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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
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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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