Breakfast with the President - Clint Abernathy
2020-10-13 08:00 - 09:00 (America/Denver) | TX
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This event will be held via Zoom.

Clint Abernathy serves as president of Texas Health Alliance, with a focus on safe and quality patient care.
Abernathy and his team view their work as a ministry to the community. Texas Health Alliance serves more than 50,000 patients each year and connects with the community outside the walls of the hospital by providing more than 9,000 service hours. Under his leadership, the hospital was honored as one of the 2017 Truven Top 100 Hospitals in the nation.
He joined Texas Health Alliance in 2012 as professional services officer and played an integral role in efforts to open the facility. During that time, 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.
Previously, Abernathy served as administrative director of Operations and Clinical Excellence for Texas Health Dallas. He was also the hospital’s director of Performance and Productivity from 2007-2011. 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 2005-2007 and the quality assurance supervisor for PCI Technology from 2003-2005.
Abernathy received his bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Dallas and a master’s degree in health care management from Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. He is a Lean Six Sigma master black belt and a certified quality engineer, as designated by the American Society for Quality.
He serves as board president of the Northwest Independent School District Education Foundation and is involved with the March of Dimes Strategic Leadership Team, DFW Hospital Council, Healthy Tarrant County Collaborative and the Northeast Tarrant County Leadership Team. He is also a volunteer and welcome team member at Keystone Church.
He enjoys everything outdoors in particular taking care of his horses, cows and spending time with his wife, Stephanie, and their four daughters.

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Moving Forward in the Age of Covid
2020-10-17 11:00 - 12:30 | TX
This virtual event is being hosted by the ACHE of North Texas Student Council
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Date: Saturday, October 17
Time: 11am-12:30pm
Speakers:
Sobya Ball
Talent Acquisitions Partner
Parkland Hospital
Dewotta Gossett
Senior Recruiter
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Daniel Karnuta
Assistant Professor
The University of Texas at Dallas
Speakers’ Bios:
Sobya Ball was raised in East Texas and resided there until 1998 when she relocated to Arlington, Texas with her son. She moved to North Texas so that she could provide more opportunities for them both. In March of 1999 she attended DeVry University, graduating in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. After finishing school, she decided to take a few years off from pursuing more education so that she could focus on getting her career started and raising her son. After a seven-year hiatus, Sobya decided to return to school in May of 2009 to pursue her graduate degree and in 2010 graduated from Ashford University receiving her Master’s in Organizational Management.
She received her first job within the healthcare industry in 1995 at the age of nineteen working for a multi-specialty clinic named Collom and Carney in Texarkana, Texas. During her time there, she was part of the float pool which allowed her to work in a variety of different departments; sometimes being the only person that the department would request whenever there was a need and if she were not scheduled to work elsewhere. The experience gained is what helped to build her work ethic and shape her career, which is the reason that she has remained in healthcare to date. While living in the Dallas/Fort Worth area Sobya has had the opportunity to work for some of the most premier healthcare organizations in Texas. Such as Medical Center of Arlington-HCA now known as Medical City Arlington, Kindred Healthcare, UT Southwestern Medical Center and now Parkland Health and Hospital Systems.
Although Sobya passively thought about going into Human Resources, it was not anything that she would entertain immediately. That was until she worked for Kindred as a Staffing Coordinator where the role branched into a Human Resources Coordinator. This allowed her to dabble in many areas of this field of expertise. It was during this time that she then knew, Human Resources was the field she wanted to operate in. Now, having remained in HR for thirteen years, she has had the opportunity to learn from very skilled individuals such as a Chief Executive Officer, Assistant Vice President of Human Resources, a Manager of Employee Relations and various co-workers (past and present) who have all had some part in helping to build the knowledge base she holds today. She has had the opportunity to take part in numerous hiring events, as well as, helping organize a training for managers called HireRight which provided guidance to hiring leaders on how to hire the right candidates for their positions. She has also been a part of a systems implementation team that was created to test the new applicant tracking system before go-live. Additionally, being part of a project team that put together an instructional manual teaching new Talent Acquisition Partners and Coordinators how to use the system.
For the last 3 years, she has been an active volunteer for the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) New Horizons speed networking resume event for master level/mid-careerist. Having been a Talent Acquisition Partner for the last four years has offered Sobya the opportunity to help create a wonderful customer experience for incoming new hires. She can see their eagerness as well as willingness in wanting to prove to the organization that they made the right decision in hiring them. By far, the most rewarding part of working in HR is that she can offer a broad spectrum of expertise ranging from counsel, to upholding the functions of the organization, to invoking change and educating. But more than anything maintaining a high level of ethics and integrity.

Dewotta Gossett, was born in Georgia and has traveled the majority of her life; due to her father being in the military. She lived in Anchorage, Alaska and graduated from high school in Okinawa, Japan. She currently holds a Bachelor and Master’s degree in Business Administration with a focus in Human Resources Management. She is working on completing her Doctorate degree in Leadership and Organizational Change. She currently works as an HR Talent Acquisition Partner at UT Southwestern Medical Center – University Hospitals. Her husband (a Navy veteran) and she have a 23 year old son and a 12 year old daughter. She enjoys singing, bowling and taking vacations to sight see.

Prior to joining the University of Texas at Dallas, Mr. Daniel Karnuta served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Conifer Health Solutions, a healthcare revenue cycle management and consulting company serving over 800 healthcare provider organizations throughout the US. Previously, he spent nearly 20 years at Perot Systems Corporation, a worldwide provider of information technology services, where he held several senior-level positions including Vice President of Finance, Healthcare Industry Group Chief Financial Officer and Global Tax Director. He began his career in public accounting where he served as a Tax Manager with Price Waterhouse.
With over 30 years of professional experience, Mr. Karnuta has led finance and accounting organizations focusing on: financial reporting, operational delivery, taxation, pricing, strategy and decision support. He spent several years working in Europe where he led a finance team that spanned 6 countries on three continents.
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Leading a Culture of Safety: A Blueprint for Success
2020-10-22 15:30 - 17:00 | TX
Lead and Reward a Just Culture and Establish Organizational Behavior Expectations
This panel has been approved by ACHE National to qualify for 1.5 Face-to-Face virtual credits.
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Moderator: Glenn Hardesty, M.D., FACHE
Medical Director
Texas Health Physician Leadership Policy Council
Panelists:
Paula Brandon, FACHE, MSN
Vice President, Quality and Clinical Support
Community Hospital Corporation
Kristin Duncan, RN, BSN, MBA, CPPS
Senior Director, Reliable Health / Patient Safety-Risk
Texas Health Resources
Denise B. Elliott, FACHE, CLSSMBB
Quality Management Officer
Veterans Affairs Health Care Systems
Tamala Norris, DHA, BSN, RN, CPHQ, HACP, LSSGBC
Vice President, Clinical Operations & Group CNO
United Surgical Partners International
Speaker Bios:

Paula Brandon continues her career journey of improving healthcare across multiple organizations in her position as the Vice President, Quality and Clinical Support at Community Hospital Corporation (CHC). The CHC mission is to guide, support and enhances the mission of community hospitals and healthcare providers. CHC supports acute and long-term acute care facilities across the country providing consultation, management, and ownership services. Paula’s primary focus is on the quality programs, regulatory compliance, and clinical excellence.
A nurse, with an MSN in Nursing Administration from the University of Tennessee, Paula’s background includes over 25 years as a Chief Nurse in several organizations across the mid-south and south. She began her administrative career as an Associate Chief Nurse at the VA in Memphis, Tennessee, then as a Chief Nurse for an HMA Hospital in Van Buren, Arkansas and Good Shepherd Medical Center, Marshall, Texas. In 2012 Paula transitioned to become the Senior Vice President of Organizational Excellence, Good Shepherd Health System, where she was responsible for quality across multiple organizations.
Prior to joining CHC in 2018, Paula worked at The University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSCT) in Tyler Texas. During her tenure at UTHSCT, Paula was responsible for multiple Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) projects as a part of the 1115 Healthcare Transformation Waiver, with a focus on redesigning fragmented, episodic care across geographically diverse partners.
Paula’s utilizes a system theory conceptual framework to guide her clinical and quality leadership with an emphasis on collaboration and team building within organizations to create a comprehensive, integrated, patient-centered, safe, and preventive quality program which promotes organizational excellence. The goal of this type of care model is to create a culture of safety, quality, service, efficiency, and care coordination.
Paula is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives ACHE and has served in a leadership capacity for the Northeast Texas ACHE for several years. In 2011, Paula was awarded the Senior-Level Healthcare Executive Award by the ACHE Regent. Paula was also appointed as a sponsor for the UT System Women’s Senior Leader Network. Additionally, Paula has presented at several national conferences on Palliative Care, 1115 Waiver Delivery System Incentive Reform Projects, and the Role of the Chief Nursing Officer. She has published several journal articles and book chapters related to nursing leadership.

Kristin Duncan serves as Senior Director for Patient Safety/Risk Management at Texas Health Resources and is responsible for overseeing the Patient Safety and Risk Management program which includes analyzing and trending patient safety events and data, conducting Patient Safety and Risk Management educational programs, complying with regulatory obligations with the objectives of enhancing patient, visitor and employee safety and promoting HRO implementation and sustainability activities. Kristin has been at Texas Health for over 20 years with 15 of those years in Patient Safety and Risk Management. Kristin is Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS), has a Master of Business Administration, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and is a Registered Nurse.

Denise Elliott is the Quality Management Officer for the VA Heart of Texas Healthcare Network. In this role she oversees the activities and programs related to healthcare quality and process improvement within seven of the eight Veterans Affairs Health Care Systems in Texas. She holds a Bachelor of Psychology and a Master of Neuroscience from Baylor University. As the Quality Management Officer, Denise must employ her skills as a life-long learner, an active listener, and an empathetic leader to be able to appropriately consult on both clinical and administrative processes that affect the healthcare of Texas Veterans. She is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and has over 25 years of healthcare experience.
When she is not actively picking apart and putting together systems and processes, Denise is an avid Camp Gladiator enthusiast and competitor. She and her husband live in Tarrant county with their 16-year-old daughter.

Glenn Hardesty has been a practicing Emergency physician with Texas Heath for the past 20 years. Seeing the opioid crisis on the front lines in the emergency department and from the streets serving on the Arlington Police Department SWAT team. He frequently addresses the media on a wide variety of topics, including opioids and the dangers that surround them. Additionally, he is a certified physician executive and has held many different leadership roles within Texas Health over the years. Currently serving as medical director for the Physician Leadership Council, Physician Leadership Policy Council, Physician Lead! (Texas Health’s own physician leadership development program) and co-chair of Texas Health’s comprehensive opioid plan.

Tamala Norris joined Tenet Healthcare and United Surgical Partners International in December 2016 and serves as the Vice President of Clinical Operations and Group Chief Nursing Officer with national oversight for USPI’s hospital service line, nursing practice, the Baylor Scott & White Health and Memorial Hermann partnerships. She serves as an Editorial Board Member for the International Journal of Nursing Sciences and Clinical Practices reviewing journal articles and research. She has a Bachelor of Nursing from South University and a Doctorate in Healthcare Administration from Walden University. As a clinician, Tamala worked in Labor and Delivery, Emergency Services, and was a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner. After leaving the bedside she transitioned into quality management focusing serving as a hospital then system leader of Quality, Patient Safety, Risk Management, and Regulatory Operations before joining Tenet Healthcare and USPI.

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Crisis Management: Strategies Effectively Managing Healthcare Organizations
2020-10-22 17:30 - 19:00 | TX
Providing insights and perspectives on ways to manage unforeseen crises within healthcare organizations and the community.

This panel has been approved by ACHE National to qualify for 1.5 Face-to-Face virtual credits.

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Moderator: Nkem Okafor, FACHE
Founder and Principal
Vieve Enterprises
Panelists:
Grant Davies
President and CEO
Solis Mammography

Daniela Decell
Chief Executive Officer
Medical City Las Colinas

Lance Lynch
Business Continuity Program Manager
Parkland Health and Hospital System

Cindy K. Schamp
President
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Irving

Speakers Bios:
Grant Davies is Solis Mammography’s Chief Executive Officer. Grant has a deep understanding of health systems, having served in senior executive roles at Sutter Health, a health system with over 5,500 physicians and 53,000 employees, where he is known for his focus on clinical quality, patient satisfaction and integrated care delivery.
Grant has over 30 years of experience in healthcare services with specific experience managing physician practices and health systems. He’s also led organizations and created cultures dedicated to elevating the delivery of compassionate healthcare to patients and communities. This background and focus should serve Solis well as it enters this exciting new phase of growth.
Importantly, Grant is committed to our purpose and values outlined in our Promise Book, as well as our mission of being the nation’s premier provider of breast screening services where the patient comes first. Under Grant’s leadership, Solis will remain dedicated to fostering relationships with health systems and physicians nationwide to deliver exceptional, patient-centric services.

Daniela Decell is the Chief Executive Officer of Medical City Las Colinas, a full-service, acute care facility a part of Medical City Healthcare, one of the region’s most comprehensive health care providers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Daniela, who has been a part of the HCA Healthcare family for over 35 years, began her career as a bedside nurse in Critical Care. Since then, she quickly progressed into executive leadership roles, including Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Executive Officer. Dany has a passion for excellent, quality outcomes and believes success is rooted in exceptional leaders, strong physician partnerships and operational execution. Dany is focused on leading her teams to deliver high-quality, compassionate patient care.
Under her instrumental leadership, Medical City Las Colinas is a Leapfrog A rated facility, became certified by the Joint Commission in Hip and Knee Replacement surgery, Irving’s first Advanced Primary Stroke Center, a leading edge women’s services center and a Level III Trauma Center.

Lance Lynch began his career in Emergency Medical Services in 2003 and served as a 911 paramedic, field training officer, and certified flight & critical care paramedic. During this time, he participated in and chaired several patient safety, performance improvement, and educational committees while providing clinical education for various public safety programs in the community college setting and serving as Regional Faculty for the American Heart Association. While finishing his undergraduate degree in Emergency Medical Care Administration at Western Carolina University, Lance turned his attention to hospital-based emergency preparedness, response, and resilience. Lance holds an MBA in organizational consulting from Michigan’s Spring Arbor University and a Certified Business Continuity Professional certification through Disaster Recovery International, Inc. He currently serves as the Business Continuity Program Manager for Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas and as Chair of the Regional Emergency Preparedness Committee for the North Central Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council, which supports the emergency preparedness needs of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex region’s 7.5 million residents, more than 150 hospitals, and dozens of emergency medical care & public safety agencies. Lance currently resides in the Fort Worth area with Julia, his wife and biggest cheerleader of 14 years, Natalie, his 4 year old daughter, and Echo, their 2 year old German Shepherd.

Nkem Okafor is a dynamic leader who helps companies develop and execute effective business strategies. She is the Founder and Principal of Vieve Enterprises LLC, a business strategy consulting firm that delivers strategic and analytic advisory services across industries for corporations, not-for-profit organizations, and government entities. In her role, she develops growth strategies, serves as a thought partner to senior executives, evaluates performance, and creates strategic plans to craft system-wide strategies for success. She has over 11 years of expertise in strategy, business development, and performance improvement—notably serving as the System Vice President of Strategy & Planning for Methodist Health System, leading system integration and global operations at Houston Methodist, and working with healthcare clients in strategy and operations at Deloitte Consulting. Nkem is a Fellow of ACHE, has a bachelor’s degree in Public Policy Analysis and Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earned a Master’s Degrees in Public Health from Yale School of Management and Yale School of Public Health.

In July 2008, Cindy K. Schamp assumed her role as President of Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- Irving – a full-service, fully-accredited hospital offering innovative health care services from cardiovascular care to orthopedic surgery to oncology treatment. Since joining Baylor Scott & White – Irving, Schamp has been instrumental in growing and advancing quality services including, a robotic-assisted surgery program, a comprehensive digestive program, an accredited hyperbaric wound program, a stroke program with telemedicine, an accredited oncology program, a vascular medicine program and expanded emergency department. Most recently, Schamp has spearheaded the launch of Project Renaissance-a $170M building program to be completed in 2021.
During her tenure, Baylor Scott & White-Irving has received numerous recognitions, accolades, and accreditations including Magnet® designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet Recognition Program in 2014 and again in 2018. Earning this recognition ranks the hospital’s nursing care in the top 7% of hospitals in the country. Other achievements include recognized by U.S. News & World Report in their latest “Best Hospitals” ratings as high performing in treating congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the Texas Award for Performance Excellence, Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® Recognition from the Joint Commission, Texas Health Care Quality Improvement Award, Chest Pain Center certification, Primary Stroke Center, and nationally accredited cancer program and outstanding achievement from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer.
In 2020, under her leadership, Baylor Scott & White – Irving is paving the way for COVID-19 Safe Care. The hospital implemented new preventive measures and innovative offerings designed to protect patients, visitors and staff at the facility. These safety initiatives included, COVID-19 testing for surgical patients, masking of patients, visitors and staff, screening stations at the hospital entrances, enhanced cleaning and touch-free protocols, virtual care options, and COVID-19 home monitoring digital care journey through the MyBSWHealth app or website.
Ms. Schamp earned her undergraduate degree in gerontology/business administration from the University of Oregon and her master’s degree in hospital and health administration from the University of Iowa. She is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE). Ms. Schamp remains active in the community and has served on the Board of Directors of the Greater Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce.
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2020 ACHENTX Women's Breakfast
2020-10-27 07:30 - 09:00 | TX
Join us for one of our most popular ACHENTX annual events – this year being held virtually.

Brought to you this year by our Women’s Healthcare Executive Network (WHEN).

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Moderator:
Carolyn Simmons
Vice President of Healthcare & Life Sciences
Pearson Partners International
Panelists:
Cathy Bryan, MHA, BSN, RN
Executive Vice President Patient
Services & Operations
Prism Health North Texas
Tina Hicks, MHA, MBA, FACHE
Director of Finance Operations
Parkland Hospital
Barbara D. Viso Mueller
Associate Director, Strategic Programs
Premier Management Company

Speaker Bios:
Cathy Bryan, MHA, BSN, RN, brings a broad range of industry experience to her new role as Executive Vice President Patient Services & Operations for Prism Health North Texas. As both a private practice and safety net organization, Prism Health North Texas is the premier HIV disease management and sexual health wellness provider in the region, serving almost 30,000 patients annually across 4 clinic locations.
Prior to joining Prism Health North Texas, Ms Bryan served as Director of Care Coordination and Post-Acute Utilization Management for Southwestern Health Resources, one of the largest and most successful Medicare NextGen ACOs in the country. During Ms Bryan’s tenure at SWHR, the ACO grew from a patient population of 19,000 Medicare Shared Savings lives to over 700,000 lives spanning all commercial insurers, Medicare NextGen ACO, and Medicaid Managed Care.
In addition to her previous experience at the ACO, and in in effort to satisfy her entrepreneurial spirit and internal data nerd, Ms. Bryan was privileged to serve as Co-Founder and Chief Clinical Officer of QED Clinical for 15 years. A clinical software solution, QED Clinical became an industry leader in point of care clinical decision support for busy ambulatory providers by turning disparate EMR documentation into actionable and accessible information. Other career highlights include neonatal nursing, home infusion therapy, consulting, metrics and quality management programs, data analytics, workflow process, and research.
Ms Bryan is an RN and holds a BSN from Baylor University School of Nursing and an MHA from University of Missouri-Columbia. She is published in peer reviewed journals, served as co-investigator on federally funded research projects, and is an active member of ACHE North Texas, serving currently on the Mentorship Committee. In her personal life, Ms Bryan is an active volunteer, working with marginalized populations across our community, and, in the rest of her free time, spending time with family, especially her 3 adult children and 1 precious granddaughter.

Tina Hicks proudly serves as the Director of Finance Operations for Parkland Hospital. In her role, she has oversight for financial planning, financial analysis and operations support. She has over fifteen years’ experience in healthcare management to include progressive leadership roles in finance and hospital operations. Prior to joining Parkland, she held leadership roles at Texas Health Resources and Methodist Health System.
Tina is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and serves on the education committee of the ACHE North Texas Chapter. She earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from the University of South Carolina, a Master of Health Administration from the University of South Florida and a Master of Business Administration from Texas A&M University – Commerce.

Barbara D. Viso Mueller completed her Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Italian at the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 2012. While working directly with patients and their families at Rogers Behavioral Health System in Wisconsin, she learned about the barriers that keep patients from getting the care they need and decided to pursue a Master’s of Public Health. While pursuing further education at Baylor University, she taught an undergraduate health class and assisted in behavioral and community health research. In 2016, she joined Baylor Scott & White Health and Wellness Center at Juanita J. Craft in South Dallas, TX and gained first-hand experience into how population health can be executed at the community level. She then moved into Quality Improvement Team at Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance (accountable care organization) as a project coordinator. As she gained more performance and project management experience in the value-based care world, she eventually transitioned into Quality Manager. In December 2019, Barbara transitioned to work at Premier Management Company, an accountable care organization and healthcare management company in Carrollton, TX. She is currently the Associate Director of Strategic Programs, which includes overseeing a team responsible for performance oversight, project management, several human resources duties, and value-based care consulting.
Barbara is passionate about social justice causes whether it is mentoring at-risk college students, refugee resettlement, and homelessness. Currently, she is the American College of Healthcare Executives North Texas Diversity and Inclusion Committee Chair. She also enjoys being physically active whether it is hiking or running a marathon. She lives with her husband in Dallas, TX.

With more than 20 years’ experience in retained executive recruiting, executive coaching and succession planning, Carolyn Simons leads Pearson Partners International’s Healthcare and Life Sciences practice. She specializes in C-suite and board searches for healthcare, MedTech and pharma companies worldwide.
Carolyn partners with boards, CEOs and investors to gain an in-depth understanding of their companies, organizational structures and business strategies to deliver best-in-class executives to lead and grow their businesses in today’s rapidly evolving global economy. She has successfully placed hundreds of CEOs, COOs, CFOs, and Vice Presidents across the health care industry.
Prior to Pearson Partners, Carolyn helped launch a Dallas-based, boutique executive search firm serving as a founding member of the healthcare and life sciences practice and working extensively with private equity clients to build out executive teams for their portfolio companies. Earlier in her career, Carolyn spent more than 15 years leading executive search and interim management services for a national advisory and professional services firm focused on home-based and post-acute healthcare services.
Carolyn currently serves on the boards for the DFW Alliance for Healthcare Excellence and the Texas Healthcare Advisory Council, and she is an active member of Women Business Leaders in Healthcare (WBL), American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), and MedTech Women. She is also a frequent speaker on Leadership Development and Talent Planning in Post-Acute Healthcare. Carolyn earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Chicago.
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ACHENTX General Membership Convocation
2020-11-04 17:00 - 20:00 | TX
Please join us as we hear from featured keynote speaker, Scott Becker, publisher and founder of Becker’s Healthcare and Becker’s Hospital Review. Mr. Becker will engage with C-suite executives across Texas in discussion around the latest healthcare industry trends, how these executives have maneuvered change in the industry and leadership lessons they have learned along the way.
This year we are excited to be offering this program through the REMO platform, which for the networking portion of the agenda will allow you to virtually join “a table” of six of your ACHENTX colleagues so you can better get to know your peers. You can stay at the first table for the entire networking hour or please feel free to click over to another table to say hello and meet others as you wish.
Virtual Networking: 5-6pm
Presentations: 6-8pm
A special thanks to our 2020 GMC Presenting Sponsor:

Please note: Early Bird Ticketing Pricing is Offered
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Speakers:
Scott Becker
Publisher and Founder
Becker’s HealthCare & Becker’s Hospital Review
Frederick P. Cerise, MD, MPH
President and Chief Executive Officer
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Malisha S. Patel, FACHE
Senior Vice President, CEO
Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital & Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital
Ernie W. Sadau
President & Chief Executive Officer
CHRISTUS Health

Speaker Bios:
Scott Becker is the Publisher and Founder of Becker’s HealthCare and Becker’s Hospital Review. He is a partner at McGuireWoods and a former board member of McGuireWoods. Mr. Becker also served as chair of the national health care practice at McGuireWoods for more than 12 years. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and a CPA.

Fred Cerise, MD, MPH has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Parkland Health & Hospital System since March 2014. He leads one of the largest academic and public safety net hospitals in the country as well as 20 community-based clinics and numerous educational outreach programs. The system focuses on serving the comprehensive needs of a largely uninsured population.
Prior to joining Parkland, Dr. Cerise served as Vice President for Health Affairs and Medical Education of the Louisiana State University System. From 2004 to 2007, Dr. Cerise was Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. Prior to that he was the CEO of Earl K. Long Medical Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he began his career between 1991 and 2004 as an LSU Clinical Faculty member in Internal Medicine.
Dr. Cerise 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 2001, he earned a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard University School of Public Health. From 2010 to 2016 he served on the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and currently serves on the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation Board of Trustees, and the Nurse Family Partnership Board of Directors.

Malisha S. Patel is Senior Vice President and CEO for Memorial Hermann Southwest and Memorial Hermann Sugar Land hospitals. In her role, she oversees the strategic development and operations of both campuses. Prior to this role, she served as the VP of Operations for Memorial Hermann Southwest, where under her leadership, the hospital received Magnet recognition for excellence in nursing services by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program.
Prior to her tenure at Memorial Hermann Southwest, she was at Memorial Hermann Sugar Land for 10 years serving in multiple roles with five years as the VP of Operations. In that role she oversaw a $93M expansion project that has added 60 beds, an additional medical plaza and expanded services. In November 2016, as the Executive Champion for this effort, Memorial Hermann Sugar Land was recognized as a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, the highest Presidential honor for performance excellence given in the country. Prior experience includes positions in the private sector as an Internal Operations Consultant with Tenet Healthcare and in the government sector as Administrative Officer of the Ambulatory Care and Physical Medicine & Rehab departments with the Dallas, Texas VA system.
Malisha, received her Bachelors from the University of Texas at Austin, holds a Masters in Health Care Administration from Trinity University, is certified as a Six Sigma Black Belt, and is Board Certified in Health Care Management as a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Community involvement includes active membership on several local Boards including Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce. In addition, she is active with the Texas Hospital Association and the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston. She is a current member of the Trinity HCAD board, past chair for FBCC and was recognized by the Houston Business Journal in 2019 as a 40 Under 40 honoree.
She was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas and resides in Houston with her husband (Bhavesh) and two sons (Jai and Avi).

Ernie Sadau assumed the role as President and Chief Executive Officer of CHRISTUS Health on March 1, 2011. In this position, Mr. Sadau leads daily operations for CHRISTUS Health and lends extensive expertise in improving quality and clinical integration and capitalizing organizational opportunities of the future, while modeling a commitment to CHRISTUS’ sponsoring congregations, the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word of San Antonio and Houston and the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth.
Mr. Sadau joined CHRISTUS Health as Senior Vice President of Patient and Resident Care Operations in 2006. His title was changed to Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in 2008 as he expanded his role within the organization. He has almost 35 years of experience in health care operations and finance, providing measurable operational performance improvement and strong leadership skills. Mr. Sadau has also served as the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for CHRISTUS Health.
Before joining CHRISTUS Health, Mr. Sadau held and served in various executive positions in the Adventist Health System from 1983-2006. Mr. Sadau holds a master’s degree in hospital administration from Southwest Texas State University. He received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of North Texas. Mr. Sadau is a Fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives, and was named an Up & Comer by Modern Healthcare magazine in 2000, an award that honors rising young stars in the health care management field.

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Ensuring Your Community’s Emergency Preparedness
2020-11-10 13:30 - 15:00 | TX
This panel has been approved by ACHE National to qualify for 1.5 Face-to-Face virtual credits.
Please note we are required to restrict this event to a maximum of 50 participants. Please register early to reserve your spot.
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Moderator: Ken Hutchenrider, FACHE
President
Methodist Richardson Medical Center
Panelists:
Bruce J. Brown, Dr.P.H.
Associate Vice President for Safety and Business Continuity
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Wes Dunham
Director of Emergency Management (EM)
Methodist Health System
Matt Zavadsky
Chief Strategic Integration Officer
MedStar Mobile Healthcare
Speakers Bios:

Dr. Bruce Brown is the Associate Vice President for Safety and Business Continuity at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He has over 20 years of experience with responsibilities in the areas of environmental health and safety, emergency management, business continuity, and risk management and insurance. Bruce spent 16 years at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston prior to moving to Dallas to join UT Southwestern. He graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor’s degree in Microbiology and completed a Master’s and Doctorate of Public Health degrees in Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences at The University of Texas School of Public Health. He holds board certifications as a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Biological Safety Professional (CBSP), Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), and Associate in Risk Management (ARM).

Wes Dunham is the Director of Emergency Management (EM) for Methodist Health System in Dallas, TX. Upon completing his administrative residency, he helped create, shape, and grow the EM program at what was then a two-hospital system. He has continued to lead and mature this effort at Methodist as it more than doubled in size, and as the field of emergency management expanded dramatically. Over the last 15 years he has served in a number of DFW preparedness bodies and real-world disaster responses, including terms on the board of directors for the North Central Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council (NCTTRAC), and as chair of the Regional Emergency Preparedness Committee (REPC). He earned his undergraduate degree from Baylor University, majoring in economics with an English minor, and received his Master’s in Healthcare Administration (MHA) from Trinity University in San Antonio, TX.

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.

Matt Zavadsky is the Chief Strategic Integration Officer at MedStar Mobile Healthcare, the exclusive emergency and non-emergency EMS/MIH provider for Fort Worth and 14 other cities in North Texas, the recipient of the EMS World/NAEMT 2013 Paid EMS system of the Year and the only agency to be named an EMS10 Innovator by JEMS Magazine.
MedStar provides advanced life support ambulance service to 436 square miles and more than 1 million residents and responds to over 155,000 calls a year with a fleet of 59 ambulances. MedStar is a high performance, high value Emergency Medical Services system, providing advanced clinical care with high economic efficiency.
Matt has helped guide the development and implementation of several innovative programs with healthcare partners that have transformed MedStar fully as a Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH) provider, including high utilizer, CHF readmission reduction, observational admission reduction, hospice revocation avoidance, 9-1-1 nurse triage programs and partnerships with home health agencies. He is also the co-author of the book “Mobile Integrated Healthcare – Approach to Implementation” published by Jones and Bartlett Publishing.
He has 41 years’ experience in EMS and holds a Master’s Degree in Health Service Administration with a Graduate Certificate in Health Care Data Management. Matt is a frequent speaker at national conferences and has done consulting in numerous EMS issues, specializing in mobile integrated healthcare, high performance EMS system operations, public/media relations, public policy, costing strategies and EMS research.
Matt is also President of the National Association of EMTs, chairs their EMS Transformation Committee. He is an appointed committee member to the Joint Commission’s Home Care Professional and Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) and the Lewin Group’s Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (HOQR) Program Stroke and AMI Expert Work Group developing metrics for use in value-based purchasing measures for emergency departments.

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Ethical Challenges in Healthcare Leadership
2020-11-10 15:30 - 17:00 | TX
This panel has been approved by ACHE National to qualify for 1.5 Face-to-Face virtual credits.
Please note we are required to restrict this event to a maximum of 50 participants. Please register early to reserve your spot.
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Moderator: Wes Wesson
Senior Director of Performance Improvement
Medical City Healthcare
Panelists:
Michael Rubin, M.D., M.A.
Assistant Professor in the Departments of Neurology & Neurological Surgery
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Janice Whitmire, MBA, HCM
Chief Operating Officer
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical Center at Fort Worth
Jennifer Wimberly, MD, MA, HEC-C
Medical Director of Resiliency
Chair of the Institutional Ethics Committee
Parkland Health and Hospital System

Speaker Bios:
Michael Rubin, M.D., M.A., is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Neurological Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Dr. Rubin earned his medical degree in 2004 at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in Lubbock, Texas, and performed an internship in neurology at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth. He then completed a residency in neurology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, followed by a neurocritical care fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis. He later received a master’s degree in bioethics and health policy from Loyola University in Chicago in 2013.
Dr. Rubin served as an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Washington University in St. Louis for three years before joining UT Southwestern in 2013. He has clinical appointments at UT Southwestern University Hospital and Parkland Memorial Hospital.
Dr. Rubin is Chair of the UT Southwestern Ethics Committee and a member of the Medical Center’s program in Ethics in Science and Medicines. He also co-directs the “Ethics in Clinical Science” course at UT Southwestern’s Center for Translational Medicine
Among his many honors, Dr. Rubin is a 2015 recipient of the Presidential Service Award as well as a Presidential Citation by the Neurocritical Care Society. He is a member of the editorial board of Currents, the online journal of the Neurocritical Care Society, and he serves as a neurology reviewer for the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Dr. Rubin has lectured widely on palliative care, medical decision-making, organ donation, and other neurocritical care topics, and he has authored or co-authored reports and reviews in peer-reviewed journals such as the American Journal of Bioethics, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Journal of Critical Care and Neurocritical Care, Lancet Neurology, and Medical Ethics Advisor, as well as chapters in textbooks on neurotrauma and neurological critical care.

Wes Wesson is a decisive healthcare administrator who has proven progression in a value driven and growing healthcare system. A leader that has partnered with senior hospital leadership and clinicians in quality improvement, clinical excellence and superior patient experience while reducing expenses and enhancing revenue.
Specialties: Supply chain management, Process Improvement, Merger and Acquisition, Divestiture and Wind Down, Technology Management, Clinical Quality,
Wes has spent the past 11 years at HCA Healthcare. His most current role is the Senior Director of Performance Improvement for Medical City Healthcare. He also is the Senior Director of Operations Improvement at Medical City. Prior to that role he was a consultant in Health Markets focusing on implementation of compliance and compliant systems that required day to day operational management of complaints as well as analytics warehouse and Hyperion reporting.

Janice Whitmire, MBA, HCM, currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical Center at Fort Worth. She oversees numerous operational areas including ancillary departments, graduate medical education and the women’s hospital.
Previously, Janice served as corporate vice president of the Baylor Annette C. & Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute. She successfully led this team in becoming the 2nd largest heart transplant program in the world. Janice has held a variety of leadership roles during her tenure, including her extensive, dedicated service to Baylor All Saints from 1989 to 2012. Among her many accomplishments, Whitmire led the planning team for the construction and 2008 opening of the 110-bed Paul and Judy Andrew’s Women’s Hospital where she served as the Administrator and system leader for the women’s service lines.
Janice’s education includes a master’s degree in business administration and a certification in health science management from the University of Dallas. She is also a graduate of the SMU Cox School of Business Executive Leadership program. Whitmire was honored by the YWCA as an Outstanding Woman in Business, as well as being recognized as a Health Care Hero by the Fort Worth Business Press.

Jennifer Wimberly is Chair of the Institutional Ethics Committee at Parkland Health and Hospital System and supports organizational ethics through her position as Medical Director of Resiliency in which she partners with the Office of Experience to promote physician engagement. She is a board-certified Urologist, having completed her medical and surgical training at Georgetown University. Prior to this, her bioethics training began nearly 30 years ago at Kent State University where she achieved a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and received a Minor in Healthcare Ethics (a developing field at the time.) While continuing her clinical practice, she recently completed her Master of Arts in Bioethics at Medical College of Wisconsin and is a certified Healthcare Ethics Consultant through the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities.

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Leadership Imperatives …to Becoming 99
2020-11-17 18:00 - 19:00 | TX
Get to a 99th percentile performance!

Cheryl Lynn Mobley launched reCalibrate to help company founders and C-Level leaders accelerate achievement to 99th percentile performance…sustainably.
Her focus in her own life and with her clients is Be Bold. Have fun. Be well. And above all, Be99.
Cheryl is beyond honored to have served as President of an amazing hospital for 5 years, and she enjoys sharing the specific methodologies she used to drive this level of performance YOY. She is dedicated to helping action-oriented leaders lift their organizations to 99th percentile performance too.
She brings her diverse breadth of experience to the table, along with her uncanny ability to create clarity and simplicity in chaotic situations.
She lives in Texas now with her husband and rock star Australian Cattle Dog, and recently, she added a few awesome horses to the mix – they teach her something every single day…
And, she is putting the finishing touches on her first book titled: Face to Face: 12 Leadership Lessons from a South African Horse Safari.
She shares stories from the Safari, and then interviewed amazing leaders around the world to share how they brought to life the principles Cheryl pulled out from these experiences…and she’s including a few select images she shot on the trip…

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Women's Healthcare Executives Network - Networking Mixer
2020-12-04 17:30 - 19:30 | TX
Join us for a virtual mixer to meet accomplished female professionals. Participants will have the opportunity to purchase wine to be delivered to your home, enjoy a wine presentation from Scout and Cellar (locally owned), speed network and hear from one of ACHENTX’s own successful female leaders; Winjie Miao, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Experience Officer, Texas Health Resources.

Winjie Tang Miao is the senior executive vice president and chief experience officer for Texas Health Resources. In this role, she brings consumer and operational experience to both the core business transformation and new business creation, including strategy and research and development for Texas Health.
Miao joined Texas Health in 2000 as an administrative resident at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. While there, 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, and in 2011 she became president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance. Under her leadership, Texas Health Alliance opened in 2012, and received national recognition for its innovative technology. Miao became Texas Health’s senior vice president of System Integration and Innovation in 2015 and was instrumental in systemwide efforts such as Reliable Care BlueprintingTM.
A biomedical engineering graduate of Johns Hopkins University, Miao also earned a master’s degree in health care administration, with a concentration in financial management and quality management, from the University of North Carolina.
In 2013, she was honored with the Outstanding Achievement Award from the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce-Southwest Region. She has been named by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of the “130 Women Hospital and Health System Leaders to Know” (2015) and “25 Healthcare Leaders Under Age 40” (2012). In 2008, she was honored as one of Modern Healthcare magazine’s “Up and Comers.”

Create your own wine tasting by placing your order with Scout and Cellar online by November 13th so you can sip and savor from the comfort of your home while learning more about their amazing product from Robin Neeley, Wine Consultant.
You may want to consider ordering the Scout Sampler, the Celebrate the Season Box or one of the full size bottle gift sets.
Interested in learning more about Scout and Cellar watch found Sarah Shaddonix, in “From Grape to Glass” as she explains the love, care and attention to detail that goes into every step of Clean-Crafted winemaking, from grape to glass.

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Agility & Resilience in Healthcare Leadership
2020-12-10 12:30 - 14:00 | TX
Agility & Resilience in Healthcare Leadership: Key Behaviors for Leading Change

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This event has been approved by ACHE National to qualify for 1.5 Face-to-Face virtual credits. Please note we are required to restrict this event to a maximum of 200 participants. Please register early to reserve your spot.

ACHE of North Texas is excited to host Dr. Amer Kaissi on December 10th to present his ACHE Choice program keynote session, Agility & Resilience in Healthcare Leadership: Key Behaviors for Leading Change.

Speaker Bio:
Amer Kaissi, PhD is a professor of healthcare administration at Trinity University, San Antonio, where he has taught courses in strategic planning and marketing, healthcare management and human resources management, in addition to directing the school’s executive program. Dr. Kaissi is a certified professional executive and physician coach, advising on business planning and marketing projects, and is a national speaker with the Studer Group. He has published numerous journal articles on leadership, strategic planning and other topics. His most recent publication, Intangibles: The Unexpected Traits of High-Performing Healthcare Leaders won the 2019 James A. Hamilton Book of the Year Award.

Choice Program:
The North Texas Chapter is proud to be partnering with ACHE national to offer this ACHE Choice Program, which brings nationally-recognized faculty and their award-winning programming to our membership.
Providing insights and perspectives on agility and resilience as key behaviors for leading change in healthcare.

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Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification
2020-12-12 09:00 - 16:00 | TX
ACHENTX & Tanya Stinson Present: Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification Prep Course

About this Event

What’s included:

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Course e-book
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification Exam
Simulated Project

Virtual Platform: Zoom

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Hi there! My name is Tanya Stinson! It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance! I would like to tell you a little about me. I have a Master’s degree in Healthcare Quality and Safety, a Master Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma, and 13 years’ experience in leading, coaching, and mentoring professionals in completing Lean Six Sigma, Quality, Compliance, Risk and Safety projects. I have a well-rounded and knowledgeable skill set, as I have worked in various industries, such as mining, utilities, manufacturing, technology, and healthcare. I am passionate about helping others by sharing with them what I have learned and creating positive changes within any organization.
In 2007, I was working at a coal mine, I had learned about Lean Six Sigma and was instantly attracted to the methodology. I immediately signed up to get as many certifications as I could get. These certifications along with others have helped me further my career in helping people, which is what I love to do!
I am a country girl, grew up on a small farm, and I live by old school values:

Work hard, as others will see how valuable you are by showing them what you can do
Respect and appreciate your elders and those who have come before me, as they have taught, molded, and mentored me into who I am today
Love my country, and all who live in it, regardless of color or creed
Have integrity and honesty, as a man’s word, or a woman’s in this case, is her bond
Hard work and determinization speaks for itself, so always do my best no matter what
Sharing what you learn, so my life is an open book, I love to help others to grow and be successful
Have been blessed many times over the years and would like to bless others in return

Currently, I am a Performance Improvement Engineer/Coach with Texas Health Resources. I have been working for THR since June 2017. Since working with them, I have gotten several awards and accolades for the projects and people that I have coached, mentored, certified, and led. Here are just a few accolades that I have received:

2020 ACHENTX Mentor of the Year
Trailblazer Award – Texas Health Arlington Memorial, 2018 for Blood Culture Contamination Reduction Project
Quality Award (2) – Texas Health Fort Worth, 2019 for Neonatal Extubation Process Improvement Project and “Let’s Get Moving” Patient Ambulation Improvement Project
Discoverer Award – Texas Health Resources, 2019 for ED Discharge Scheduling Improvement Project
Transformer Award – Texas Health Resources, 2020 for Interventional Radiology Throughput Improvement Project

Outside of work, I am a wife and mother of 4 handsome young men, and I love fishing, camping, and racing just to name a few! If you like pitching horseshoes, playing dominoes, or cornhole, I am your gal! 😊
Thank you so much for reading, and I hope that you are as excited about the upcoming Yellow Belt classes as I am! I look forward to meeting every one of you and growing the passion you have for PI!
Many blessings, Tanya Stinson

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ACHENTX Virtual Happy Hour Fellowship Informational Session
2021-01-19 17:00 - 18:00 | TX
Take your career to the next level!

Do you want to be recognized and valued for your knowledge and expertise, and continue to build your network? Becoming an ACHE Fellow represents your lifelong commitment to continuous performance improvement and sets you on a path to personal and professional growth. Learn more about how to become a Fellow and hear from leaders who understand the value this recognition adds to your career.

Join with your favorite beverage for a relaxed & engaging dialogue about your future as a healthcare leader.
Date: Tuesday, January 19
Time: 5-6pm
Our guest speakers will include:
Neill Marshall
Chairman
HealthSearch Partners
Stephanie Parten
Director of Executive Search
B.E. Smith
Amanda Thrash
2021 President, ACHE of North Texas
Vice President, Professional & Support Services, Texas Health Plano

Speaker Bios:
Neill Marshall has almost 30 years of experience in healthcare search and has been involved in over 600 hundred senior level assignments. He’s held leadership roles with major executive search firms and in 2017 helped co-found and is currently a partner in HealthSearch Partners the fifth largest healthcare executive search entity in the U.S.
HealthSearch Partners is the combination of CES Partners, FaithSearch Partners and Southerland Partners, creating a unique platform to provide a better executive search product.
In 2014 Marshall co-founded, Southerland Partners, an executive search firm specializing in recruiting leaders for hospitals and other healthcare organizations. Southerland Partners conducted 80 projects, 12 Chief Executive Officer, including the Chief Executive Officer searches for both Intermountain Health Care and Baptist Health in Louisville, 7 Chief Operating Officer, 9 Chief Financial Officer and numerous other executive level projects.
In 2005, Marshall founded Marshall Koll & Associates, an executive search firm specializing in recruiting leaders for healthcare organizations. In 12 years, they conducted 150 projects for their hospital clients.
Prior to Marshall Koll, Neill was a senior consultant with Witt/Kieffer in Dallas. Witt/Kieffer is the largest executive search firm in the U.S. specializing in healthcare and higher education. At the firm, he was responsible for executive search assignments for client organizations and received the firms Quality Award in 2004. While there he was involved in over 350 senior level assignments, including 50 for CEO.

As a Director of Executive Search at B.E. Smith, Stephanie Parten brings more than eight years of healthcare recruiting experience. Ms. Parten excels at client management, sourcing, interviewing and recruiting passive candidates. Her extensive network of healthcare professionals enables her to efficiently and effectively connect healthcare providers with high-performing candidates who match the organization’s unique needs and culture.
Ms. Parten brings a keen understanding of the healthcare workforce market and the many incentives driving healthcare professionals to change or advance their careers. She enjoys partnering with healthcare providers to manage turnover and leadership vacancies, as well as assisting these organizations in identifying and recruiting the ideal candidates. As a trusted healthcare recruiter, she develops strong supportive relationships with healthcare professionals and provides consultation during all states of their career.
Previously, Ms. Parten managed full cycle recruiting for B.E. Smith’s parent company, AMN Healthcare, as well as a private healthcare consulting firm. Her expertise includes hiring director level talent in areas such as care management, quality & risk, behavioral health, patient experience, population health, and nursing operations.
Ms. Parten holds a Bachelor of Business from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She is a member of the Society of Human Resources Management

2021 ACHENTX New Horizons Event
2021-01-30 12:00 - 14:30 | TX
Join us for our 5th annual New Horizons Event!

This event will take advantage of the ACHE network, allowing participants to interact with current Human Resources representatives in the local healthcare arena. These HR reps will help the participants refine their resumes and interview skills by going through multiple mock interviews (5-10 minutes each, with multiple HR representatives). After this feedback portion of the agenda, a panel presentation of healthcare industry experts from a variety of fields will speak about their positions, their experiences and perspectives.

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Panelists:
Anna Brewer
Partner, Consulting Services & Director of Professional Development
JTaylor
Patrick Crocker
Senior Associate at Strategy& and Founder/Principal
Crocker Solutions
Mike Daniel
Founder and CEO
Main Street Anesthesia
Ryan Frank
Vice President of Marketing
Smith & Nephew

Speaker Bios:
After graduating from Texas Christian University with a BBA in Accounting, Anna Brewer joined Arthur Anderson as a Consultant in the Strategic Finance and Economics group. Prior to joining JTaylor, she spent three years in the Health Sciences Advisory Services group at Ernst & Young. She is now partner in the consulting division of JTaylor where she uses her strong analytical and financial analysis skills to assist her clients in the areas of physician compensation, transaction support, valuations, due diligence, joint venture development and strategic business plans. She is also serving as Director of Professional Development where she focuses on recruiting and training. She is also contributing author in the field of healthcare for Fort Worth Business Press.

Prior to PwC, Patrick Crocker spent over a decade in the U.S. Army as a Judge Advocate, where he rose to the rank of Major and served two combat tours in Afghanistan. While serving as an appellate defense council in the U.S. Army Reserve he pursued his MBA from the University of California, Berkley where he graduated with honors with a concentration in Health Management. He is now a Senior Associate in the Health Industries Advisory practice group at PwC’s Strategy& where he focuses on marketing, sales, and strategy transformation within the provider, payer, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical verticals. He is also Founder and Principal Crocker Solutions where he provides pro bono management and strategy consulting services to entrepreneurs and early stage companies in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and throughout the United States.

After completing his degree in accounting at TCU, Mike Daniel served as Director and Senior Vice President of Business Development at NorthStar Anesthesia where he helped it become the fastest growing anesthesia company in the US, growing from 22 sites to 182 sites in 20 states over 9 years. After his success in helping hospitals and surgery centers improve anesthesia services and lower their costs, Mike went on to start his own anesthesia management company, Mainstreet Anesthesia, where he currently serves as CEO.

Ryan Frank started his marketing career at Kimberly Clark where he spent 12 years helping expand the business in focused on products that helped improve infection control in the hospital, office, and extended care environments. After his success at Kimberly Clark, he moved to Abbott Nutrition where he spent the next 11 years of his career leading both US and Global teams that were tasked with advancing how nutrition supports health outcomes, spanning early life, childhood development and acute recovery, and specific disease management. He currently serves as the VP of Marketing at Smith and Nephew where he leads the marketing and product strategy for Smith & Nephew’s Advanced Wound Management portfolio in the US.

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Breakfast with the Senior Vice President - Matthew Chance, FACHE
2021-02-09 07:30 - 08:30 | TX
Please join us for the next virtual program in our popular Breakfast event series.

Date: Tuesday, February 9
Time: 7:30-8:30am

Our featured speaker for this program will be:

Matt Chance, FACHE
Senior Vice President of Operations
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
Matt Chance joined the staff of Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (TSRHC) as Senior Vice President of Operations in 2015. In his role, Matt has oversight of the operations of the Dallas campus to ensure every TSRHC patient receives clinical and service excellence.
Matt earned his undergraduate degree from Austin College and a master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from Trinity University. Prior to joining TSRHC, Matt served as Chief Executive Officer of Baylor Medical Center at Uptown and in various operational roles at Children’s Medical Center Dallas and with the Veterans Affairs North Texas Healthcare System.
Matt is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and is a past President of the ACHE of North Texas chapter. He is a Texas Hospital Association’s (THA) Leadership Fellow, serves on THA’s Endorsed Partner Advisory Committee, and is a member of the Dallas /Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation Board and Trinity University Healthcare Administration Alumni Board. Matt was a volunteer at TSRHC for many years, is a past President of the TSRHC Volunteer Auxiliary, and is a Mason. Matt and his wife Amanda met in the 5th grade, have been married for 23 years and they have two growing daughters navigating the challenges of remote Elementary and Middle school.

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Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification Course
2021-02-20 09:00 - 17:00 | TX
ACHENTX Student Council Presents: Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification Course

Due to the high volume of requests and for those who missed the opportunity last year, ACHE of North Texas’ Student Council is once again offering a Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification course. (Be sure to watch for announcements later in the year for a Green Belt Certification Course as well. Note: You will need your Yellow belt first to be able to register for the Green Belt session.)

What’s included:

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Course e-book
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification Exam
Simulated Project

Course Instructor: Tanya Stinson
Virtual Platform: Zoom

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Hi there! My name is Tanya Stinson! It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance! I would like to tell you a little about me. I have a Master’s degree in Healthcare Quality and Safety, a Master Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma, and 13 years’ experience in leading, coaching, and mentoring professionals in completing Lean Six Sigma, Quality, Compliance, Risk and Safety projects. I have a well-rounded and knowledgeable skill set, as I have worked in various industries, such as mining, utilities, manufacturing, technology, and healthcare. I am passionate about helping others by sharing with them what I have learned and creating positive changes within any organization.
In 2007, I was working at a coal mine, I had learned about Lean Six Sigma and was instantly attracted to the methodology. I immediately signed up to get as many certifications as I could get. These certifications along with others have helped me further my career in helping people, which is what I love to do!
I am a country girl, grew up on a small farm, and I live by old school values:
• Work hard, as others will see how valuable you are by showing them what you can do
• Respect and appreciate your elders and those who have come before me, as they have taught, molded, and mentored me into who I am today
• Love my country, and all who live in it, regardless of color or creed
• Have integrity and honesty, as a man’s word, or a woman’s in this case, is her bond
• Hard work and determinization speaks for itself, so always do my best no matter what
• Sharing what you learn, so my life is an open book, I love to help others to grow and be successful
• Have been blessed many times over the years and would like to bless others in return
Currently, I am a Performance Improvement Engineer/Coach with Texas Health Resources. I have been working for THR since June 2017. Since working with them, I have gotten several awards and accolades for the projects and people that I have coached, mentored, certified, and led. Here are just a few accolades that I have received:
• 2020 ACHENTX Mentor of the Year
• Trailblazer Award – Texas Health Arlington Memorial, 2018 for Blood Culture Contamination Reduction Project
• Quality Award (2) – Texas Health Fort Worth, 2019 for Neonatal Extubation Process Improvement Project and “Let’s Get Moving” Patient Ambulation Improvement Project
• Discoverer Award – Texas Health Resources, 2019 for ED Discharge Scheduling Improvement Project
• Transformer Award – Texas Health Resources, 2020 for Interventional Radiology Throughput Improvement Project
Outside of work, I am a wife and mother of 4 handsome young men, and I love fishing, camping, and racing just to name a few! If you like pitching horseshoes, playing dominoes, or cornhole, I am your gal! 😊
Thank you so much for reading, and I hope that you are as excited about the upcoming Yellow Belt classes as I am! I look forward to meeting every one of you and growing the passion you have for PI!
Many blessings,
Tanya Stinson

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Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Final Rules
2021-02-23 12:00 - 13:30 | TX
Exploring the 2020 changes to fraud and abuse laws.

On November 20, 2020 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) issued long-awaited final rules to “modernize and clarify” the regulations that interpret the Medicare Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law) and to modify the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS).

Please join us for a presentation of these important updates to fraud and abuse laws from Gray Reed attorneys Jenny Givens and Darrell Armer .

Presenters:
Darrell Armer
Dallas Managing Partner
Gray Reed Attorneys & Counselors
Jenny G. Givens
Partner
Gray Reed Attorneys & Counselors

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Speakers’ Bios:

An experienced dealmaker and strategic advisor for a diverse group of healthcare clients, Darrell Armer focuses his practice on structuring complex commercial transactions that not only achieve his clients’ business goals, but also minimize risk within strict regulatory frameworks. Leader of the Healthcare Transactions Practice Group, he has over 20 years of experience managing all aspects of the organization, reorganization, funding, operation and merger/acquisition of a variety of providers, including hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, physical therapy companies, diagnostic imaging centers, medical and dental practices, and home health agencies, as well as various provider networks. He is Board Certified in Health Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Darrell has negotiated and structured numerous mergers and acquisitions of healthcare providers on behalf of both sellers and buyers. This unique experience working on both sides of the deal helps Darrell anticipate many issues that typically arise and resolve them proactively before they can impede negotiations or break the deal altogether. Darrell also serves as outside general counsel for many of his clients, guiding them through a variety of operational and administrative matters, including Medicare/Medicaid and other third party reimbursement and appeals, licensure issues with state boards, cyber security and related breaches, vendor contracts plus much more.
Keeping clients out of trouble is also a substantial part of Darrell’s practice. He helps clients maintain compliance with all federal and state regulations that impact entity structuring, commercial transactions and day-to-day operations, particularly the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute, HIPAA and other privacy laws, and antitrust considerations. Darrell also plays a significant role in protecting clients when they’re facing potential civil or criminal liability in government investigations or litigation involving alleged fraud or other regulatory violations. He works hand-in-hand with the firm’s white-collar lawyers, providing valuable insight on the substantive regulatory issues involved to ensure that clients achieve the best outcome possible.

Healthcare providers trust Jenny Givens to help them navigate the numerous regulatory frameworks impacting their businesses and to guide them through a variety of operational, privacy and corporate matters. She works with a wide range of providers with operations primarily in Texas but also in many states across the country, including hospitals, physician entities, ambulatory surgery centers, pharmacies, laboratories, neuromonitoring facilities plus many more. Jenny is Board Certified in Health Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and Certified in Healthcare Compliance by the Compliance Certification Board.
Jenny is the go-to advisor for healthcare providers that need strategic guidance on how regulatory compliance interacts with their everyday operations and long-term business planning. She has substantial experience in developing proactive policies and corrective action plans concerning several issues, including fraud and abuse, the Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute, HIPAA, EMTALA, licensure and certification, patient overflow and billing and reimbursement. Jenny also helps clients with a variety of transactional and corporate matters, ranging from employment contracts and coverage agreements to management services contracts and entity formation.
Before joining the firm, Jenny held in-house positions at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children and City of Hope National Medical Center in Pasadena, California, where she handled a variety of transactional and compliance matters. Prior to entering law school, Jenny served as an assistant administrator for a community hospital in Los Angeles where she worked with medical staff committees, participated in all executive team committees and was responsible for strategic planning, service quality, licensing and accreditation activities and day-to-day operations of the hospital’s ancillary services.

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ACHENTX Student Council Keynote Event
2021-02-27 11:00 - 13:00 | TX
Please join us for our first ever ACHENTX Student Council Keynote Event.

Date: Saturday, February 27
Time: 11am-1pm

This will be a virtual event, held via Zoom.
Agenda:
11am – 12pm – Keynote Speaker: Dustin Anthamatten, MBA, MA, CPA, FACHE
Vice President, Operations
Methodist Charlton Medical Center
12pm – 1pm – Panel Presentation
Moderator : Paridhi Sheth
Panelists:
Kristi Abbott
Senior Associate in the Care Delivery Division
The Kintetix Group
Camille Beste
Strategic Planning Analyst
Children’s Hospital New Orleans
Elizabeth Godines, MHA
Patient Capacity Manager
Ambulatory Services at Children’s Health – Dallas
Colson Files
Administrative Fellow
UT Southwestern Medical Center
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Speakers Bios
Dustin Anthamatten currently serves as the Vice President of Operations at Methodist Charlton Medical Center (MCMC). He has operational oversight of cardiology, oncology, imaging, laboratory, physical medicine, respiratory therapy, inpatient hospitalists, physical plant, food services, environmental services, police and leased tenants. Dustin was originally hired as the facility’s Vice President of Finance in 2014 and moved in to the Vice President of Operations role approximately one year after being hired.
In addition to his current role, Dustin serves on several boards of directors including a joint venture with a 50-bed rehabilitation hospital, a 100-bed skilled nursing facility, and a chemotherapy and radiation treatment center. He is also on the Executive Board of Directors of the American College of Healthcare Executives (North Texas Chapter) and Board of Directors of the Best Southwest Partnership that brings together local and state politicians, business leaders, community leaders and citizens to address the education, tourism, transportation, and healthcare needs of the Southern Dallas Sector.
Dustin began his career at Fidelity Investments, holding roles as an investment advisor and financial analyst. During this time, he was also an adjunct instructor of economics. He transitioned to healthcare at UT Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) and operated in progressive roles until he was the Manager of the Office of Financial and Capital Planning, where he developed large projects which supported the growth of UTSW, before moving to Methodist Health System.
Dustin holds a Bachelors in Business Administration, a Bachelor of Science in Economics, a Master’s in Business Administration, and a Master’s of Arts in Economics from the University of Texas at Arlington. In addition, he holds a graduate certificate in advanced technical accounting, is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE). In 2019, Dustin was awarded Early Careerist of the Year and Mentor of the Year by the American College of Healthcare Executives (North Texas Chapter). In 2020, he was recognized as the Young Healthcare Executive of the Year by the Dallas-Ft. Worth Hospital Council and selected for the Leadership Dallas Class of 2021 by the Dallas Regional Chamber.

Kristi Abbott is a Senior Associate in the Care Delivery Division at The Kinetix Group. She completed her Master of Health Administration at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in 2020. While finishing her MHA, Kristi worked at The Kinetix Group as a Practice Transformation and Innovation Resident, where she worked with practices across the Southeast to help them transition to value-based care arrangements. Working at The Kinetix Group, Kristi has found her passion working with providers, payers, and life sciences organizations across a number of initiatives relating to health policy, practice transformation, real-world evidence generation, virtual health and CV-19. Each day and every client are different which keeps Kristi on a path of continuous learning and growth. Kristi completed her Bachelor’s degree in Public Health in 2018 also at Tulane University. In her spare time, Kristi loves travelling and experiencing unique festivals and cuisine in every city.

Camille Beste currently works at Children’s Hospital New Orleans as a Strategic Planning Analyst. CHNOLA was also where she completed her Administrative Residency while finishing up her Master of Health Administration at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. She graduated in 2020. During her time at CHNOLA, Camille learned hands on experience with financial planning and analysis and witnessed the hospital undergo fast improvements and updates to provide a more robust facility that provides extraordinary care, just for kids. Prior to her graduate degree, Camille completed her Bachelor’s in Psychology from LSU. In her spare time, Camille loves exploring new places to eat in the heart of New Orleans as well as snuggling on the couch with her 12-pound cat named Gary.

Colson Files is a current Administrative Fellow at UT Southwestern in Dallas. He completed his Master of Health Administration at University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth in 2020. While working on his MHA, Colson interned at UAB University Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. There he worked with the hospital operations team to increase patient throughput, rewrite processes to improve patient experience, and implement initiatives around patient transportation. Colson earned his Bachelor of Science in Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma in 2017. Prior to pursuing his graduate degree, he served on the medical operations team with Mission of Hope in Haiti and then as an assistant administrator with Watermark Health’s nonprofit urgent care clinic in Dallas.

Elizabeth Godines, MHA, currently works for Ambulatory Services at Children’s Health – Dallas as a Patient Capacity Manager. Elizabeth leads a team of Epic analysts, Ambulatory Directors, and clinical leaders to improve scheduling access for new and established patients. She is currently working on an optimization project that aims to improve patient access and provide a consistent, favorable consumer experience for patients and referring providers when they engage with Children’s Health. Elizabeth previously worked for Ambulatory Operations at UT Southwestern Medical Center as the project manager for the Access Initiative project. She led the project and increased new patient appointments by 10% and increased provider slot utilization by 80% by standardizing clinic scheduling practices. Elizabeth is also Cadence certified in Epic.
Elizabeth is a first-generation college student and is the daughter of Mexican immigrants. Elizabeth received her Bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of North Texas and recently graduated from Texas Woman’s University with a Master’s in Healthcare Administration.
Elizabeth is an active member of ACHE and NALHE. She is also the marketing co-chair for NALHE DFW and has helped coordinate and promote events for the organization and community.
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ACHENTX Advancement Cohort Program
2021-03-01 17:00 - 18:00 | TX
Join Fellow ACHENTX colleagues preparing to become ACHE Fellows, by joining the next Cohort studying for the Board of Governor’s Exam.

To assist ACHENTX Members pursuing FACHE in 2021, the chapter will be providing study/ review sessions once a month in April, May, June, and August.

Cohort Structure (Virtual):
1. March 1st: Welcome Session
2. April 15th: Session I (Healthcare, Management and Leadership)
3. May 25th: Session II (Finance and Human Resources)
4. June 24th : Session III (Quality and Performance Management, Business, and Healthcare technology & Information)
5. August 19th: Session IV (Laws and regulations, Professionalism and Ethics, Governance and Organizational Structure)
Start Times: 5pm
End Times: 6pm
Cost: $50 per registrant (for all 5 sessions)
Note: These sessions do not count for ACHE Face to Face credits.

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2021 ACHENTX BOG Exam Review Session - Healthcare
2021-03-12 12:00 - 13:00 | TX
Are you planning to advance to become an ACHE Fellow? Let us help you prepare to sit for the Board of Governors Exam. ACHE of North Texas is offering a series of Review Sessions over the next few months. Stay close to home, pay a fraction of the cost, and spend brief periods of time learning test taking tips and review knowledge areas.
You may purchase a ticket for all eight sessions at a discounted price or one or more individual sessions. (Those who have registered to be a part of the 2021 ACHENTX Advancement Cohort, be sure to use the discount code being sent separately to you.)
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2021 ACHE Congress on Healthcare Leadership
2021-03-22 08:00 - 2021-03-25 17:00 | American College of Healthcare Executives
Offering up to 12 ACHE Face-to-Face Credits & up to 120 ACHE Qualified Credits

Note: Early Bird Registration Pricing Ends February 22

Dates: March 22-25

This event is being offered virtually this year.

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2021 ACHENTX BOG Exam Review Session - Management, Leadership & Business
2021-04-02 12:00 - 13:00 | TX

Breaking the Glass Ceiling
2021-04-06 15:30 - 17:00 | TX
An ACHENTX Women’s Healthcare Executives’ Network (WHEN) Event

Regardless of where you are in your career as a healthcare leader – if you want to learn and thrive – join us to hear a panel of 3 senior healthcare executives share their journey and leadership experiences to inspire you and generate even more detailed discussions when you meet up in our breakout sessions. Our event is virtual and will focus on networking in the context of shared experiences.

Date: Tuesday, April 6
Time: 3:30-5pm
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Our Presenters:
Lillie Biggins, RN, FACHE
Former President
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth
Healthcare veteran who holds responsibility for enhancing the performance of Texas Health Fort Worth with regard to cost effectiveness, clinical outcomes, and patient satisfaction. Ms. Biggins first joined Texas Health Fort Worth in 1997 as vice president of operations, overseeing major departments such as Emergency Services, Trauma Services and Restorative Services.

Pat Driscoll, JD (Facilitator)
Professor
Texas Woman’s University
Accomplished educator and senior healthcare leader. Ms. Driscoll is the former President and CEO of Home Health Services of Texas, Inc. With more than 40 years of healthcare experience, including work in her private legal practice and roles in a variety of clinical, executive, consultant, and educational settings. Ms. Driscoll currently serves as Professor of Health Service Management and on a variety of Boards.

Nancy M. Green
Senior Vice President
Med Decision
Award-winning global healthcare and strategic business development executive with background in stimulating growth, bringing new and disruptive innovative digital technologies to the market. Ms. Green recently joined the all-female, high performing executive team at Med Decision, an Integrated Health Management Company supporting virtual care and digital health.

Niki D. Shah, MHSA, MBA, CCHW
Vice President of Community Health
Baylor Scott & White Health
Niki is an experienced healthcare executive with the passion, ambition and skills to transform communities and improve outcomes through innovation, partnerships, strategic development and focused execution.

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COVID: Some Silver Linings
2021-04-08 12:30 - 13:30 | TX
The COVID-19 pandemic is unlike anything many Americans can recall in their lifetime. Despite the many challenges, our nation’s hospitals, clinicians, and patients never abandoned their search for a way forward. While this pandemic challenged us all, it also unveiled meaningful opportunities to innovate with the use of new technology, strengthen our roots, and rethink the way we deliver care.
Join SCP Health’s Chief Clinical Technology Officer Stephen Nichols, MD, and Senior Vice President and Group Medical Officer Jude Malican, MD, MMM, FACEP, for an interactive discussion around the experiences that will improve the way we deliver care as we enter the next chapter of COVID-19.
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Speakers’ Bios:
Jude Malican, MD, MMM, FACEP
Senior Vice President, Group Medical Officer
SCP Health
Dr. Jude Malican brings an array of experience to his role with SCP Health. He is responsible for supporting and leading SCP’s efforts to remain a leader in the provision of management practices within Emergency Medicine & Hospital Medicine. In this role, he ensures consistent patient care and management practices in Emergency Medicine and Hospital Medicine that ensure high quality and dependable performance.
He formerly served as the Associate Regional Medical Director for Emergency Services for the Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston. While there, Malican had primary responsibilities for both the development and implementation of the EMR platforms for all the emergency departments in the system, as well as serving as the medical director for one of the busiest emergency departments in the system.
Dr. Malican completed medical school at St. Louis University School of Medicine, in St. Louis, MO, and his Residency in Emergency Medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. He went on to complete his Master of Medical Management degree at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. Additionally, he has held academic appointments at UT Southwestern, Emory University, University of Connecticut, University of Tennessee, and currently has a faculty position with the Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Malican has also held a wide variety of leadership positions. He has been the Medical Director of large trauma centers as well as the Medical Director at a variety of community hospitals. From being involved in multiple contract start-ups to the successful implementation of several hospital emergency department redesign projects, Dr. Malican has had experience in every facet of Emergency Medicine.

Stephen Nichols, MD
Chief Clinical Technology Officer, Disaster Response
SCP Health
Dr. Stephen Nichols is pragmatic and realistic, with a down-to-earth style and a methodical, thoughtful approach to problem-solving. His training in Internal Medicine and decades of practice in Emergency Medicine have provided him with the knowledge to find both innovative and incremental improvements for clinical operations. At SCP Health, Dr. Nichols focuses first on finding helpful insights from evidence, data analytics, and experience, then identifying existing technology—or designing new systems—that can improve patient experience, clinician practice, and hospital client performance.
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, he has played a pivotal role in helping SCP Health’s hospital and health system clients adapt to rapidly changing circumstances in order to make critical adjustments and shift plans effectively. And this crisis wasn’t his first; Dr. Nichols previously helped SCP Health work its way through the H1N1 pandemic in 2009-10 and has supported the company’s response to hurricanes and other natural disasters. Before working with SCP Health, Dr. Nichols also learned valuable lessons during the beginning of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, earthquake disaster response, and the Los Angeles riots of 1992.
Dr. Nichols completed his Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, then went on to receive his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine. He is currently Board Certified in Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

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2021 ACHENTX BOG Exam Review Session - Finance
2021-04-09 12:00 - 13:00 | TX

Confronting Medical Racism and Exploring Ethical Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic to Develop Strategies for a Better Future
2021-04-14 18:00 - 19:30 | TX
For this event, ACHENTX is partnering with The DFW, Golden State and St. Louis Chapters of NAHSE.
The Covid-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on the health inequities experienced by the Black community and other communities of color. The arrival of two safe and effective vaccines has ushered in the dawn of a new day. However, not everyone is fighting to be first in line. Why? The answer to this question lies within a quote from the late great Maya Angelou: “You can’t really know where you are going, until you know where you have been.” The systemic racism that has led to inequities in health, has also led to the mistrust experienced by minority communities. Many of these injustices are not discussed in professional settings, and as a result, has left the medical community with an unfortunate gap in generating strategic initiatives to solve some of these great problems. Understanding this history will help guide and inform policy makers and the medical community on the best way forward, as we look to bridge the divides that our history has created. These are unique times for us as healthcare leaders to learn, grow, and gain new perspectives on how to be a voice for, and best engage with the Black community. Join us for an engaging conversation on understanding historic to present day clinical and management insights that reflect the untold, but ever-present reality of marginalized communities, as well as steps the healthcare industry can take to improve our current situation.
This year’s topic will be: Confronting Medical Racism and Exploring Ethical Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic to Develop Strategies for a Better Future. Our featured speaker will be renowned author and medical ethicist Harriet A. Washington. Harriet A. Washington is a prolific science writer, editor and ethicist who is the author of the seminal book: “Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Experimentation from Colonial Times to the Present”. This groundbreaking book won a National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN/Oakland Award, and the American Library Association Black Caucus Nonfiction Award. She is also the author of five other well-received books, including “A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind” as well as the forthcoming “Carte Blanche: The Erosion of Informed Consent in Medical Research”, which will be published in 2021 by Columbia Global Reports.

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Sustainability of Healthcare Organizations
2021-04-22 11:00 - 12:30 | TX
This event has been approved for 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face Credits!

Issues surrounding sustainability for healthcare institutions into the 21st century 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 for healthcare system growth and sustainability as healthcare providers continue to face future operational, reimbursement, and environmental 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.

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Our panelists include:
Aaron Bujnowski, FACHE
Director and Integrated Delivery Network Segment Lead
The Chartis Group
Monica Price, CPA
Vice President & Group Financial Officer
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital of SW Fort Worth and Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital of Stephenville
Raza Rashid
Director of Finance
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Michael Sanborn, MS, FACHE, FASHP
President
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center-Fort Worth

Speakers’ Bios:

Aaron Bujnowski is a Director with The Chartis Group and leader of the Integrated Delivery Network (IDN) practice area. Mr. Bujnowski’s healthcare career spans over 14 years. He focuses on developing innovative enterprise strategies that enable integrated delivery networks and their leaders to create lasting competitive advantage.
Prior to joining The Chartis Group, Mr. Bujnowski was the system Chief Strategy Officer at Texas Health Resources, where he spent nearly nine years. He was responsible for developing and implementing strategies across the entire enterprise, including acute, post-acute, ambulatory, physician, consumer, and value-based approaches. His experience also includes more than four years with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he served as a core member of BCG’s strategy and health care practices. Mr. Bujnowski previously held various leadership positions in new venture development and innovation at The Dow Chemical Company for more than nine years.
Fluent in Spanish, Mr. Bujnowski is co-inventor of six U.S. patents, certified as a Six Sigma Black Belt and has volunteered his services through many national organizations. To name a few, he was a Red Cross volunteer for Katrina Relief in New Orleans, a full-time missionary and humanitarian volunteer in Chile, South America, and served as an executive board member for the Boy Scouts of America. He was featured in the award-winning book, Intangibles: The Unexpected Traits of High-Performing Healthcare Leaders by Amer Kaissi, PhD.
Mr. Bujnowski holds a master’s degree in business administration from The University of Texas at Austin, where he graduated with the highest honors. He also holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in chemical engineering with a biomedical emphasis from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where he graduated with honors. In 2015, Mr. Bujnowski became a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).

Monica Price, CPA, is the Vice President and Group Financial Officer of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital of Southwest Fort Worth and Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital of Stephenville, two acute care hospitals part of the Texas Health Resources System. Serving in her position as of mid-2020, she is responsible for financial operations and key support functions including strategic financial management, supply chain management, financial reporting, budgeting, decision support, and patient access. Ms. Price recently left United Health Services in Upstate New York where she served as the senior director of Finance, Hospital Division. Ms. Price holds a Master of Professional Accounting degree from University of Texas at Arlington and a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Notre Dame. She has been a Certified Public Accountant since 2005 and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Before her tenure with Texas Health Resources, she served in finance roles with other large health systems.

Mr. Raza Rashid is the Director of Finance for Parkland Health & Hospital System (PHHS). PHHS is one of the largest safety net hospitals in the country with 882 inpatient beds, multi-specialty outpatient clinics, post-acute facilities, an ambulatory surgery center, and a health plan. Mr. Rashid is responsible for all financial aspects of workforce management solutions and optimizing operations, a billion dollar salary budget function, productivity and benchmarking analytics, and ensuring operational efficiency. He has a varied healthcare skillset with experience in for-profit, not-for-profit, and governmental organizations and a proven track record in the following: financial and operations planning, leading various cross-functional teams, and implementation of data and clinical driven strategic initiatives to ensure high quality of care while optimizing operations.
Mr. Rashid earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from St. Louis University, and a Master of Business Administration degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He is a certified fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and a member of ACHE North Texas Association.

Michael Sanborn, MS, FACHE, FASHP 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 2,400 employees and 1,100 medical staff members. Services include transplantation, heart/vascular, oncology, trauma, and one of the largest women’s hospitals in the area.
Before joining All Saints, Sanborn served as 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 Baylor Scott & White system. Throughout his 32 years in health care, Sanborn has taken on increasingly complex roles, initially in pharmacy leadership and then in health care administration.
Mike holds a B.S. and M.S. in Pharmacy and Administration respectively from the University of Kansas and is a Fellow of both ACHE and ASHP. He is active in a variety of community activities, including serving on the boards of the Fort Worth Chamber, Healing Shepherd Clinic, Health Tarrant County Collaborative (Chair) DFW Hospital Council, and the Executive Committees of Near Southside and Fort Worth Adolescent and Young Adult cancer program.

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2021 ACHENTX BOG Exam Review Session - Human Resources
2021-04-23 12:00 - 13:00 | TX

The Business of Healthcare
2021-05-04 17:00 - 18:30 | TX
The 2021 Business of Healthcare event will feature presenters providing participants a birds-eye view into a wide array of businesses working within and/or supporting the healthcare industry, but are outside the traditional hospital setting. Some of the areas of business being represented include: Patient Engagement, Medical Equipment Planning, Architecture, Law, Hospitalist Management and Support Services.
This year’s participants will include the following presenters. Invites have been extended to a few more presenters representing additional sectors of the industry as well.

Vishal Bhalla
Chief Experience Officer
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Ben Cheney
Business Development Manager
OneEQ
Alli Giacometto
Senior Designer
CRTKL
Jenny G. Givens
Partner
Gray Reed Attorneys & Counselors
Bethany Hale
Head of Marketing
Cedar
Christie Hutchinson, RN, BSN, MBA, CPEN, CPHQ, CPHRM, NEA-BC
Chief Executive Officer
QCC Healthcare Consultants
Clayton Lawrence, FACHE
Senior Vice President
Sound Physicians
John Raish
Senior Vice President
Parkland Health & Hospital System
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Speakers’ Bios:
Vishal Bhalla joined Parkland in August 2016 and soon moved into the role of Vice President and Chief Experience Officer (CXO), focusing on the experience of employees, providers, patients and their families.
Transitioning to healthcare a few years ago from a successful career in hospitality, Vishal completed his Master of Business Administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) along with a Healthcare Certificate from the joint Harvard-MIT Healthcare Innovation Initiative. Vishal also serves on the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council, representing Parkland as the Chair for the Workforce Collaborative and is a member for the Texas Hospital Association (THA) Fellows Program for 2019.
Vishal is passionate about leveraging analytics, technology and system sciences, along with his extensive experience in managing large service operations, to add rigor to the art of human interaction; thereby enabling meaningful employee and patient experiences. The Experience Team at Parkland has seen tremendous results, achieving the 90th Percentile rank in the National Press Ganey Database and the 93rd Percentile Rank in the University Health Systems. The strategy and its execution were cited in the 2019 whitepaper on Strategic Initiatives by Press Ganey : Accelerated Transformation – From Strategy to Action.
Prior to coming to Parkland, Mr. Bhalla was the Director of Operations for a hospitality firm, where he oversaw twelve facilities with more than 6000 rooms. He has worked on four continents and also previously served as a Director for Sandals Resorts International. He possesses a Master in Hotel Administration from University of Strathclyde, a General Managers’ Program certification from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration and is a Lean Six Sigma Master Blackbelt.

Ben Cheney is currently a Business Development manager with OneEQ, and has several years of experience with projects of all sizes and phases. He has helped design the reporting process, created and implemented project specific order of operations that reduce gaps in communications and diminishes redundancy. He helps facilitate work flow to stream line the procurement process, keeping resources to a minimum and maximizing project efficiencies, while reducing overhead and maximizing profitability. Ben also maintains multi-million dollar hospital procurement projects, providing a way to keep teams on schedule and clients informed.

Healthcare providers trust Jenny Givens to help them navigate the numerous regulatory frameworks impacting their businesses and to guide them through a variety of operational, privacy and corporate matters. She works with a wide range of providers with operations primarily in Texas but also in many states across the country, including hospitals, physician entities, ambulatory surgery centers, pharmacies, laboratories, neuromonitoring facilities plus many more. Jenny is Board Certified in Health Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and Certified in Healthcare Compliance by the Compliance Certification Board.
Jenny is the go-to advisor for healthcare providers that need strategic guidance on how regulatory compliance interacts with their everyday operations and long-term business planning. She has substantial experience in developing proactive policies and corrective action plans concerning several issues, including fraud and abuse, the Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute, HIPAA, EMTALA, licensure and certification, patient overflow and billing and reimbursement. Jenny also helps clients with a variety of transactional and corporate matters, ranging from employment contracts and coverage agreements to management services contracts and entity formation.
Before joining the firm, Jenny held in-house positions at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children and City of Hope National Medical Center in Pasadena, California, where she handled a variety of transactional and compliance matters. Prior to entering law school, Jenny served as an assistant administrator for a community hospital in Los Angeles where she worked with medical staff committees, participated in all executive team committees and was responsible for strategic planning, service quality, licensing and accreditation activities and day-to-day operations of the hospital’s ancillary services.

Bethany Hale brings more than 20 years of experience across marketing and content strategy, brand development, demand generation, and experience design to lead the marketing team at Cedar, a patient financial engagement platform. She’s a creative storyteller and thought leader who has worked with notable brands including IBM (Watson Health), American Express and Samsung Electronics, among others. Bethany has an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and a B.A. in Journalism from Michigan State University. She currently lives with her daughter and French Bulldog in Brooklyn, NY.

Christie Hutchinson is the CEO of QCC Healthcare Consultants where she works with healthcare organizations to improve their compliance, quality, and operational efficiencies. As a healthcare risk manager, Christie is instrumental in identifying successes and areas of opportunities for her clients, assisting them in achieving the highest level of quality care for their patients. Her professional background includes ER nurse, COO for a pediatric urgent care system, and VP of Care Coordination for a publicly traded, healthcare organization.
Christie is the founder and president of the Texas Healthcare Advisory Council serving healthcare professionals in the DFW area. She also serves on the Baylor Scott & White Centennial Community Advisory Board and the North Texas Association for Healthcare Quality (NTAHQ) Board.

Clayton Lawrence serves as Senior Vice President at Sound Physicians. He brings with him over 20 years of experience in driving margin improvement and volume growth at physician-led organizations as well as leading hospital operations. He has been charged with driving operational and financial performance over the entirety of his career while also growing business units across multiple territories. Since 2006, Clayton has led several physician groups and has demonstrated numerous successes in collaborating closely with clinicians to improve patient outcomes and experience. Clayton most recently served as Group Vice President for Sound Physicians in the Gulf Region which included a portfolio of 21 contracted hospitalist programs throughout Texas and Oklahoma.
Clayton earned a Masters of Healthcare Administration from Tulane University after receiving a Bachelors of Science from Arkansas State University. He started his career in healthcare after completing the Paramedic training program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences where he earned his National Registry Paramedic certification. Clayton is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and an active member of the North Texas Chapter where he serves on the Membership and Networking Committee. Residing in Plano, TX, Clayton enjoys world travel, physical fitness, landscaping and, (as anyone living in Texas does) dining out.

John Raish is the Senior Vice President of Support Services at Parkland Health & Hospital System. He has been at Parkland for the past nine years and currently oversees the following departments: Real Estate, Planning Design & Construction, Facilities, Environmental Services, Laundry & Linen, Food & Nutrition, Disaster Management, Language Services, and the Police Department. John is a proud Georgia Tech Alumnus and continues to stay involved with their Industrial Engineering Department.

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2021 ACHENTX BOG Exam Review Session - Quality & Performance Management
2021-05-07 12:00 - 13:00 | TX
