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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Paula M. Zalucki, FACHE
Berkeley Research Group
Past Regent | Dallas-Fort Worth Area
Registration closes Tuesday, October 18. Unfortunately, no late registrations or walk-ins permitted.
8 Qualified Education Credits (Cat II) Apply
Registration and light breakfast begins at 7:30am. Course begins at 8.00am.
Fee includes study materials, light breakfast, and lunch.
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4th Quarter Education Event - Two-Panels
2016-10-27 15:00 - 19:30 (America/Denver) | Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, 8200 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas, TX, 75231
Two Panel Education Event:
Panel 1: Diversity & Inclusion
The communities for which healthcare organizations operate are rapidly diversifying. Not only do they provide care for a diverse community of patients and families, but their workforce is also growing more diverse. This diversity is exhibited in a number of ways, including nationality, race, religion, language, age, sexual orientation and physical ability. The business implications and imperatives healthcare organizations face concerning diversity and inclusion are immense. Diverse communities will demand different care needs, improved quality, new or modified operational processes and services, strategic planning for a diverse patient demographic and continuum of care. It is incumbent on healthcare organizations and their leaders to both understand and embrace the needs of diverse populations. Their ability to respond to the needs and preferences of a broader customer base will be critical to their financial and operational survival.

Moderator:
Guwan Jones
Chief Diversity Officer
Baylor Scott & White Health
Guwan Jones is the Chief Diversity Officer of Baylor Scott & White Health. She is an ongoing advocate for underserved and vulnerable patient populations. Through her work with three healthcare systems and other not-for-profits, she has worked on issues such as funding to increase access to health insurance for children, focusing community resources on providing health care access for low socio-economic populations, organizing resources for HIV/AIDS patients, designing meaningful interventions for minority diabetes patients, and designing analytic dashboards to measure human capital investment and patient outcomes. Guwan has helped advance Baylor’s work around access and health care improvement and produced the Baylor Health Care System Health Equity Performance Analysis. She participated in the nationally recognized Disparities Leadership Program designed to tackle racial and ethnic disparities in health care lead by the Disparities Solutions Center at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA,. She served on the CitySquare board, an organization supporting basic needs for lowsocioeconomic Dallas families and homeless communities. She was featured as a case study in the 2014 book “Be the one to start change at work and in life: Make Waves” because of her reputation of marrying the business case for working in parallel on the diverse needs of both talent and patients’. Guwan holds a Master of Public Health from the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth and a Bachelor of Science in Health Science from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Guwan is also a Certified Health Education Specialist and received the 2008 U.S. Surgeon General’s Healthy Youth for a Healthy Future Champion Award.
Panelists:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Greg Butler

Greg Butler is president of Caldwell Butler & Associates in McKinney, Texas, a firm dedicated to improving hospital performance through the implementation of advanced quality methods. Mr. Butler is an expert in successfully leading transformational efforts and brings more than 30 years of experience in the healthcare field, having held leadership positions with some of the country’s leading healthcare manufacturers, service providers and performance improvement consulting firms. Mr. Butler’s experience includes leadership positions with Abbott Laboratories, VHA and Cardinal Health.
Who Should Attend: CEOs, board members, physician leaders, and other mid and senior executives.
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Annual ACHENTX General Membership Dinner
2016-11-16 17:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | The Fairmont Hotel, 1717 N Akard St, Dallas, TX, 75201, United States
Special Honoree: Joel Allison, FACHE, Outgoing CEO, Baylor Scott & White Health
Guest Speaker: Ted Shaw, President & CEO, Texas Hospital Association

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

Also accepting Table Reservations:

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

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After Hours Networking Event - Mavericks vs. Charlotte Hornets
2016-12-05 18:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | American Airlines Center, 2500 Victory Avenue, Dallas, TX, 75219, United States
Come join your ACHETNX colleagues for a great evening of networking and fun – and support a great cause at the same time!

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

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

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Breakfast with the CEO - John Warner, MD
2017-01-31 07:30 (America/Chicago) | William P. Clements Jr University Hospital; William & Gay Solomon Education Ctr – 2nd Floor, Room 2.138, 6201 Harry Hines Blvd, Dining Pavilion, Dallas, TX, 75390, United States
Come join us for our next Breakfast with the CEO: Dr. John Warner, Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, UT Southwestern Williams P. Clements Hospital.
John Warner, M.D., has served as Chief Executive Officer, UT Southwestern University Hospitals since February 2012. An interventional cardiologist, Dr. Warner was previously the Medical Director of the Doris and Harry W. Bass, Jr. Clinical Center for Heart, Lung and Vascular Disease and later served as Assistant Vice President for Hospital Planning, where he was instrumental in the design and planning of UT Southwestern’s new 460-bed William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital. Dr. Warner received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University and his M.B.A. from the Physician Executive Program at the University of Tennessee. He completed residency training in internal medicine at UT Southwestern, where he served as Chief Resident, and fellowship training in cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Warner returned to UT Southwestern in 2003. His research interests have centered on acute coronary syndromes, adult congenital heart disease, risk factors for coronary artery plaque rupture, and progression of atherosclerosis.
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New Horizons Educational & Networking Event
2017-02-15 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Medical City Dallas – City Hall Auditorium, 7777 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX, 75230, United States
A special educational opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students to be mentored by local Executives. Early careerist and others in transition also encouraged to attend.
Presenters include:
Robert Earley, CEO, JPS Health Network
Bob S. Ellzey, FACHE, President, Texas Health Azle
Kent Helwig, CEO, Select Specialty Hospital Dallas-Garland
Brett McClung, FACHE, Texas Health Division President
John Phillips, President, Methodist Mansfield Medical Center
Jared Shelton, FACHE, President, Texas Health Allen
Michael Wiggins, Administrator, Children’s Medical Center Plano
Agenda
7pm-7:10pm – Introductions
7:10-7:40pm – CEO Panel discussion moderated by Britt Berrett, FACHE
7:40-7:55pm –Q&A with Panel
8-8:10pm – Breakout Speaker Rotation #1: ASCs. Speakers: Shelton & McClung
8:10-8:20pm – Breakout Speaker Rotation #2: Health Informatics/Business Analytics.. Speaker: Wiggins
8:20-8:30pm – Breakout Speaker Rotation #3: Career Progression. Speakers: Phillips & Helwig.
8:30-8:40pm – Breakout Speaker Rotation #4. Career Lines. Speakers: Earley and Ellzey.
8:40-9pm – Networking / Individual Q&A with speakers – in the foyer of the auditorium
Speaker Bios
Robert Earley’s journeyfrom South Texas to CEO of Tarrant County’s public supported healthcare system was anything but a straight line.
A political science graduate from the University of North Texas, Earley put that degree to use as a staff assistant to a Texas congressman in our nation’s capital. His D.C. experience sparked his own political aspirations and Earley returned to Texas to run for a seat in the Texas House of Representatives. He was only 23 when elected in 1984 to represent his South Texas hometown. He served 10 years before choosing not to seek re-election in 1995.
Before joining JPS Health Network in 2005 as a senior VP focused on community and government affairs, Earley taught college courses, ran an Austin-based public affairs firm and served as an on-air political analyst for NBC’s affiliate station in Austin. The Tarrant County Hospital District Board of Managers appointed him interim president and CEO in May 2008 and in February 2009 he was named president and CEO.
Earley holds a master’s degree in healthcare administration from the University of Texas-Arlington. He serves on the boards of the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute and the Texas Hospital
Bob Ellzey joined Texas Health Resources in 2011 as President of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Azle, a 36-bed acute care community hospital.
Bob received his Bachelors in Business Administration degree from Baylor University in Waco, and his Masters degree in Healthcare Administration from the University of Houston – Clear Lake. He is a Board Certified Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives, and is a past president of the East Texas chapter of ACHE and a former Vice President of the Arkansas Health Executive Forum.
Bob began his healthcare career at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, TX in 1991. Since that time he has served as CEO or COO of Texas hospitals in Del Rio, Bellville, and Kilgore. He left his position as CEO of Mena Regional Health System in Mena, Arkansas to return to Texas as President of Texas Health Azle. He has intentionally focused his career on improving health in rural communities through rural hospitals, networks, telehealth, and collaborative partnerships.
Bob and his wife Susan have two sons and two daughters-in-law.
As Chief Executive Officer, Kent Helwig is responsible for providing the leadership and guidance of a 40-bed long-term acute care hospital. Select Specialty Hospital – Dallas-Garland has specialized programs in pulmonary medicine and treats a wide variety of patients with chronic critical illnesses, complex medical conditions and severe wounds.
Prior to arriving in Garland, Kent was the CEO of Select Specialty Hospital – Colorado Springs. Before joining Select Medical Corporation, Kent served as the President and CEO of Southwest Health System in Cortez, Colorado, and as the Assistant Vice President for Ambulatory Operations at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Prior to these positions he served in the United States Air Force for over 21 years, including roles as CEO, COO, and vice president at both the hospital and health system levels, retiring with the rank of Colonel. He has experience in multiple facets of hospital and health system operations.
He received his Bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Illinois and a Master’s degree in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Kent is board certified in healthcare management and a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. He has served as both a Governor and Regent with the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Brett S. McClung, FACHE, is the executive vice president and North Zone Operations Leader for Texas Health Resources. He has operating responsibility for owned and partnered assets in the northern 6 county region of Texas driving over $1.4 billion in total operating revenue.
Prior to this role, McClung served as president of hospitals in suburban and large urban markets and has been associated with Texas Health Resources and Harris Methodist in various roles since 1993. Among others, McClung volunteers his leadership to: March of Dimes, Dallas Division Board of Directors, Healthy Tarrant County Collaboration (past chair), Trinity University Healthcare Advisory Council, and faculty/moderator for American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).
McClung’s honors include being a Wharton Fellow with the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and being a Marshall Memorial Leadership Fellow with the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He also has been recognized as the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council Young Executive of the Year, the Early Careerist Healthcare Executive Award from ACHE, and “40 Business Leaders under 40” recognition from the Fort Worth Business Press. McClung earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business from Southwestern University and a Master of Science in Healthcare Administration from Trinity University. He and his wife Nancy have been married for 25 years and have two daughters, Madison a Senior at Stanford University and Mackenzie, a Freshman at University of Southern California.
John Phillips is president of Methodist Mansfield Medical Center. He oversees a 254-bed non-profit tertiary, acute care hospital with more than 1,000 employees and 200 physicians. Phillips has been instrumental in growing the hospital, which opened the Amon G. Carter Foundation Heart and Vascular Center in December, to continue to meet the needs of the communities in Tarrant, Johnson and Ellis counties.
Under Phillips’ leadership, the hospital was named a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission for improving outcomes in patient care and specific national quality measures, and earned Cycle IV Chest Pain Center and Advanced Primary Stroke Center accreditation and the Texas Award for Performance Excellence. Methodist Mansfield was voted Best Emergency Department by the Mansfield New Mirror, Outstanding Large Business of the Year by the Methodist Mansfield Chamber of Commerce, and received the Community Partnership Award from the Mansfield ISD to name a few. Methodist Health System, of which Methodist Mansfield is a part, was named among the Top 10 Best Places to Work by the Dallas Business Journal, 12 years in a row, listed among the top 150 Best Places to Work in healthcare by Becker’s Hospital Review, and recognized as a Platinum-Level Fit-Friendly Worksite by the American Heart Association.
Among his many accomplishments, he was named Executive of the Year from the Fort Worth Business Press and is among Becker’s Hospital Review’s top CEOs.
Phillips earned a MBA from Hardin-Simmons University and a Master of Health Care Administration from Trinity University.
He currently serves on the Texas Hospital Association Council of Policy Development and HOSPAC. Locally, Phillips serves on the board of directors for the Tarrant County American Heart Association, Mansfield Economic Development Corporation, Mansfield ISD Education Foundation Board, and Arlington YMCA Community Advisory Board.

Jared Shelton, FACHE serves as president of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen, a role he assumed in January 2016.
He has primary oversight of day-to-day activities and responsibility for the hospital’s annual operating plan and shares leadership responsibilities with Chief Medical Officer Robert Schwab, M.D., and Chief Nursing Officer Elizabeth Asturi, MSN, R.N., NE-BC.
Shelton previously served as vice president of Professional & Support Services for Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, where he oversaw clinical ancillary and support departments, including pharmacy, radiology, laboratory services, respiratory therapy, food and nutrition services, rehab rherapies and medical physics.
Shelton completed his undergraduate studies at Wake Forest University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and a minor in Religion. He went on to earn his M.H.A. from Trinity University.
Shelton currently serves on the Board of Directors for the North Texas chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives and also serves on the Board of Directors for the Allen Fairview Chamber of Commerce.
Outside of work, Shelton and his wife, Kathryn, enjoy parenthood with their toddler daughter, Mackenzie, and new son, Jack. They are active members at Church of the Incarnation in Dallas, and he is a member of the Wake Forest Young Alumni Development Board.
Michael Wiggins is a Sr. Vice President at Children’s Health System of Texas and serves as the Administrator for Children’s Medical Center Plano. He is responsible for the strategic direction, operational outcomes and financial performance of the Children’s Health campus in Plano, TX.
Before joining Children’s Health, he was Vice President, Operations at Children’s of Alabama. He previously served as Chief Operating Officer for Lewis-Gale Clinic in Roanoke, VA and Executive Director of Mercy Health Center in Bentonville, AR. Michael has over 24 years of healthcare leadership experience including roles in hospitals, health systems, physician practices and ambulatory surgery centers. He has served in for-profit, not-for-profit, and academic medical centers.
Michael’s community service includes the Board of Directors for the Child Advocacy Center of Collin County, Board of Managers for the Plano Family YMCA and the Board of Directors for the Legacy Association business district.
Michael is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and a member of Beta Gamma Sigma. He earned a B.S. and M.B.A. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, as well as a M.A. from Liberty Theological Seminary in Lynchburg, VA.
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ACHENTX First Quarter Education Event
2017-02-23 15:00 - 19:15 (America/Chicago) | UNTHSC – Medical Education & Training (MET) Building, 1000 Montgomery Street, Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
Two Panel Education Event
1.5 Approved Face-to-Face Credits Per Panel
3-3:30pm Registration
3:30-5pm Panel 1: The Future of Healthcare Financing (MACRA)
Financing, a driving force on the healthcare landscape, continues to become more complex. With budgetary pressures on Medicare and Medicaid, pay for performance and federal expectations for investment in technology without regard to costs, executives must constantly monitor the financing landscape. Given these pressures, many questions emerge.
Moderator:
Paul Aslin, FACHE
Panelists:
Brad Helfand, FACHE
Timothy Kennedy
Erin Mastagni
Dr. James Parker
5-5:45pm Networking & Dinner
5:45-7:15pm Panel 2: Mindful Leadership: Leading with Heart and Mind for Healthcare Leadership
The use of mindful practices like meditation, introspection, and journaling have been shown to contribute to the success of leading organizations. Mindful practices support personal and professional growth by enabling leaders to gain focus, clarity, creativity, and compassion – qualities which allow leaders to face the myriad demands and struggles of everyday work life. Healthcare leaders, in particular, deal with challenges and pressures that are unique to the healthcare climate. Practicing mindfulness can help healthcare executives more effectively deal with these challenges by teaching them how to approach each situation with focus and clarity to make important decisions, how to be creative and innovative in their approach to healthcare leadership, and how to be compassionate with others in times of turmoil.
The goal of this session is to make the case for the importance of bringing mindful practices into healthcare organizations to develop leaders’ cognitive abilities to be more effective and compassionate and provide suggestions for how to implement these practices in an organization.
Moderator:
Mike Sanborn, FACHE
Panelists:
Dr. Joseph Schaffer
Kevin Stevenson, MBA, FACHE
Dan Stover
Speaker Bios
Panel 1

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

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

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

Erin Mastagni
Senior Manager
ECG Managed Care

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

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

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

Panel 2

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

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

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

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

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ACHE & HFMA After Hours Networking Event
2017-03-08 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Denver) | TopGolf, 8787 Park Lane, Dallas, TX, 75231, United States
Come and join members of the American College of Healthcare Executives North Texas Chapter (ACHENTX) and the Lone Star Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) for a great evening of networking, socializing and fun!
Registration includes parking; appetizers; free golf play during the event; and access to a golf pro for tips, lessons and trick shots. A cash bar will also be available.
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ACHENTX Retirees/Life Fellows Breakfast
2017-04-03 07:30 - 09:00 (America/Denver) | La Madeleine Country French Café – Las Colinas, 6430 N MacArthur Blvd., Irving, TX, 75039, United States
Calling all ACHENTX Retirees and Life Fellow members. Join your peers for some great networking and socializing over breakfast. Centrally located, we will be meeting at la Madeleine on MacArthur Blvd in Las Colinas.
Our special guest speaker will be Doug Hawthorne, Founding CEO Emeritus, Texas Health Resources.

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

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

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

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

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

Baylor University Medical Center (Baylor Dallas) is a 952-bed not-for-profit academic medical center and is the flagship hospital of Baylor Scott & White Health – North Texas. Baylor Dallas is a nationally recognized leader in oncology; transplantation; digestive and hepatobiliary disease; cardiovascular and thoracic care; orthopedics; neuroscience; and women’s and children’s services.
Prior to becoming president, Doug served Baylor University Medical Center for three years as chief operating officer where he facilitated the redesign of surgical registration and admissions processes, and improved key organizational metrics, including patient satisfaction and hospital acquired conditions. In addition, Doug worked with the senior leadership team to develop a long-term plan to modernize the campus and transition more than 1,300 medical staff members and students, and 3,000 clinical staff, to a comprehensive electronic medical order entry system and clinical documentation system.
Doug began his health care career as an administrative resident and later administrative coordinator for cancer and prevention care at Scott & White Memorial Hospital and Clinic. His knowledge and experience in running a comprehensive oncology program led to many accomplishments when managing other cancer programs, first at Northeast Louisiana Cancer Institute, and subsequently with the M.D. Anderson Cancer Network. Doug later served as the president and chief executive officer of The Cancer Institute, LLC, a non-profit joint venture of Saint Luke’s Health System and Health Midwest in Kansas City, Missouri.
Successive accomplishments allowed Doug to rise to a senior vice president and chief operating officer position at Cabell Huntington Hospital, a not-for-profit teaching hospital in Huntington, West Virginia, were he managed all ancillary, clinical and core hospital operations and infrastructure for three years. In 2007, Doug returned to Texas and became president of Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine, now Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine. During a five year tenure in Grapevine, his leadership facilitated a Magnet designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center; the Texas Award for Performance Excellence (TAPE) by the Quality Foundation of Texas; VHA Leadership award for patient care of MI and CHF; and significant gains in patient satisfaction, employee engagement, risk adjusted mortality and operating income.
Doug is a graduate of Texas A&M University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in political science. He went on to complete a Master of Science degree in health care administration from Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, and a doctorate in philosophy from Dallas Baptist University. Doug is also a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
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Leading the Changing Business of Healthcare
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ACHENTX Second Quarter Education Event
2017-04-27 15:00 - 19:30 (America/Denver) | CHRISTUS Health, 919 Hidden Ridge, Irving, TX, 75038, United States
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1.5 Face-to-Face Credit Hours have been Approved Per Panel
Agenda
3-3:30pm Registration
3:30 – 5pm Panel 1: Ensuring Your Community’s Emergency Preparedness
Moderator: Teresa Huskey FACHE
Panelists:
Chief Doug Bass
Dr. Ricardo Martinez
Leonard Deonarine
Dr. Carl Menckhoff
5-5:45pm Dinner/Networking
5:45-7:15pm Panel 2: Emergency Department Service Standards: A Best Practices Approach
Moderator: Scott Hurst, FACHE
Panelists:
Dr. Jay Kaplan
Dr. Deborah Dierks
7:15-7:30pm Wrap Up
Speaker Bios
Douglas Bass, CEM, TEM
Chief of Emergency Services & Department Manager
Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management for Dallas County
Douglas Bass currently serves as the Chief of Emergency Services and Department Manager for the Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management for Dallas County, Texas. For the last 25 years he has served as the Emergency Services & Homeland Security Director in the largest county government agencies in North Carolina, Virginia and Florida. His previous experience includes serving as the Emergency Services & Homeland Security Director for Miami-Dade County Government (Florida), Fairfax County Government (Virginia) and Onslow County Government (North Carolina).
He has a total of over 30 years of public safety experience as an emergency responder, law enforcement officer, fire/emergency medical service instructor and professional emergency manager. His incident command experience includes managing field command posts and emergency operations centers (EOC) for 11 major hurricanes, 5 tornadoes, flooding, multiple winter weather events, air/ground/rail transportation emergencies, urban and wildland fires, significant evacuations, special events, medical emergencies, etc. He has served as the EOC manager in 16 Presidentially Declared emergency events. Most recently he served as EOC manager for the Ebola Crisis, 2015 flooding and tornadoes that struck Dallas County. END
Leonard Deonarine
Director, Business Operations Continuity & Emergency Preparedness
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
Leonard Deonarine serves as the director of business operations continuity and emergency preparedness for Tenet Healthcare Corporation. He is responsible for overseeing the preparation of plans and programs for the continuous safe operation of Tenet’s hospitals to mitigate, prepare, respond and recover from all types of emergencies. Deonarine is a Certified Emergency Manager (CEM).
Prior to joining Tenet, Deonarine served as owner and president of FM Services, a consulting company in Medina, N.Y., that focused on health, safety and fire protection. The company provided services to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and several large private-sector companies. While working for FEMA, he helped to develop and deliver the Hospital Emergency Response Team training program. This led to him being awarded a U.S. Homeland Security achievement award.
He provided incident management advice to Tenet prior to being invited to become a full time colleague. Deonarine served over 20 years in the fire/rescue service spending the last ten years of his career as a Deputy Fire Chief managing large scale industrial emergencies such as refinery fires, ship fires, chemical plant disasters and train wrecks.
Deonarine earned a bachelor’s of science degree from the University of Maryland University College. He is a member of the Texas Emergency Management Executive Advisory Committee (TEMAC) where he advises the Department of Public Safety’s Emergency Management division chief on matters related to disaster management.
Deonarine serves with the Texas State Guard where he is certified as a Master Military Emergency Management Specialist. He teaches principles of disaster response for the Army Component Command. One night a week, he serves in ministry for the homeless in Irving, Texas.
Deborah Diercks, M.D.
Professor & Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Deborah Diercks, M.D., is Professor and Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She holds the Audre and Bernard Rapoport Distinguished Chair in Clinical Care and Research.
A nationally recognized leader in the specialty, Dr. Diercks oversees the emergency medicine programs at Parkland Memorial Hospital and UT Southwestern University Hospitals, which together constitute one of the largest emergency medicine programs in the nation.
After receiving her undergraduate degree in microbiology and immunology from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Diercks attended Tufts University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in emergency medicine at the University of Cincinnati and joined the faculty of the University of California, Davis, where she was a major contributor to the growth and development of its emergency medicine programs. She also holds a master’s degree from the Harvard University School of Public Health.
Dr. Diercks has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, among other sources, for research on early management of acute coronary syndromes, the influence of gender on symptom characteristics, and utilization of cardiac biomarkers. She has held numerous leadership positions within the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine and was presented the Society’s 2014 Advancement of Women in Academic Emergency Medicine Award. Additionally, Dr. Diercks is a Senior Associate Editor of the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
She enjoys soccer and snow skiing and has two teenage daughters
William Scott Hurst MBA, FACHE
Senior Director, Physician Networks
Pediatric Partners
Children’s Health
Scott joined Children’s Health in August of 2013 as the Director of Network Outreach. In this role, he had direct oversight of the Physician Outreach and Physician Information teams, fiduciary oversight of multiple budgets and developmental responsibility for the integrated networks. In October of 2014, he shifted into a full-time management role over the Pediatric Partners integrated network in concert with physician leadership, legal counsel and compliance. Scott and his team of integrated network advisors are committed to seeing Pediatric Partners go from a conceptual idea to a world class group of over 350 pediatricians and pediatric specialists committed to raising quality and lowering cost while delivering an exceptional patient experience. This focus on the precepts of clinical integration resulted in a 12% point climb in performance against Well Child scores for 3-6 year old children between 2016 and 2015; along with the achievement of significant shared savings for members participating in an ACO product.
All told, Scott has spent the last 16 years working in the health care arena. Prior to joining Children’s Health, Scott worked with EmCare, the leading provider of emergency medicine services in the United States and with CHRISTUS Spohn Health System in Corpus Christi, TX.
Scott resides in Lantana, TX with his wife Lisa who is a department chair of special education at Guyer High School in Denton, TX. His stepson, Noah (21), is a student at University of North Texas and his daughter, Anelise (13), participates in dance, art and choir while enjoying the company of the two family Labrador retrievers, Amy and Kimmie.
Teresa L. Huskey, FACHE
A strategic public affairs professional with more than 20 years’ experience, Teresa Huskey has engineered proven strategies to promote and protect an organization’s reputation with internal and external stakeholders while achieving business objectives. She is an accomplished leader, experienced in building consensus among diverse stakeholders responsible for advancing public policy, working with local, state and federal elected officials.
Teresa’s experience includes directing state and federal government relations activities, developing and directing proactive communication and public relations campaigns, directing media affairs programs, providing crisis and issue management counsel, and leading corporate community relations efforts.
Prior to leading the Government Relations efforts for Conifer Health Solutions in Frisco, TX., Teresa owned and led daily operations of a full-serve relocation business dedicated to ensuring smooth transitions for senior adults who had to downsize their homes. Teresa served as Senior Director of Government Relations for Tenet Healthcare, where she worked for more than 14 years, and she also has worked for the American College of Emergency Physicians and the Federation of State Medical Boards. Teresa is board certified in health care management through the American College of Healthcare Executives, achieving Fellow status in 2008.
Teresa is currently enrolled in a master’s program at George Washington University’s School of Political Management, where she will graduate in 2017 with a Master’s of Science in Strategic Public Relations.
Teresa resides in Fort Worth, Texas, with her mixed-breed rescue dogs, Isabella and Giovanni.
Dr. Jay Kaplan
Vice Chairman of Emergency Medicine
Ochsner Health System
Dr. Jay Kaplan received a Doctor of Medicine degree from Harvard Medical School located in Boston, MA. He then completed a Residency and Fellowship in Family Practice at the University of California, Davis, Sacramento Medical Center. Throughout his career, Dr. Kaplan has held several leadership roles such as Vice President of Emergency Services at Banner Health System, Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine and Medical Director of MICU at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Chief Medical Officer at MedAmerica, and Vice President of Medical Affairs at Emergency Medical Associates. Dr. Kaplan has also operated as a faculty member while serving as Clinical Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He is an active member of CEP America, Studer Group, American College of Emergency Physicians, and American Academy of Emergency Medicine.
Ricardo Martinez, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Adeptus Health
Ricardo Martinez, MD, FACEP is the Chief Medical Officer of Adeptus Health, which partners with leading health systems to redesign healthcare delivery and emergency care to be more community-centric. He emphasizes clinical quality care and safety delivered through teamwork, systems thinking, continuous learning and dynamic leadership. He has been recognized as a thought leader in the development of the Inclusive Trauma System, EMS Agenda for the Future, and the emerging Integrated Networks of Emergency Care that use technology and telemedicine to redesign existing care systems. Dr. Martinez has served in senior roles in academics, the federal government (NHTSA Administrator 1994-1999) and the healthcare industry.
He developed and served as the Executive Director of the Medical Leadership Academy and works “on the ground” with physicians, establishing strong physician governance, a shared vision of clinical care, role models and physician champions, meaningful feedback and effective communications and training. He believes that healthcare is best delivered as patient-centered, physician-directed, team-powered and data-driven.
Board-certified and residency-trained in emergency medicine at LSU-Charity Hospital at New Orleans, Dr. Martinez is currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and practices clinically at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, a Level I trauma center. He was previously associate professor of Surgery/Emergency Medicine, and associate director of Trauma Services at Stanford University Medical Center. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Public Health Foundation (Chair 2004-2006) and was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2004.
Dr. Carl Menckhoff
Area Medical Director for DFW Texas Health ERs
Adeptus Health
Dr. Menckhoff received his undergraduate degree and his medical degree from George Washington University in Washington D.C. He finished his Emergency Medicine Residency at Loma Linda University Medical Center in 1997 and practiced Emergency Medicine at Parkland Hospital, Medical College of Georgia and Medical Center of Lewisville prior to joining Adeptus Health in 2014. He now serves as an Area Medical Director for the DFW Texas Health ERs. He is board-certified in emergency medicine and has over twenty years of experience
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Community Service Event - DME Exchange
2017-05-06 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver) | DME Exchange of Dallas, 12015 Shiloh Road, Dallas, 75228
Join fellow ACHENTX members at the DME Exchange and help clean, repair or refurbish donated medical equipment to prepare them for their next use. Come out and help support the organization’s mission, meet ACHENTX members, donate unwanted equipment, and even earn credit towards Fellow status while giving back to your community.
The DME Exchange is a nonprofit agency that collects, repairs and sanitizes durable medical equipment and then distributes them to individuals living in Dallas county who have a doctor’s prescription for the item, are 200% below the poverty level, have no insurance coverage or have a gap in coverage. DME equipment includes: canes, crutches, walkers, rollators, bedside commodes, tub transfer benches, manual and power wheelchairs, Hoyer lifts, hospital beds and mattresses.
If you cannot attend the event and wish to donate supplies, please contact Betty Hersey, DME Exchange Executive Director at +1-214-997-3639.
*Dress is casual. (Open toe shoes or sandals are not appropriate)
Donation Items Sought:

Manual wheelchairs (especially 18”, 20” and 22” chairs)
2. Rollators
3. Shower chairs and tub transfer benches
4. Walkers with wheels
5. Hospital beds w/ vinyl mattresses

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East & North Texas ACHE Spring Summit
2017-05-19 08:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | The Garden Event Center – Terrell, 819 W Moore Ave, Terrell, Texas, 75160
6 Hours of Face-to-face continuing education!!!!
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Registration at 7:30am – 8:00am, First Session begins at 8:00am
Panel 1: Sustaining a Financially Vibrant Healthcare Organization
Moderator – Erich Koch, FACHE
Panelist #1 – Paula Brandon
Panelist #2 – Matt Nelson
Panelist #3 – Glen Boles
Panel 2: Leading a Successful Multigenerational Organization
Moderator – Ed Fry
Panelist #1 – Lauri Thomas
Panelist #2 – Debbie Splinter, FACHE
Panelist #3 – Mike Watson
Panel 3: Interdependence of Public, Private and Federal Healthcare Delivery
Moderator – Dr. Gerald Ledlow, FACHE
Panelist #1 – Dr. Paul McGaha
Panelist #2 – Demetress Harrell
Panelist #3 – William Bellenfant, LFACHE
Panel 4: Green Hospitals and Healthcare
Moderator – Ekta Pathare, FACHE
Panelist #1 – Shelly Miland
Panelist #2 – Joseph Woelkers
Panelist #3 – Ellen Mitchell Kozack
Speaker Bios:
William L. Bellenfant, FACHE, FHFMA, MBA
Chief Business Coach
Bellenfant Consulting
Mr. Bellenfant founded Bellenfant Consulting in April, 2011 to provide business coaching to healthcare and other businesses. With 40 years of varied financial experience, he previously served as Chief Financial Officer of the Trinity Mother Frances Health System (five hospitals, 300 physicians, $650 million annual revenues) in Tyler, Texas with primary responsibility for its financial operations. Further, Mr. Bellenfant served as Vice President and Group Financial Officer at Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. In addition, he served as Financial Officer for three other health systems(General Health- Baton Rouge ; Hermann Hospital – Houston & Hospital Affiliates – Nashville) and was in auditing and consulting with both Deloitte and KPMG. Mr. Bellenfant received his Bachelor’s degree from Middle Tennessee State University, and a Master’s degree in Finance from the University of Houston. Mr. Bellenfant is a Certified Public Accountant, a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and a Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association. He has been a visiting lecturer in healthcare and finance at various universities and professional societies. Recently named adjunct instructor in the Executive Health Administration program at the University of Texas – Tyler. Mr. Bellenfant is active in professional and community organizations and is past Council President and Foundation Board member of the East Texas Council of the Boy Scouts of America and Captain in the Texas State Guard / Texas Medical Rangers.
Glen Boles
Regional Chief Financial Officer
CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System
Glen Boles is the Regional Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at the CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System, which is comprised of a tertiary 311 bed acute care medical center, 50 bed Rehabilitation hospital and OP Imaging Center in Texarkana, USA; and its 43 bed hospital in Atlanta, TX. Glen plays a key leadership role in providing financial oversight and support for the fiscal operations for this Region.
Previously, Boles was the Vice President of Finance at Valley Baptist Health System comprised of a 520-bed medical center in Harlingen, Texas, a 280-bed medical center in Brownsville, Texas, as well as an ambulatory surgery center, two imaging centers, and a multi-specialty physician network. His experience includes roles as CFO with Brownsville Medical Center, CFO with Medical Park Hospital (Hope, Arkansas) and as Director in the CFO Development Program at Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation, Nashville, Tenn. In addition to his strong skills in finance and accounting, Glen is very successful in building strong partnerships with operational and nursing leadership to foster a team atmosphere for performance improvement.
Paula Brandon, RN, MSN, FACHE
Program Director
Center for Rural Community Health
UT Health Northeast
Paula Brandon continues her career journey of improving healthcare delivery in her current role as a Program Director for the Northeast Texas Center for Rural Community Health at the University of Texas Health Science Center, UT Health Northeast. Educated as a nurse, with an MSN in Nursing Administration from the University of Tennessee, Paula’s background includes over 20 years as a Chief Nurse in several organizations across the mid-south and south, beginning as an Associate Chief Nurse at the VA in Memphis, Tennessee, then as a Chief Nurse for an HMA Hospital in Van Buren, Arkansas for six years and Good Shepherd Medical Center, Marshall for sixteen years. 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 within the system.
Currently Paula is responsible for six (6) Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) projects as a part of the 1115 Healthcare Transformation Waiver, with a focus on redesigning fragmented, episodic care. Through collaboration with geographically diverse partners, Paula applies a systems theory conceptual framework to lead multiple teams in creating and designing quality, comprehensive, patient-centered, preventative focused care. The care model promotes access with an emphasis on excellence in service, quality, efficiency and care coordination.
Ed Fry
President/CEO and Founder
FaithSearch Partners, Inc.
Ed Fry serves as the President/CEO and Founder of FaithSearch Partners, Inc., one of the ten largest healthcare executive search firms in the U.S. Since 1990, Ed has successfully assisted hospitals and health system boards and executive teams in securing mission-minded leaders. He has served as a Vice President/Partner of Witt/Kieffer, the largest healthcare executive search firm, and launched the faith-based practice at Russell Reynolds Associates, one of the “big four” international executive search firms.
Previously, Ed directed marketing and public relations at faith-based hospitals in Illinois and Texas. In addition, he managed the public relations function at the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the premier healthcare quality review agency in the U.S.
Ed holds an MBA from Dallas Baptist University and a B.S., Communications degree from Southwestern Adventist University, where he is a member of the institution’s board of trustees. He is a former board chair and current board member of the Ardmore Institute of Health, a $70 million national foundation promoting wellness and healthy living. He currently resides in Tyler, Texas, and Durango, Colorado.
Demetress Harrell, MA, LBSW
Chief Executive Officer
Hospice in the Pines
Demetress is a native East Texas, born with a burning desire to improve relationships and enhance the lives of others for the greater good of humanity. She believes that the act of embracing an individual beings with a simple touch and active listening, both of which make an incredible impact. A quote from Pele best describes the characteristics that have contributed to Demstress’s accomplishments: “Success is no accident; it is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all love of what you’re doing.” Since 1993, she has enjoyed employment with Hospice in the Pines in Lufkin, Texas, where the opportunity to enhance the lives of others facing end-of-life care decisions has been her mission, her passion, and most of all, her ministry.
Erich Koch, FACHE
Chief Financial Officer
Tyler Family Circle of Care
Erich Koch is the Chief Financial Officer of Tyler Family Circle of Care located in Tyler, TX. Prior to assuming this role, Erich served for almost 3 years as Chief Financial Officer of Robeson Health Care Corporation located in Pembroke, NC, during which time he helped lead the organization through a turnaround. Before Erich got there, the company lost $900K, and after Erich left, the company had a profit of over $800K.
Erich has more than 18 years of combined healthcare financial management and general accounting experience. Prior to joining Family Circle of Care in Tyler, Erich also served as a Chief Financial Officer or Controller for a Critical Access Hospital, Psychiatric Hospital, Acute Care Hospital, FQHC, and FQHC look-a-like. Erich specializes in FQHC’s and FQHC look-a-likes.
Erich is actively involved with the Health Financial Management Association (HFMA), the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), and The Texas Association for Healthcare Financial Administration (TAHFA). Erich is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).
Erich is a graduate of Heriot-Watt University (MBA, November 2005), and Lakehead University (BA Administration, May 1998).
Ellen Mitchell Kozack, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Vice President
HKS
Inspired by the Book “Design Like you Give a Damn,” Ellen knew that her life’s work would include promoting the power of architecture in improving lives. As director of the DesignGreen department, Ellen leads a team of passionate individuals whose focus is to reduce the environmental impact associated with the built environment. As a member of the DesignGreen department, Ellen has personally managed over 40 LEED projects, both nationally and internationally, totaling over $2.8 billion in construction. In addition, Ellen is the Founder and Director of Citizen HKS, HKS’ public interest design initiative based on the 1% Solution program in which the firm has pledged 1% of its billable hours annually to providing design services to improve the lives of people in need.
Gerald (Jerry) R. Ledlow, Ph.D., MHA, FACHE
Professor and Chair, Healthcare Policy, Economics and Management
School of Community and Rural Health
University of Texas Health Science Center Northeast
Dr. Ledlow is a board certified healthcare administrator with 30 years of successful practical and academic experience in leadership and management positions; his experience includes over eleven years in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps, nearly three years in corporate healthcare and sixteen years in academia. He is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. He has successfully led multiple teams of diverse professionals, from as many as seventy-five to smaller teams of seven people, in military, corporate, educational and academic programs. He has co-authored nine volumes of texts/books to include a nationally recognized textbook on healthcare leadership, in 3d edition, with a tenth volume/textbook in development/writing. Dr. Ledlow is the developer of the Dynamic Culture Leadership Model, the Inter-professional Team Model called PAARP, the Strategic Relationship Assessment Model called CAAVE with an assessment instrument called the CaT used by the Vested Outsourcing Group, and the Emergency Preparedness Assessment System called the GREaT System. He is a member of the MD Anderson Cancer Center – UTHEALTH Northeast Quality and Metrics Group. He is married, for 24 years to his wonderful wife Silke, and is the father to three daughters.
Paul McGaha, D.O., M.P.H.
Chair
Department of Community Health for the School
Of Community and Rural Health
Paul McGaha, D.O., M.P.H., is currently the Chair of the Department of Community Health for the School of Community and Rural Health and the Deputy Director of the Northeast Texas Center for Rural Community Health at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Tyler, Texas. Prior to assuming this role, for over 19 years he was the Regional Medical Director for Health Service Regions 4 and 5 (North) of the Texas Department of State Health Services in Tyler.
He received his medical degree from the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Oklahoma State University. He is certified by the American Board of Preventive Medicine in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine. In addition, he holds a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. He is also a registered pharmacist.
Since the East Texas area contains a large, diverse, rural population with multiple disparities, Dr. McGaha is particularly interested in efforts to improve rural population health in the area.
Shelly Miland
Group Finance Officer
Texas Health Fort Worth, Cleburne, Azle, and Specialty Hospital
Shelly Miland began her employment with Texas Health Resources in 1998 at Texas Health Dallas, then progressed from Manager to Director at Texas Health Fort Worth in 2001. She became Vice President of Texas Health HEB hospital in 2005, assuming responsibility for finance, accounting, and oversight of Springwood Psychiatric hospital, a separately licensed 50 bed hospital on the HEB campus. In 2007, she advanced to Vice President of Finance at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital and assisted as the hospital converted all hospital systems to THR standard systems and opened Texas Health Heart & Vascular Hospital a 48 bed hospital within a hospital on the THAM campus. In 2014, Shelly returned to Texas Health Fort Worth as Vice President and Group Finance Officer. In her current role as Group Finance Officer, she is responsible for Texas Health Fort Worth, Cleburne, Azle, and Specialty Hospital.
Shelly has a BA in Accounting from The University of Central Oklahoma, a Master’s in Healthcare Administration from The University of Texas Arlington. She is a CPA and is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and a Fellow in Healthcare Financial Managers Association.
Matt J. Nelson, CPA*, FHFMA, CGMA
Partner
Financial Resource Group, LLC
Matt Nelson has over forty years of experience in the healthcare industry, including owning his own healthcare consulting firm, three years as Director for a healthcare consulting firm, and over twenty years as a financial officer in both proprietary and non‐profit healthcare systems. His areas of expertise include capital planning, long‐range strategic financial planning, financial feasibility studies, due diligence assessments, business process redesign planning, rate structure analysis, productivity analysis, and financial information systems.
Mr. Nelson has been a Partner with Financial Resource Group, LLC since January 2000. Consulting engagements have included interim chief financial officer positions, operational and financial assessments of hospitals, and working with hospitals in implementing budgeting and financial reporting systems. Prior to opening his own consulting firm, Mr. Nelson was a Director of a regional healthcare consulting firm. He has lead consulting engagements including being a financial advisor for a $100 million bond issue for a hospital in East Texas, interim chief financial officer for a 300+ bed hospital (five months), interim chief financial officer for a 500+ bed public teaching hospital (thirteen months), physician practice acquisition studies, physician practice operational improvement studies, corporate compliance plans for hospitals, developed strategic financial planning models for hospitals and new services within hospitals, development of hospital within a hospital model, analysis of senior health centers, analysis of new equipment technology for physician practices, market analysis, and development of comparative hospital data. Mr. Nelson also recently performed a due diligence assessment for a client looking to acquire a percent interest in another healthcare organization.
Mr. Nelson served as a financial officer for over twenty years for both non‐profit and proprietary health systems. Mr. Nelson was a financial officer for Baylor Health Care System for fourteen years. His responsibilities included directing financial decision support systems, managed care financial analysis, capital operations budgeting, cost accounting, productivity studies, financial feasibility studies, design and implementation of financial systems, third party reimbursement, financial support for bond issuances, business process redesign facilitation and financial
support, and support of treasury functions.
Ekta Pathare FACHE, MBA, OTR, CHT
President
CGAIT GLOBAL
A nationally and internationally renowned Healthcare Executive speaker with over 15 years of management and leadership experience. During her career, Ekta has proven experience in business startups, turnarounds, business development, business analysis, program development, collaboration, change management, navigating complex regulatory environments, people development & coaching, resource management, patient centered care strategies, budgetary & regulatory compliance, employee engagement, ensuring patient satisfaction, setting and achieving objectives in alignment with organizational objectives, developing and managing projects.
Ekta received her MBA from the University of Dallas (2002) and her Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Bombay (1995). Ekta is also a Nationally Certified Hand Therapist and a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE). Ekta is also active with ACHENTX, ACHE, AOTA, and ASHT.
Debbie Splinter, FACHE, CHHR, SHRM-SCP, SPHR
CHRO/Human Resource Director
Texas Spine and Joint Hospital
Debbie serves as the CHRO/Human Resource Director for Texas Spine and Joint Hospital in Tyler, Texas. She has over 27 years of HR experience in Healthcare. Debbie is responsible for the administration of recruitment/retention strategies, benefits, compensation, payroll, training, legal and regulatory compliance. Her primary focus is to provide support and guidance to management in employee relations and leadership development.
Debbie is currently a 2017 Texas Hospital Association (THA) Leadership Fellow, serves as a Board Member/Membership Chair for the Texas Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration and Education (TSHHRAE), and is Chairman for the Health Science Advisory Committee for TISD. She is also involved in several community organizations.
Lauri Osburn Thomas MSLS, MSN, RN
Executive Director of Services Line
University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler
Lauri Thomas is Executive Director of Services Lines at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler. She has a B.S. degree in Education, a M.S. in Library Science, B.S. in Nursing and M.S. in Nursing Administration. She is a Registered Nurse. She has worked at UTHSCT for 16 years with the greatest concentration in the Surgical/Procedural realm. She has participated in Lean training with M.D. Anderson and at Belmont University. She participated in published abstracts, presented in-services for nursing continuing education credits, given poster presentations at TexMed conferences and the UT Systems CS&E conferences. In her current role, she works with all levels of faculty and staff to improve patient care and operations.
Mike Watson
Practice Administrator
Heaton Eye Associates – Longview
Mike Watson has worked in healthcare management since 2002 and currently serves as a practice administrator for Heaton Eye Associates. Heaton Eye Associates is a general ophthalmology, refractive and sub-specialty practice that serves the East Texas region with four office locations and an ambulatory surgical center. Mike earned a Bachelor of Science in Corporate Communication and a Masters of Business Administration.
Joseph F. Woelkers, MA
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Business Officer
UT Health Northeast, (University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler)
Reporting to the President as Executive Vice President, responsible for all institutional operations. He serves on behalf of the president in his absence and chairs the executive cabinet of the institution whose membership includes the executive leadership team.
His broad experience includes 32 plus years in academic medicine as a senior administrator at three of the largest and complex medical intuitions in the US/world including the University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Florida. In addition, he has served as the Vice President for Outreach for the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa and worked in the private sector as CEO/President of HealthCare Operations International a company dedicated to building healthcare facilities throughout the world. His previous position prior to joining UT Health Northeast was CEO of the National Childhood Cancer Foundation which was dedicated to supporting 8,000 researchers throughout the world conducting pediatric cancer research.
His educational background consists of a bachelor and master’s degree (Higher education Administration) from Central Michigan University. He has completed the fellowship program from the Americas Essential Hospital Association, and he has completed certificate programs from the University of Michigan and Harvard University.

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ACHE's Austin Cluster 2017
2017-05-23 07:00 - 2017-05-25 13:30 (America/Chicago)
Session 1: May 22– 23, 2017
Aggressively Improve Cost, Quality and Throughput Using Advanced Lean Techniques
Coach, Challenge, Lead: Developing an Indispensable Management Team
Possibilities, Probabilities and Creative Solutions: Breakthrough Thinking for Complex Environments
Strategic Planning: From Formulation to Action
Session 2: May 24– 25, 2017
Creating Successful Physician Integration and Engagement Strategies for Long-Term Success – New!
Culture: The Force Behind Strategy
Managing Healthcare Facility Design and Construction Programs
Three Critical Elements to Sustainable Improvement Capability
Two-Day Seminar Details
Time: 7:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Credits: 12 ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits
Tuition: ACHE member $1,495/Nonmember $1,695
The tuition fee covers one seminar selected from either Session 1 or Session 2. If you would like to attend two seminars, you will be charged two tuition fees. Due to the timing, you may only register for one seminar from each session.
Special Information
Enhance Your Leadership Development!
Registrants for this Cluster can take advantage of a 30% discount off the listed price for the following self-directed assessments from ACHE’s Career Resource Center.

Change Management Leadership Assessment
Conflict Management Assessment
Emotional Intelligence Assessment
Power/Influence Assessment

For a more detailed description of these assessments, go to ache.org/CareerResources. To purchase self-directed assessments using the Cluster discount, contact Belinda Contreras at 312 424-9446 or bcontreras@ache.org.
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Breakfast with the President - Michael Sanborn, MS, RPh, FASHP, FACHE
2017-05-23 07:30 - 09:00 (America/Chicago) | Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth, 1400 Eighth Avenue, Fort Worth, TX, 76104, United States
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Mike Sanborn, president of Baylor Scott & White – Carrollton became president of Baylor Scott & White All Saints – Fort Worth effective Sept. 19, 2016. He has been president of Carrollton since August 2011 and joined Baylor in March 2003.
Mike is a pharmacist, and his previous experience includes leading the cardiovascular service line for the System as well as pharmacy leadership positions in large health systems and academic medical centers. Earlier this year, Mike received the Citizen of the Year award for the cities of Carrollton, Addison, and Farmers Branch, as well as the Distinguished Service Award at the Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists Annual Seminar.
He is a committed leader and volunteer. Locally, he serves on the advisory board of Metrocrest Services and the board of Children’s Advocacy Center for Denton County, as well as the Metrocrest Chamber of Commerce, where he most recently served as the immediate past chair of the board. He also has served on the national board for the American Society for Health System Pharmacists, and he is active locally in MSHP and ACHE. He has published articles and presented in a multitude of areas related to process improvement, healthcare technology, finance and leadership.

ACHENTX New Member Networking Blitz
2017-06-15 16:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
For new members from May 2016 to Present
The ACHE North Texas Welcoming Committee cordially invites you to the ACHE of North Texas chapter’s New Member Networking Blitz. This fun June event will allow new members to get to know one another and some seasoned ACHE members as well. There will be special breakout sessions or “cell sessions” where fun activities and personal connections will be made. The intent of this program is to bring new members together to get a real in depth view of ACHENTX, to enable you to meet some of the chapter’s leadership and to help you map out how to best take advantage of the plethora of local and national benefits and opportunities available to you as ACHE members. It’s a way to “let us get to know you” as well and become a part of your professional network.
We are looking forward to meeting each of you.
Kindly see the event details below:

Thursday, June 15, 2017
4:30pm – 8:30pm
Children’s Health System of Texas
1320 Greenway Drive, Suite 1000, Irving, Texas, 75038
Eisenhower Conference Room A &B (10th floor)
A light meal and drinks will be served

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ACHENTX After Hours Networking Event at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
2017-06-20 18:30 - 21:30 (America/Denver) | Globe Life Park, 1000 Ballpark Way , Arlington, TX, 76011, United States
Come out for a casual evening at the ballpark and enjoy a fantastic view of the game from the suite of our host, Sterling Barnett Little, while the Rangers take on the Toronto Blue Jays. We encourage you to bring a colleague to join you and watch the game from the temperature-controlled indoor lounge with flat screen televisions and indoor/outdoor seating.
This is a great event to introduce potential members to the Chapter. In fact, as a member of ACHENTX, if you bring a prospective ACHE member to attend with you, you and she/he can attend for free. Please register separately each attendee.
All-American ballpark foods will be served including hot dogs, nachos and peanuts with a variety of beverages.
The suite will be open to guests at 6:30 PM, and first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM.
SPACE IS LIMITED AND ON A FIRST COME/FIRST SERVED BASIS, SO REGISTER TODAY!!!
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Sterling Barnett Little is a healthcare architectural, interior design and planning/consulting firm located in Arlington, Texas. Since 1994, SBL has worked on thousands of projects — with extensive experience in new construction, expansion, master planning and rehabilitation of older healthcare facilities. Healthcare design is their focus and their passion.

ACHE Board of Governor’s Exam Review Course
2017-07-07 09:30 - 14:30 (America/Chicago) | CHRISTUS Health, 919 Hidden Ridge, Irving, TX, 75038
ACHE Board of Governor’s Exam Review Course
Are you planning to advance to Fellow before the end of the year? Let us help you prepare to sit for the Board of Governors Exam. ACHE of North Texas is offering a one-day study course to help you prepare. National courses can run more than $1,300 plus travel expenses and are two and a half days. Stay close to home, pay a fraction of the cost, and spend a third of the time to learn test taking tips and review knowledge areas.
This session is being presented by ACHENTX colleagues who have expertise in the respective topics covered by the exam.
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Local Program Council: The Future of Healthcare Financing
2017-07-20 15:30 - 17:00 (America/Denver)
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Offering 1.5 Face-to-Face Credit Hours*
Financing, a driving force on the healthcare landscape, continues to become more complex. With budgetary pressures on Medicare and Medicaid, pay for performance and federal expectations for investment in technology without regard to costs, executives must constantly monitor the financing landscape. Given these pressures, many questions emerge.
A short tour of the new Texas Health Neighborhood Care & Wellness Prosper facility will be offered to registrants at the end of the panel presentation.
Agenda:
3 – 3:30 pm: Registration/Networking
3:30 – 5 pm: Panel Discussion
5 – 6 pm: Networking and Facility Tour (Optional)
*Note: This Local Program Council event is a repeat of a session offered by ACHENTX during the February 23 Second Quarter Education Event. Although the content will be different, if you attended the February 23 event – please note you will not be eligible for additional credits for this repeated session.
Speaker Bios:

Blake Allison, FACHE
Chief Operating Officer
Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance
As COO for the BSWQA, Blake spearheads initiatives to support the implementation of the BSWQA mission and participates in strategic collaborations with the system, payers and employer groups. In addition, he oversees the growth and sustainment of the BSWQA provider network to ensure provider adequacy as well as ongoing provider engagement. Blake brings over a decade of experience to the BSWQA team. Blake approaches his role with both optimism and excitement, and believes healthcare is a great way to serve his fellow man and improve the lives touched by the system. In the transitioning state of the industry, Blake is able to draw upon these fundamentals, to identify opportunities to ensure better care through more collaborative models. His scope of experience spans multiple settings including government entities, large integrated delivery systems, ambulatory surgery centers and physician consulting. Blake earned his bachelor’s degree from Baylor University and his MS in Healthcare Administration from Trinity University. Blake holds the distinction of Board Certification in healthcare management through the American College of Healthcare Executives.

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

Scott J. Grandjean, FACHE
Principal and CEO
Lakeside Healthcare Strategies, LLC
Our moderator, Scott J. Grandjean, FACHE, is board-certified in healthcare management, and a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He received a Bachelor of Healthcare Administration degree from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. He is the Principal and CEO of Lakeside Healthcare Strategies, LLC, a physician practice management and healthcare consulting firm in Allen, Texas. Scott brings specialized experience to help physician offices with business development, clinic management, financial planning, general management, HIPAA privacy and security regulations, implementation of new service lines, managed care (insurance) contracting, medical staff credentialing, process re-engineering, regulatory compliance (Joint Commission and HIPAA) and strategic planning.
Scott served as a HIPAA analyst for the St. Paul and Zale Lipshy Hospitals on the UT Southwestern Medical Center campus, from December 2005 – June 2008, at which time, he decided to focus on building Lakeside Healthcare Strategies, LLC into the consulting and practice management firm it is today. Prior experience includes various positions as a healthcare administrator at Brooke Army Medical Center and the U.S. Army Great Plains Regional Medical Command, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Additionally, Scott served as an emergency medical technician and a business development specialist for Rural/Metro Ambulance and American Medical Response in Corpus Christi, Houston, San Antonio and Seguin, Texas.
Shifting his focus away from full time healthcare administration in 2012, Scott completed a Basic Peace Officer Course through the Collin County Law Enforcement Academy, and has additional training specializing in medicolegal death investigation through the Department of Pathology at St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, and is finishing up coursework toward Forensic Investigator II certification through the Texas Engineering Extension Service at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX. Scott currently serves as a Reserve Death Investigator with the Tarrant County Medical Examiner. He is a licensed peace officer in the State of Texas, a member of the Society of Medicolegal Death Investigators, and is currently studying for his Diplomate exam with the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators.

Tim Ruse, FACHE
Director of Practice Management
abeo
Tim Ruse started a career in healthcare in 2002, and is currently serving as the Director of Practice Management for abeo (Anesthesia Business Enterprises Organization), where he is head of the accounting and practice management division, and focuses on pro forma data analytics for revenue projections, merger/acquisition due-diligence, facility and payor contracting, OR efficiency, and compensation modeling. Prior to joining abeo in 2014, Tim spent eight years in Washington, D.C. as the Administrator of Anesthesiology, Acute Pain, and Sleep Disorders Centers at Georgetown University Hospital in the MedStar Health System. Tim is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, and earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, as well as post-graduate business training at Georgetown University. Tim and his wife Meagan have enjoyed putting down roots McKinney, Texas with their three kids, Holden, Fount, and Sadie.”

Tammy Walsh
Director, Physician Services
BKD, LLP
Tammy Walsh is a forward-thinking, highly focused and enterprising senior executive offering extensive expertise to clients with finance and operational projects with a focus in the healthcare industry, specifically the provider space. Tammy currently heads up the Physician Services practice for BKD, LLP (a national CPA and Advisory firm) for their Dallas and Waco offices. Previously, Tammy was the Director of Accounting and Physician Compensation at Texas Health Physician Group (the largest physician practice in North Texas with greater than 1000 providers); CFO for The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders in Fort Worth; and the CFO for the John Peter Smith (JPS) Physician Group also in Fort Worth. Before crossing over to the provider side, Tammy provided CFO services in the managed care space at UnitedHealthcare with responsibilities for North Texas, Central Texas and Oklahoma markets and Cigna Healthcare for the North Texas market. Since 2014, Tammy has owned her own healthcare financial consulting services business, Paramount Healthcare Solutions, providing project leadership for CFO services in the healthcare provider space. Before her healthcare debut, Tammy was with the Management Services and Solutions Group for Deloitte & Touche in their Houston and Dallas offices providing financial consulting to industries such as legal, oil & gas, hospitality and, of course, healthcare. Prior to that, she was on the US Space Shuttle program at NASA as part of the Rockwell Space Shuttle Operations contract in Houston, Texas.

Tammy similarly provides her healthcare finance knowledge as an Adjunct Professor for the Masters of Healthcare Administration students at the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) in Fort Worth, Texas. Tammy is active in the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) Lone Star Chapter as a board member and is an integral part of the Women’s Forum, Early Careerists Mentoring Initiative, Charity Initiatives and Programs. Tammy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from University of Houston.

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Breakfast with the CEOs
2017-08-02 07:30 - 09:00 (America/Chicago) | Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children – Frisco, 5700 Dallas Parkway, Frisco, TX, 75034
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A Special Panel of Pediatric Healthcare CEOs
Moderator:

Stacy Wilson, JD
Executive Director
Children’s Hospital Association of Texas
Stacy E. Wilson is the President of the Children’s Hospital Association of Texas. She has more than 20 years of experience in health policy and law, working on a variety of issues ranging from healthcare finance to behavioral health to telemedicine. Ms. Wilson graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1984 and from the Texas Tech University School of Law in 1987. She began her law practice at Haynes and Boone, L.L.P. in Dallas in 1987 and, since then, has worked in healthcare policy development, health law, and health reimbursement in the public and private sector, including at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, and most recently as Vice President and Associate General Counsel for the Texas Hospital Association. She is a frequent speaker on the Texas Legislature and issues affecting hospitals and works closely with policymakers on issues of importance to hospitals.
Speakers:
David Berry, MS, FACHE
President, System Clinical Operations
Children’s Health System of Texas

James C. Cunningham, M.D.
Executive Vice President/Chief Medical Officer
Cook Children’s Health Care System
Dr. Jim Cunningham currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Cook Children’s Health Care System in Fort Worth, Texas. Cook Children’s is a non-profit, integrated pediatric health care delivery organization consisting of a Medical Center, Physician Network, Home Health company, Health Plan, and a Health Foundation.
Dr. Cunningham is a native Texan, having been born and raised in Texas. He graduated from Texas A&M University before attending medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. He completed an internship and residency in Pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, followed by a Fellowship in Pediatric Pulmonology at the University of Arizona.
Dr. Cunningham was initially recruited to Cook Children’s as Medical Director of Pulmonary Medicine and Co-Director of the Fort Worth Cystic Fibrosis Center. Over the years he held numerous positions of Physician and Administrative Leadership, ultimately becoming Medical Director for Cook Children’s Medical Center, prior to assuming his current role as EVP/CMO of Cook Children’s Health Care System.
Dr. Cunningham has remained active in leadership at local, regional, and national levels, and has remained active in clinical medicine and pediatric research. His book “An Introduction to Cystic Fibrosis for Patients and Families” is now in its sixth edition and is now published in several different languages.
Jim is married and has two sons, a daughter, and three granddaughters.

Bill Lee, MBA, MHA
Chief Executive Officer
Medical City Children’s Hospital
Lee was named chief executive officer at Medical City Children’s Hospital on May 1, 2017 and touts more than 25 years of healthcare experience. In addition, he also serves as the chief executive for Medical Center Dallas – Women’s Hospital.
Since 2010, he has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia, a 604-bed combined adult and children’s hospital. Lee also served as Chief Administrator for the Willett Children’s Hospital of Savannah, where he led a $20 million capital campaign to design and build a replacement facility for their children’s hospital, scheduled to open in 2019.
Lee previously served as President and Executive Director of The Children’s Health Network, an 800 member physician-hospital organization affiliated with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta for 10 years. Additionally, he held leadership positions within Hospital Corporation of America, including at Eastside Medical Center, and at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta.
Lee has represented pediatric healthcare issues at a state and regional level with the Georgia Hospital Association, Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Pediatric Healthcare Improvement Coalition of Georgia, and as a member of the Georgia Board of Physician Workforce. His passion for improving the health status for kids also includes an active board leadership role in Safe Kids of Georgia, Ronald McDonald House Charities, March of Dimes, and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
He holds a Master of Health Administration and Master of Business Administration from Georgia State University, along with a Bachelor of Business Administration from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta.
Lee is married to Liane for 25 years and has two children, Evan and Lauren.

Robert L. “Bob” Walker, FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer
Scottish Rite Hospital
Bob Walker joined Scottish Rite Hospital in 1979. He previously served as executive vice president and chief operating officer and was named president and chief executive officer in 2012. In his role, Bob is responsible for the overall strategic and operational direction of the hospital and continuing its position as one of the top-ranked pediatric orthopedic hospitals in the world. He works closely with the Board of Trustees, medical staff, and executive leadership to ensure that the highest degree of medical care is provided to the hospital’s pediatric patients.
Bob serves on the board of the Texas Hospital Association and has previously served on its Executive and Audit committees. He is a member of the Texas Hospital Association Foundation board, the American Hospital Association Regional Policy Board, and the Children’s Hospital Association Public Policy Committee. Bob is past board chairman of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council and currently serves as an ex-officio. He served for many years on the Shelton School and Evaluation Center board where he also served as chairman. Bob also serves on the executive committee of the BMW Dallas Marathon. He is a member of the advisory boards of The Ronald McDonald House and Camp John Marc.
A native of Garland, Texas, Bob earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from East Texas State University (now Texas A&M University-Commerce), and his Master of Health Care Administration degree from Trinity University. Bob has been honored by both Garland High School and Texas A&M University-Commerce as an Outstanding Alumnus. He is a past recipient of the Dean Leonard A. Duce Award for Excellence in Healthcare awarded by the Trinity University department of healthcare administration. Bob is a 33° Scottish Rite Mason and holds fellowship status in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

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After Hours Event - Bowlounge Dallas
2017-08-08 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
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Come out and join your colleagues for a great evening of networking and fun at Bowlounge in the Dallas Design District.
Your ticket includes the following:

2 games per attendee
Shoe rental
Taco Bar for dinner
Ice Cream Bar for desert
Cash Bar
All the networking you can squeeze in!

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A special thanks to Sound Inpatient Physicians, Inc., for hosting this event!

UAB National Symposium for Healthcare Executives
2017-08-09 - 2017-08-11 | Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa, 4000 Sandestin Boulevard South, Miramar Beach, Florida, 32550
You are invited to attend the University of Alabama at Birmingham 37th National Symposium for Healthcare Executives on August 9-11, 2017, at the beautiful Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa. For the second year in a row, ACHE of North Texas is proud to be partnering with UAB to support this special program.

This is the ideal learning environment for healthcare leaders, including healthcare executives, medical professionals and decision-makers. You will have the unique opportunity to earn 12+ ACHE Face to Face credits as well as network with senior healthcare executives.

“The Sum of Excellence: Patients + Providers + Payors” – touches on new ways you can benefit from the human capital that is all around you and achieve more than ever by working together rather than struggling alone.

The symposium is conducted by the Department of Health Services Administration and the Center for Healthcare Management & Leadership in the UAB School of Health Professions with support from their other Partners.

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Third Quarter Face-to-Face Education Event
2017-08-24 15:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Methodist Dallas Medical Center, 221 W Colorado Blvd, Dallas, TX, 75208
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Panel 1: Fraud and Abuse
Moderator:
Pamela Stoyanoff, FACHE, Executive Vice President & COO, Methodist Health System
Panelists:
Erma Lee, Director of Compliance and Privacy Officer, JPS HEALTH NETWORK
Sean McKenna, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Martin Ostensen, University of North Texas Health and Science Center
Panel 2: Leading information Safety
Moderator:
Nick Kagal, FACHE, Senior Regional Director, Premier Inc.
Panelists:
Rick Frie, Manager of Information Security, JPS Healthcare
Will Long, VP & CISO, Children’s Health
Ron Mehring, MBA, CISSP, Vice President, Technology & Security
Speaker Bios:

Rick Frie, CISSP
Manager of Information Security
JPS Health Network
Rick Frie, CISSP, is a Manager of Information Security at JPS Health Network in Fort Worth, Texas, where his primary responsibilities include information security risk assessments, policy/procedure development, user access reviews, security investigations, and Epic EMR security. Prior to JPS, Rick managed and performed information privacy-security reviews for Tenet Healthcare, performed information systems audits for Commercial Metals Company, and served as a senior internal auditor for UT Southwestern Medical Center. Rick holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Nick Kagal, MBA, FACHE
Senior Region Director
Premier Inc.
Nick Kagal is the Southwest Informatics Senior Region Director with Premier
Inc and the President-Elect for DFW-HIMSS. He has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry, and has held leadership roles with several major DFW provider organizations including Parkland Health & Hospital System, HealthSouth & Medical Center of Plano. In his role at Premier, Nick has oversight for supporting Premier member hospitals achieve breakthroughs in operational & clinical process improvement and engagement in healthcare quality & safety collaborative efforts, including QUEST and the Partnership for Patients initiative. Nick also supports various Premier offerings with Dallas-Fort Worth healthcare organizations focused on population health improvement and care management.
Nick has extensive experience working with multiple healthcare providers supporting their technology and informatics strategies. He has served as Vice President of Business Development for an electronic medical record vendor and for a healthcare focused enterprise resource planning organization. Nick received his BA in Biology & Psychology from Austin College and an MBA from the Texas A&M University. He is an ACHE Fellow, is a Senior Member of HIMSS. Nick is also a national reviewer and moderator for the Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition education sessions. Nick lives in Plano, Texas with his wife and two children. He is an avid sports fan, a weekend warrior athlete and an extremely amateur musician.

Erma Lee
Director of Compliance and Privacy Officer
JPS Health Network
As the Director of Compliance and Privacy officer at JPS Health Network, Emra Lee implements and administers the day to day activities related to the corporate compliance and privacy programs. She is a subject matter expert with respect to compliance and privacy matters requiring external reporting. She retired a Commissioned Officer from the Army Reserves in 2015.
Erma is affiliated with the Healthcare Compliance Association, American Health Lawyer’s Association, Privacy Officer’s Association, and North Texas Healthcare Compliance Professionals Association, where she served as the past president and secretary.
Some of her recent speaking engagements include: University of North Texas Health Science, JPS Health Network International Research Day, and American Academy of Professional Coders.
Her community affiliations include: Lena Pope Home, Chapel Hill Academy,
Opening Doors for Women in Need and Downtown Fort Worth, Inc
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Will Long
VP & CISO
Children’s Health
As VP & Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Children’s Health System of Texas, Will Long has responsibility for development and oversight of the organization’s corporate information security program. As leader of the information security program, he monitors new and emerging threats and regularly adjusts the organization’s security programs to mitigate risks. He oversees the development of information security policies, cyber incident response, security operations, risk assurance, and other security functions. In addition to securing traditional information systems, he also directs the efforts to secure the many connected medical devices used across hospital operations.
Long has spent 30 years in information technology working both in the payor and provider sectors of the healthcare industry for 28 of those years. During his career, he has held a number of information technology and security leadership roles. Prior to Children’s, Long was the VP of Technology an Infrastructure at Baylor Scott & White Health, where he was responsible for all technology supporting the hospitals and clinics, including the biomedical and imaging technologies. In prior roles, Long has held security leadership positions where he developed security functions from the ground up.
Long has holds and B.S. Electronic Engineering Technology degree, and a M.S in Information Systems Management. In addition, Long also holds a CISSP, CPHIMS certifications.

Ron Mehring, MBA, CISSP
Vice President
Technology & Security
Ron Mehring serves as the Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President of Technology & Security for Texas Health Resources, one of the largest faith-based, nonprofit health care delivery systems in the United States. The system’s primary service area includes 16 counties in north-central Texas, home to more than 6.2 million people.
At Texas health Resources, Ron leads Technology Operations, IT Risk Management & Assurance, IT BC DR program and Technology & Security Performance and Standards teams.
Ron began his career in technology for the United States Marine Corps. After 21 years of military service, Ron retired from the Marine Corps and joined the Department of Veteran Affairs where he led Compliance Assessment teams within the newly formed Oversight & Compliance group. He also served as the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Deputy Director for Network & Security Operations.
Ron holds a Master of Business Administration in Risk Management from NYIT and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

Sean McKenna
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sean McKenna focuses his practice on healthcare enforcement and regulatory issues, representing individuals and providers under civil or administrative investigation by the Department of Justice, Offices of Inspector General, and Attorneys’ General Medicaid Fraud Control Units, as well as in criminal investigations and matters involving the United States and State Attorneys General. As a former ten-year Assistant United States Attorney, Associate Counsel to the Inspector General and General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Sean focuses his practice on matters involving the health care industry and regularly represents clients before Medicare, Medicaid and commercial contractors. Sean’s work includes assisting clients with internal investigations and compliance reviews, as well as advising on compliance with state and federal fraud and abuse rules. He is a frequent invited speaker at national, regional, and local conference.

Martin Ostensen, JD, MBA, MHA
University of North Texas Health and Science Center
Martin Ostensen is an accomplished business leader with multi-faceted expertise in strategic, legal, fiscal, service and administrative leadership.
Martin was the inaugural leader of Legal Aid Alberta’s (LAA) Legal Services Centres, and successfully directed the change in LAA’s business model. He led a 128-member business unit to provide high quality first point of contact service. Prior to that, as managing lawyer at Alberta Law Line, he managed the 28- person legal service center, and successfully built Canada’s first legal aid web- based channel. In addition, he maintained operational integrity in legal hotline operations, and ensured that client satisfaction exceeded program benchmarks.
In his role at LAA, Martin provided operational support, including budget development and compliance, human resources and training, stakeholder relations, and policy development, to deliver high performing client service. He was a key driver of LAA’s business analytics development, a project participant in two software changes, and an effective member of the IT Steering Committee. He was the project manager for LAA’s Criminal Resolution Unit, which successfully worked with the Crown, the judiciary, staff and clients to shorten resolution times by 75% and effect cost savings over three years that approached $1Million. He is a recipient of the 2011 Alberta Premier’s Medal of Excellence for his work in the team that supported Alberta Justice’s Self-Represented Litigants Initiative.
Martin has provided volunteer leadership to two school boards, a public library, three minor sports organizations, and a political party at the district level. Martin has taught Business Law at a community college. He believes strongly in investing in young people, and making a difference in quality of life opportunities in a community.
Presently, Martin holds faculty appointments with the School of Public Health (SPH) and the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC), Fort Worth, and in the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University. He is presently the Director of the Master of Health Administration Program, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Systems. He teaches Health Care Law, Public Health Law, Introduction to Health Management and Policy, Professional and Academic Development, MHA Internship, Health Finance 2, and US Health Policy. He has achieved a Quality Matters certification for the Public Health Law (online) class. Martin presently is a member of the President’s Council for Finance and Budgeting, and is a member of the Faculty Senate. Martin is leading the CAHME re-accreditation efforts for the MHA Program. Martin sits on many committees in the SPH.
His academic interests include ethics and access to healthcare, and the intersection of operational excellence with high performance outcomes. As the Graduate Assistant to the Dean and the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs of the SPH, Martin played a key role in providing project management for the SPH’s Accreditation Committee, in its accreditation efforts with the Council on Education in Public Health (CEPH). Martin assisted the Associate Dean as the TA for PHED 6321 Pedagogy; his duties included populating and maintaining the course’s Canvas interface. As part of his Pedagogy course requirements, Martin taught Ethics for Medical Students in the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. As part of his MHA degree program, Martin successfully completed his administrative internship with Baylor, Scott & White Health, where he led a project that examined the variation in patient meal satisfaction across the Baylor system.
Martin holds a Masters in Health Administration degree from UNTHSC, Masters in Business Administration degrees from Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.) and Queen’s University (Kingston, Ontario), and Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Commerce degrees from the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, B.C.). Martin was the 2015 recipient of the Rischard S. Kurz Award given annually to an outstanding SPH graduate who emulates the leadership, accomplishments and visionary qualities of Dean Kurz. Martin was a 2015 inductee into the Delta Omega National Honorary Society for Public Health based on demonstrated academic excellence, leadership and commitment to the field of public health, and Martin was on the Dean’s List. Born in Oslo, Norway, Martin completed his public schooling in Melbourne, Australia and Powell River, B.C.
His career objectives are to engage students in the development of ethical decision-making, and to provide strategic leadership to a high performing healthcare organization, align organizational philosophy, mission, vision and values with strategies and operational objectives, and engage stakeholders to bring about transformational outcomes for patients.
Throughout his career, Martin provided strong and decisive leadership with top management performance that delivered results. He provides leadership with integrity, perspective and purpose, delivered with confidence and care.

Pamela J. Stoyanoff
Executive Vice President & COO,
Methodist Health System
Pamela Stoyanoff, MBA and CPA is currently Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the 7 hospital Methodist Health System in Dallas, Texas. In that role she is responsible for 4 of the 7 hospitals (the other 3 being joint ventures) and a myriad of Corporate, centralized functions including IT, Purchasing, Quality, Transplant services and Graduate Medical Education. Pam is experienced in strategic planning, financial management, IT, Human resources, operational performance improvement, joint ventures and physician integration. She is a member of several Boards, including the Dallas Ft. Worth Hospital Council Education and Foundation Board,), the American Heart Association Go Red For Women Dallas chapter, ACHE of North Texas Board and several others. She is well known in the community, serving on the Trinity Commons Foundation Board (developed to promote the Trinity River Corridor Project) and has traveled to Washington D.C. with select contingencies to promote Dallas economic development.
Prior to coming to Dallas, Pam was the Chief Financial Officer for the St. Vincent Health System (4 hospitals) in Little Rock, Arkansas. She is originally from Chicago, Illinois and began her career at Arthur Anderson & Co.
Pam has her BS in Business Administration with a major in Accounting, is a CPA and has her Masters degree from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management in Lake Forest, Illinois.
Pam has spoken around the country on many topics including revenue cycle management, cost reduction strategies and diversity in healthcare supply procurement.
She was most recently voted one of the top 25 Women in Business in Dallas/Ft. Worth by the Dallas Business Journal in 2010 and was also selected in 2010 by the Dallas Business Journal as a Health Care Hero (in recognition of contributions toward improving health care in North Texas).

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Cocktails with the Chiefs
2017-09-14 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
This time our popular Cocktails with the Chiefs event is going to be in Fort Worth.

Come listen as local industry leaders share their experience and gain insight on how to build leadership skills and leverage them for professional growth. Learn from their successes and challenges and be inspired to further pursue your own professional and personal development goals.

Moderator:

Anna Brewer, CVA, Partner, JTaylor

Panelists:

Robert Earley, MHA, FACHE, President/ CEO of JPS Health Network
Stuart Flynn, MD, Dean of TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine
Michael Sanborn, MS, RPh, FACHE, President/CEO of Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- Fort Worth
Keith Argenbright, MD, Medical Director of UTSW Moncrief Cancer Institute)

Thanks to our hosts for this program: E4H Environments for Health Architecture and Texas Christian University, MBA Healthcare Program!

Speaker Bios:

Keith Argenbright, MD
Medical Director
UTSW Moncrief Cancer Institute
Keith Argenbright, MD is Professor and Chief of Community Health Sciences at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Dr. Argenbright also serves as Director at Moncrief Cancer Institute, an affiliate of the NCI-designated UT Southwestern Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Dr. Argenbright is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma and Tulane University School of Medicine. He completed a family practice residency at John Peter Smith Hospital and a Master of Medical Management at Carnegie Mellon University.
In 2014, he earned the UT Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award. Considered the top teaching prize in the UT system, it is one of the largest teaching award programs in the country.

Anna K. Brewer, CVA
Partner – Consulting Services
JTaylor
Anna has significant experience in the healthcare industry providing a number of services to healthcare providers.
She leverages strong analytical and financial analysis skills in the areas of managed care analysis, negotiation support, revenue cycle analytics, valuations, due diligence, physician compensation, joint venture development, and strategic business plans. Her list of clients includes physician-owned hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, community hospitals, multi-hospital systems, academic medical centers, and physician practices. Anna has also assisted clients in areas involving claims dispute resolution and litigation support.
After graduating with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Texas Christian University, Anna joined Arthur Andersen as a Consultant in the Finance and Economics group. Prior to joining JTaylor, she spent three years in the Health Sciences Advisory Services group at Ernst & Young.
Anna is contributing author in the field of healthcare for the Fort Worth Business Press. She is a member of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts and is a Certified Valuation Analyst.

Robert Earley
President and CEO
JPS Health Network
Robert Earley’s journey from South Texas to CEO of Tarrant County’s public supported healthcare system was anything but a straight line.
A political science graduate from the University of North Texas, Earley put that degree to use as a staff assistant to a Texas congressman in our nation’s capital. His D.C. experience sparked his own political aspirations and Earley returned to Texas to run for a seat in the Texas House of Representatives. He was only 23 when elected in 1984 to represent his South Texas hometown. He served 10 years before choosing not to seek re-election in 1995.
Before joining JPS Health Network in 2005 as a senior VP focused on community and government affairs, Earley taught college courses, ran an Austin-based public affairs firm and served as an on-air political analyst for NBC’s affiliate station in Austin. The Tarrant County Hospital District Board of Managers appointed him interim president and CEO in May 2008 and in February 2009 he was named president and CEO.
Earley holds a master’s degree in healthcare administration from the University of Texas-Arlington. He serves on the board of the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute.
Earley and his veterinarian wife, Tricia, have one daughter.

Stuart D. Flynn, M.D.
Dean
Fort Worth’s M.D. School
Stuart D. Flynn, M.D., is the founding dean of Fort Worth’s new M.D. school, the TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine.
He most recently served as founding dean of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. Previously, he was a professor of pathology and surgery at Yale University School of Medicine as well as an accomplished researcher, director of the residency program, a leader in the design and oversight of the school’s curriculum, and founding member of The Society of Distinguished Teachers at Yale.
Flynn received his medical degree and residency training from the University of Michigan and completed a fellowship in oncologic pathology at Stanford University.
Flynn has authored more than 100 articles, books and monographs. He has received numerous honors including America’s Top Physician’s Award from the Consumers’ Research Council of America, the Bohmfalk Teacher of the Year Award from Yale University School of Medicine and the Averill A. Liebow Award for excellence in the teaching of residents, also at Yale. He has been a member of the National Board of Medical Examiners Pathology Test Committee and USMLE Step I Test Material Development Committee.

Michael Sanborn, MS, RPh, FACHE
President/CEO
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- Fort Worth
Mike Sanborn, became president of Baylor Scott & White All Saints – Fort Worth on September 19, 2016. Prior to that, he was president of Baylor Scott & White – Carrollton since August 2011, having joined Baylor in March 2003.
Mike is a pharmacist, and his previous experience includes leading the cardiovascular service line for the System as well as pharmacy leadership positions in large health systems and academic medical centers. Earlier this year, Mike received the Citizen of the Year award for the cities of Carrollton, Addison, and Farmers Branch, as well as the Distinguished Service Award at the Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists Annual Seminar.
He is a committed leader and volunteer. Locally, he serves on the advisory board of Metrocrest Services and the board of Children’s Advocacy Center for Denton County, as well as the Metrocrest Chamber of Commerce, where he most recently served as the immediate past chair of the board. He also has served on the national board for the American Society for Health System Pharmacists, and he is active locally in MSHP and ACHE. He has published articles and presented in a multitude of areas related to process improvement, healthcare technology, finance and leadership.

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C-Suite Invitational Dallas Fort Worth: Transformational Healthcare Focus on ACO's, Bundles & Readmissions
2017-09-27 08:30 - 15:30 (America/Chicago)
ACHENTX is partnering with the National Readmission Prevention Collaborative and the East Texas ACHE Forum to offer this event. Face-to-Face credit is available for the panel entitled: Care Coordination: Acute Hospital Becoming a Preferred Provider in the Narrow Network.

Presenter & Moderator for this panel
Dr. Josh Luke, FACHE
Hospital CEO, Author, USC Faculty
Dr. Josh Luke is a leading healthcare futurist designing graduate-level curriculum as Adjunct Faculty for the University of Southern California’s Sol Price School of Public Policy. Luke previously served as CEO of three acute hospitals, an acute rehab hospital, as Administrator for nursing homes and oversaw home health and hospice services as Vice President of Post Acute Services for a health system. Luke has a Ph.D. from the University of Nevada, and authored Readmission Prevention: Solutions Across the Provider Continuum and Ex-Acute: A former hospital CEO tells all on what’s wrong with American healthcare. Recent presentations include ACHE World Congress 2016 & 2017 and keynote presentations at the Case Management Society of America’s annual meeting and USC’s C-Suite Invitational. Dr. Luke co-teaches a ACHE Cluster program on care coordination and has been a featured best-selling author by ACHE’s Health Administration Press for his book Readmission Prevention. He currently serves as CSO/Senior Health Policy Analyst for Nelson Hardiman Strategy.
Panelist 1
Dr. Virginia Feldman
Dr. Virginia Feldman is a practicing surgeon and co-founder of multiple start-ups including an ambulatory surgery center. Dr. Feldman is the Co-Founder and CEO at Nexus Health Resources, which offers transitional care software and services. Its flagship software, NexusConnexions, allows clinical and non-clinical users to reduce the healthcare spend and improve patient behaviors outside of direct care. After receiving her MD degree from New York Medical College in 1991, Dr. Feldman completed residency training at St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center and The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. Since finishing her residency in 1997, she has been in clinical practice in Middletown, NY at Hudson Valley ENT, PC where she was Managing Partner from 2002 and President since 2006. She grew the practice to the premier Otolaryngology practice in the region. Strategically, Hudson Valley ENT, PC merged with ENT and Allergy Associates, LLP in October 2013.
Panelist 2
Leah Throckmorton, MSN, RN-CCCTM
Director of PopHealth & 360 Services – Wise Health System
Care Coordinator and Clinical Health Coach
Leah Throckmorton is the Director of 360 Services for Wise Health System, located in Decatur Texas. The 360 Services department is a Transitional and Chronic Care Management team focusing on preventing hospital readmissions. She also services at the hospital’s ACO Care Coordinator and is a certified Clinical Health Coach. She was one of the original participants in Texas to obtain her board certification in Care Coordination and Transition Management. Leah received her Bachelors in Nursing in 2007 from the University of Texas at Austin and her Masters in Nursing Administration from Texas Tech in 2016. She has a passion for Population Health and enjoys creating new innovative programs that incorporate evidence-based practices. Leah resides in Alvord, Texas with her husband, Kris and her two children.

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ACHENTX New Member Networking Blitz - Fall 2017
2017-09-28 16:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
For new members from August 2016 to Present
The ACHE North Texas Welcoming Committee cordially invites you to the ACHE of North Texas chapter’s New Member Networking Blitz. This fun event will allow new members to get to know one another and some seasoned ACHE members as well. There will be special breakout sessions where fun activities and personal connections will be made. The intent of this program is to bring new members together to get a real in depth view of ACHENTX, to enable you to meet some of the chapter’s leadership and to help you map out how to best take advantage of the plethora of local and national benefits and opportunities available to you as ACHE members. It’s a way to “let us get to know you” as well and become a part of your professional network.
We are looking forward to meeting each of you.
Kindly see the event details below:
Date: Thursday, September 28, 2017
Time: 4:30pm – 8:00pm
Location: UT Southwestern
William T. & Gay F. Solomon Education Center Auditorium (2nd Floor-blue elevators to the right)
6201 Harry Hines Blvd
Dallas, TX 75390
A light meal and drinks will be served.

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ACHENTX Women's Breakfast
2017-10-03 07:30 - 09:15 (America/Chicago) | La Cima Club – Las Colinas, 5215 North O'Connor Boulevard #2600 , Irving, TX, 75039, United States
Welcome to the ACHE Annual Women’s Event. This year we have the following panelists (listed below) and Kristin Jenkins as the moderator. The theme this year is based on the book, Patients Come Second. This book “shakes up the traditional health care model, arguing that in order to care for and retain patients, leaders must first create exceptional teams and find ways to engage nurses, administrative staff, physicians, supervisors, even housekeeping staff…”
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Moderator:

Kristen Jenkins JD, MBA,FACHE
President, Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation
Senior Vice President, Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council
Kristin Jenkins, J.D., M.B.A., FACHE has worked in healthcare administration since leaving private law practice in 1997. She is currently the President of the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation and Senior Vice President of the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council. Her work includes facilitating collaborative health improvement projects across the North Texas region and leading multiple state and federal contract and grant activities benefiting patients and the community. She has been a guest lecturer for the University of Texas at Austin and University of Texas at Dallas in both Leadership Theory and Uses of Technology as a Tool for Meaningful Healthcare Reform and a Teaching Quizmaster at the University of Texas School of Law. She is currently an adjunct professor of Health Law and Health Regulation for UT Dallas in Richardson. She was a clerk for the Texas Supreme Court in 1993-1994 for Justice Rose Spector.
Ms. Jenkins also serves as Chair of the Tarrant County American Cancer Society Advisory Board, and is a member of the United Way of Tarrant County’s Health Programming Board and Tarrant County Komen Board. She serves as Co-Chair of the MJ Neeley School of Business Alumni Board at Texas Christian University and volunteers with many other local and state healthcare service organizations.
Ms. Jenkins is a recipient of the Modern Healthcare Up & Comer Award, the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council Young Healthcare Executive of the Year award, Great Women of Texas and the 40 Under 40 award in Tarrant County, Texas. She has published and presented at numerous national, state and regional conferences on topics ranging from healthcare compliance, quality improvement, community health design and engagement, innovation and collaboration models, health information technology, leadership and healthcare workforce initiatives.

Panelists:

Kate Conklin. BS, BA, CPMSM, CPCS, CPHQ
Chief Compliance Officer
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
With over 25 years in management in the healthcare field including senior executive positions in hospitals, Kate currently serves as the Chief Compliance Officer for University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. In this role, Kate provides oversight of regulatory compliance of university hospitals and clinics, research, and academics and the system’s Accountable Care Network. In recent years, Kate served as the Vice President of Medical Staff Services and Quality Resources at Medical City – Lewisville and Senior Vice President of Professional Affairs and Ethics and Compliance at Medical City – Denton – both HCA affiliated hospitals in Texas.
Kate has extensive experience in medical staff affairs, peer review, quality, patient safety, corporate ethics and regulatory compliance. Kate regularly speaks on leadership concepts and leading teams of healthcare professionals to deliver the highest level of quality and patient safety – drawing on her own experience in moving through the ranks of leadership in the healthcare.
Kate holds degrees in Business Administration and Healthcare Management. She is certified in the field of Medical Staff Services Management (CPMSM), Provider Credentialing (CPCS), and healthcare quality (CPHQ).

Luann Culbreth, M.Ed., MBA
Director, Clinical Operations: Radiology and Cardiovascular Services
HealthTrust
Luann Culbreth is a highly accomplished and published healthcare leader with over 35 years of experience. She has led several healthcare organizations through research development, new facilities and department openings, and service line expansions. She is a professional speaker and volunteers to private, state, national, and international organizations. She has a reputation of developing high performance and collaborative teams that reach across many hospital systems, vendors, businesses, and geographical locations.
Luann holds two masters degrees, one in Education and the other in Healthcare Administration. She is a registered Imaging Professional in Radiography, Quality Management, Magnetic Resonance and Radiology Administration. She is currently involved with the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), the American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA), and the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Section for MRI technologists (SMRT). She has received awards from the AHRA and the SMRT for outstanding contributions in radiology management and education.
Luann currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee and works for HealthTrust. She leads the radiology and cardiology clinical advisory service lines through clinical integration and supply chain cost management solutions.

Susan Hernandez, MBA, BSN, RN
Health System Chief Nurse Executive
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Susan Hernandez, currently serves as the Health System Chief Nurse Executive for UT Southwestern Medical Center, where she oversees the nursing practice for the University Hospitals and all ambulatory clinics.
Ms. Hernandez joined UT Southwestern in June 2014, following a 20-year career at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, which included serving as the Chief Nursing Officer at Monroe Carell, Jr. Children’s Hospital. She is known and admired for her intellect, energy, and thoughtfulness in working with her peers and colleagues. At UT Southwestern, she led the transition of nursing from St. Paul University Hospital to Clements University Hospital; she has expanded the nursing education program to enhance the quality of care across all disciplines; and she led an important external review of our nursing practice by a panel of acclaimed national experts to lead us to Magnet designation. Ms. Hernandez is passionate about the wellbeing of not only our patients, but also our staff. She is committed to developing future leaders and leading them to the next step in a long career of authentic leadership.
Susan is a native of Nashville, TN she enjoys music and being outdoors and loves to sing. She is married to Edward (native Texan) and they have a puppy named Ellie. Trust, honesty and being your genuine self are super important to me!

Marcia L. Schneider, MBA
Vice President
Baylor Scott & White HealthTexas Provider Network
Marcia L. Schneider is an experienced health care executive with over 15 years of experience in strategic and tactical planning, service line integration, business performance measurement & analytics, quality intelligence, and healthcare operations. She currently serves as Vice President at Baylor Scott & White HealthTexas Provider Network supporting Strategic Priorities, Strategic Initiatives, Service Excellence, Practice Excellence, Business Development, Consumer Strategy, Market Access, Population Health, Transforming Care, Learning and Development, Purchasing, Patient Access Center, and Network Utilization.
Previously in her role as AVP Health System Planning and Performance at UT Southwestern Medical Center, she supported the strategic development of the UTSW-THR affiliation & network, Southwestern Health Resources, as well as led the planning and programming for UT Southwestern’s new William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital, which opened in December 2014. She also led the planning for the $1.7B feasibility study for a medical school in Austin—the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin accepted its first class in 2016.
Ms. Schneider holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Texas at El Paso. She has been a guest lecturer for several UT Southwestern and UT Dallas graduate and leadership programs speaking on Strategic Planning, Organizational Behavior and Business Strategy.
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