas Hospital\, the flagship hospital for the system’s 166 hospital nationwide. \nVirginia has been recognized most recently as one of the Inspirational\, Accomplished and Engaging Women of Northeast Tarrant County\, as one of Texas’ Most Powerful and Influential Women by the National Diversity Council and by the Dallas Business Journal for Women in Business Awards as a Change Maker for her significant contributions and achievements on the business front. In addition\, community projects have resulted in recognition by D CEO Magazine for the Excellence in Healthcare Awards and by the Texas Hospital Association. \nVirginia holds an MBA from Dallas Baptist University and is a Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives. She has been a keynote speaker at the Greater Fort Worth Healthcare Summit and the Women of Visionary Influence Annual Recognition luncheon. She has been invited to speak on topics such as successful workplace engagement\, patient experience\, diversity\, leadership\, business operations and strategy in several venues including the North Dallas Chamber\, the Texas Diversity Council National Conference\, Southern Methodist University Roundtable\, Dallas North Chamber of Commerce\, Texas Diversity Leadership Conference\, HCA\, the Society for Healthcare Marketing and Strategy Development and The Gallup Organization. Virginia has also consulted for hospitals across the nation in the areas of leadership\, operations and employee engagement. \nVirginia serves as a board member for the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce\, Dallas Women’s Foundation\, the Texas Diversity Council\, Texas Health Women’s Specialty Surgery Center\, Southwest Diagnostic Imaging Center and the Texas Health Surgery Center of Dallas and has served on the Executive Leadership Team of the American Heart Association Go Red Initiative for the last six years. Virginia also works with the Vickery Meadow area “brain trust” of non-profits including Healing Hands Ministries to design programs to care for refugees and families in the community who need access to health care. \nAFFILIATIONS AND VOLUNTEERING: \nWorld Affairs Council\, Society for Healthcare Marketing and Strategy\, American College of Healthcare Executives\, American Heart Association – Go Red Co-Chair-2012/2013\, March of Dimes\, Genesis Women’s Shelter\, Good Shepherd Catholic Church\, Destination Imagination\, Vickery Meadows Learning Center\, Carroll Independent School District. \nFAMILY: \nVirginia is married and has two teenage children. \nDr. James Sammons serves as chief medical officer at Texas Health Arlington Memorial. He is responsible for promoting clinical excellence and safety in patient care throughout all hospital departments. \nSince 2012\, Sammons has led many diverse efforts such as preventing hospital-acquired infections and decreasing Medicare spending per beneficiary. Additionally\, Texas Health Arlington Memorial became the first hospital in the system to achieve certification by The Joint Commission for Fragility Fractures. \nWith more than 25 years of physician leadership experience\, Sammons formerly served as vice president for medical affairs at two Virginia health care systems: Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital in Newport News and Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center in Williamsburg. Having served in the Armed Forces for more than 26 years\, Sammons is a retired colonel from the United States Air Force Medical Corps\, where he completed clinical and leadership assignments during two wars. \nSammons graduated from Texas A&M University and Baylor College of Medicine in Texas. He completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Portsmouth Naval Regional Medical Center in Virginia. He also holds a master’s degree in national resource strategy from the National Defense University in Washington\, D.C. \nHe also serves the community as Texas Health’s representative to the Texas Hospital Association’s Council on Policy Development\, an Advisory Board member for the Arlington Life Shelter and a member of the Board of Managers for the Texas Health Heart and Vascular Hospital. \nSammons and his wife\, Cindy\, who is a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu\, have two grown children and four grandchildren. \nJyric Sims is the Chief Executive Officer at Medical City Fort Worth. Prior to his current position\, Sims has served as senior vice president and chief operating officer at Hospital Corporation of America’s (HCA) Tulane Health System\, where he was responsible for daily operations of two acute care hospitals with over 500 beds and 35 hospital based clinics. His leadership is credited with remarkable improvements in patient experience\, service line growth and recruitment of top talent to the organization. He led more than $50 million in construction and capital improvements over the past two years and exhibited a commitment to the community\, having served on multiple community boards including the Louisiana Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Sims brings more than 17 years of healthcare experience to the role. His medical career began as a certified nursing assistant and quickly advanced to leadership and business development roles\, including director of operations at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston\, Texas. He joined HCA in 2011 serving as chief operating officer of St. Lucie Medical Center in Port St. Lucie\, Florida and Associate Chief Operating Officer at Clear Lake Regional Medical Center in Webster\, Texas. Sims received a Master of Health Administration from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and holds an undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University (LSU). He was also awarded the 2016 UAMS Alumnus of the Year and in 2015 the Modern Healthcare Up and Comer Award. \nPaula Turicchi\, FACHE\, is Administrator of Hospital Operations\, at Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas\, Texas. She assists the Chief Operating Officer with all aspects of hospital operations including performance improvement\, regulatory compliance\, survey readiness\, and project management. Parkland is an urban\, inner-city\, multi-specialty\, academic health system with approximately 870 beds\, a Level 1 Trauma Center\, 39\,000 adult and 1\,500 neonatal ICU discharges\, 18\,000 surgeries 12\,000 deliveries\, and 1 million outpatient visits. Previously\, she served as the Senior Vice President and Administrator of Women and Infant’s Specialty Health (WISH)\, overseeing outpatient\, inpatient\, and emergency services for one of the largest maternity services in the United States. \nShe recently served as the Chair of the Women’s Health Advisory Committee of Texas which was created by Senate Bill 200 of the 84th Legislature to advise the Health & Human Services Commission on consolidation of women’s health programs. \nPaula is board certified in Healthcare Administration and holds a Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from Trinity University and Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. \nA special thanks to Jyric Sims and Medical City Fort Worth for hosting this event!\n  \nRegister Now\n 
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SUMMARY:Cocktails with the Chiefs
DESCRIPTION: Register Now\nOur popular Cocktails with the Chiefs event is back in Dallas – once again at the trendy Mercury Grill. \nCome listen as local industry leaders share their experiences\, gaining insights on how to build leadership skills and leveraging them for professional growth. Learn from their successes and challenges and be inspired to further pursue your own professional and personal development goals. \nThe event will include some great networking opportunities as well. \nModerator: \nNancy Vish\, RN\, Ph.D.\, NEA-BC\nPresident\nBaylor Heart & Vascular Hospital \nPanelists: \nJohn A. Gillean\, M.D.\, M.H.A.\nExecutive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer\nCHRISTUS Health \nKen Hutchenrider\, FACHE\nPresident\nMethodist Richardson Medical Ctr \nWinjie Miao\nEVP\, Chief Experience Officer\nTexas Health Resources \nDr. Zach Mueller\, DNP\, RN\, NEA-BC\nDivision Chief Nursing Executive\nMedical City Healthcare | HCA North Texas Division \nTroy Thibodeaux\nRegional President\nSound Physicians \nSpeaker Bios: \nJohn A. Gillean\, M.D. serves as the senior clinical executive of CHRISTUS Health\, a faith-based\, Catholic health care organization serving communities in the U.S.\, Mexico\, and Colombia. In this capacity\, Dr. Gillean oversees all clinical departments and programs needed for the delivery of high quality health care to fulfill the mission\, “To extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ.” His many areas of responsibility include quality and patient safety\, health informatics\, accreditation readiness\, clinical research and academics\, physician and nurse professional development\, clinical risk management\, and other areas that impact the care delivered to patients and communities. \nAfter receiving his medical degree from the University of Arkansas in 1977\, Dr. Gillean completed an internal medicine internship at Tulane University in 1978\, and his internal medicine residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in 1980. He achieved his board certification in internal medicine in 1981. From the time he graduated until 1995\, he served as an internal medicine specialist in a community group practice in Texarkana\, Texas. Prior to 1999\, when Dr. Gillean assumed his current role with CHRISTUS Health\, he served in a variety of administrative capacities as Medical Director for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arkansas\, a physician-hospital association\, in addition to managing a multi-specialty clinic and his own practice. \nDr. Gillean has a passion for quality health care delivery to meet the needs of individual patients and unique populations. He actively encourages physician and nursing input for problem solving and more effective transition of care from the acute care setting to ambulatory or home services. He continuously challenges CHRISTUS Health associates to move to a high reliability organization which first does no harm\, and then optimizes health care outcomes. \nDr. Gillean has long supported the use of technology to improve the delivery of care through the use of evidence-based practices\, implementation of best practices\, and reducing human errors. As part of this commitment\, he has co-authored a number of professional articles relating to the improvement of health care through the use of this technology. These include: \n\n“A search for the ‘Holy Grail’ of health care: a correlation between quality and profitability.” Healthcare Financial Management\, 2006.\n“EHRs\, CPOE and digital documentation: An effective component of the U.S. national response to the epidemic of medical error related deaths.” British Medical Journal\, 2016.\n“In defense of Meaningful Use.” Journal of Clinical Pathways\, 2016.\n“The impact of order source misattribution on provider CPOE performance.” (in peer review)\n“Clinical impact and value of workstation single sign on.” (in peer review)\n\nIn addition to these professional outreach efforts through various publications\, Dr. Gillean encourages his staff to actively participate in their professional organizations/associations on a national level. He believes that by sharing the learnings and best practices collaboratively\, health care for all Americans can be improved. \nKen Hutchenrider\, FACHE\, joined Methodist Richardson Medical Center as President in July\, 2010. \nHe has more than 25 years of executive experience with a result oriented record of substantially increasing financial stability and strengthening team management to build a tradition of providing the best care possible to the communities served. \nDuring his tenure\, Ken administered the assimilation of the hospital into the Methodist Health System\, as well as the development of a $120M replacement hospital and its subsequent and ongoing expansions. Pam Stoyanoff\, Chief Operations Officer of Methodist Health System has said “Ken is an outstanding leader with a proven track record in operational excellence.” \nAdditional accomplishments include the establishment of a new wound care center\, recruitment and stabilization of the NICU physician group\, development of the Da Vinci surgical program\, and the successful recruitment/employment of new medical staff members. Under his direction\, Methodist Richardson has received accreditations as a Chest Pain Center\, a Stroke Center\, and achieved nursing Pathway to Excellence. \nPrior to July 2010\, Ken served as the Chief Executive Officer of Galesburg Cottage Hospital\, in Galesburg\, Illinois. There\, he successfully and effectively managed all facets of the 173 bed acute care facility\, including a skilled nursing unit\, inpatient psychiatric unit\, a joint venture outpatient therapy unit\, and a joint venture dialysis unit. \nPreviously in his career\, Ken served in executive roles including Chief Executive Officer of the Terre Haute Regional Hospital in Terre Haute\, Indiana and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Wesley Medical Center in Wichita\, Kansas. Ken started his career in a clinical position as a Paramedic Shift Supervisor in Pasadena\, Texas. \nHe holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas A&M University and a Masters of Healthcare Administration from the University of Houston\, Clear Lake. \nKen has received many accolades\, including the American Heart Association SOAR Award\, the Community Health System Outstanding Achievement Award\, and Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He is actively involved in the community and currently serves as the Chairman of the Richardson Chamber of Commerce. Ken is an enthusiastic supporter of the PISD Health Sciences Academy. \nOn a personal note\, Ken and his wife Melinda have two teenage daughters. When he’s not spending time with his family\, you are most likely to find Ken on the golf course. He is also a private pilot. \nWinjie Tang Miao is the executive vice president and chief experience officer for Texas Health Resources. In this role\, she leads system efforts to deliver a seamless\, holistic consumer experience across the entire Texas Health organization. The Experience division uses consumer insights to develop new products and services\, establish and maintain a consistent\, differentiated consumer and care team experience\, enhance the Texas Health brand\, and drive Texas Health’s strategic and operational transformation efforts. \nMiao joined Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas in 2000 as an administrative resident. At Texas Health Dallas she oversaw the development of more than $500 million in construction and the growth and development of outpatient clinics and the oncology service line. In 2007\, she was named president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Azle\, a facility that is recognized for both quality and community health efforts. In 2011\, she became president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance. Under her leadership\, Texas Health Alliance opened in 2012\, and has received national recognition for its innovative technology. Miao became Texas Health’s senior vice president of System Integration and Innovation in 2015 and was instrumental in systemwide efforts such as Reliable Care Blueprinting. \nIn 2013\, Miao was honored with the Outstanding Achievement Award from the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce-Southwest Region. She has been named by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of the “130 Women Hospital and Health System Leaders to Know” (2015) and “25 Healthcare Leaders Under Age 40” (2012). In 2008\, she was honored as one of Modern Healthcare magazine’s “Up and Comers.” \nA biomedical engineering graduate of Johns Hopkins University\, Miao also earned a master’s degree in health care administration\, with a concentration in financial management and quality management\, from the University of North Carolina. \nZach Mueller\, DNP\, RN\, NEA-BC\, serves as division chief nursing executive (DCNE) of Medical City Healthcare. In this role\, he oversees patient care\, nursing practice\, education\, informatics\, patient experience\, research and operations for nurses and other caregivers at all Medical City Healthcare hospitals in North Texas. \nDr. Mueller joined Medical City Dallas and Medical City Children’s Hospital in 2011 and was promoted to senior vice president and facility CNE in 2015. Under his leadership\, patient satisfaction scores for women’s services and the neonatal intensive care unit increased significantly\, and Medical City Dallas received an unprecedented third Magnet® designation for nursing excellence. In 2014\, he was named among the prestigious Dallas-Fort Worth “Great 100 Nurses.” \nKnown for his innovation\, Zach created the Compassion Campaign\, a multiphase patient experience initiative designed to create compassionate connections between nurses and patients. The campaign contributed to the highest registered nurse (RN) employee engagement in five years and notable improvements in patient satisfaction results. \nDr. Mueller brings a wealth of healthcare experience to his role\, having worked in nursing for over 18 years\, chiefly at the bedside as an RN in the emergency department. He has also served in a variety of leadership roles\, including as director of education\, director of pediatrics and director of cardiovascular services. He has been a leader within HCA Healthcare\, the parent company\, for over 14 years. Zach is active in several professional organizations\, including the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE). His career achievements include speaking nationally and internationally on a variety of nursing and healthcare topics. \nDr. Mueller holds two doctoral degrees from the University of Colorado\, a Doctor of Nursing and a Doctor of Nursing Practice\, as well as a master’s degree in nursing and two undergraduate degrees. He is board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a nursing executive\, advanced. \nAs a dynamic nursing executive\, Zach is passionate about nursing and leadership and is actively involved in driving organizational and system performance\, and supporting a highly engaged and outcomes-driven workforce. \nNancy A. Vish\, RN\, PhD\, FACHE\, is president and chief nursing officer for the Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital. Since 2002\, Dr. Vish has led north Texas’ first hospital dedicated solely to the care and treatment of heart and vascular disease. Her vision and commitment to quality\, patient-centered care have enabled the hospital to become a destination of choice for patients in North Texas\, across the state of Texas and from across the nation\, seeking diagnosis and treatment for a wide variety of heart and vascular issues. Baylor Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital has become one of the leading heart disease research centers in the country thanks to Dr. Vish’s compassion and dedication to bringing tomorrow’s revolutionary cardiac interventions to patients today. Her laser-like focus on collaboration with world renown cardiologists\, interventional cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons on the medical staff of Baylor Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital\, has resulted in evidence-based care being delivered to every patient\, every time. This has led to quality outcomes that consistently place Baylor Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital near the top of national quality performance metrics. Thanks to her experience as a nurse and her passion for leadership the hospital has earned many awards and recognitions\, including: \n\nThe Guardian Award for Excellence in Patient Satisfaction and the Beacon of Excellence Award in Patient Satisfaction from Press Ganey\nTop Performer on Key Quality Measures from The Joint Commission\nNamed one of the “Nation’s Best Cardiovascular Programs” by Becker’s Hospital Review\nMagnet® status for excellence in nursing services from the American Nurses Credentialing Center\nNamed to Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work list in 2012\, 2013\, 2014 and 2015\nTexas Award for Performance Excellence\, the state’s highest honor for quality and organization performance\, from the Quality Texas Foundation\n2014 Mission: Lifeline® Gold Achievement award from the American Heart Association for efforts to provide prompt\, evidence-based care for heart attack patients.\n\nDr. Vish holds a doctor of nursing degree from Texas Women’s University\, a master of science in nursing degree from Vanderbilt University and a bachelor of science in nursing degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Prior to assuming her role as president/CNO for Baylor Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital\, she was vice president of clinical operations/CNO for the hospital. She has also served as program manager/director for the cardiac cath lab\, electrophysiology/PM(?) lab\, coronary care unit and interventional cardiology unit at Baylor University Medical Center and as head nurse of the specialty care unit at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville\, TN. She began her nursing career at Presbyterian University Hospital in Pittsburgh\, PA. \nDr. Vish has received many special honors during her career: \n\nTop 100 Women in Healthcare to Watch by Becker’s Hospital Review in 2012\, 2013 and 2014\nFinalist for D Magazine Top Nurses-Administration\nNominated to attend Leadership Dallas by the Dallas Chamber of Commerce\nProfiled by Health Leaders Media\nGreat 100 Nurses of Dallas\n\nDr. Vish is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives\, past president of the American Association of Critical Care Nursing (Dallas chapter)\, sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Society\, Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals\, American College of Cardiovascular Administrators Society of Critical Care Medicine\, Vascular Nurses Society\, American Nurses Association\, Texas Nurses Association and Texas Organization of Nurse Executives. \n  \nAs Sound Physician’s Regional President\, Troy Thibodeaux provides operational and strategic leadership to drive value for patients\, physicians\, and hospital partners. \nThroughout his 20 years of leadership experience\, Troy has successfully worked to improve clinical quality\, safety\, patient experience and cost-effectiveness.  With an emphasis on servant leadership\, Troy works to develop and encourage teams to drive performance. \nPrior to joining Sound\, he served as President and CEO of Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock\, TX.  Troy is a strong supporter of The American College of Healthcare Executives and has served in multiple roles that include President of the East Texas ACHE Chapter.  He is also a recipient of the American College of Healthcare Executives Regents Award. \nTroy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Texas State University and a Master of Health Care Administration from Texas Woman’s University. \n  \nThanks to Sound Physicians for hosting this event!\nRegister Now
URL:https://achentx.org/event/cocktails-with-the-chiefs-2/
LOCATION:The Mercury Grill\, 11909 Preston Road\, Dallas\, TX\, 75230\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education,Networking
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SUMMARY:Second Quarter Education Event
DESCRIPTION: Panels are approved for 1.5 Face-to-Face credits each (3.0 for both)\nRegister\n  \nPanel 1: Financial Implications: The Push from Inpatient to Outpatient Care \nModerator: \nBrett McClung\, FACHE\nExecutive Vice President & North Zone Operations Leader\nTexas Health Resources \nPanelists: \nTina Barker\nVice President\, Strategy Management and Development\n CHRISTUS Health \nLeslie Pierce\nVP Revenue Cycle\nMethodist Health System \nSteven R. Newton\, MPH\, FACHE\nPresident\n Baylor Scott & White West Region\, North Division \nPanel 2: Managing Your Clinical Supply Chain \nModerator: \nBen Isgur\, FACHE\nLeader\nPwC Health Research Institute \nPanelists: \nJuliann Helsel\, MSHM\, BSN\, RN\nUtilization Director\nROi \nTony W. Johnson\nSenior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer\nBaylor Scott & White Health \nBill Lammers MHA\, RT(R)(CT)\nService Line Director\, Capital Equipment\nCHRISTUS Health \nNathaniel Mickish\, MBA\nVice President Strategic Sourcing\nTexas Health Resources \nSpeakers Bios: \nTina Barker\nVice President\, Strategy Management and Development\nCHRISTUS Health \nTina Barker joined CHRISTUS Health in January of 2013 as the Vice President for Strategy Management and Development. The Strategy Management and Development office resides at the system office in Irving\, TX and is responsible for planning\, development and monitoring strategic plans for key system departments and the CHRISTUS Health regions both within the U.S. and Internationally. \nTina has over 15 years of relevant industry experience including roles at HCA\, Tenet Healthcare\, Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen. She received her Master’s Degree in Health Administration from Trinity University\, San Antonio and her undergraduate degree\, Bachelor of Science in Genetics\, from Texas A&M\, College Station. \nImmediately prior to CHRISTUS Health Tina worked for HCA in the corporate office based in Nashville\, TN where she held a Senior Director role in their centralized planning and development group. In this role she supported planning and development for the Southwest region which included 46 hospitals located in Texas\, Colorado and Oklahoma. In addition\, she had national oversight for service line planning for multiple service lines\, including Ortho\, IP Rehab\, Oncology\, Pediatrics\, and Cardiovascular. \nJuliann Helsel\, MSHM\, BSN\, RN\nUtilization Director\nRoi \nJuliann Helsel\, Utilization Director\, with Roi and has extensive experience in healthcare operations specializing in projects\, quality and cost management. Prior to joining ROi\, Ms. Helsel worked for Vizient where she worked as a consultant and assisted hospital executives with supply cost reduction. While at Vizient she also assisted hospital executives in managing their Value-Based Purchasing requirements along with overseeing the operations\, education and development of Vizient’ s new web-based clinical and analytical tools. She also has experience in working with physicians and executives on utilization\, consolidation and quality improvement initiatives and has served as a Chief Nursing Officer. She has received recognition and multiple awards for her leadership skills. Ms. Helsel received her B.S. in Nursing from Baylor University and Master’s in Health Services Management from University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. \nBen Isgur\, FACHE\nLeader\nPwC Health Research Institute \nBenjamin Isgur leads PwC’s Health Research Institute.  HRI is a dedicated research group that provides new intelligence\, perspective\, and analysis on major health-related business issues. In this role\, he oversees thought leadership and research initiatives for the firm and clients.  He also consults with healthcare systems\, trade associations\, and policy groups on strategic planning\, and industry intelligence and trends. \nBen is a published writer and his research is often cited by health leaders across the industry. He has been quoted in media outlets such as the New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, Washington Post and Modern Healthcare and has appeared on the CNBC Nightly Business Report. In addition\, he frequently speaks on a range of topics\, including physician-hospital alignment\, government policy\, medical cost trends\, consumerism\, academic medicine and digital health. \nPrior to joining PwC he developed health policy as a legislative director in the Texas House of Representatives and as a government relations officer for the City of Austin. Ben received a master’s degree from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin where he was a US Department of Defense fellow. \nTony W. Johnson\nSenior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Office\nBaylor Scott & White Health \nTony Johnson is a corporate senior vice president and Chief Supply Chain Officer for Baylor Scott & White Health. Tony joined Baylor Scott & White Health in July 2016. Tony is accountable for a system wide integrated supply chain and for controlling the cost of over $2B in annual spend for supplies andservices. Tony was previously an executive at Novant Health of Winston Salem NC. During his tenure at Novant\, he developed an integrated supply chain that supported 13 Novant Health hospitals\, 6 surgery centers\, 71 imaging centers\, and 356 physician practices in NC\, SC\, GA and VA. He has also developed a strategic sourcing organization that reduced Novant Health supply spend by over $300 million in 5 years\, lowering Novant’s supply cost as a percent of net patient revenue from 19.5% to 14.3%. Tony also led a clinical engineering organization that self-maintained over 75\,000 pieces of medical equipment to include over 200 CT’s and MRI’s. His supply chain and clinical engineering organizations were benchmarked as top performers in the country. Tony has an exceptional understanding of the healthcare supply chain\, physician partnerships and optimizing costs for all non-labor expenses. As COO for Shared Services\, Tony was responsible for operational improvements for 9 additional affiliated and managed hospitals. \nPrior to joining Novant\, Mr. Johnson served as Vice President of General Services for the Grady Health System in Atlanta\, Georgia. He is also a retired army lieutenant colonel. Tony’s career includes leadership roles in civilian and military hospitals\, a combat logistics battalion and a global logistics center located in Europe. He served as the Joint Task Force healthcare supply chain officer for the Department of Defense in support of the Rwandan refugee crisis in 1994. From Uganda\, he provided medical supply support for healthcare operations in Rwanda\, Uganda\, The Democratic Republic of the Congo\, and Kenya. \nTony has an undergraduate degree in biology and a master’s degree in business with a concentration in materials management. Tony served on local chambers of commerce and was a board member for the school of business at WinstonSalem State University and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC. Tony served as chairman of the operations council for the MNS supply chain network. Mr. Johnson has over 35 years of national and international healthcare operations and supply chain experience and has led and implemented several significant advancements in supply chain operations during his career that were adopted globally. \nBill Lammers MHA\, RT(R)(CT)\nService Line Director\, Capital Equipment\nCHRISTUS Health \nBill Lammers is the current Service Line Director\, Capital Equipment with CHRISTUS Health. He has over 30 years of healthcare experience. Bill’s medical experience started in the US Navy as a Hospital Corpsman. After the Navy Bill attended the Medical University of South Carolina and received his Master’s in Health Administration. He has research experience with capital equipment and life-cycle-analysis from working with MD Buyline and has spent many years negotiating capital equipment for large health care systems and GPOs. Bill maintains a license in both CT and radiography. \nBrett McClung\, FACHE\nExecutive Vice President & North Zone Operations Leader\nTexas Health Resources. \nBrett S. McClung\, FACHE\, is the executive vice president and North Zone Operations Leader for Texas Health Resources. He has operating responsibility for owned and partnered assets in the northern 6 county region of Texas driving over $1.4 billion in total operating revenue. \nPrior to this role\, McClung served as president of hospitals in suburban and large urban markets and has been associated with Texas Health Resources and Harris Methodist in various roles since 1993. Among others\, McClung volunteers his leadership to: March of Dimes\, Dallas Division Board of Directors\, Healthy Tarrant County Collaboration (past chair)\, Trinity University Healthcare Advisory Council\, and faculty/moderator for American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). \nMcClung’s honors include being a Wharton Fellow with the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and being a Marshall Memorial Leadership Fellow with the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He also has been recognized as the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council Young Executive of the Year\, the Early Careerist Healthcare Executive Award from ACHE\, and “40 Business Leaders under 40” recognition from the Fort Worth Business Press. McClung earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business from Southwestern University and a Master of Science in Healthcare Administration from Trinity University. He and his wife Nancy have been married for 25 years and have two daughters\, Madison a Graduate Student at Stanford University and Mackenzie\, a sophomore at University of Southern California. \nNathaniel Mickish\, MBA\nVice President Strategic Sourcing\nTexas Health Resources \nNate Mickish is the vice president of strategic souring for Texas Health Resources in Arlington\, Texas. He has been with Texas Health Resources since January 2013 and prior to that\, he was with CHI Health (f/k/a Alegent Health) in Omaha\, NE. In addition to his role at Texas Health\, Nate serves on the board of the Bellwether League; an organization dedicated to the development and recognition of supply chain leaders in healthcare. Nate earned his Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Nebraska system. \n  \nSteven R. Newton\, MPH\, FACHE\nPresident\nBaylor Scott & White Health\, North Texas Operations \nSteve Newton is a senior vice president of Baylor Scott and White Health\, and president of the DFW West Region\, which has annual operating revenue of 800 million and more than 4\,000 employees. Steve has 28 years’ experience in large integrated delivery systems in the for-profit and not-for profit sectors\, and more than 20 years’ experience as president of tertiary/quaternary care hospitals. \nSteve serves as a board member of the DFW Hospital Council Foundation\, Grapevine Chamber of Commerce\, United Way of Tarrant County\, and the Healthy Tarrant County Collaborative\, and is past chairman of the Dallas – Fort Worth Hospital Council and the American Heart Association Tarrant County affiliate. He was a founding board member of the Healing Shepard Clinic of Union Gospel Mission\, and served as the 2016 Chair of the Tarrant County March for Babies campaign. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. \nHe is a cum laude graduate of Williams College and received a Master’s Degree in Public Health from Yale University. He is married\, has three children\, and is an avid long-distance runner and veteran of 17 marathons. \nLeslie Pierce\nVP Revenue Cycle\nMethodist Health System \nLeslie Pierce is SVP Revenue Cycle at Methodist Health System. She is currently responsible for guiding highly skilled cross functional teams in the design\, development\, and implementation of best practice revenue cycle solutions and processes. She was previously an AVP Client Relations at Parallon Business Solutions. Leslie has 18+ years experience as a healthcare executive with multi-facility operational experience and is a proven leader in revenue cycle best practices consistently achieving revenue\, cost\, and productivity goals. \nRegister
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SUMMARY:Multi-Chapter Education Event
DESCRIPTION:For the first time ever\, the below four ACHE chapters are joining forces to offer an incredible education event. Offering up to 6.0 approved Face-to-Face credits\, it’s a great opportunity to learn\, meet new colleagues and network — all close to home and at an extremely reasonable rate! \nHosted by the following ACHE Chapters: \nACHE of North Texas\nEast Texas ACHE Forum\nSooner Healthcare Executives\nTexas Midwest Healthcare Executives\nRegister\nPanel 1: Integrating the Principles of Patient-Centered Care \nModerator: \nKen Hutchenrider\, FACHE\nPresident\nMethodist Richardson Medical Center \nPanelists: \nJan Althouse\, FACHE\, RDH\, MHA \nPatient Experience Coordinator\, Patient Satisfaction\nCook Children’s Health System\, Fort Worth \nBrad Thompson\nManager for Patient Relations and Patient Experience\nHendrick Health System \nPaul Wright\, MD\nMedical Director\nSSM Health Medical Group\, Oklahoma City \nPanel 2: Physician-Hospital Integration in the 21st Century \nModerator: \nChris Whybrew\, FACHE\nPrincipal\nWhybrew Medical Management \nPanelists: \nKevin Lewis\, MD\, CPE\, FAASM\nRegional President and CEO\nSSM Health Medical Group Oklahoma \nBrett McClung\, FACHE\nExecutive Vice President\nTexas Health Resources \nShelly Miland\nVice President of Finance & CFO\nTexas Health Methodist \nPanel 3: Improving the Health of Your Community \nModerator: \nJohn Allen\, FACHE\nDirector\, Practice Operations\, Neighborhood Clinics\nCook Children’s Medical Center \nPanelists: \nVida Amin\, MD\nNeighborhood Clinic Medical Director / Population Health Advisor\nCook Children’s Physician’s Network \nSeetha Modi\, MBA\, MPH\, CSSGB\nFormer Director of Population Health\nOZ Systems \nMatt Richardson\, FACHE\nDirector of Public Health\nDenton County \nPanel 4: Palliative Care-Advancing Quality and Improving Costs \nModerator: \nAlfred Levy MD\nMedical director of Palliative Care\nBaylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital \nPanelists: \nBrian Bessent\, FACHE\nVice President\nHendrick Health System \nAlvin Mathe\, DO\nCenter for Geriatrics\nUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center \nSarah K. Minor\, DO\, FACOEP\, HMDC\nMedical Director\nINTEGRIS Hospice and INTEGRIS Hospice House \nSpeakers Bios: \nJohn Allen\, FACHE\nDirector\, Practice Operations\, Neighborhood Clinics\nCook Children’s Medical Center \nJohn spent 22 years in the US Coast Guard (USCG). He spent the early part of his military career working as an EMT and health services technician. As a commissioned officer\, he worked as a practice administrator and regional practice director. After he left the USCG\, he worked as a program director at UNT Health Science Center for a transitional care program. He now works as a Director of Practice Operations at Cook Children’s Physicians Network. He holds a masters in health administration from Baylor University and a masters in public health from the University of West Florida. \nJan Althouse\, FACHE\, RDH\, MHA \nPatient Experience Coordinator\, Patient Satisfaction\nCook Children’s Health System\, Fort Worth \nJan is the Patient Experience Coordinator\, overseeing Patient Satisfaction at Cook Children’s Health System in Fort Worth. She was previously the Business Manager of Pain Management Centers at the Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas; Independent Contractor with JK Althouse\, RDH in Fort Worth; and Dental Practice Management Coach & Consultant at Jameson Management in Davis\, Oklahoma. \nShe received her Associate degree in Applied Science Dental Hygiene\, from Shawnee State College; Bachelor’s in Business Administration Marketing from the University of Nebraska; Master’s in Healthcare Administration from the University of Texas-Arlington and is a Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt through Villanova University. \nVida Amin\, MD\nNeighborhood Clinic Medical Director / Population Health Advisor\nCook Children’s Physician’s Network \nDr. Vida Amin earned both her medical degree and completed her residency training in Pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston\, Texas. She has also completed executive leadership training via the TCU Advancing Healthcare Leadership Series in Fort Worth\, Texas. Dr. Amin has served as a member of the Cook Children’s Health Plan Board\, as well as the System Physician Board. Additionally\, she has been the lead physician champion over multiple system quality initiatives and value based projects. \nDr. Amin currently serves as Medical Director of the Cook Children’s Neighborhood Clinics (NHCs)\, as well as Population Health Advisor for the Cook Children’s Healthcare System\, located in Fort Worth\, Texas. The Cook Neighborhood Clinics consist of seven community based clinics serving the Fort Worth area and surrounding communities. \nDuring her years as medical director of the NHCs and board member of the health plan\, Dr. Amin has helped successfully lead several collaborative efforts between the CCPN Neighborhood Clinics\, Cook Children’s Health Plan\, and the Cook Children’s Healthcare System. These initiatives have included\, but are not limited to\, topics such as Asthma Clinical Pathways\, Pharmacy Cost Savings\, Speech Therapy Project\, and Complex Care Navigation. \nDr. Amin has also represented Cook Children’s Physician Network (CCPN) as the lead physician responder and population health advisor on multiple key public health issues in the local community. On a national level\, she has represented Cook Children’s at the Children’s Hospital Association: Accountable Health Learning Collaborative\, where she joins other children’s hospital representatives in exploring innovative approaches in the quality\, cost\, and delivery of care within our children’s hospitals. She remains active on several organizational committees\, including the system Quality Committee\, the Patient Experience Committee\, and the Readmissions committee. Dr. Amin is the driver behind departmental process improvement efforts\, and the principal force behind the development of various clinical training protocols. \nDr. Amin’s professional mission and passion for excellence contributes to the fulfillment of the Cook’s promise: “Knowing that every child’s life is sacred\, it is the promise of Cook Children’s to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness\, disease and injury.” \nBrian Bessent\, FACHE\nVice President\nHendrick Health System \nBrian received his Bachelor of Science in Speech-Language Pathology from Hardin Simmons University in 1996 and Master of Science in 1998 from the University of North Texas. He began working at Hendrick in 1999 and served as Director of Rehabilitation and Director of Transitional Services until he was promoted to Vice President in 2013. Brian is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He oversees Rehabilitation Services\, Long-Term Acute Care\, Hendrick Medical Supply\, Hendrick Hospice Care\, Hendrick Housecalls Home Health\, Pathways Palliative Care program\, and the Skilled Nursing Facility as well as Patient Relations and Risk Management. \nIn 2011\, Brian helped lead efforts to establish a full service Palliative Care program at Hendrick Health System which has now grown significantly over the past few years. \nBrian is on the Board of Directors of the Abilene Industrial Foundation\, Hardin-Simmons University Board of Development\, Dyess Air Force Base Military Affairs Committee\, the Institute of Healthcare Executives and Suppliers and the Texas Hospital Association\, Education Committee. He serves as an Honorary Commander for Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene. \nKen Hutchenrider\, FACHE\nPresident\nMethodist Richardson Medical Center \nKen Hutchenrider joined Methodist Richardson Medical Center as President in July\, 2010. \nHe has more than 25 years of executive experience with a result oriented record of substantially increasing financial stability and strengthening team management to build a tradition of providing the best care possible to the communities served. \nDuring his tenure\, Ken administered the assimilation of the hospital into the Methodist Health System\, as well as the development of a $120M replacement hospital and its subsequent and ongoing expansions.  Pam Stoyanoff\, Chief Operations Officer of Methodist Health System has said “Ken is an outstanding leader with a proven track record in operational excellence.” \nAdditional accomplishments include the establishment of a new wound care center\, recruitment and stabilization of the NICU physician group\, development of the Da Vinci surgical program\, and the successful recruitment/employment of new medical staff members.  Under his direction\, Methodist Richardson has received accreditations as a Chest Pain Center\, a Stroke Center\, and achieved nursing Pathway to Excellence. \nPrior to July 2010\, Ken served as the Chief Executive Officer of Galesburg Cottage Hospital\, in Galesburg\, Illinois.  There\, he successfully and effectively managed all facets of the 173 bed acute care facility\, including a skilled nursing unit\, inpatient psychiatric unit\, a joint venture outpatient therapy unit\, and a joint venture dialysis unit. \nPreviously in his career\, Ken served in executive roles including Chief Executive Officer of the Terre Haute Regional Hospital in Terre Haute\, Indiana and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Wesley Medical Center in Wichita\, Kansas.  Ken started his career in a clinical position as a Paramedic Shift Supervisor in Pasadena\, Texas. \nHe holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas A&M University and a Masters of Healthcare Administration from the University of Houston\, Clear Lake. \nKen has received many accolades\, including the American Heart Association SOAR Award\, the Community Health System Outstanding Achievement Award\, and Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.  He is actively involved in the community and has served as the Chairman of the Richardson Chamber of Commerce and President of the Plano Independent School District Foundation. Ken is an enthusiastic supporter of the PISD Health Sciences Academy.  Currently\, Ken serves as the Regent for Northern Texas for the American College of Healthcare Executives \nOn a personal note\, Ken and his wife Melinda have two teenage daughters.  When he’s not spending time with his family\, you are most likely to find Ken on the golf course.  He is also a private pilot. \nAlfred E Levy\, MD\, FAAFP\, DAAHPM\nDirector Supportive and Palliative Care\nBaylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Plano \nDr. Levy received his MD from Thomas Jefferson in Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania.  His Internship Residency was with Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. This was followed with an active community family practice at Family Medical Center at Garland\, in Garland\, Texas.  He transitioned to full time to specialty Supportive and Palliative Care at Plano/THHBP in January 2012. \nSome of his highlighted accomplishments include: \n\nChairing the Family Practice department\, having served on the executive committee at Baylor Garland\nServing as Director Baylor Plano Supportive and Palliative Care which is comprised of outpatient services\, and hospital service at BSW THHBP and BSW Regional Medical Center Plano since its formation\nReadmission Committee BSWRMCP\nOncology Board Advisory Committee BSW\nOncology subcommittee RMCBP\,\nBest Care Committee at THHBP.\nEthics committee both RMCBP and THHBP\nLVAD committee THHBP\nBest Care Committee for HTPN\nAdvisory Best Care for BSWQA\nOncology Advisory Subcommittee HTPN\nActive member of BSWQA\n\nDr. Levy’s object: “My focus in medicine is in the area of palliative medicine.  Palliative Medicine is the specialty in medicine that often deals with complex medical\, psychosocial and spiritual issues in patients with life limiting circumstances. The primary mission is symptom burden relief\, and assistance with advanced planning or direction.  Our perspective at the Supportive and Palliative Care at BSW RMCP and THHBP is more of a global view of the patient with the aforementioned goals. It is different and distinct from hospice care in that our patients often are continuing active treatment with disease suppression with symptom burden relief as the primary goal.” \nKevin Lewis\, MD\, CPE\, FAASM\nRegional President and CEO\nSSM Health Medical Group Oklahoma \nKevin is a Pulmonary\, Critical Care\, and Sleep Medicine physician by clinical background practicing for 15 years before fully focusing on his journey as a healthcare executive. Kevin is currently the Regional President and CEO of SSM Health Medical Group Oklahoma based in Oklahoma City\, OK. Former executive roles include Chief Medical Officer of the Parkridge Health System (HCA) and the Memorial Health Care System (CHI) in Chattanooga\, TN\, Chief Medical and Quality Officer for the Hillcrest Healthcare System and Utica Park Clinic (Ardent) in Tulsa\, OK as well as Chief Medical Officer for Graymark Healthcare in Oklahoma City\, OK. \nKevin is a graduate of Southern Nazarene University in Bethany\, OK and the University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio for Medical School. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine-Tulsa and Pulmonary\, Critical Care\, and Sleep Medicine fellowship at the University of Kentucky. \nAlvin Mathe\, DO\nCenter for Geriatrics\nUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center \nDr. Alvin Mathe´ serves on the Palliative Medicine Consult Team at Texas Health Harris Fort Worth Hospital. He also serves as the Medical Director of the Palliative Medicine Fellowship based at UNTHSC\, training doctors who have finished a residency in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine and are now specializing in Palliative Medicine. The goal of Palliative Medicine is to prevent and relieve suffering and to ensure the best quality of life for patients and their families. \nAs the primary physician member of the Palliative Care Consult Team at Texas Health Harris Fort Worth\, he helped open a 16-bed Palliative Care Unit\, the only such facility in North Texas. He and his team help treat distressing symptoms such as pain\, shortness of breath and constipation in hospitalized patients with severe life-limiting disease. They also help treat distressing symptoms in many patients at the end of life. \nFor more than three years\, Dr. Mathe´ served as the local principal investigator of the MOPSE trial (Multicenter Osteopathic Pneumonia Study in the Elderly). He is a team physician for the inpatient unit for Vitas hospice in Fort Worth and serves as Vice President on the Board of Guardianship Services of Tarrant County. \nBrett McClung\, FACHE\nExecutive Vice President\nTexas Health Resources \nBrett S. McClung\, FACHE\, is the executive vice president and North Zone Operations Leader for Texas Health Resources. He has operating responsibility for owned and partnered assets in the northern 6 county region of Texas driving over $1.6 billion in total operating revenue. \nPrior to this role\, McClung served as president of hospitals in suburban and large urban markets and has been associated with Texas Health Resources and Harris Methodist in various roles since 1993. In addition to regional board positions\, McClung volunteers his leadership to: Healthy Tarrant County Collaboration (past chair)\, Trinity University Healthcare Advisory Council (Chair)\, and faculty/moderator for American College of Healthcare Executives (2017 Regent’s Award). \nMcClung’s honors include being a Wharton Fellow with the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania\, and being a Marshall Memorial Leadership Fellow with the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He also has been recognized as the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council Young Executive of the Year\, the Early Careerist Healthcare Executive Award from ACHE\, and “40 Business Leaders under 40” recognition from the Fort Worth Business Press. McClung earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business from Southwestern University and a Master of Science in Healthcare Administration from Trinity University. He and his wife Nancy have been married for 25 years and have two daughters\, Madison a Graduate Student at Stanford University and Mackenzie\, a sophomore at University of Southern California. \nShelly Miland\nVice President of Finance & CFO\nTexas Health Methodist \nShelly Miland serves as vice president and group finance officer for Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth. In this role\, Shelly is responsible for Texas Health Resources hospitals in Fort Worth\, Cleburne and Azle\, as well as Texas Health Specialty Hospital. Through focused financial leadership\, she worked to meet financial targets to the maximum level of performance in 2015. Instead of merely evaluating the bottom line\, Shelly takes a comprehensive approach to analyzing strategic and operational projects. Her analysis always includes the Texas Health mission with regard to working with physicians and providing the highest quality of care to patients. Shelly worked diligently to meet financial goals as decreases in 1115 waiver funding occurred and also leads her hospitals in exceeding industry standards for all revenue cycle areas. \nShe began her employment with Texas Health in 1998 at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas; in 2001 she became director at Texas Health Fort Worth. Shelly became vice president at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital HEB in 2005 where she assumed responsibility for finance\, accounting\, and the oversight of Springwood Psychiatric Hospital\, a separately licensed 50-bed hospital on the Texas Health HEB campus. \nIn 2007\, she advanced to vice president of finance at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital and assisted with the conversion of all technology to Texas Health standard systems and was an integral part of the operations team in the opening of the Texas Health Heart & Vascular Hospital\, a 48-bed hospital within Texas Health Arlington Memorial. Shelly began her current role at Texas Health Fort Worth in 2014. \nShelly received a Bachelor of Science in accounting from the University of Central Oklahoma and a master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington. She is a Certified Public Accountant\, a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and a Fellow in Healthcare Financial Managers Association. \nShelly has been married to her husband\, Doug\, for 30 years and has a daughter\, granddaughter\, and grandson. She enjoys mentoring\, both professionally and in her church\, and enjoys photography\, travel and needlework. \nSarah K. Minor\, DO\, FACOEP\, HMDC\nMedical Director\nINTEGRIS Hospice and INTEGRIS Hospice House \nDr. Sarah Minor is currently the Medical Director for INTEGRIS Hospice and the INTEGRIS Hospice House in Oklahoma City\, Oklahoma. She is a member of the Integris Hospice Board of Directors\, the Patient and Family Advisory Council and the Ethics Committee at Baptist Integris Medical Center. After graduating from Oklahoma Christian University\, she attended Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine\, serving as president of the Class of 2000. She then completed an emergency medicine internship and residency through the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in Chicago\, Illinois. Her initial practice of emergency medicine has expanded to include special interests in hospice and palliative medicine and addiction medicine. Dr. Minor is board certified in both Emergency Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine by the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine (AOBEM). She is also a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians\, a C.S. Costin Scholar with Advanced Certificate from the Costin Institute for Osteopathic Medical Education\, a Certified Hospice Medical Director (HMDC) and holds an Advanced Studies Certificate in Essentials of Addiction Medicine through the American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine. Prior to returning to Oklahoma to work with Integris\, she served as Medical Director for the Hospice and Palliative Care program at Mercy Hospital in Hot Springs\, Arkansas\, Medical Director for Arkansas Hospice\, in private addiction medicine practice\, and as an emergency physician for Team Health and 360 Degree Medicine. She maintains active membership in the American Osteopathic Association (AOA)\, the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Medicine Physicians (ACOEP)\, the American Academy of Addiction Medicine\, the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine\, and the Oklahoma Hospice and Palliative Care Association (OHPCA). Outside of medicine\, she is a wife and mother of three young men and an avid locally performing flutist. \nSeetha Modi\, MBA\, MPH\, CSSGB\nFormer Director of Population Health\nOZ Systems \nSeetha Modi is currently the National Director of Learning and Development for OZ Systems – a healthcare technology company that provides state health departments and hospitals with newborn screening solutions for better relationships\, better care\, and better outcomes. Formerly the Director of Population Health\, she now supervises that department which has operational responsibility for all of OZ contracts with state health departments\, association partners\, grant-funded projects\, and hospitals. In her current role\, she also oversees OZ Systems’ care coordination services and education programs. Seetha started her career in public health at the American Heart Association and continued addressing cardiovascular health issues through her policy work at the CDC’s Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention. Seetha’s work focuses on systemic process and policy changes that improve the quality of care. \nSeetha got her MBA and MPH from Emory University\, but still considers herself a Longhorn from her undergraduate days. A seasoned healthcare executive\, her career has spanned the public\, private and nonprofit sectors. The common thread among her many roles is the satisfaction of knowing her work meaningfully impacts the well-being of others. \nMatt Richardson\, FACHE\nDirector of Public Health\nDenton County \nDr. Matt Richardson was appointed as the Director of Public Health for Denton County in the summer of 2014. Dr. Richardson previously served as Director with the City of Amarillo and Potter/Randall Counties for 9 years. Dr. Richardson has authored peer-reviewed publications\, testified to the Texas Legislature regarding public health issues and continues to advocate for public health practice and resources for Denton County and the state of Texas. \nHe has a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Abilene Christian University and both Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Public Health from the University of North Texas. He is currently board certified and Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Dr. Richardson also serves as an accreditation site reviewer for public health programs in universities across the US. \nMatt lives in Argyle with his wife of 23 years and their two daughters. \nBrad Thompson\nManager for Patient Relations and Patient Experience\nHendrick Health System \nBrad Thompson is the Manager of Patient Relations\, Risk Management and Lean Special Projects at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene\, Texas. Brad earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from McMurry University\, and his Master of Business Administration from Texas A&M-Commerce. He is certified as a patient experience professional by the Patient Experience Institute\, as well as a certified health care risk management professional by the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management\, is deemed a Just Culture Champion by Outcome Engenuity\, and is certified as a Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt. \nBrad’s background with Hendrick includes roles in human resources\, patient relations\, quality\, risk management and process improvement. Brad has been an integral part of Hendrick’s data analytics efforts toward population health and chronic disease management as well as patient experience. Prior experience includes banking and finance. \nThrough Brad’s various roles at Hendrick\, he has been involved in improvement efforts related to patient experience\, facility and systems efficiency\, patient safety\, revenue enhancement and other quality improvement efforts. Most recently Brad has led implementation efforts to bring the health system’s patient experience surveys into the 21st century with digital outreach and shorter surveys to improve the use and value of patient outcome metrics. The Patient Relations department of Hendrick Medical Center also manages a robust discharge call program to ensure safer transitions for certain at-risk patient populations. \nPaul Wright\, MD\nMedical Director\nSSM Health Medical Group\, Oklahoma City \nPaul Wright\, MD\, is currently the Medical Director of the SSM Health Medical Group in Oklahoma City. He is also a Teaching Faculty Physician at St. Anthony Hospital Family Medicine Residency; a Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine; a Clinical Associate Professor at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences; and an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Family Medicine\, Oklahoma State University. \nHe previously served as President of the Oklahoma Academy of Family Physicians and Department Chairman of Family Practice and Emergency Services at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City. \nHe was an Active Duty Air Force Physician from 1985 to 1995 and Individual Mobilization Augmentee USAF Reserves from 1995 to 2008. He retired with the rank of Colonel. \nPaul is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians; an Oklahoma State Medical Association representative; and members of the Medical Advisory Committee at the Oklahoma Health Care Authority\, the American Academy of Family Physicians\, the American Medical Association\, the Christian Medical and Dental Society\, the Oklahoma Academy of Family Physicians and the Oklahoma State Medical Association. \nChris Whybrew\, FACHE\nPrincipal\nWhybrew Medical Management \nChris Whybrew is a seasoned healthcare executive with over 20 years of experience serving for-profit health systems such as HCA\, Community Health Systems\, Vanguard Health System\, and Capella. Mr. Whybrew has also served independent not-for-profit hospitals. During his career\, Mr. Whybrew has served in executive roles ranging from Chief Development Officer\, Chief Operating Officer\, and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Whybrew has lead hospitals ranging from 60 bed community hospitals to 336 bed suburban regional referral centers. \nWhile serving as a senior executive\, Mr. Whybrew has led operational turn arounds\, improved customer service performance\, developed and implemented new clinical service lines\, and developed regional referral networks. Mr. Whybrew has also lead design and construction of clinical units and facilities. Most recently\, Mr. Whybrew lead the design team for an Emergency Center replacement at McAlester Regional Health Center\, which incorporated significant Lean/Six Sigma process improvement and Lean construction design concepts. \nPresently\, Mr. Whybrew owns a healthcare consulting firm\, Whybrew Medical Management\, LLC\, that serves physician groups\, small to medium size hospitals\, surgical hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. Mr. Whybrew’s primary services focus on strategic planning\, growth and development\, operations improvement\, as well as interim management services. \nMr. Whybrew is a native of Memphis and Nashville\, TN\, and currently lives in Tulsa\, OK. He is a Board certified healthcare executive with the American College of Healthcare Executives and is President of ACHE’s Oklahoma Chapter\, Sooner Healthcare Executives. He earned his Masters of Business Administration at The Jack Massey School of Business at Belmont University\, in Nashville\, TN. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management at Austin Peay State University. He is also an active member at Evergreen Baptist Church\, in Tulsa. \n  \nRegister\n  \nA special thanks to Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Plano for hosting this event!
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LOCATION:Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Plano\, 1100 Allied Drive\, Plano\, TX\, 75093\, United States
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SUMMARY:First Quarter Education Event
DESCRIPTION:This event is approved for up to 3.0 Face-to-Face Credits (1.5 per panel)\nRegister Here\n  \nPanel 1: The Value of Developing and Implementing Alternative Care Models \nModerator: Kevin Stevenson\, MBA\, FACHE\nExecutive Director\, North Texas Region\nIntegraNet Health \nPanelists: \n\nAlyssa Endres\, MHA\nDirector\, Government Programs\nBSW Quality Aliance\n\n\nBob McCullough\, PhD\, LCSW\, CEAP\nClinical Director\nSilverCloud Health\n\nMarc Schmidt\n\nMarket President – Texas\nnaviHealth\n\nJanelle Shepard\, MBA\, BSN\, RN-BC\nSystem Leader\, Care Continuum Operations\nTexas Health Resources \nPanel 2: Behavioral Healthcare: Approaches to Increasing Value for the Organization and Meet Community Needs \nModerator: Benson Chacko\, FACHE\nVice President\, Operations\nMethodist Dallas Medical Center \nPanelists: \nKen Hopper\, MD\, MBA\nAssociate Professor and Physician Development Coach\nTCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine\, Fort Worth \nSusan Holsapple\, LCSW\, ACM-SW\nDirector\, Comprehensive Care Management\nBaylor Scott and White Health\, Baylor-McKinney \nSushma Sharma\, PhD\nDirector\, Community\, Public & Population Health\nDallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council \nSue Schell\, MA\nVP and Clinical Director\, Behavioral Health\nChildren’s Health \nMelissa Winter\, DNP\, RN\, NEA-BC\nChief Nursing Officer\nBaylor Scott & White Medical Center McKinney \n  \nThank you Smith & Nephew for hosting this event and providing us this special dinner at Maggiano’s!\nSpeaker Bios: \nBenson P. Chacko\, FACHE serves as the Vice President Operations to Methodist Dallas Medical Center\, a 585-bed tertiary Level I Trauma Center providing compassionate care for over 90 years. Prior to joining Methodist Dallas\, Benson was with Tenet Healthcare for nine years most recently serving as the interim CEO/COO at its joint venture hospital Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Lake Pointe. His healthcare career spans nearly two decades and covers a wide spectrum to include human resources\, business development and hospital operations. In addition he was part of for-profit\, non-profit\, academic\, and community hospitals. Born and raised here in the DFW metroplex\, the majority of his time was spent outside of the area in Palo Alto\, CA\, St. Louis\, MO and El Paso\, TX. \n  \n  \nAlyssa Endres\, MHA started with the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance (BSWQA) in 2013\, its first operational year\, and currently serves as the Director of Government Programs. She is passionate about understanding the complex\, rapidly-changing health policies to drive strategic solutions and achieve the Triple Aim for an aging and underserved population. With the passing of the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA)\, she is responsible for designing a Medicare strategy for Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM) participation for Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH)\, the largest not-for-profit health care system in Texas. \nShe leads BSWQA’s participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP)\, supporting the key initiatives around financial management\, resourcing\, clinical quality reporting\, and compliance. With over 120\,000 attributed Medicare beneficiaries\, MSSP is BSWQA’s third largest value-based contract. More recently\, Alyssa has been involved in the early implementation of CMS’s new voluntary program\, Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI-A)\, as well as BSWQA’s post acute care network performance and strategy development. \nIn addition\, Alyssa has shaped the BSWQA’s Clinical Performance Compensation (CPC) program\, responsible for distributing earned shared savings to thousands of eligible providers each performance year. Alyssa graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Science and earned her Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from Trinity University. \n  \nSusan Holsapple\, LCSW\, ACM-SW\, is the Director of Comprehensive Care Management for Baylor Scott & White Medical Center of McKinney and the East Region of the DFW Market for Baylor Scott & White Hospitals. \nSusan’s team is made up of over 50 experienced RN Care Managers and Licensed Social Workers. These team members work together to facilitate safe patient care transitions throughout the hospital continuum\, with a focus on complex disease management and psychosocially complex care management. Susan also partners with various community agencies to identify and work to reduce gaps in services that many patients face. \nWhile at BSW-McKinney\, Susan has worked to reduce readmission rates\, revamp multidisciplinary rounds and improve behavioral health transitions of care. Beginning in 2015\, she co-lead with pharmacy and respiratory therapy a process improvement initiative focusing on reducing readmissions for the COPD population. This lead to a poster presentation in Washington DC at the American Case Management Association Conference\, a published article in the Collaborative Case Management magazine and a first-place prize at the Bill Aston Quality Summit in 2017. \nSusan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and also holds her Accredited Case Manager Certification. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Social Work at Michigan State University and her Masters of Science in Social Administration from Case Western Reserve University. Susan sits on the board of the Community Health Clinic in McKinney and is a member of the American Case Management Association. \n  \nDr. Ken Hopper is a healthcare strategist\, experienced in structuring\, staffing and incentivizing approaches that result in “health behavior change” along the social\, health\, and well-being spectrums. For 29 years\, he has worked as a national leader in two major health plans\, developed his own brand of systematic case review and team-based care in his clinic (The Hopper Group)\, and has contributed to the expansion of knowledge regarding the issues facing Psychiatry in the next iteration of health care delivery. His passion through the years remains\, simply\, the refinement of targeted\, effective\, and systematic solutions for conditions hidden by shame\, guilt\, and misunderstanding. \nDr. Hopper contributes to several organizations pushing forward best practices for Psychiatric care\, overall health\, and wellness. He is the Chair of the APA Medical-Behavioral Integration Committee. “The Argument to Payers for Funding Collaborative Care” is a critical personal authorship and collaborative output of the committee this year. Two peripheral\, but equally important workstreams are forming. The Leadership/Clinical Tactics Matrix\, as well as specific tracts for Psychiatrist Leader development “Beyond the CMO Role” are actively being discussed. As of September 2018\, he was elected the President of the Tarrant County Chapter of The Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians (Texas’ APA branch). The line of site from local to national is extraordinarily beneficial in understanding the needs of all Psychiatrists. \nDr. Hopper’s population health roles have included National Medical Director of Integrated Care at the Anthem Government Business Division\, and Chief Medical Officer/VP of Clinical Innovation at Humana’s Behavioral Division. He led or co-led early models of integrated telephonic care management and medical provider-specific psychotropic use education. Most recently\, he and his team refined targeted field-based case management “on the streets” interventions to help the most vulnerable engage in health. For multiple years\, both through efforts in his clinic and in health plans\, Dr. Hopper has advanced increasingly targeted versions of collaborative/team-based care in large medical clinics. \nAs a new Associate Professor at the TCU/UNTHSC School of Medicine in Fort Worth (LCME Accreditation Candidate)\, Dr. Hopper is one of the architects and influencers of a Physician Development Coach program designed to promote physician leadership\, impact\, and empathy in a rapidly changing medical context. Dr. Hopper sees the resulting learning symphony as an exciting “primary intervention” for the concepts he has retrofitted for years. \nDr. Hopper has been a member of the Medical/Behavioral committee of the American Psychiatric Association since forming in 2011\, is a founding member of the Medical Director Institute of The National Council on Behavioral Health\, is a member of NAMI’s Leadership Alliance\, and in his local community\, is a board member of The Parenting Center of Fort Worth\, and The Jewel Charity Ball (supporting Children’s Medical Center). \nDegrees were awarded by Baylor University (Summa Cum Laude\, Phi Beta Kappa)\, The University of Texas Medical Branch\, and The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. Dr. Hopper also has an MBA from a combined program with The University of Texas at Dallas\, and Southwestern Medical School (Gamma Beta Sigma International Honor Society) \n  \nBob McCullough\, PhD\, LCSW\, CEAP\, is the Clinical Director at SilverCloud Health\, a digital mental health treatment organization designed to deliver outcomes that are on par with traditional face to face therapy. His 25+ year career in mental health services has included community mental health\, inpatient\, managed care and crisis response. His current role responsibilities include overseeing clinical guidance\, implementation\, onboarding\, training and account management. \nBob and the SilverCloud Health Team are committed to helping innovative health systems build new avenues to care across the spectrum with fewer resources\, enabling organizations that have accepted risk to better manage the cost of care while maintaining quality for the largest number of patients. \nDr. Sushma Sharma manages public health research initiatives in her current role at DFWHCF. She serves as the North Texas Community Health Collaborative (CHC) leader\, which has membership of more than 45 organizations\, including 11 area health systems and 96 hospitals. \nDr. Sharma is a scientific executive with over 15 years of post-doctoral experience in scientific research and management. She has extensive experience in conducting and managing research and community programs. She has published over 60 peer-reviewed publications in international journals\, serves on the editorial board of international journals\, and is an invitee reviewer for several journals. She has won several awards\, most recent being the Dr. Ron J. Anderson Thinking Progressively for Health and Innovation Award-Texas Public Health Association 2017. \nDr Sharma’s work has taken her all over the world. In her previous role\, she worked as a Senior scientist at the University of California Berkeley\, Berkeley\, CA. She was a Senior scientist and lab manager at the University of Highlands and Islands in Scotland\, UK. She completed her post-doctoral research fellowship from the British Heart Foundation UK\, after earning her PhD from India. \nDr. Sharma’s ongoing community initiatives: \n\naddressing behavioral health (mental health and substance abuse) related disparities in 16 North Texas Counties\,\ntraining 10\,000 North Texans in Mental Health First Aid (10\,000 lives initiative)\nstandardizing domestic violence reporting and promoting data sharing among North Texas hospitals to facilitate early intervention and prevention of domestic violence\nthe SAMHSA-funded Dallas County ReJuvenATE (Revitalize Juveniles through Acknowledgement\, Training and Empowerment) program to assist high-risk youth and families and promote resilience and equity in communities that have recently faced civil unrest (reference: Dallas shooting in 2016).\n\n  \nSue Schell\, MA\, joined Children’s Health in 2014 as the Vice President and Clinical Director of Behavioral Health. In this role\, she has extended behavioral health services into our community focusing on early identification of treatment needs and preventive care. She developed and implemented the Integrated Behavioral Health Program\, School Tele-Behavioral Health Program and the Teen Recovery Program which treats adolescents with both mental health and substance abuse issues. Currently\, she is also expanding the organization’s programs serving children with autism while increasing operational efficiencies. She is involved in local and national work groups coordinating programs to build community resilience. \nBefore joining Children’s Health\, Sue held regional and national leadership positions in two managed care companies where she developed and oversaw clinical teams providing care management\, utilization review and quality improvement programs. She has experience in community mental health and private practice. Sue earned her master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Xavier University in Cincinnati\, Ohio and is a Licensed Professional Counselor. \n  \n \nMarc Schmidt is the Market President\, Texas with naviHealth where he oversees all health system and health plan operations across the state. Marc joined naviHealth in early 2015 to launch their BPCI Classic program with 14 hospitals across the state\, expanding to 31 hospitals with the launch of BPCI Advanced in Oct 2018. Prior to naviHealth\, Marc held a variety of strategic and operations roles with Golden Living\, a large national post-acute provider with skilled nursing\, rehab and hospice operations. \nEarlier in his career\, Marc worked in management consulting for Bain and Deloitte\, as well as in corporate finance roles for American Airlines and Dell. Marc graduated from Vanderbilt University and has a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business. \n  \nJanelle Shepard\, MBA\, BSN\, RN-BC\, is a registered nurse with 40+ years’ experience in a variety of areas. She currently serves as the system leader for care continuum operations for Texas Health Resources in the Dallas Fort Worth Region. She supervises approximately 330 nurses and social workers in UR\, care transitions and population health roles. Her other duties include work with payors\, physician groups\, community partners and multiple stakeholders in a complex region where the healthcare industry is competitive and complex. \nJanelle has been appointed by 2 Texas governors to several state leadership boards including the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct\, The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and she currently sits on the Texas Woman’s University System Board of Regents. She has been recognized by the Texas Organization of Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing Education leaders for working to increase and enhance nursing education in the state of Texas – particularly the doctorate of nursing practice programs. \n  \n  \nKevin W. Stevenson\, MBA\, FACHE has served in leadership roles in healthcare organizations\, hospitals and systems for over 30 years with specific expertise in operations\, network development\, marketing and crisis communications.  He currently serves as the Executive Vice President for the North Texas region of IntegraNet Health\, an independent physician network with over 1300 physicians throughout Texas. \nKevin and his teams have been recognized regionally\, nationally and corporately for operational and creative works.  He was honored by the Greater Omaha Chapter of the American Marketing Association as its Marketer of the Year when he was a system executive for CHI Good Samaritan Health Systems. \nHe earned both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Business Administration from Baylor University. Kevin has served on numerous community and corporate boards in a variety of leadership positions and is currently the Past President of ACHE of North Texas\, the third-largest chapter in the country with over 1500 members.  Kevin was also twice-elected to the Keller Independent School District’s Board of Trustees\, serving as President for two years.  (Ask him about charging for school bus service.) \nA native of Dallas\, Kevin and his wife\, Michelle\, have two daughters and are avid Baylor University football fans and tailgaters and are members of Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas where Kevin sings in the Sanctuary Choir and serves as a deacon and Michelle is active in the women’s’ ministry.  Kevin is particularly proud of his pathetic golfing skills. \n  \nMelissa Winter\, DNP\, RN\, NEA-BC\, was appointed chief nursing officer (CNO) and chief operating officer (COO) of Baylor Scott and White Medical Center – McKinney in 2011. \nAs CNO\, Ms. Winter is responsible for planning\, directing and coordinating nursing and clinical services to ensure the delivery of safe\, quality\, efficient and compassionate care. During her tenure at Baylor Scott & White – McKinney\, she has successfully achieved Magnet® recognition\, NICU III designation\, Baby Friendly status\, Stroke Certification and many more\, all while leading the system in high quality metrics and leading RN retention. \nBefore joining Baylor Scott and White – McKinney\, Melissa served as vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer for The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano (THHBP)\, which opened in 2007. While there\, Melissa helped launch an advanced hospital that is consistently ranked in the top one percent nationally in patient satisfaction. THHBP received the American Nurses Credentialing Center Pathway to Excellence designation in 2009 and Magnet® designation in 2011. \nMs. Winter was listed among the Great 100 Nurses in Dallas/Fort Worth in 2009 and received the Dallas/ Fort Worth Hospital Council’s Young Healthcare Executives of the Year award in 2010. \nAt Baylor Scott and White – McKinney\, Melissa serves as a member of the Executive Leadership team and collaborates regularly with the physicians to continually improve the hospital’s best practices while striving to achieve the hospital’s mission and vision. \nMs. Winter is a graduate of West Texas A&M University where she earned a bachelor’s in nursing and a master’s in nursing administration. She received her Doctorate in nursing practice in December 2014. \nShe is a member in good standing of the Texas Organization of Nurses\, American Nurses Association\, and the Texas Nurses Association. \n  \nRegister Here\n  \nA big thanks to Smith & Nephew for hosting this event and providing us this special dinner at Maggiano’s!
URL:https://achentx.org/event/first-quarter-education-event/
LOCATION:Maggiano’s Little Italy\, 6001 West Park Boulevard\, Plano\, TX\, 75093
CATEGORIES:Education,Networking
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