North Texas Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives

Cocktails with the Chiefs
2017-04-11 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | The Mercury Grill, 11909 Preston Road, Dallas, TX, 75230, United States
Come listen as local industry leaders share their experience and gain insight on how to build leadership skills and leverage them for professional growth. Learn from their successes and challenges and be inspired to further pursue your own professional and personal development goals.
This year’s Cocktails with the Chiefs panelists will be focusing on the book American Icon, by Bryce G. Hoffman, the inside story of Ford Motor Company’s tremendous turnaround under the leadership of CEO Alan Mulally.
“Bryce Hoffman has done a stellar job of capturing the Ford story and more to the point showing us how Mulally did it. American Icon is a story of leadership that offers valuable lessons for organizations of all sizes.” – Lee Iacocca

Moderator: Brett Lee, FACHE, CEO, Dallas Market-Tenet Healthcare
Panelists:

Jeff Canose, MD, FACHE, COO/Sr. EVP at Texas Health Resources
Fred Cerise, MD, MPH, CEO Parkland Health System
Chris Mowan, MBA, FACHE, CEO of Medical City Dallas
Doug Lawson PhD, FACHE, President, Baylor University Medical Center & President, Central Division, Baylor Scott & White Health – North Texas

Speaker Bios:
Brett Lee oversees the direction, strategy and operations for Tenet’s hospitals and related healthcare services in the Dallas market. Brett was named CEO of Lake Pointe Health Network in November 2012 at the age of 37. He previously served as senior vice president and COO of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. The American College of Healthcare Executives awarded him the Robert S. Hudgens Award for National Young Healthcare Executive of the Year in 2011. Brett earned master’s degrees from The John Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore and the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business in Philadelphia. He also holds a doctorate in allied health and physical therapy from Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions in Boston.
Jeffrey Canose, M.D., FACHE, is chief operating officer (COO) and senior executive vice president for Texas Health Resources. He is responsible for achieving full and seamless integration of all system operations, including administrative leadership of Texas Health’s three geographical zones.
Jeff became COO Sept. 1, 2014.
Previously, Jeff served as executive vice president and Southwest Zone operations leader from June 2012 through August 2014.
For three years prior to that, he served as president of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano. Jeff was the first physician in the Texas Health Resources system to be named a hospital president. Before that, he was senior vice president and chief operating officer at Texas Health Plano.
Jeff joined Texas Health Resources in January 2006 as senior vice president and COO at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and became the first COO at Texas Health Plano in June 2007. Prior to that, he served as vice president of clinical operations of CaroMont Health/Gaston Memorial Hospital in Gastonia, N.C. from 1999 to 2006.
His professional experience also includes a decade of clinical practice and progressive executive leadership as a clinical department chair, academic program director of anesthesiology and administrator of perioperative services at The Western Pennsylvania Hospital in Pittsburgh.
Jeff received his medical degree from The Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1983. He completed an internship in general surgery at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Connecticut, followed by a residency in anesthesiology at the University of Connecticut Health Center. His subspecialty fellowship training in cardiac anesthesiology and research in cardiovascular physiology was at the University Health Center of Pittsburgh. In addition, Jeff earned a master’s degree in health care administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Jeff is also a former adjunct professor of health care leadership and management in the Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Frederick P. Cerise, MD, MPH, was named President and Chief Executive Officer in March 2014.
Prior to joining Parkland, Fred served as Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans School of Medicine. From 2007 to 2012, he was Vice President for Health Affairs and Medical Education of the Louisiana State University System. From 2004 to 2007, Fred was Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. He began his career at the Earl K. Long Medical Center, Baton Rouge, La. Between 1991 and 2004, he advanced from the role of Assistant Program Director and Clinical Faculty member to Medical Director and ultimately served as Chief Executive Officer.
Fred holds a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Notre Dame and earned his Medical Degree at Louisiana State University in New Orleans. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. In 2011, he earned a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard University School of Public Health. He is a member of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and has served on the Louisiana Federal Health Care Reform Steering Committee and the Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum, among others.
Chris Mowan, MBA, FACHE, joined Medical City Dallas as President and Chief Executive Officer in July 2016. Previously, Chris served three years as CEO of MountainView Hospital, a complex teaching hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada. During his tenure at MountainView, he oversaw a $90 million facility expansion, achieved unprecedented ER growth and launched graduate medical education programs.
Chris’ career with HCA spans more than 20 years, starting with roots as an Medical City Healthcare division manager to roles as COO at Del Sol Medical Center in El Paso and as COO at Sunrise Medical Center and Children’s Hospital in Las Vegas, which was ranked as the #1 facility in Nevada by U.S. News & World Report under his leadership.
Chris is a graduate of Indiana University and holds a master’s degree in business administration from Southern Methodist University. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Chris lives in Dallas with his wife, Natalie, and two daughters, Chloe, 10, and Ashley, 8.

Douglas Lawson, PhD, FACHE,serves as president of the Central Region of Baylor Scott & White Health – North Texas, where he is responsible for the leadership and management of Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Waxahachie and the Baylor Jack & Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital. The central region represents more than 42,000 annual hospital admissions, 227,000 outpatient visits and more than 156,000 emergency room visits.

Baylor University Medical Center (Baylor Dallas) is a 952-bed not-for-profit academic medical center and is the flagship hospital of Baylor Scott & White Health – North Texas. Baylor Dallas is a nationally recognized leader in oncology; transplantation; digestive and hepatobiliary disease; cardiovascular and thoracic care; orthopedics; neuroscience; and women’s and children’s services.
Prior to becoming president, Doug served Baylor University Medical Center for three years as chief operating officer where he facilitated the redesign of surgical registration and admissions processes, and improved key organizational metrics, including patient satisfaction and hospital acquired conditions. In addition, Doug worked with the senior leadership team to develop a long-term plan to modernize the campus and transition more than 1,300 medical staff members and students, and 3,000 clinical staff, to a comprehensive electronic medical order entry system and clinical documentation system.
Doug began his health care career as an administrative resident and later administrative coordinator for cancer and prevention care at Scott & White Memorial Hospital and Clinic. His knowledge and experience in running a comprehensive oncology program led to many accomplishments when managing other cancer programs, first at Northeast Louisiana Cancer Institute, and subsequently with the M.D. Anderson Cancer Network. Doug later served as the president and chief executive officer of The Cancer Institute, LLC, a non-profit joint venture of Saint Luke’s Health System and Health Midwest in Kansas City, Missouri.
Successive accomplishments allowed Doug to rise to a senior vice president and chief operating officer position at Cabell Huntington Hospital, a not-for-profit teaching hospital in Huntington, West Virginia, were he managed all ancillary, clinical and core hospital operations and infrastructure for three years. In 2007, Doug returned to Texas and became president of Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine, now Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine. During a five year tenure in Grapevine, his leadership facilitated a Magnet designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center; the Texas Award for Performance Excellence (TAPE) by the Quality Foundation of Texas; VHA Leadership award for patient care of MI and CHF; and significant gains in patient satisfaction, employee engagement, risk adjusted mortality and operating income.
Doug is a graduate of Texas A&M University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in political science. He went on to complete a Master of Science degree in health care administration from Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, and a doctorate in philosophy from Dallas Baptist University. Doug is also a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
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Leading the Changing Business of Healthcare
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ACHENTX Retirees/Life Fellows Breakfast
2017-04-03 07:30 - 09:00 (America/Denver) | La Madeleine Country French Café – Las Colinas, 6430 N MacArthur Blvd., Irving, TX, 75039, United States
Calling all ACHENTX Retirees and Life Fellow members. Join your peers for some great networking and socializing over breakfast. Centrally located, we will be meeting at la Madeleine on MacArthur Blvd in Las Colinas.
Our special guest speaker will be Doug Hawthorne, Founding CEO Emeritus, Texas Health Resources.

Come and catch up with old friends and meet new ones!
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ACHE & HFMA After Hours Networking Event
2017-03-08 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Denver) | TopGolf, 8787 Park Lane, Dallas, TX, 75231, United States
Come and join members of the American College of Healthcare Executives North Texas Chapter (ACHENTX) and the Lone Star Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) for a great evening of networking, socializing and fun!
Registration includes parking; appetizers; free golf play during the event; and access to a golf pro for tips, lessons and trick shots. A cash bar will also be available.
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ACHENTX First Quarter Education Event
2017-02-23 15:00 - 19:15 (America/Chicago) | UNTHSC – Medical Education & Training (MET) Building, 1000 Montgomery Street, Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
Two Panel Education Event
1.5 Approved Face-to-Face Credits Per Panel
3-3:30pm Registration
3:30-5pm Panel 1: The Future of Healthcare Financing (MACRA)
Financing, a driving force on the healthcare landscape, continues to become more complex. With budgetary pressures on Medicare and Medicaid, pay for performance and federal expectations for investment in technology without regard to costs, executives must constantly monitor the financing landscape. Given these pressures, many questions emerge.
Moderator:
Paul Aslin, FACHE
Panelists:
Brad Helfand, FACHE
Timothy Kennedy
Erin Mastagni
Dr. James Parker
5-5:45pm Networking & Dinner
5:45-7:15pm Panel 2: Mindful Leadership: Leading with Heart and Mind for Healthcare Leadership
The use of mindful practices like meditation, introspection, and journaling have been shown to contribute to the success of leading organizations. Mindful practices support personal and professional growth by enabling leaders to gain focus, clarity, creativity, and compassion – qualities which allow leaders to face the myriad demands and struggles of everyday work life. Healthcare leaders, in particular, deal with challenges and pressures that are unique to the healthcare climate. Practicing mindfulness can help healthcare executives more effectively deal with these challenges by teaching them how to approach each situation with focus and clarity to make important decisions, how to be creative and innovative in their approach to healthcare leadership, and how to be compassionate with others in times of turmoil.
The goal of this session is to make the case for the importance of bringing mindful practices into healthcare organizations to develop leaders’ cognitive abilities to be more effective and compassionate and provide suggestions for how to implement these practices in an organization.
Moderator:
Mike Sanborn, FACHE
Panelists:
Dr. Joseph Schaffer
Kevin Stevenson, MBA, FACHE
Dan Stover
Speaker Bios
Panel 1

Paul Aslin, FACHE
Vice President, Population Health – Wise Health System
Chief Operating Officer – Wise Health Clinics
Paul Aslin is the Chief Operating Officer for Wise Health Clinics, a multispecialty physician group, and is Vice President of Population Health for Wise Health System in Decatur, TX. He leads their participation in the 1115 Waiver program and has administrative responsibility for eight DSRIP projects and system population health initiatives. Paul received his Masters in Health Care Administration in 2011 from the University of Texas at Arlington. As a student, Paul received the 2010 TORCH Foundation MHA Scholarship Award and was 1st place winner in the graduate division of the 2011 ACHE Richard J Stull Student Essay Competition in Healthcare Management. He is a member of the inaugural class of the TORCH Leadership and Management Institute Healthcare Fellowship and is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Paul resides in Haslet, TX with his wife, Amanda, and three daughters.

Brad Helfand, FACHE
Managing Director
HealthScape Advisors
Brad participates in a diverse number of strategic and operational client engagements. His areas of expertise include enterprise growth and financial planning, service line distribution for integrated delivery networks and health reform preparedness for emerging payment models, population health management and insurance exchanges.
Prior to joining HealthScape Advisors, Brad served as a Vice President for the Sg2 Consulting team. Before his career at Sg2, he held leadership roles in surgical services at Loyola University Health System and the University of Chicago Medical Center. During his tenure at Loyola, he oversaw the business operations of 35 inpatient and outpatient operating room suites. Earlier in his career, Brad was a senior consultant in the health care provider strategy and operations practice at Deloitte Consulting LLP and completed an administrative fellowship program under the COO at Advocate Health Care.
Brad graduated from an accelerated BA/MA program at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, earning an MA in sociology with a concentration in organizational behavior and a BA with a double major in political science and sociology. Additionally, he completed an MPH in health policy and administration from Yale University in New Haven, CT, where he also served as book review editor for the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics. Brad also holds a graduate certificate in integrated marketing from the University of Chicago. He is a current fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and an active member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association.

Timothy Kennedy
Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C.
Tim Kennedy is a shareholder at the law firm of Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C. and practices out of the Indianapolis, Indiana office. Tim earned his undergraduate degree at Wabash College in 1980 and his law degree at Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis in 1983. He is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and the Healthcare Financial Management Association. Tim specializes in health care reimbursement issues. In 2015, the Governor of Indiana awarded Tim a “Sagamore of the Wabash” for his assistance in the development and implementation of Indiana’s Section 1115 health care coverage expansion, Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0.

Erin Mastagni
Senior Manager
ECG Managed Care

Erin works in ECG’s Managed Care practice with a focus on health care reform and population health management. Her experience with healthcare IT, business intelligence, and population health projects for providers, payors, and public health agencies allows her to help clients address strategic healthcare transformation initiatives through population health program development and community partnerships. Prior to joining ECG, Erin was a thought leader in the data analytics practice at Mercer, a national HR consulting firm, where she worked to develop intellectual capital to benefit all clients using claims data warehouses and analytics to manage population health. Erin has a bachelor of arts degree in economics and politics from Claremont McKenna College and a master of health administration degree from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

Dr. James Parker
Internal Medical, Primary Care Physician
Texas Health Care, PLLC
Dr. Parker received his undergraduate degree at TCU in Fort Worth and his MD at UTMB in Galveston. He did his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
He has practiced in Fort Worth since 1985. After being employed for two of those years, he went into solo practice for three years; working with a small group of doctors for five of those years; then moving to a large PA (45 doctors) from 1995-2003 – serving as the President of PA and responsible for insurance contracting and medical affairs during that time; and from 2003 to present, being at Texas Health Care, PLLC. Dr. Parker chaired the Medical Advisory Committee (responsible for insurance contracting, peer review and compliance) until 2011 and has served as the CMIO since 2011 (responsible for MU, EHR upgrade training programs, and reporting for CMS programs).
His hospital staff leadership experience includes:

Harris Southwest representative/liaison to Harris Hospital Board 1988-1990
Vice-President of Medical Staff Harris Southwest 1990-1992 – Chaired Credentials Committee
President of Medical Staff Harris Southwest 1992-1994
Harris Southwest Board member 1990-1996

Panel 2

Michael Sanborn, FACHE
President
Baylor All Saints in Ft Worth
Michael Sanborn currently serves as president of Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth. He is responsible for the leadership and management of the 574-bed acute care hospital with more than 2,000 employees and 1,000 medical staff members.
Before joining Baylor Scott & White – Fort Worth, Sanborn served as the president of Baylor Scott & White – Carrollton where he was responsible for the hospital, three satellite medical offices and a freestanding diagnostic center. Prior to his position at Carrollton, Sanborn served as the corporate vice president of cardiovascular services for the system. He was responsible for management of cardiac services for all Baylor entities with a focus on improving patient outcomes, program development and strategic planning. Throughout his 23 years in health care, Sanborn has taken on increasingly complex roles, initially in pharmacy leadership and then in health care administration.
Mr. Sanborn holds a B.S. and M.S. in Pharmacy and Administration respectively from the University of Kansas in Lawrence and is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Mr. Sanborn is married with 2 children.

Joseph Schaffer, M.D.
Chief of Gynecology
Parkland Memorial Hospital and UT Southwestern Medical Center
Joseph Schaffer, M.D., holder of the Frank C. Erwin Jr. Professorship in Obstetrics and Gynecology, is Chief of Gynecology at Parkland Memorial Hospital and UT Southwestern Medical Center, as well as Director of Gynecology and Director of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at UTSW.
He completed undergraduate studies at Wesleyan University, a pre-medical program at Columbia University, and medical school at the University of Cincinnati. His additional training included a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Philadelphia’s Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, a fellowship in advanced pelvic surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, and a preceptorship in urodynamics and urogynecology at King’s College Hospital in London.
Before joining UT Southwestern in 1997, Dr. Schaffer was Director of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery at University Medical Center–Stony Brook in New York. At UTSW, he is Associate Director of the fellowship program in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery and Course Director of the annual update in Female Incontinence and Pelvic Organ Prolapse.
Dr. Schaffer has conducted extensive research on pelvic floor dysfunction, surgical outcomes, and surgical and nonsurgical treatments for incontinence and prolapse. His work has been published in numerous textbooks, books chapters, video presentations, and medical periodicals, and he is a frequent guest lecturer at regional, national, and international medical conferences. Dr. Schaffer is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology and female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery, is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, past president of the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons, and an active member of the American Urogynecologic Society, American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, International
Continence Society, and the International Urogynecology Association, among other professional organizations. He is a reviewer for the New England Journal of Medicine, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, International Urogynecology Journal, Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, Neurourology & Urodynamics, and the Journal of Reproductive Medicine. Dr. Schaffer was born and raised in New York and spends most of his nonworking hours with his wife, also a physician at UT Southwestern, and their two children. Together they enjoy traveling, snow skiing, visiting museums, and hanging out on the beach.

Kevin Stevenson, MBA, FACHE
Executive Director
IntegraNet Health
Kevin W. Stevenson, MBA, FACHE has served in leadership roles in healthcare organizations, hospitals and systems for over 27 years. Kevin currently serves as the Executive Director for the North Texas region of IntegraNet Health, an independent physician network with over 1300 physicians throughout Texas, and also serves as an adjunct professor in the Healthcare Administration program for Concordia University in Austin. He earned both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Business Administration from Baylor University.
A Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives since 2001, Kevin has served in a variety of roles within ACHE chapters in Texas, Louisiana, Kentucky and Nebraska and currently serves as the President-Elect of ACHE of North Texas. In 2014, Kevin was honored with the ACHE Service Award for his commitment to healthcare through his involvement with the College. Kevin and his teams have been recognized for leadership in quality, safety, patient satisfaction and Kevin was named 2001 Marketer of the Year by the Greater Omaha Chapter of the American Marketing Association.
Kevin and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters (one off of the payroll and the other still hanging on for dear life), are rabid Baylor football fans and tailgaters and are members of Park Cities Baptist Church where Kevin sings in the Chamber and Sanctuary Choirs and serves as a deacon.

Dan Stover
Leadership Consultant
Daniel Stover manages the west coast office for Integrated Leadership Systems from Los Angeles, California. He received his education from The Ohio State University where he studied Psychology, Criminology and Security & Intelligence. The core of his development and training was in cognitive-behavior psychology and mental health crisis intervention. Through this experience, he learned that his passion and purpose is to help others understand their emotions.
Dan has concentrated this passion on working with companies ranging in size from 30 to 1,000 employees in ten states in multiple industries. Some examples of his clients are: healthcare executives, physicians, construction and general contractors, technology entrepreneurs, partners in tax and consultative accounting, pharmaceutical manufacturing, robotics manufacturing, university administration and wellness providers.
The scope of Dan’s work in succession planning, team consulting, coaching, training and development provides insight into the core issues that keep an individual or team from performing at their highest level. Although the work is designed to address emotional intelligence, it is aimed to positively impact the bottom line.
Dan is a community advocate and has served on multiple non-profit boards in the areas of mental health and community development in both Columbus, OH and as a volunteer in Los Angeles, CA.
In his free time, Dan’s activities are hiking, painting, sport-shooting, reading, writing and continuing his formal education.

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New Horizons Educational & Networking Event
2017-02-15 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Medical City Dallas – City Hall Auditorium, 7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX, 75230, United States
A special educational opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students to be mentored by local Executives. Early careerist and others in transition also encouraged to attend.
Presenters include:
Robert Earley, CEO, JPS Health Network
Bob S. Ellzey, FACHE, President, Texas Health Azle
Kent Helwig, CEO, Select Specialty Hospital Dallas-Garland
Brett McClung, FACHE, Texas Health Division President
John Phillips, President, Methodist Mansfield Medical Center
Jared Shelton, FACHE, President, Texas Health Allen
Michael Wiggins, Administrator, Children’s Medical Center Plano
Agenda
7pm-7:10pm – Introductions
7:10-7:40pm – CEO Panel discussion moderated by Britt Berrett, FACHE
7:40-7:55pm –Q&A with Panel
8-8:10pm – Breakout Speaker Rotation #1: ASCs. Speakers: Shelton & McClung
8:10-8:20pm – Breakout Speaker Rotation #2: Health Informatics/Business Analytics.. Speaker: Wiggins
8:20-8:30pm – Breakout Speaker Rotation #3: Career Progression. Speakers: Phillips & Helwig.
8:30-8:40pm – Breakout Speaker Rotation #4. Career Lines. Speakers: Earley and Ellzey.
8:40-9pm – Networking / Individual Q&A with speakers – in the foyer of the auditorium
Speaker Bios
Robert Earley’s journeyfrom South Texas to CEO of Tarrant County’s public supported healthcare system was anything but a straight line.
A political science graduate from the University of North Texas, Earley put that degree to use as a staff assistant to a Texas congressman in our nation’s capital. His D.C. experience sparked his own political aspirations and Earley returned to Texas to run for a seat in the Texas House of Representatives. He was only 23 when elected in 1984 to represent his South Texas hometown. He served 10 years before choosing not to seek re-election in 1995.
Before joining JPS Health Network in 2005 as a senior VP focused on community and government affairs, Earley taught college courses, ran an Austin-based public affairs firm and served as an on-air political analyst for NBC’s affiliate station in Austin. The Tarrant County Hospital District Board of Managers appointed him interim president and CEO in May 2008 and in February 2009 he was named president and CEO.
Earley holds a master’s degree in healthcare administration from the University of Texas-Arlington. He serves on the boards of the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute and the Texas Hospital
Bob Ellzey joined Texas Health Resources in 2011 as President of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Azle, a 36-bed acute care community hospital.
Bob received his Bachelors in Business Administration degree from Baylor University in Waco, and his Masters degree in Healthcare Administration from the University of Houston – Clear Lake. He is a Board Certified Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives, and is a past president of the East Texas chapter of ACHE and a former Vice President of the Arkansas Health Executive Forum.
Bob began his healthcare career at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, TX in 1991. Since that time he has served as CEO or COO of Texas hospitals in Del Rio, Bellville, and Kilgore. He left his position as CEO of Mena Regional Health System in Mena, Arkansas to return to Texas as President of Texas Health Azle. He has intentionally focused his career on improving health in rural communities through rural hospitals, networks, telehealth, and collaborative partnerships.
Bob and his wife Susan have two sons and two daughters-in-law.
As Chief Executive Officer, Kent Helwig is responsible for providing the leadership and guidance of a 40-bed long-term acute care hospital. Select Specialty Hospital – Dallas-Garland has specialized programs in pulmonary medicine and treats a wide variety of patients with chronic critical illnesses, complex medical conditions and severe wounds.
Prior to arriving in Garland, Kent was the CEO of Select Specialty Hospital – Colorado Springs. Before joining Select Medical Corporation, Kent served as the President and CEO of Southwest Health System in Cortez, Colorado, and as the Assistant Vice President for Ambulatory Operations at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Prior to these positions he served in the United States Air Force for over 21 years, including roles as CEO, COO, and vice president at both the hospital and health system levels, retiring with the rank of Colonel. He has experience in multiple facets of hospital and health system operations.
He received his Bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Illinois and a Master’s degree in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Kent is board certified in healthcare management and a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. He has served as both a Governor and Regent with the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Brett 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.
Prior 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).
McClung’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 Senior at Stanford University and Mackenzie, a Freshman at University of Southern California.
John Phillips is president of Methodist Mansfield Medical Center. He oversees a 254-bed non-profit tertiary, acute care hospital with more than 1,000 employees and 200 physicians. Phillips has been instrumental in growing the hospital, which opened the Amon G. Carter Foundation Heart and Vascular Center in December, to continue to meet the needs of the communities in Tarrant, Johnson and Ellis counties.
Under Phillips’ leadership, the hospital was named a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission for improving outcomes in patient care and specific national quality measures, and earned Cycle IV Chest Pain Center and Advanced Primary Stroke Center accreditation and the Texas Award for Performance Excellence. Methodist Mansfield was voted Best Emergency Department by the Mansfield New Mirror, Outstanding Large Business of the Year by the Methodist Mansfield Chamber of Commerce, and received the Community Partnership Award from the Mansfield ISD to name a few. Methodist Health System, of which Methodist Mansfield is a part, was named among the Top 10 Best Places to Work by the Dallas Business Journal, 12 years in a row, listed among the top 150 Best Places to Work in healthcare by Becker’s Hospital Review, and recognized as a Platinum-Level Fit-Friendly Worksite by the American Heart Association.
Among his many accomplishments, he was named Executive of the Year from the Fort Worth Business Press and is among Becker’s Hospital Review’s top CEOs.
Phillips earned a MBA from Hardin-Simmons University and a Master of Health Care Administration from Trinity University.
He currently serves on the Texas Hospital Association Council of Policy Development and HOSPAC. Locally, Phillips serves on the board of directors for the Tarrant County American Heart Association, Mansfield Economic Development Corporation, Mansfield ISD Education Foundation Board, and Arlington YMCA Community Advisory Board.

Jared Shelton, FACHE serves as president of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen, a role he assumed in January 2016.
He has primary oversight of day-to-day activities and responsibility for the hospital’s annual operating plan and shares leadership responsibilities with Chief Medical Officer Robert Schwab, M.D., and Chief Nursing Officer Elizabeth Asturi, MSN, R.N., NE-BC.
Shelton previously served as vice president of Professional & Support Services for Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, where he oversaw clinical ancillary and support departments, including pharmacy, radiology, laboratory services, respiratory therapy, food and nutrition services, rehab rherapies and medical physics.
Shelton completed his undergraduate studies at Wake Forest University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and a minor in Religion. He went on to earn his M.H.A. from Trinity University.
Shelton currently serves on the Board of Directors for the North Texas chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives and also serves on the Board of Directors for the Allen Fairview Chamber of Commerce.
Outside of work, Shelton and his wife, Kathryn, enjoy parenthood with their toddler daughter, Mackenzie, and new son, Jack. They are active members at Church of the Incarnation in Dallas, and he is a member of the Wake Forest Young Alumni Development Board.
Michael Wiggins is a Sr. Vice President at Children’s Health System of Texas and serves as the Administrator for Children’s Medical Center Plano. He is responsible for the strategic direction, operational outcomes and financial performance of the Children’s Health campus in Plano, TX.
Before joining Children’s Health, he was Vice President, Operations at Children’s of Alabama. He previously served as Chief Operating Officer for Lewis-Gale Clinic in Roanoke, VA and Executive Director of Mercy Health Center in Bentonville, AR. Michael has over 24 years of healthcare leadership experience including roles in hospitals, health systems, physician practices and ambulatory surgery centers. He has served in for-profit, not-for-profit, and academic medical centers.
Michael’s community service includes the Board of Directors for the Child Advocacy Center of Collin County, Board of Managers for the Plano Family YMCA and the Board of Directors for the Legacy Association business district.
Michael is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and a member of Beta Gamma Sigma. He earned a B.S. and M.B.A. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, as well as a M.A. from Liberty Theological Seminary in Lynchburg, VA.
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Breakfast with the CEO - John Warner, MD
2017-01-31 07:30 (America/Chicago) | William P. Clements Jr University Hospital; William & Gay Solomon Education Ctr – 2nd Floor, Room 2.138, 6201 Harry Hines Blvd, Dining Pavilion, Dallas, TX, 75390, United States
Come join us for our next Breakfast with the CEO: Dr. John Warner, Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, UT Southwestern Williams P. Clements Hospital.
John Warner, M.D., has served as Chief Executive Officer, UT Southwestern University Hospitals since February 2012. An interventional cardiologist, Dr. Warner was previously the Medical Director of the Doris and Harry W. Bass, Jr. Clinical Center for Heart, Lung and Vascular Disease and later served as Assistant Vice President for Hospital Planning, where he was instrumental in the design and planning of UT Southwestern’s new 460-bed William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital. Dr. Warner received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University and his M.B.A. from the Physician Executive Program at the University of Tennessee. He completed residency training in internal medicine at UT Southwestern, where he served as Chief Resident, and fellowship training in cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Warner returned to UT Southwestern in 2003. His research interests have centered on acute coronary syndromes, adult congenital heart disease, risk factors for coronary artery plaque rupture, and progression of atherosclerosis.
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After Hours Networking Event - Mavericks vs. Charlotte Hornets
2016-12-05 18:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | American Airlines Center, 2500 Victory Avenue, Dallas, TX, 75219, United States
Come join your ACHETNX colleagues for a great evening of networking and fun – and support a great cause at the same time!

Your $50 ticket purchase will include your game ticket, access to the Admiral Room at the American Airlines Center for our private ACHENTX reception, complimentary hors oeuvres during the reception, and a $10 donation (per ticket) to the Assist the Officer Foundation which provides support to the families of recently fallen police officers. A cash bar will be available during the reception as well.

A special thanks to Curo Health Services for hosting this reception.

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Annual ACHENTX General Membership Dinner
2016-11-16 17:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | The Fairmont Hotel, 1717 N Akard St, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Special Honoree: Joel Allison, FACHE, Outgoing CEO, Baylor Scott & White Health
Guest Speaker: Ted Shaw, President & CEO, Texas Hospital Association

2016 Chapter Awards
2017 Board & Officer Nominations
Annual Student Case Study Competition

Also accepting Table Reservations:

$2,500 per table of 10 ($2,200 for 2016 Silver, Gold or Platinum ACHENTX Sponsors)
The first eight Tables purchased will have the more premium locations during the dinner, your company name will be visible on the table, and your company logo will be displayed onsite as one of the hosts for the evening.
This is a great way to support ACHENTX, reserve seats with your colleagues and get your tickets before the event sells out.

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On Location Event: Secrets of Great Healthcare Organizations in Leading Change
2016-11-08 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | DFW Hospital Council, 300 Decker Drive, Ground Level Conference Room, Irving, TX, 75062
ACHENTX On Location Event
Secrets of Great Healthcare Organizations in Leading Change
6.0 Approved Face-to-Face Credits
Execute strategic changes with greater speed and tangible results

Discover lessons from 10 years of published research identifying the tangible attributes that allow top performers to rapidly execute their strategies and achieve significant performance improvement.

Implement the goal-setting/goal-achieving processes used by top-quartile provider organizations.
Design an accountability structure that improves the execution of needed changes and makes progress, or its absence, instantly visible.

Create an organizational bias toward action and overcome the inevitable resistance and objections that come with leading change.
Identify the senior leader’s role in ensuring performance improvement efforts produce a tangible ROI.
Examine the tangible traits to lead change and the improvements that are the key predictors to successful outcomes

Greg Butler

Greg Butler is president of Caldwell Butler & Associates in McKinney, Texas, a firm dedicated to improving hospital performance through the implementation of advanced quality methods. Mr. Butler is an expert in successfully leading transformational efforts and brings more than 30 years of experience in the healthcare field, having held leadership positions with some of the country’s leading healthcare manufacturers, service providers and performance improvement consulting firms. Mr. Butler’s experience includes leadership positions with Abbott Laboratories, VHA and Cardinal Health.
Who Should Attend: CEOs, board members, physician leaders, and other mid and senior executives.
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4th Quarter Education Event - Two-Panels
2016-10-27 15:00 - 19:30 (America/Denver) | Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, 8200 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas, TX, 75231
Two Panel Education Event:
Panel 1: Diversity & Inclusion
The communities for which healthcare organizations operate are rapidly diversifying. Not only do they provide care for a diverse community of patients and families, but their workforce is also growing more diverse. This diversity is exhibited in a number of ways, including nationality, race, religion, language, age, sexual orientation and physical ability. The business implications and imperatives healthcare organizations face concerning diversity and inclusion are immense. Diverse communities will demand different care needs, improved quality, new or modified operational processes and services, strategic planning for a diverse patient demographic and continuum of care. It is incumbent on healthcare organizations and their leaders to both understand and embrace the needs of diverse populations. Their ability to respond to the needs and preferences of a broader customer base will be critical to their financial and operational survival.

Moderator:
Guwan Jones
Chief Diversity Officer
Baylor Scott & White Health
Guwan 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.
Panelists:

Ildemaro Gonzalez
VP & Chief Inclusion & Diversity Officer
Parkland Health & Hospital System
In his current role Mr. Gonzalez seeks to develop and oversee programs that enhance both the employee and patient experiences. Specifically, his team is focused on enabling culturally competent and equitable care. Connect with Patients, Partner with our Community, and Engage our People are the three strategic imperatives that guide his work at Parkland.
Mr. Gonzalez previously worked at Newell Rubbermaid where he was the Global Director of Inclusion & Philanthropy, as well as Senior Manager, Learning & Development, for the company’s Latin American operations. At Newell he focused on “Global Readiness” ensuring the organization understood the nuances of diverse global markets and transformed that knowledge into high performing teams and category leading products worldwide.
Prior to his work with Newell Rubbermaid, Gonzalez worked for The American Cancer Society in Atlanta. There he served as Managing Director of the Talent Solution Center and Managing Director of Diversity Strategy, amongst other positions. In addition to focusing on an inclusive work environment, Mr. Gonzalez and his team worked on increasing the effectiveness of the Society’s programs within diverse communities.
Mr. Gonzalez holds a Master of Business Administration in Management from Georgia State University in Atlanta, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Venezuela.

Kimel Hodges
Assistant Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion and Equal Opportunity
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Kimel Hodges is the Assistant Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion and Equal Opportunity at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. She joined UT Southwestern in September 2012 and oversees several divisions including Diversity & Inclusion, Equal Opportunity, and Supplier Diversity/HUB.
Kimel leads the development of the organization’s Diversity and Inclusion strategies by providing and coordinating leadership for diversity issues institution-wide. She oversees the Affirmative Action Planning as well as other internal processes for promoting and ensuring compliance with laws, regulations, organizational policies and contracts investigations of discrimination, harassment or retaliation. Kimel also provides strategic direction in the development of initiatives for the Supplier Diversity/Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUB) program, and enterprise-wide Minority, Women, Service Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise (MWSDVBE).
Before joining UT Southwestern, Kimel served as Director of Diversity & Inclusion at CHRISTUS Health. Prior to that, she had over 10 years with the Kellogg Company in various leadership positions including Diversity Business Partner, EEO/AA Manager, and Human Resources Manager in both the corporate and manufacturing.
Kimel is a member of several executive committees at UT Southwestern, and represents the Institution at various community events. Kimel is involved with the Youth Motivational Task Force (YMTF) at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff, where she serves on the planning committee. She also is a member of the American Heart Association’s Compensation, Benefits and Human Resources Advisory Committee and a Board member of the Alfred William (A.W.) Harris Faculty-Alumni Center Corporation.
Kimel earned a bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University, and master’s degree in Human Resources Management from Central Michigan University. Kimel also holds Certified Diversity Executive (CDE) credentials from the Society for Diversity and a Senior Certified Affirmative Action Professional (Sr.CAAP) from the American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity (AAAED).

Paula Turicchi, FACHE
Administrator, Women and Infant’s Specialty Health (WISH)
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Paula Turicchi, FACHE is the Administrator of Women and Infant’s Specialty Health (WISH) at Parkland, oversees women and infants health services including one of the largest maternity services in the U.S. She is responsible for the business operations of labor and delivery, inpatient postpartum, newborn nursery services, neonatal intensive care unit, 12 women’s ambulatory clinics, OB/Gyn Sonography, Genetics, and an obstetrics and gynecology emergency care center. She is board certified in Healthcare Administration and holds a Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration and Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. She first joined Parkland as administrative resident in 1988.
Panel 2: Fostering Inclusion of LGBT Patients and Employees
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) patients face many challenges in accessing knowledgeable, unbiased and welcoming healthcare in all practice settings. The potential and/or fear of receiving derogatory remarks, unequitable care, or being turned away from treatment often deters some of the LGBT community and their families from seeking healthcare services. Healthcare equality for all people is a guiding principle of the healthcare management profession. However, discrimination towards the LGBT community continues in the healthcare environment today. This panel discussion will focus on the need to strengthen the pursuance of equity of care and to foster inclusion of LGBT patients and employees.
Moderator:

Dresdene Flynn-White, FACHE
Managing Director
Acquired Leadership Solutions
Dresdene Flynn-White is no stranger to success as both a business owner and a strategic business partner in the corporate world. First as an administrator in higher education, then on to a fifteen-year healthcare career with Kaiser Permanente. Leaving a lucrative career in corporate human resources and consulting, she started on her five-year entrepreneurial journey as an executive and business coach, advising and supporting small business owners.
Dresdene returned to corporate human resources as Vice President for Human Resources at JPS in 2010. She assumed the role of the network’s first Diversity Officer in January 2012. In this capacity she is responsible for the execution of the Hospital District’s Diversity strategies relating to the provision of culturally competent care for patients, the education and retention of a diverse workforce and an expansion of engagement with M/WBE and HUB VENDORS.
Having retired from the position of Chief Diversity Officer as of February, 2015, Dresdene has returned to healthcare consulting by establishing a boutique consulting practice focused on strategic leadership development/
Dresdene is a unique health care professional, having experienced both corporate operational and business ownership roles. She is a credentialed manager responsible for establishing, consolidating and realigning critical business areas (quality, utilization and risk management and performance reporting) to enable the initiation of new systems, definition of new business processes and responses to litigation and regulatory compliance issues.
Dresdene serves on several community boards including the Fort Worth Metropolitan YMCA, Health Babies, Healthy Moms, Healthy Communities (H3); is the current president of the North Texas Chapter of American College of Healthcare Executives, and Co-Chair of the Tarrant County Cancer Disparities Coalition.
Panelists:

Rafael McDonnell
Communications and Advocacy Manager
The Resource Center
Rafael McDonnell is the Communications and Advocacy Manager for Resource Center, the LGBT community center serving North Texas. At the Center, he works on external and internal communications as well as education, advocacy and policy issues involving the LGBTQA community. Since June 2010, he has successfully participated in or led community advocacy for new or expanded LGBT employment protections for nearly 50,000 public sector employees in North Texas, as well as partner benefits at Dallas County and Dallas Area Rapid Transit.
McDonnell has also worked on and advocated for anti-bullying and non-discrimination policies covering more than a quarter-million students at Dallas ISD, Dallas County Community Colleges and Uplift Education. He was chosen to be the one of the grand marshals for the 2014 Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade, better known as the Dallas Pride Parade. In March 2015, he was named “Best LGBT Community Leader” by the readers of the Dallas Voice.
McDonnell has conducted presentations on non-discrimination and other LGBT issues at the Texas Transgender Non-Discrimination Summit, the Texas Gay-Straight Alliance, the Equality Texas’ State of the State Public Policy Conference, the Stonewall Democrats of Texas annual meeting, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s annual Creating Change conference among others.
McDonnell’s over 25-year career as a professional communicator includes working at radio and television stations in Dallas, Houston and Oklahoma City, where his work was honored by the Texas AP Broadcasters, the Dallas Press Club and the Texas Public Health Association. Prior to joining the Center in 2008, he was a member of the news office at the University of North Texas and participated in UNT’s Allies program. McDonnell is a former president of Lambda Pride Toastmasters and vice president of Dignity/Dallas, a former board member of the Trinity Valley School alumni association, and has been a volunteer for the Tanqueray AIDS Rides and the Lone Star Ride Fighting AIDS. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Texas Christian University and a master’s degree from the University of North Texas.

Scott Phillips
Senior Director of Patient Access Services
Texas Health Resources
Scott Phillips is currently Senior Director of Patient Access Services at Texas Health Resources. In his current role he has oversite of the Patient Access functions at the 14 wholly owned THR hospitals. Scott has over 22 years of Patient Access experience with 12 of those years serving as Director of Patient Access Services at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas. Scott has served as President of NORTEX and is involved with NAHAM and HFMA.

Peter Triporo
Nurse Practitioner
Uptown Physician Group
Peter Triporo RN, ACNP-BC, attended the University of Texas at Arlington, where he received his Masters of Nursing with Honors (Sigma Theta Tau and Phi Kappa Phi). He is board certified through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and licensed by the Texas Board of Nursing as an Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. As a Nurse Practitioner, Peter excels in health promotion, counseling, prevention and disease management. He believes in building a strong, collaborative partnership with patients to improve their access and quality of care they receive.

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2016 BOG Review Course: Fundamentals of Healthcare Management
2016-10-21 07:30 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Texas Health Resources, 612 E Lamar Blvd., Arlington, TX, 76011
ACHE Board of Governor’s Exam Review Course:
Fundamentals of Healthcare Management

Are you planning to advance to Fellow before the end of the year? Let us help you prepare to sit for the Board of Governors Exam. ACHE of North Texas is offering a one-day study course to help you prepare. National courses are more than $1,300 plus travel expenses and are two and a half days. Stay close to home, pay a fraction of the cost, and spend a third of the time to learn test taking tips and review knowledge areas.
Conducted By:

Paula M. Zalucki, FACHE
Berkeley Research Group
Past Regent | Dallas-Fort Worth Area
Registration closes Tuesday, October 18. Unfortunately, no late registrations or walk-ins permitted.
8 Qualified Education Credits (Cat II) Apply
Registration and light breakfast begins at 7:30am. Course begins at 8.00am.
Fee includes study materials, light breakfast, and lunch.
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ACHENTX Annual Women's Breakfast
2016-10-05 07:00 - 09:15 (America/Chicago) | La Cima Club – Las Colinas, 5215 North O'Connor Boulevard #2600 , Irving, TX, 75039, United States
Our highly successful annual women’s event is back and this year’s program promises to be even greater than before. This year’s panelists will be focusing on the theme of Greatness Where it Matters to You, with the structure of the event based on Stephen Covey’s book, Primary Greatness.
Registration & Breakfast: 7.30AM | Program 8.00AM | Q&A: 8.45-9.15AM
Garage Parking and Valet Available.
Registration Deadline is October 3. No refunds will be issued after this date.
Substitutions can be made at any time.
Our highly successful annual women’s event is back and this year’s program promises to be even greater than before. This year’s panelists are being confirmed and they will be focusing on the theme of Greatness Where it Matters to You, with the structure of the event based on Stephen Covey’s book, Primary Greatness.
Moderator
Kristen Jenkins JD, MBA,FACHE
President, Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation
Senior Vice President, Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council
Kristin Jenkins, J.D., M.B.A., FACHE has worked in healthcare administration since leaving private law practice in 1997. She is currently the President of the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation and Senior Vice President of the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council. Her work includes facilitating collaborative health improvement projects across the North Texas region and leading multiple state and federal contract and grant activities benefiting patients and the community. She has been a guest lecturer for the University of Texas at Austin and University of Texas at Dallas in both Leadership Theory and Uses of Technology as a Tool for Meaningful Healthcare Reform and a Teaching Quizmaster at the University of Texas School of Law. She is currently an adjunct professor of Health Law and Health Regulation for UT Dallas in Richardson. She was a clerk for the Texas Supreme Court in 1993-1994 for Justice Rose Spector.
Ms. Jenkins also serves as Chair of the Tarrant County American Cancer Society Advisory Board, and is a member of the United Way of Tarrant County’s Health Programming Board and Tarrant County Komen Board. She serves as Co-Chair of the MJ Neeley School of Business Alumni Board at Texas Christian University and volunteers with many other local and state healthcare service organizations.
Ms. Jenkins is a recipient of the Modern Healthcare Up & Comer Award, the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council Young Healthcare Executive of the Year award, Great Women of Texas and the 40 Under 40 award in Tarrant County, Texas. She has published and presented at numerous national, state and regional conferences on topics ranging from healthcare compliance, quality improvement, community health design and engagement, innovation and collaboration models, health information technology, leadership and healthcare workforce initiatives.
Panelists
Elizabeth Asturi
Chief Nursing Officer
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen
Elizabeth Asturi, M.S.N., R.N., NE-BC, is the chief nursing officer of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen, moving into that role in June 2015.
Prior to that, Asturi served five years as associate CNO of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, where she provided direct oversight of Nursing Administration, Critical Care and Emergency Services.
She also supervised operation of the hospital’s Level II Trauma Designation program, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program, Heart Failure Clinic, Women’s Heart and Wellness Clinic and Valve Clinic, among other responsibilities.
Asturi’s dedication to the Texas Health Resources mission is something to which she has devoted her career. She began as a nurse at Texas Health Dallas, where she served as a clinical nurse and charge nurse before becoming a clinical education specialist for Critical Care / Cardiology.
She also served as director of Critical Care at United Regional Health Care System in Wichita Falls before returning to Texas Health Dallas as director of Nursing Administration for Critical Care and Emergency Services. From December 2009 to July 2010, she served as interim CNO for Texas Health Dallas.
Asturi is board-certified as a nurse executive by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She was nominated by Texas Health as an “Up and Comer” for Modern Healthcare magazine in 2014, and she was named a finalist in 2013 for the Nursing Excellence in Leadership award from D magazine and for DFWHC Young Healthcare Executive of the Year in 2012.
She served on the board of directors for CareFlite from 2008 to 2013, is an adjunct clinical instructor at the University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing and is treasurer for the North Texas Organization of Nurse Executives. She holds a Master of Science degree in nursing from Texas Christian University, and an associate degree in nursing from Brookhaven College.
Asturi lives in North Dallas with her husband, Michael, daughter, Hailey, and son, Parker. They are active members at St. Andrew United Methodist Church in Plano. Asturi volunteers at Seven Loaves Food Pantry, and she and Hailey are active volunteers in the National Charity League, a group for mothers and daughters that focuses on philanthropic and leadership development activities.

Lara Burnside
Chief Patient Experience Officer
JPS Health Network
Lara has been a healthcare professional for twenty years. She works with all levels of hospital leadership implementing processes and systems to create a great experience for patients, physicians, and employees. Lara is currently the Chief Patient Experience Officer at JPS Health Network in Ft. Worth, Texas. From 2008 to 2015, she worked with Children’s Health in Dallas, TX as a consultant and also as the Senior Director of Service Excellence.
Lara spent 10 years working for a large healthcare consulting firm focused on service and operational excellence. As a consultant, Lara worked with thousands of hospital leaders and physicians at over 150 health care organizations. Her concentration on employee engagement, patient experience, and creating a culture of service has led to organizations achieving their highest outcomes in service, quality, finance, human resources, and growth. Lara has experience with large for-profit and not-for-profit health care systems, academic medical centers, and small rural hospitals.
Lara has a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications/Public Relations and is currently enrolled in the MHA program at the University of Cincinnati. She is also the author of a book titled, Believe in the Journey of Your Dreams.

Julie Menke
Vice President
Molina Health Plan of Texas
Julie has worked in Healthcare since 1980. She received her BSN from Harding University in 1980 and practiced as an RN in a hospital setting until 1992. At that time, she joined the healthplan side of health care working in Managed Care. She earned her MBA in 1995 and has been on both the provider and plan side of healthcare administration.
Julie started her healthplan career in operational development at Anthem Blue Cross, and later worked for Dignity Health as Director of Managed Care, at Kaiser as an administrator in the Continuum of Care, at Sutter Health as Director of Managed Care, and at Centene as Vice President of Network Development serving as one of five principles in the startup of a new managed Medicaid plan in California. She has worked in various markets and navigated healthcare dynamics across California, Texas, Oklahoma, and Virginia. She settled in Texas last September from her home in California.
Today she supports Molina as Vice President for Molina Health plan of Texas. She is responsible for the Dallas and El Paso Markets. In her role, she manages Medicaid, Medicare, and Exchange products. They experienced 30% growth in 2016 and an expect additional growth in 2017. Molina expects to exceed 400,000 lives soon in their membership.
Julie is a working mom with five adult children and two grandchildren spread far and wide across the US, so she enjoys spending her weekends traveling.

Vanessa Walls
Vice President, Regional Specialty Care
Administrator of Our Children’s House
Children’s Health
Vanessa U. Walls joined Children’s Health System of Texas (Children’s Health) in 2011 as the Vice President of Ambulatory Care. Since that time, she has had many roles at Children’s Health leading to her current responsibilities, including three years as the Administrator for Children’s Medical Center Plano. Today, Vanessa supports the mission of Children’s Health to make life better for children by leading delivery of specialty pediatric care in sites close to home while also leading Our Children’s House, a 54 bed post-acute pediatric specialty hospital.
Vanessa received her undergraduate degree in Health Administration from Auburn University and her Master of Science in Health Administration from the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Her career has spanned 26+ years as a leader in health administration, including positions in both urban and rural hospitals and ranging in size from 100 beds to 900 beds.

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Community Service Event - DME Exchange
2016-10-01 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | DME Exchange, 12015 Shiloh Rd , Dallas, TX, 75228, United States
Join fellow ACHENTX members at the DME Exchange and help clean, repair or refurbish donated medical equipment to prepare them for their next use. Come out and help support the organization’s mission, meet ACHENTX members, donate unwanted equipment, and even earn credit towards Fellow status while giving back to your community.

The DME Exchange is a nonprofit agency that collects, repairs and sanitizes durable medical equipment and then distributes them to individuals living in Dallas county who have a doctor’s prescription for the item, are 200% below the poverty level, have no insurance coverage or have a gap in coverage. DME equipment includes: canes, crutches, walkers, rollators, bedside commodes, tub transfer benches, manual and power wheelchairs, Hoyer lifts, hospital beds and mattresses.

If you cannot attend the event and wish to donate supplies, please contact Peter Blanchard at petermblanchard@gmail.com or 918-752-4249.

*Dress is casual. (Open toe shoes or sandals are not appropriate)

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Breakfast with the President - Kenneth Hutchenrider, Jr., FACHE
2016-09-22 07:30 - 09:00 (America/Chicago) | Methodist Richardson Medical Center, 2831 E. President George Bush Tpke. , Richardson, TX, 75082, United States
Kenneth Hutchenrider, Jr., FACHE
Methodist Richardson Medical Center

Ken Hutchenrider joined Methodist Richardson Medical Center as President in July, 2010.
He 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.
During 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.”
Additional 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.
Prior 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.
Previously 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.
He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas A&M University and a Masters of Healthcare Administration from the University of Houston, Clear Lake.
Ken 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.
On 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.

A special thanks to Ken Hutchenrider and Methodist Richardson Medical Center for hosting this event.

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Third Quarter Education Event
2016-08-25 15:00 - 19:30 (America/Denver) | Maggiano’s Little Italy Restaurant, 205 North Park Center , Dallas, TX, 75225, United States
ACHE of North Texas Education Event
August 25, 2015
Maggiano’s Northpark Center
205 Northpark Center, Dallas, TX 75225
Sponsored by Walden University
Panel 1: #68: The Role of Media in Shaping the Public’s Perception of Healthcare
(1.5 Category 1 Education Credits Approved)
Description: Over the last 500 years, the influence of mass media has grown exponentially with the advance of technology. First there were books, then newspapers, magazines, photography, sound recordings, films, radio, television, the so-called New Media of the Internet, and now social media. Today, just about everyone depends on information and communication to keep their lives moving through daily activities like work, education, entertainment and especially health care. This panel discussion will focus on the public’s perception of hospitals, healthcare delivery and the impact of the Affordable Care Act. These perceptions are largely delivered and influenced by “the Media”. Time will be spent on effective tactics to managing the communication channels and messaging when working with “the press”. Join these subject matter experts as they discuss their observations and tactics at their respective organizations.
Moderator:
Linda Nall, FACHE, Vice President Patient Satisfaction Measurement & Improvement
Texas Health Resources
Linda Nall is the Vice President of Patient Satisfaction Measurement and Improvement for Texas Health Resources. She and her team manage service excellence and internal coaching resources for the Texas Health system. She also oversees patient survey administration, data analysis and reporting.
Linda has been with Texas Health for 23 years, beginning at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth, where she established the patient advocacy service and on site language assistance. She moved to System Director of Service Excellence for THR in 2007.
Linda received her undergraduate degree at the University of Maryland, College Park, and has a master’s degree in health services management from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. She is a Fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives (FACHE).
Linda has a son, Thad, who is a college student, and she recently adopted a “golden oldie,” a golden retriever, named Sailor.
Panelists:
Janet St. James, Assistant VP Strategic Communication
HCA North Texas Division
Janet St. James, serves as assistant vice-president of strategic communications for the HCA North Texas Division. She is responsible for garnering positive media coverage, developing engaging content across ever-evolving media platforms, and community outreach. North Texas is one of the largest divisions in the HCA portfolio and includes 16 hospitals, 79 patient care sites, more than 5,500 active physicians, and 15,340 employees in Dallas-Fort Worth and Oklahoma.
St. James began her career as a television journalist, working in broadcast news for nearly 25 years in markets including Abilene, Oklahoma City, and Dallas. Prior to joining HCA, St. James had been an award-winning senior reporter at WFAA-TV in Dallas for 18 years, specializing in health and medical reporting. She has won multiple honors, including Emmy’s, Murrow’s, AP awards, and more.
A proud graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, St. James earned a degree in Broadcast Journalism. She attended graduate school at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, where she studied education and earned a teaching certificate.
St. James is an advocate for health and uses a 2015 breast cancer diagnosis to inform, educate, and empower women about the disease. She and her husband have three children.
Matt Goodman, Editor
D Healthcare Daily
Matt, who was born and raised in Houston, is an experienced reporter with a special interest in healthcare issues. A journalism graduate of the University of North Texas, Matt comes from WFAA.com, where he was a digital journalist covering breaking news and assisting with investigate reports. Prior to that, he worked as a digital media producer for CBSDFW.com and as a business reporter for the Killeen Daily Herald. He has also written for D Magazine, The Dallas Morning News, and The Fort Worth Weekly.
Jennifer Coleman, Sr. Vice President Marketing & Public Relations
Baylor Scott & White Health
Jennifer Coleman is senior vice president of marketing and public relations for the 48-hospital Baylor Scott & White Health care system.
Her responsibilities include leadership of the health care system’s
marketing, public relations, community benefit and corporate contributions, including consumer research and segmentation.
Jennifer has been with the new, merged organization since October 2013 and with the legacy Baylor Health Care System since 1980, when the disciplines of marketing and PR weren’t widely practiced in
health care. As the System grew, so did her role and responsibilities, progressing from a staff writer on a quarterly publication to where she is today– a member of the top management team of this $9 billion (total-assets), not-for-profit organization. She has expertise is nearly all the PR disciplines but an extra depth of experience in crisis communications.
Jennifer’s work in branding Baylor Health Care System has made it the number one health care brand in the state of Texas. Her team’s work garnered it the Platinum award for Best System Branding Campaign by HealthLeaders, plus numerous awards for its website and internal communications. In 2010, she was named PR Professional of the Year in the not-for-profit category by PR News and by the Dallas Business Journal as one of “25 Women to Watch.”
Jennifer is very active in community and professional organizations. She is vice chair of the Community Council of Greater Dallas, former officer of the Dallas Summit, a board member of Dallas Heritage Village, as well as secretary of the Baylor Health Care System Employee Credit Union. She is past president of Dallas READS, where she won the first Daryl Johnston Literacy Champion Award bestowed by Verizon (then GTE), and was appointed to WorkSource for Dallas County as the adult literacy representative. She is a native of Tampa, Florida and earned a bachelor‘s and a master’s degree in English literature. She and her husband, Brad Stribling, are both proud Texas Longhorns and have two incredible grown children.
Panel 2: #77: Sustainability of Healthcare Organizations: A Plan of Action
(1.5 Category 1 Education Credits Approved)
Description: Issues surrounding sustainability for healthcare institutions into the 21stcentury in the U.S., with regards to the era of healthcare reform, are very complex. Within the scope of priorities, this discussion will emphasize the necessity of understanding the key potential and existing operational and cost problem areas of adaptability for healthcare system sustainability as healthcare providers continue to face future operational challenges. The primary goal of this discussion is to provide an overview of the models of current successes and solutions with a focus on a realistic plan of action. Join these subject matter experts as they share their perspective on their respective organizations sustainability tactics.
Moderator:
Winjie Tang Miao, SVP & System Integration Officer
Texas Health Resources
Winjie Tang Maio is the senior vice president and system integration officer of Texas Health Resources. Through Texas Health’s System Integration and Innovation Office, she leads efforts to design and deploy major strategic, clinical and operational transformation initiatives across the system.
Miao 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, the system’s newest full-service hospital. Under her leadership, Texas Health Alliance opened in 2012, and has received national recognition for its innovative technology.
In 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’s “Up and Comers.”
An 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.
Panelists:
Suresh Gunasekaran, Chief of Operations
UT Southwestern Health System
As Associate Vice President and Chief of Operations for the UT Southwestern Health System, Suresh Gunasekaran, M.B.A., leads the financial and operational activities plus many of the administrative functions of the physician practice and Health System. Mr. Gunasekaran previously led the information technology function of the Health System, which has been nationally recognized multiple times as “Most Wired” and most recently recognized as a HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 for both hospitals and clinics. Before joining UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2004, he served as a health care IT management consultant working with major academic medical centers as well as a principal health care analyst for Gartner Group. Mr. Gunasekaran began his career in clinic and revenue cycle operations at Vanderbilt University Children’s Hospital in Nashville, TN. He holds a master’s in business administration from Southern Methodist University.
Pamela J. Stoyanoff, Executive Vice President & COO
Methodist Health System
Pamela Stoyanoff, MBA and CPA is currently Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the 7 hospital Methodist Health System in Dallas, Texas. In that role she is responsible for 4 of the 7 hospitals (the other 3 being joint ventures) and a myriad of Corporate, centralized functions including IT, Purchasing, Quality, Transplant services and Graduate Medical Education. Pam is experienced in strategic planning, financial management, IT, Human resources, operational performance improvement, joint ventures and physician integration. She is a member of several Boards, including the Dallas Ft. Worth Hospital Council Education and Foundation Board,), the American Heart Association Go Red For Women Dallas chapter, ACHE of North Texas Board and several others. She is well known in the community, serving on the Trinity Commons
Foundation Board (developed to promote the Trinity River Corridor Project) and has traveled to Washington D.C. with select contingencies to promote Dallas economic development.
Prior to coming to Dallas, Pam was the Chief Financial Officer for the St. Vincent Health System (4 hospitals) in Little Rock, Arkansas. She is originally from Chicago, Illinois and began her career at Arthur Anderson & Co.
Pam has her BS in Business Administration with a major in Accounting, is a CPA and has her Masters degree from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management in Lake Forest, Illinois.
Pam has spoken around the country on many topics including revenue cycle management, cost reduction strategies and diversity in healthcare supply procurement.
She was most recently voted one of the top 25 Women in Business in Dallas/Ft. Worth by the Dallas Business Journal in 2010 and was also selected in 2010 by the Dallas Business Journal as a Health Care Hero (in recognition of contributions toward improving health care in North Texas).
Anthony J. Malcoun, JD, MBA,
Principal in Population Health Management, Premier Health Alliance
Anthony J. Malcoun is a Principal of Premier’s Population Health group and leader of Premier’s CIN consulting practice. He has extensive experience designing health system growth strategies and building the structural, legal, and governance components of CINs and regional networks. As a counselor and advisor, Mr. Malcoun offers a broad national perspective having led strategy and operational engagements in over 75 markets and 35 states. His areas of expertise include developing Clinically Integrated Networks, health system growth strategies, physician alignment, organizational design, system integration and partnerships.
Prior to joining Premier, Mr. Malcoun was a leader and Vice President of Sg2’s US consulting group. His practice focused on health care reform strategy, systems of care integration, physician alignment, organizational design, service line growth/operating models, demand forecasting, and scenario planning. He also worked closely with private equity groups on due diligence related to investment opportunities as well as turnaround strategy work for underperforming portfolio investments.
Prior to Sg2, Mr. Malcoun was a Senior Consultant with Computer Sciences Corporation’s (CSC) health care consulting practice where he led initiatives related to vendor partnerships and supply chain for large integrated delivery networks. Prior to CSC, Mr. Malcoun was a consultant with XOR, an Internet professional services company, where he developed internet business models and customer relationship management strategies for health care organizations. Mr. Malcoun began his professional career as a practicing lawyer, working for several years in complex commercial litigation in the states of New York and Illinois.
Mr. Malcoun holds an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, with a focus on marketing, technology and health care. He received his JD from Brooklyn Law School and his BA from the University of Michigan. He has been an invited speaker/panelist and lecturer on health care industry and reform topics to ACHE organizations, CMS, the American Health Lawyers Association, and technology companies as well as the Northwestern and University of Chicago MBA programs. Mr. Malcoun actively supports a number of charitable organizations and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Rogers Park Montessori School as well as 826CHI an organization that promotes creativity and writing skills for children in Chicago.

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ACHE After Hours Networking Event at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
2016-06-24 18:30 - 22:00 (America/Denver) | Globe Life Park, 1000 Ballpark Way , Arlington, TX, 76011, United States
Come out for a casual evening at the ballpark and enjoy a fantastic view of the game from the suite of our host, Sterling Barnett Little, while the Rangers take on the Boston Red Sox. We encourage you to bring a colleague to join you and watch the game from the temperature-controlled indoor lounge with flat screen televisions and indoor/outdoor seating.
This is a great event to introduce potential members to the Chapter. In fact, as a member of ACHENTX, if you bring a prospective ACHE member to attend with you, you and she/he can attend for free. Please be sure to provide the name of your guest(s) when you register.
All-American ballpark foods will be served including hot dogs, nachos and peanuts with a variety of beverages.
The suite will be open to guests at 6:30 PM, and first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM.
SPACE IS LIMITED AND ON A FIRST COME/FIRST SERVED BASIS, SO REGISTER TODAY!!!

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Sterling Barnett Little is a healthcare architectural, interior design and planning/consulting firm located in Arlington, Texas. Since 1994, SBL has worked on thousands of projects — with extensive experience in new construction, expansion, master planning and rehabilitation of older healthcare facilities. Healthcare design is their focus and their passion.

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ACHENTX Local Program Council Education Event - Diversity & Inclusion
2016-06-23 03:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago) | GE Locomotive Plant, 16201 Three Wide Drive, For Worth, TX, 76177, United States
Diversity & Inclusion
(1.5 Face-to-Face Credits)
3-3:30 pm – Registration
3:30-5 pm – Education Panel Presentation
5-6 pm – Tour of locomotive plant
Moderator:

Cole Brown
Senior Vice President
Chief Human Resources Officer
Ask Cole Brown what makes a great company great, and she’ll reply with one word: people. “You can have the best strategic vision and the plushest office space, but its great people that bring relevance to those elements,” says Cole.
It takes a sincere and transformative leader to build and sustain world-class teams, and Cole fits the bill. As Conifer’s Chief HR Officer, her focus is on developing the most talented professionals in the healthcare industry. “My top priority is highlighting our extraordinary atmosphere to attract the best talent to Conifer.” Cole says. She’s also keen to deliver highly collaborative working relationships that generate tangible business results across the entire organization.
Along with a wealth of experience in talent management, acquisition, and development; Cole brings deep knowledge about best practices for managing large, geographically dispersed employee populations, like Conifer’s. Prior to joining the organization, she served as Senior Vice President of HR for U.S. store operations at Walmart, where she led a team of more than 600 professionals who managed the needs of 1.3 million employees at 4,200 retail locations. While with Walmart, she held several senior leadership roles that focused on a broad spectrum of HR and legal areas, including Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), employment practices and diversity strategies. Prior to her time at Walmart, Cole served with Bashen Consulting; Wickliff & Hall, P.C.; and Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, L.L.P.
Achievements

Serves as Conifer Health’s Chief Human Resources Officer since early 2015
Served as Senior Vice President of HR for Walmart prior to her current role
Served as Chief Diversity Officer for Walmart
Member of the American Bar Association and National Bar Association
Member of the Society of Human Resource Management, HR People & Strategy and the Network of Executive Women
Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, Southern Methodist University
Juris Doctor (JD), Southern Methodist University School of Law

Panelists:

Clint Abernathy serves as president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance, being promoted into the position in May 2015. He joined the hospital in 2012 as professional services officer and played an integral role in efforts to open the facility.
He recruited and worked with physicians on the medical staff and oversaw ancillary services, including the imaging, laboratory, pharmacy, cardiopulmonary and rehabilitation departments. He also led the Texas Health Convenient Care Clinic and Outpatient Surgery Center and spearheaded process improvements throughout the hospital.
Before joining Texas Health Alliance, Abernathy served as administrative director of operations and clinical excellence for Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. He also served as the hospital’s director of performance and productivity from September 2007 until October 2011. During that time, Abernathy implemented process improvements that helped reduce costs and improve quality of care.
He served as a Lean Six Sigma black belt and associate plant manager for Fresenius Medical Care from January 2005 to September 2007 and the quality assurance supervisor for PCI Technology from January 2003 until January 2005.
Abernathy received his bachelor’s degree in biology from University of Dallas and a master’s degree in health care management from Champlain College in Burlington, Vt. He is a Lean Six Sigma master black belt and a certified quality engineer, as designated by the American Society for Quality.
He serves on the board of the Northwest Independent School District Education Foundation and is involved with the Tarrant Christian Bass Club and the American Heart Association. He is also a youth volunteer and welcome team member at Keystone Church.
He enjoys fishing and spending time with his wife, Stephanie, and their three daughters, Shaye, 8, and Gracey, 2 and Layken, 9 months.

Walter Amaya
Ft. Worth, Executive Supply Chain Leader, Locomotive Operations
Walter was born in Obregon, Mexico, and joined GE in 2000 as Plant Manager for GE Transportation’s locomotive fabrication facility (GEMC) in Saltillo, Mexico.
Across his 16-year career at GE, Walter has developed extensive supply chain expertise and knowledge in Locomotive and Engine fabrications, machining and assembly for mining, and remanufacturing and component repair with responsibility for factories in the U.S. and abroad, including GE’s legacy locomotive plant in Erie, Pa.
He led the start-up of locomotive operations in Ft. Worth, Texas —a GE first in over a century in North America. He and his leadership team are dedicated to the mission of building and sustaining one engaged, flexible and accountable workforce focused on safety and continuously exceeding customer expectations.
Walter is active in the community as a board member of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce and United Way of Tarrant County. As a GE leader, he promotes volunteerism and engagement through partnerships with area nonprofits and continuously sponsors and develops diverse talent within the business and participates in diversity forums in both Mexico and the U.S.
He graduated from the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM) with a B.S. of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, and holds an MBA from the University of Dubuque and a Master’s Degree in Executive Management at the Universidad Panamericana (IPADE).
Walter is married to Astrid, and they have a family of four children, Andres (17), Santiago (15), Pablo (13) and Mariana (11).

Monica Vargas-Mahar, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
The Hospitals of Providence – Sierra Campus
Monica Vargas-Mahar, FACHE, MHA, is the CEO at The Hospitals of Providence – Sierra Campus in El Paso, Texas. In her first year at the hospital, her and her leadership team have lead the partnership with a non-profit secondary market hospital to open a joint ventured cath lab, the expansion of their inpatient rehabilitation unit, re-introduction of the EP cardiology service line and a $50M master plan renovation of the hospital’s facility. In her previous role, Monica served as the COO at The Hospitals of Providence – Memorial Campus.
Monica is a Board member of the Child Advocacy Centers of Texas, the Council on Policy Development for Texas Hospital Association, and the United Way of Greater El Paso. She has previously served as a board member of the National Forum of Latino Healthcare Executives and the Southwest Health Executives Association, an ACHE Chapter. In 2012 Monica was named a Modern Healthcare “Up & Comer” by Modern Healthcare Magazine.
Monica earned her master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.

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Breakfast with the President - Josh Floren, FACHE
2016-06-21 07:30 - 09:00 (America/Chicago) | Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen, 1105 Central Expressway North, Allen, TX, 75013, United States
Josh Floren, FACHE, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano

Josh is the president of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano.

Josh joined Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano in 2013. Prior to joining the hospital, he worked as the executive vice president of operations at Parkland Hospital. Josh has an extensive background in business development, physician relations, financial management, strategic planning, hospital operations, performance and quality improvement.

Josh earned a bachelor’s degree in biomedical science from Texas A&M University and a master’s in health administration from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He completed a fellowship at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston, WV and while there became a certified Six Sigma Blackbelt by GE.

Josh currently serves on multiple community boards including the Collin County Children’s Advocacy Center and is a past president of the North Texas Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Josh has been married for 11 years to his wife Valerie. They have 3 children, Jackson (8), Brooks (6) and Charlotte (2). He is active in his church and spends much of his time coaching the kid’s baseball and soccer teams.

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano, 6300 West Parker Rd (Medical Office Building 2), Bluebonnet Room, Plano, TX 75093. The Bluebonnet room is located on the northwest corner of the campus. The closest parking is near the Midway Road side of the parking lot.

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An Ethical-Basis Move from Volume to Value
2016-06-08 09:30 - 16:00 (America/Denver) | TX
A Joint Education Event between ACHE East Texas and North Texas Chapters
6.0 Face-to-Face Credits
In this changing healthcare environment, an essential task for today’s leaders is to move from volume- to value-based care. This organizational shift and new business model may result in unintended consequences including ethical dilemmas.
Join us for a proactive seminar that will explore effective, intentional and practical ways for healthcare leaders to strengthen their organization’s focus on doing the right thing when moving from volume to value-based care. Expert faculty will discuss the linkage between ethics, quality and value. Hear firsthand from healthcare leaders who have been faced with ethical challenges and learn from the changes they made in their organizations. This engaging presentation and discussion will provide the opportunity for reflection.
During this seminar, you will:

Explore the ethical basis for avoiding non-beneficial care
Identify the challenges in implementing an effective strategy to restrict the use of non-beneficial interventions
Examine the connection to the growing interest in the “Choosing Wisely” campaign
Understand the role of leaders in ensuring the alignment of organizational values and administrative and clinical practices
Discuss how an ethical organization impacts culture, care delivery and the bottom line

Faculty
William A. Nelson, PhD, HFACHE, is associate professor of community and family medicine, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and the Department of Psychiatry at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Previously, he was chief of the ethics education services for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Center for Ethics in Health Care, which he cofounded. Dr. Nelson is a regular contributor to Healthcare Executive’s Healthcare Management Ethics Column and has authored more than 85 articles and book chapters. Dr. Nelson will lead the presentation and moderate the panel.
Plus there will also be panel presentation by healthcare executives, including:

Christopher Karam, FACHE, has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System since February 2003, and has recently been named Chief Experience Officer for CHRISTUS Health System. Interested in health at an early age, Mr. Karam began his healthcare career in nutrition and exercise physiology with a focus on cardiac rehabilitation. He has more than 30 years of experience in health care, having held a variety of clinical, operational and management positions in acute and rehabilitation hospitals.
Mr. Karam has been named one of 24 Hospital Leaders to Know by The Hospital Review and Beckers’ ASC Review, named one of 58 Hospital and Health Industry Leaders by Hospital Review Magazine, one of 300 Most Influential People in Healthcare selected out of 400,000 nominees by Modern Healthcare, selected as 300 Hospital and Health System Leaders to know by Becker’s Hospital Review, and was a recipient of the most prestigious leadership award in the Texarkana region, The Wilbur Award.
For the past 10 years, CHRISTUS St. Michael has ranked in the top of the Press Ganey database for employee satisfaction and has consistently been one of the top leaders in patient satisfaction scores in the CHRISTUS Health System. Under his leadership, CHRISTUS St. Michael has also received Magnet® designation, NICHE designation, been nationally recognized as a 100 Top Hospitals by Thomson Reuters, named one of the Best Places to Work in the Nation by Modern Healthcare, named a Becker’s Hospital Review 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare, received the America’s Best Hospital for Patient Experience Women’s Choice, and named a Best Place to Work in Texas across all Texas industries. The hospital is an affiliate with the Cleveland Clinic Heart and Vascular Institute, the country’s No. 1 heart hospital, according to U.S. News and World Report.
Mr. Karam holds a master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from the University of Minnesota and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE). He also has a master’s degree in exercise physiology with an emphasis in cardiac rehab from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univeristy, a bachelor’s degree in food and nutrition from Louisiana State University, and recently obtained a bachelor’s in theology from St. Gregory’s University.
Dr. Janice Knebl, DO, MBA, received her medical degree at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. After earning her degree, she completed an Internal Medicine Residency at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville Pennsylvania and a Geriatrics Medicine Fellowship at the Philadelphia Geriatrics Center. Dr. Knebl also received an MBA from Texas Christian University in 2002. She is a Professor of Medicine and the Dallas Southwest Osteopathic Physicians Endowed Chair in Geriatrics at the UNT Health Science Center. She teaches medical students, residents and fellows along with Interprofessional health care students through the Reynolds Interprofessional Geriatrics Education and Training in Texas Program, which she directs. Dr. Knebl is the Medical Director of the James L. West Center, Silverado Care Assisted Living and the Stayton Retirement Community. She has been named annually as a Fort Worth Top Doc, received the distinguished “Internist of the Year” Award from the American College of Osteopathic Internists and has been awarded the 2013 TCOM Deans Research Award.
Dr. Matt Richardson was appointed as the Director of Public Health for Denton County in the summer of 2014. Dr. Richardson served as Director of Public Health for the City of Amarillo and Potter/Randall Counties for the previous 9 years. His prior experience includes public health preparedness and response, corporate health consulting, and private physician practice management. Dr. Richardson has several peer-reviewed publications, has testified to the Texas Legislature regarding public issues and continues to advocate for public health practice and resources for Denton County and the state of Texas. He has a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Abilene Christian University and both Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Public Health from the UNT HSC School of Public Health with concentrations of health administration and health management/policy. Dr. Richardson currently serves on the site review teams for the Council on Education in Public Health (CEPH) to accredit public health programs and schools across the US. Matt lives in Argyle with his wife of 20 years and their two daughters.
Joseph F. Woelkers, MA
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Business Officer
Associate Professor of Medicine
UT Health Northeast, (University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler)
Reporting to the President as Executive Vice President, responsible for all institutional operations. He serves on behalf of the president in his absence and chairs the executive cabinet of the institution whose membership includes the executive leadership team.
His broad experience includes 32 plus years in academic medicine as a senior administrator at three of the largest and complex medical intuitions in the US/world including the University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Florida. In addition, he has served as the Vice President for Outreach for the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa and worked in the private sector as CEO/President of HealthCare Operations International a company dedicated to building healthcare facilities throughout the world. His previous position prior to joining UT Health Northeast was CEO of the National Childhood Cancer Foundation which was dedicated to supporting 8,000 researchers throughout the world conducting pediatric cancer research.
His educational background consists of a bachelor and master’s degree (Higher education Administration) from Central Michigan University. He is currently enrolled in the Doctorate program in Healthcare Administration at Central Michigan University. He has completed the fellowship program from the Americas Essential Hospital Association, and he has completed certificate programs from the University of Michigan and Harvard University.

Panel Moderator:
Patrick Simonson, MHSA, FACHE
Vice President
CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic

Patrick has extensive senior leadership experience in multifaceted health services, primary and specialty care practices, operations, business development, consulting and interim management roles within health systems. He recognizes the value of principle-centered leadership, innovation, with attention to strategic and tactical imperatives as well as realistic objectives and metrics. Patrick ensures effective structure, market and provider driven approaches and sustainable operations. He applies collaborative, result oriented methods with clear communication to ensure operational and financial results, effective change and high performing teams providing excellent care.

Patrick has worked in corporate and health service organizations for 25 years with an emphasis on launching and leading profitable ventures, coordinating mergers and acquisitions, achieving significant, multi-site operations improvements and optimal patient / key learner centered performance. He is adept at measuring mission and margin, works well independently and with teams, is recognized for an ability to manage complexity, think clearly, communicate effectively, and implement strategies.
Career success includes leadership positions at Washington Hospital Center, IBM Health Industry, Cerner Corporation, Lehigh Valley Health Network and CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances.
Patrick earned his BS in Economics at Indiana University of PA and a Masters, Health Services Management at The George Washington University. He holds a Healthcare Market Analysis Certificate from the Wharton School at Penn and graduated from the IBM Advanced Management Institute. Patrick is on the Faculty at DeSales University and Cedar Crest College and is an award winning Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.
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ACHENTX Second Quarter Education Event
2016-04-28 15:00 - 19:30 (America/Denver) | Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – McKinney, 5252 W University Dr., McKinney, TX, 75071, United States
3.0 Hours Face-to-Face Credits Approved, 1.5 Per Panel
3:30 – 5:00pm – Panel 1: Telemedicine in the Healthcare Delivery System
Innovative benefits of telemedicine are of vital interest amid the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. This program will explore the current and future role of telemedicine in the delivery of health care. Technical, operational, regulatory and financial aspects of the development of telemedicine programs will be investigated. The expanding role that telemedicine holds in daily medicine and its direction into the future of the healthcare delivery system will be explored.
Moderator:

Michael R. Hicks, MD, MBA, MHCM, FACHE
Executive Vice President for Clinical Affairs, University of North Texas Health Science Center,
Interim Chief Executive Officer, Acclaim Physician Group
Dr. Michael Hicks joined the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) in 2015 as Executive Vice-President for Clinical Affairs. He also serves as the Interim Chief Executive Officer of Acclaim Physician Group, Inc. (“Acclaim”), the newly formed multi-specialty group practice of the John Peter Smith Health Network. In these roles Dr. Hicks leads several hundred physicians and advanced practice professionals in creating an academic and research oriented group practice dedicated to delivering high value clinical care to the residents of Tarrant County and North Texas today while developing the clinicians and care delivery models for the future. Dr. Hicks leads a UNT Health Science Center team that is partnering with local and national telehealth pioneers to develop educational curriculum and create clinical training opportunities in telehealth for health care students.
Dr. Hicks has held numerous leadership positions in a wide variety of clinical delivery organizations. He is a frequent invited speaker on practice management, group practice development, strategic planning, negotiation and decision-making theory and practice, consolidation in the health care industry and evolving care delivery platforms and clinician skills needed for the future. Additionally, Dr. Hicks is a member of the management committee for the recently announced medical school in Fort Worth being collaboratively developed by Texas Christian University and the University of North Texas Health Science Center.
Dr. Hicks received his M.D. from West Virginia University School of Medicine, his residency training at the University of Texas Southwestern and Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas, as well as the Texas Heart Institute in Houston. He holds advanced management degrees in business (University of Dallas MBA) and healthcare management (Harvard School of Public Health) and has board certification in both Anesthesiology and the medical subspecialty of Clinical Informatics.
Panelists:

Carl Couch, M.D., MMM, FAAFP
Vice President, Innovation, Baylor Scott & White Health
Dr. Couch has been an active family physician for 39 years and is currently the Vice President Innovation at Baylor Scott & White and the immediate past President of Baylor Quality Alliance, a clinically integrated Accountable Care alliance of over 4,000 physicians and 46 hospitals aligned with Baylor Scott&White Health Care System from 2011-2015.
Prior to this he was Vice President of Health Care Improvement of Baylor Health Care System, from 2010-11. He was also the Founding director, and 13-year Chairman of the Board of Health Texas Provider Network, an organization of 700 physicians employed by the Baylor Health Care System and Founder of Family Medical Center at Garland, Texas.
He was the founder and Executive Director of ABC Baylor, the Baylor Health Care System’s 4-day course on clinical quality improvement, graduating over 2,800 physicians, nurses, and administrative leaders 2001-2011.
He was also Co Chairman, Best Care Committee, Baylor Health Care System senior quality committee 2005-2011 and Director of Physician Leadership training in Baylor for over 8 years.
His interests as a physician leader include Accountable Care, physician group dynamics, group practice organization and function, physician compensation, physician leadership development, population health, systematic quality improvement, and medical informatics. As founding President of a large, successful Accountable Care Organization, Dr. Couch is a recognized authority in ACO formation, development, and management.
Dr. Couch is a Board certified Family Physician, Diplomat, American Board of Family Practice; FAAFP, Fellow, AAFP. He is an AOA graduate of the University of Florida Medical School and did his Postgraduate training at Parkland Hospital in Dallas. He received his Master’s in Medical Management from Tulane University in New Orleans.
Dr. Couch is happily married for 50 years to his wife, Jo Anna, who is a certified Personal Life and Executive Coach. They have two children, Kimberly McMillin, MD (who is also a Family Physician in Health Texas and who has two daughters), and Dr. Christopher Couch, Ph.D., Chief Technology officer for Lear Corporation in Detroit. Chris and his wife have a son and daughter. He enjoys golfing, boating, travel, and is actively involved with his wife as co-teachers in adult education at Heights Baptist Church in Richardson, Texas, where he serves as a deacon.

Michael Lemnitzer, CPA, CCP
Phillips Health
Michael Lemnitzer, CPA, CCP (Certified Public Accountant, Chronic Care Professional Health Coach), has over 32 years of healthcare experience, including 14 years related to geriatrics and long-term care and the most recent 18 years related to remote monitoring in home care and telemedicine. During his healthcare career, Mr. Lemnitzer has been involved in new startups, finance, operations, reimbursement, new technology advancements, regulatory, legislative, and strategic business development with increasing responsibilities each year.
Mike joined Philips in 2006 and is responsible for driving success with Population Health Solutions, formerly known as Hospital to Home. Mike is confident that the healthcare industry will continue to expand, further increasing benefits including financial, clinical, and operational, and that ongoing new technology advancements and processes will change, in a positive way, how healthcare is delivered and managed across high risk/high cost patient populations.
Mike resides in Texas and has a daughter and son.

Alexander M. Nason
Vice President
Specialists On Call
Mr. Alexander Nason directs the development of the new services for Specialists On Call. Through this effort, he leads the strategic planning, physician development, sales and implementation of new telemedicine programs. In 2014, Mr. Nason launched the Teleintensivist (aka Critical Care) service line which supports over 150 critical care beds in 7 states. Mr. Nason evaluates telehealth opportunities and develops appropriate strategies to implement a successful program for the client. Prior to joining Specialists On Call in 2013, Mr. Nason lead the telehealth programs at Johns Hopkins Medicine where he consulted on telehealth implementations and installations. Successful programs included a pediatric emergency medicine program, a tele-translation service, an international tumor board and a global second opinion service. Additionally, Mr. Nason successfully launched the centralized e-learning platform at Johns Hopkins Medicine to facilitate corporate training across the enterprise. When he left, the platform had over 1.7 million completions in less than 5 years.
Mr. Nason has more than 25 years of healthcare industry experience in research, political, clinical, academic and consulting environments. Mr. Nason holds a Masters of Business Administration and Masters of Health Administration from the University of Pittsburgh and a B.A. in Biology from Tulane University.

5:00-6:00pm – Hors d’oeuvres and Networking

6:00-7:30pm – Panel 2: Management and Prevention of Hospital Acquired Infections
HAIs are among the leading causes of death in the United States accounting for an estimated 1.7 million infections and 99,000 associated deaths in 2002. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of HHS has shown that about 36% of these infections are preventable through the adherence to strict guidelines by healthcare workers when caring for patients. This discussion will be focused on the causes of hospital acquired infections and the impact leadership can have on the quality, financial health and safety of their organizations.
Moderator:

Kevin Stevenson, MBA, FACHE,
IntegraNet Health

Kevin Stevenson has served in leadership roles in hospitals, systems and healthcare organizations for over 25 years. Kevin’s expertise lies in service line development, physician relations, branding, messaging, crisis communications and operations. He and his teams have been recognized for leadership in quality, safety, patient satisfaction and Kevin was named 2001 Marketer of the Year by the Greater Omaha Chapter of the American Marketing Association.
A Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives since 2001, Kevin has served in a variety of roles within ACHE chapters, including his current service as Secretary of the ACHE of North Texas Chapter, and on Regent Advisory Councils in Kentucky and in North Texas. Kevin is passionate about mentoring the next generation of healthcare leaders and has mentored many both formally through ACHE of North Texas and informally. In 2014, Kevin was recognized by ACHE for his contributions with the ACHE Service Award.
Kevin currently serves as a consultant for a number of healthcare-related organizations and ventures and as an adjunct professor for healthcare management at Concordia University in Austin. He earned his Master’s degree in Business Administration from Baylor University and is a rabid supporter of Baylor football. He and his wife have two daughters and are active in their church and community.
Panelists:

Michael Siebert, M.D.
Medical Director Infectious Diseases
Children’s Health & Infectious Diseases Faculty UT Southwestern
Dr. Sebert is a member of the Pediatric Infectious Disease faculty at UT Southwestern and serves as the Medical Director for Infection Prevention & Control at Children’s Health. His professional interests include prevention of hospital-acquired infections and preparedness for emerging infectious diseases in the healthcare environment. Prevention of infections associated with central vascular catheters and urinary catheters has been a focus of his work at Children’s.
Dr. Sebert completed residency in pediatrics and fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). He then joined the faculty at CHOP and conducted research on respiratory tract infections before moving to Children’s in 2014.

Pranavi Sreeramoju, MD, MPH, CMQ, FSHEA, FIDSA
Associate Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Chief of Infection Prevention, Parkland Hospital
As Associate Professor in Medicine-Infectious Diseases at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Chief of Infection Prevention at Parkland, Dr. Sreeramoju has led quality, safety and process improvement efforts related to healthcare-associated infections and sepsis mortality, and accelerated training and research in infection-related quality and safety. Key accomplishments during her 10-year tenure in the University of Texas system have been reduction in several HAI in hospitals she served, implementation of prevention programs including hand hygiene and healthcare personnel vaccination programs, enhancement of data infrastructures, and establishment of training programs in healthcare epidemiology. She is currently leading the RITE (Reduce Infections Together in Everyone) program, an 1115 waiver initiative at Parkland. She chairs the infection prevention and control committee at Parkland and serves on several national and regional quality and safety committees including the education committee of the American College of Medical Quality, the public policy and government affairs committee of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, and the Texas Medical Association Council for Quality and Patient Safety. She has been named as one of the ‘Top 50 leaders in Patient Safety in 2015’ by Becker’s Hospital Review and she is the recipient of the SHEA-APIC Judene Bartley Award for Public Policy and Advocacy in 2015.

Brenda Helms, RN, AAS, BSN, MBA/HCM, CIC, CPHQ
Regional Director of Clinical Compliance and Accreditation
Baylor Scott & White Health

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Cocktails with the Chiefs - After Hours Networking Event
2016-04-19 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Denver) | TX
Come listen as local industry leaders share their experience and gain insight on how to build leadership skills and leverage them for professional growth. Learn from their successes and challenges and be inspired to further pursue your own professional and personal development goals.
Panelists:
Clay Franklin (HCA)
Brett Lee, FACHE (Tenet Healthcare)
Winjie Miao (Texas Health Resources)
George Sauer (SavaSeniorCare)

Facilitator:
Britt Berrett, PhD, FACHE (University of Texas Dallas)
Hors d’oeuvres will be included with regisration. A cash bar will also be available.
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Spring Education Event
2016-02-25 15:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | TX
ACHE of North Texas Spring Education Event
John Peter Smith Hospital, Outpatient Clinic Auditorium, 3rd Floor,
1500 S. Main Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76104
Feb 25, 2016
3.0 Category 1 Credits Approved

Panel 1: Becoming Accountable: Achieving Success in Population Health Management

Moderator:
Paul Aslin, FACHE, COO – Clinical Care Associates
Paul Aslin is the Chief Operating Officer for Clinical Care Associates and Senior Administrative Director at Wise Health System in Decatur, TX. He leads their participation in the 1115 Waiver program and has administrative responsibility for eight DSRIP projects and system population health initiatives. Paul received his Masters in Health Care Administration in 2011 from the University of Texas at Arlington. As a student, Paul received the 2010 TORCH Foundation MHA Scholarship Award and was 1st place winner in the graduate division of the 2011 ACHE Richard J Stull Student Essay Competition in Healthcare Management. He is a member of the inaugural class of the TORCH Leadership and Management Institute Healthcare Fellowship and is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. He serves on the Texas AHEC East North Central Advisory Board and is currently 1st Vice President of the Decatur Lions Club. Paul resides in Haslet, TX with his wife, Amanda, and three daughters.

Panelists:
Daniel W. Varga, MD., Sr. Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer
Daniel Varga, M.D., joined Texas Health Resources in January 2013 as the system’s first chief clinical officer (CCO) and senior executive vice president. As CCO he is responsible for achieving full and seamless integration of the entire Texas Health clinical enterprise, including quality, patient safety, and patient experience initiatives. He also oversees physician relationships, clinical integration, care design, and clinical research and education.
Varga comes to Texas Health with 24 years of combined experience in patient practice, medical education and health care administration. He served in a number of senior clinical leadership roles in large health care organizations, most recently as the chief clinical officer at KentuckyOne Health, the largest health system in Kentucky.
Prior to this position, he served as chief medical officer (CMO) at Saint Joseph Health System in Lexington, Ky., regional vice president-CMO at SSM Healthcare-Saint Louis, senior vice president and CMO at Norton Healthcare in Louisville, Ky., and founder and president of Community Medical Associates, a large primary care physician group.
Varga received a bachelor’s degree at the University of Kentucky and his medical education was at the University of Louisville. He is board certified in internal medicine.

Danny Irland, FACHE, MBA
Associate Vice President, Managed Care Contracting, Chief Operating Officer, UT Southwestern Health Systems, Chief Executive Officer, UT Southwestern Accountable Care Network
Danny Irland obtained his BBA degree from the Northwood University. He completed his MBA degree at University of Dallas.
Currently, Danny is responsible for the managed care contracting teams at UT Southwestern Medical Center, network development, population management operations, and running UTSW’s accountable care organization.

Brent Hardaway, MS, Vice President, Premier healthcare alliance
Mr. Hardaway has 25 years of experience in various facets of health care operations, planning and strategy development. He is currently responsible for Premier’s Population Health Management Advisory Practice. Since joining Premier (previously Phase 2 Consulting until June 2009) in 1994, he has led projects ranging from population health strategy to hospital and physician alignment to the development of clinically integrated networks. From 2004 thru 2006 he served as COO of Phase 2, a wholly-owned subsidiary of RehabCare, and was responsible for the operations and strategic direction of the 50 person firm, including transitioning the firm from a partnership to a subsidiary of a publicly traded corporation. Prior to joining Phase 2 Consulting, he held a number of positions with Kaiser Permanente, including Director of Planning of its Texas Region, and Vice President of Planning for the Texas Hospital Association.
Mr. Hardaway speaks nationally on a range of topics, but most often on the aspects of developing a population health management enterprise. He received his M.S. in Health Care Administration from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas and his Bachelor’s degree from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. He is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the Healthcare Financial Management Association and the Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development. He serves on the Board of Trustees of Westlake United Methodist Church and Trinity University Health Care Administration Alumni Association’s Board.

Panel 2: Integrating the Principles of Patient Centered Care

Moderator
Nancy Vish, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE
President/Chief Nursing Officer
Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital

Nancy Vish has been with Baylor Health Care System since 1996. She currently serves in the combined role of President and Chief Nursing Officer at Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital (BHVH). She is a member of the senior executive team and is responsible for all clinical areas.

Her main focuses as President and CNO are oversight of continued construction and upgrades as well as leading BHVH’s quality program to the top in the Baylor Health Care System. Vish has led the organization in attaining the VHA Clinical Excellence Award, TMF Clinical Excellence Award, the ANA Magnet Accreditation in 2007, AHA Gold Award for Secondary Guidelines and the AHA Fit and Friendly Award. BHVH was also selected by VHA for its blueprinting of the SCIP process.

Prior to becoming President and CNO in 2005, Vish was Vice President of Clinical Operations and CNO at BHVH from 2001 to 2005. In this role, she managed the clinical operations of BHVH as it opened in 2002. Vish was responsible for the overall management, policies, procedures and certifications for all clinical operations.

Vish began her Baylor career in 1996 as a program manager and director overseeing the Cardiac Cath Lab, EP/PM Lab, Coronary Care Unit and the Interventional Cardiology Unit at Baylor University Medical Center. She coordinated care provided by all members of the medical care team and ancillary departments and provided ongoing assessment and evaluation of patient care. She also provided direct patient care to critically ill adults and their families. Vish operated the budget for each of the units and directed and implemented cost-containment measures to assure the cost-effective operation of the units.

Before coming to Baylor, Vish worked various positions at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tenn., including staff ICU nurse, nurse instructor of the education department and head nurse of the specialty care unit. She started her career at Presbyterian University Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa., in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit and then in Trauma and Transplant. She also was a branch manager for the American Home Health Care of Georgia, Inc. in Dothan, Ala.

In 2004, Vish was recognized by the Dallas/Fort Worth Hospital Council and Texas Nurses Association District 4 as one of the Great 100 Nurses. Vish currently is a member of the American College of Health Care Executives, American Association of Critical Care Nursing, 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 Organization, Texas Organization of Nurse Executives, and the American College of Healthcare Executives.

She has also been published in the American Journal of Cardiology and the American Journal of Operating Room Nurses and has delivered numerous presentations.
Vish received her bachelor’s in nursing from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, Pa. She returned to school to receive her master’s in nursing from Vanderbilt University. Vish then continued her education by receiving her doctorate at Texas Women’s University.

Panelists:
Dan Bent, Director Service Excellence, Texas Health Resources
As the Director of Service Excellence for Texas Health Resources, Dan is responsible for leading patient experience initiatives for THR and directing specific patient-centered improvement efforts at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital, and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Kaufman.
With a diverse background in process improvement, relationship-building, fundraising, marketing, and public and media relations, Dan joined THR in 2013 after more than five years with Press Ganey where he managed a national consulting team and served as a consultant for non-acute services. Dan’s clients ranged from large, integrated healthcare systems to multi-specialty medical practices, surgery centers, home health agencies, and urgent care clinics.
Prior to joining Press Ganey, Dan served as Fund Development Officer for Memorial Health System of South Bend, Indiana. In addition to growing the annual fund and obtaining private support for capital projects, Dan also received Lean Six Sigma certification from GE Healthcare. He worked on hospital projects that streamlined patient throughput and improved bed availability.
Dan received his Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Business Administration from Arizona State University. He also is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality.

John Phillips, FACHE
President, Methodist Mansfield Medical Center
John Phillips is president of Methodist Mansfield Medical Center, having assumed the role in August 2011. He oversees operations of a 168-bed non-profit tertiary, acute care hospital with more than 1,000 employees and 200 physicians. Phillips has been instrumental in leading and growing the hospital, currently undergoing a $118 million expansion, to continue to meet the needs of the communities in Tarrant, Johnson and Ellis counties.
Under Phillips’ leadership, Methodist Mansfield was named a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, and stroke during the 2011, 2012 and 2013 calendar years and earned an “A” Hospital Safety Score from The Leapfrog Group® for six consecutive releases.
Under Phillips’ guidance, the hospital earned Cycle IV Chest Pain Center and Advanced Primary Stroke Center accreditation and the Texas Health Care Quality Improvement Silver Award from TMF Health Quality Institute for improving outcomes in patient care and specific national quality measures. Methodist Mansfield was voted Best Hospital and Best Emergency Department by Living Magazine’s Best of Arlington and Mansfield Reader’s Choice Awards. It was named Best Medical Facility in 2015 Best Hospital in 2014 and Best Maternity Ward in 2015 and 2013 by the DeSoto Chamber of Commerce and Focus Daily News Reader’s Choice Awards. Methodist Health System, of which Methodist Mansfield is a part, was named one of the 40 Great Health Systems to Know by Becker’s Hospital Review, noting the major recognition of the Texas Award for Performance Excellence, Top 10 Best Places to Work by the Dallas Business Journal, 11 years in a row, listed among the top 150 Best Places to Work in healthcare by Becker’s Hospital Review five consecutive years, recognized as a Platinum-Level Fit-Friendly Worksite by the American Heart Association in 2012, 2014, and 2015 and listed among Modern Healthcare’s “40 Fastest Growing Healthcare Companies in America.”
Phillips earned a MBA from Hardin-Simmons University and a Master of Health Care Administration from Trinity University.
Among his many accomplishments, Phillips was named Executive of the Year from the Fort Worth Business Press and is among Becker’s Hospital Review’s top CEOs. He serves on the Texas Hospital Association Council of Policy Development and HOSPAC. Locally, Phillips serves on the board of directors for the Tarrant County American Heart Association, Mansfield Economic Development Corporation, Mansfield ISD Education Foundation Board, and Arlington YMCA Community.

Stephen Kimmel, CFO
Cook Children’s Healthcare System
Stephen Kimmel has served as Chief Financial Officer for Cook Children’s Health Care System since February 2014. Prior to Cook Children’s, Stephen served as the CFO of Strategic Management Services and Shared Services for Providence Health & Services, a multi-state 32 hospital system in the Northwest. Stephen served as CFO at Hendrick Health System, a 511 bed not-for-profit system, located in Abilene, Texas from for 14 years and prior to that, as CFO of University Medical Center, a governmental academic hospital, in Lubbock, Texas, for over 7 years. Stephen graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting in 1984 and worked in public accounting, receiving his Texas State board of Public Accountancy certificate in 1987 prior to entering healthcare.
Throughout his healthcare career, Stephen has served as a Board member and a Finance Committee member for provider based insurance and HMO organizations. He is currently a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and serves on the Texas Health and Human Services Hospital Payment Advisory Committee. Stephen has served on various THA and HHSC policy and hospital advisory workgroups and committees primarily focused on Texas Medicaid reimbursement.

John Peter Smith Hospital, Outpatient Clinic, 3rd floor Auditorium, 1500 S. Main Street, Fort Worth, TX 76104
Parking is available in both the outpatient clinic parking garage as well as the hospital parking garage. Parking will be validated. If parking in the hospital parking garage you can walk across the foot bridge from the hospital side to the 3rd floor auditorium in the outpatient building. There will be signs to direct people to the auditorium.

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Breakfast with the President - Nancy Vish, RN, PhD, FACHE & Facility Tour
2016-02-16 07:30 - 09:00 (America/Chicago) | Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital, 621 North Hall Street, Dallas, 75226, United States
Nancy 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:

The Guardian Award for Excellence in Patient Satisfaction and the Beacon of Excellence Award in Patient Satisfaction from Press Ganey
Top Performer on Key Quality Measures from The Joint Commission
Named one of the “Nation’s Best Cardiovascular Programs” by Becker’s Hospital Review
Magnet® status for excellence in nursing services from the American Nurses Credentialing Center
Named to Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work list in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015
Texas Award for Performance Excellence, the state’s highest honor for quality and organization performance, from the Quality Texas Foundation
2014 Mission: Lifeline® Gold Achievement award from the American Heart Association for efforts to provide prompt, evidence-based care for heart attack patients.

Dr. 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.

Dr. Vish has received many special honors during her career:

Top 100 Women in Healthcare to Watch by Becker’s Hospital Review in 2012, 2013 and 2014
Finalist for D Magazine Top Nurses-Administration
Nominated to attend Leadership Dallas by the Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Profiled by Health Leaders Media
Great 100 Nurses of Dallas

Dr. 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 Scoiety, 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.
After Nancy’s presentation and breakfast, an optional Procedure Room/Facility Tour will be available.
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ACHENTX & HFMA Joint Networking Event
2016-02-04 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N Harwood, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Come and join ACHE of North Texas and HFMA for our 2016 Joint Networking Event, once again being held at the fabulous Dallas Museum of Art.
Registration includes:

Entry into the museum
Reserved Room for ACHE/HFMA Members to network
Parking
Hors d’oeuvres
Cash bar
Exhibits open until 9pm
A lot of great Networking!

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ACHE of North Texas/Texas Hospital Association Annual Conference & Expo
2016-01-21 07:00 - 2016-01-22 12:30 (America/Chicago) | Sheraton Hotel Dallas, 400 N Olive Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
ACHE of North Texas is joining forces with the Texas Hospital Association to partner on two educational Face-to-Face qualifying sessions during their 2016 Annual THA Conference. Attendance for these sessions is open to all THA Conference registrants. Employees of THA member hospitals qualify for their member registration rate.

Concurrent Breakout Sessions #1
January 21, 9:45 – 11:15 am

Telemedicine in the Healthcare Delivery System – ACHE Face to Face Panel Session 1.5 hours

Moderator: Robert Early, MHA, FACHE, CEO, JPS Health

Panelists:
Stacy Wilson, Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Texas Hospital Association Foundation;
Brian Henry, MHA, Chief Strategy Officer at JSA Health;
Michael R. Hicks, MD, MBA, MHCM, Executive Vice President for Clinical Affairs, University of North Texas Health Science Center & Interim Chief Executive Officer of Acclaim Physician Group, Inc.

Telemedicine has become increasingly popular throughout the years. Its innovative benefits are of vital interest amid the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Telemedicine uses a variety of forms of electronic communication technology to provide a convenient method to deliver healthcare services and education. This program will explore the current and future role of telemedicine in the delivery of health care. The program surveying the various uses and settings of telemedicine will delve into how well this technology has been utilized and received by clinicians and patients. Technical, operational, regulatory and financial aspects of the development of telemedicine programs will be investigated. The expanding role that telemedicine holds in daily medicine and its direction into the future of the healthcare delivery system will be explored.

Concurrent Breakout Sessions #2
January 21, 12:45 – 2:15 am

Sustainability of Healthcare Organizations: A Plan of Action – ACHE Face to Face Panel Session 1.5 hours

Moderator: David Salsberry, MPA, Executive Vice President, COPE Health Solutions

Panelists:
Brent King, MBA, FACHE, Vice President, UMC Health System
Karim Kaissi, FACHE, Senior Director, Accountable Care Operations at Texas Health Resources,
Herd Midkiff, MBA, CVA, Partner-Director Operations at JTaylor
Stan Hupfeld, MHA, Chairman of the INTEGRIS Family of Foundations & Consultant INTEGRIS Health,

C-suite executives and clinicians involved in leading organizational change in new and/or renovated tertiary clinical facility planning will discuss issues surrounding sustainability for healthcare institutions into the 21st century in the U.S., with regards to the era of healthcare reform, which is very complex. Within the scope of priorities, this discussion will emphasize the necessity of understanding the key potential and existing operational and cost problem areas of adaptability for healthcare system sustainability as healthcare providers continue to face future operational challenges. The primary goal of this discussion is to provide an overview of the models of current successes and solutions with a focus on a realistic plan of action.

To learn more about this program or to register visit THA website.

On Location Program
2015-12-07 08:15 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth Heart Center, 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, Fort Worth, TX, 76104, United States
Possibilities, Probabilities, and Creative Solutions:
Breakthrough Thinking for Complex Environments
6 Face to Face Credit Hours Apply
Go beyond traditional methods for problem solving and create new approaches that will inspire your team to generate new ideas and facilitate sustainable improvement.
Program Objectives:

Realize better bottom-line results with breakthrough strategies that incorporate innovation and creativity.
Learn to think beyond the “here and now” and focus on better and more future-oriented outcomes.
How to stop trying to solve new problems with the same old approaches.
How to stop (or start) a “runaway train” at your organization.
Techniques to anticipate and overcome roadblocks, objections and those who say, “We can’t do that.”
Strategies to improve team performance finesse.

Presented by:

Kevin E. O’Connor, CSP
Discover new and creative leadership approaches to solving complex, multidimensional challenges from seminar leader Kevin O’Connor, a specialist in educating and coaching leaders whose organizations now think beyond immediate challenges and focus on a comprehensive plan for long-term success.
Mr. O’Connor is a specialist in educating and coaching professionals who are charged with leading professional peers: especially healthcare leaders and their physician partners. Mr. O’Connor’s major areas of focus are leadership, influence, innovation and the development of teams of healthcare executives and their physician leaders. Mr. O’Connor teaches at Chicago’s Loyola University and Columbia College, Chicago’s performing arts school. He holds three master’s degrees and is the author or co-author of seven books, including the most recent, Fearless Facilitation.
Who Should Attend: CEOs, board members, physician leaders, and other mid and senior executives.
Registration & Breakfast: 8:15-9:00AM
Program: 9:00AM – 3:00PM
Lunch Provided
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General Membership Dinner
2015-11-05 17:30 - 21:00 (America/Denver) | The Joule Hotel, 1530 Main Stret, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Featuring Keynote Speaker
SUSAN DENTZER

ANALYST FOR THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER
SENIOR POLICY ADVISER: ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON
GLOBAL EXPERT ON HEALTHCARE AND POLICY

Susan Dentzer is Senior Policy Adviser at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the nation’s largest philanthropy focused on health and health care in the United States. In this role, she works closely with foundation leaders to carry out the organizational mission of improving the health and health care of all Americans. One of the nation’s most respected health and health policy thought leaders and journalists, she is also an on-air analyst on health issues on the PBS NewsHour. From 2008 to April 2013, she was the editor-in-chief of Health Affairs, the nation’s leading peer-reviewed journal of health policy, and led the transformation of that journal from a bimonthly academic publication into a highly topical publication and web site with more than 120 million page views annually. From 1998 to 2008, she led the PBS NewsHour’s health unit as on-air health correspondent, and was the recipient of numerous honors and awards.
Dentzer is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine and the Council on Foreign Relations. Ms. Dentzer graduated from Dartmouth, is a trustee emerita of the college, and chaired the Dartmouth Board of Trustees from 2001 to 2004. She currently serves as a member of the Board of Overseers of Dartmouth Medical School and is an Overseer of the International Rescue Committee, a leading humanitarian organization. She is also on the board of directors of Research!America, an alliance working to make research to improve health a higher priority, and is a public member of the Board of Directors of the American Board of Medical Specialties. A widely admired communicator, Dentzer is a frequent speaker before a wide variety of health care and other groups, and a frequent commentator on such National Public Radio shows as the Diane Rehm Show and This American Life. She and her husband have three children and live in the Washington, DC area.

One hour of Qualified (formerly called Category II) credits apply.
Registration and Networking Reception – 5:30-6:30 PM
Dinner and Program – 6:30-9:00 PM
Chapter Awards
2016 Board Nominations
Student Case Study Competition

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Quarterly Education Event (3 Face to Face Credits)
2015-10-22 15:00 - 19:30 (America/Denver) | TX
Fall Education Event
Panel 1: The Impact of the ICD – 10:
How Implementation will Affect the Healthcare Executive’s Mission
(1.5 Face – to – Face Credits Apply)
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will soon mandate the conversion from ICD-9 to ICD-10. This change will dramatically impact the way in which providers and hospitals perform coding-related activities. Changes will be required with respect to clinical documentation so that coding can be more precise and accurate. This, in turn, could have a significant impact on the revenue cycle. During this panel, experts will discuss how they are preparing for the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10, the changes it will bring, and how healthcare executives will manage the change and consequences.
Panelists: (Full bios can be found HERE)

Jason Wachsmann, M.D.
Assistant Professor | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Associate Medical Director of Radiology | Parkland Hospital and Healthcare System
Terrance Govender, M.D., C-CDI, CHBC
Director, Healthcare Practice | Navigant
Julie M Pratt, RHIA, CCS
Corporate Inpatient Coding Manager | Texas Health Resources
Moderated By:
James Sammons, M.D., FACHE
Chief Medical Officer | Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital

Panel 2: Technology Innovation Changing the Face of Healthcare Delivery
(1.5 Face – to – Face Credits Apply)
With the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, there is a necessity to take stock of where the medical community stands on change and innovation, specifically regarding the use of technology. The demand for higher quality healthcare at a lower cost creates an imminent need for change and innovation in healthcare delivery. Healthcare has already seen innovations in the tools used to deliver care, including pharmacy products, medical devices, information technology, and biotechnology products. This innovation has changed and continues to change the way healthcare is delivered. This panel will discuss how health systems are using innovation in technology to improve the value of the healthcare they deliver.
Panelists: (Full bios can be found HERE)

Pamela McNutt
Senior Vice President & CIO | Methodist Health System
Hubert Zajicek, M.D., MBA
CEO & Founder | Health Wildcatters

Billy Rios, MBA, MS
Speaker | Expertise on Emerging threats related to Industrial Control Systems (ICS), Critical Infrastructure (CI) and Medical Devices
Moderated By:
Corey Wilson, MHA, FACHE
Vice President, Professional Services | Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth

3.00 – 3.30PM Registration
3.30 – 5.00PM Panel 1
5.00 – 5:45PM Networking & Dinner
5.45 – 7.15PM Panel 2
Registration Deadline is October 19th.
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Women's Event
2015-10-07 07:30 - 09:15 (America/Denver) | La Cima Club, 5215 North O'Connor Road, Suite 2600, Irving, TX, 75039, United States
Annual Women’s Leadership Breakfast

Join us for a morning discussion featuring a panel of female healthcare leaders as they share their stories in their journeys to leading change in their professions. Hear about the experiences that have had the greatest impact on their lives and leadership.
Moderated By Very Special Guest:

Britt Berrett, PhD, FACHE
Program Director – Healthcare Administration | University of Texas at Dallas
Co-Author of Patients Come Second: Leading Change by Changing the Way You Lead
Panelists:
Virginia Rose-Harris, MBA, FACHE
Administrator – The Margot Perot Center for Women and Infants, Vice President/Service Line Officer
Texas Health Resources Presbyterian – Dallas
Kris Gaw, MBA
Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer – Hospital Operations,
Parkland Hospital and Health System
Nancy Vish, RN, PhD, NEA-BC, FACHE
President and Chief Nursing Officer
Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital
Laura Irvine, MHA, FACHE
Executive Vice President for Integration and Alignment
Methodist Health System
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Registration & Breakfast: 7.30AM | Program 8.00AM | Q&A: 8.45-9.15AM
Garage Parking and Valet Available. Click Here for Map and Directions!
Registration Deadline is October 6th.
Substitutions can be made at any time.
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Fall 2015 One Day BOG Review Course: Fundamentals of Healthcare Management
2015-09-25 07:30 - 17:00 (America/Denver) | Texas Health Resources, 612 E Lamar Blvd , Arlington, 76011, United States
Let us help you prepare to sit for the Board of Governors Exam. Attend our one day review course!
Conducted By:
Paula M. Zalucki, FACHE
Past Regent | Dallas-Fort Worth Area
8 Qualified Education Credits (Formerly called Category II Credits) Apply
**Registration closes Wednesday, September 9th. No late registrations or walk-ins permitted.**
Registration and light breakfast begin at 7:30AM. Course begins at 8.00AM
Fee includes study materials, light breakfast, and lunch
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