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!

We look forward to seeing you there!
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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.

Visit: www.uab.edu/nshe for more details or to register

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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Breakfast with the President - Jared Shelton, FACHE
2017-10-17 07:00 - 09:00 (America/Chicago) | Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen, 1105 Central Expressway North, Allen, TX, 75013, United States
This is another great program in our Breakfast with the President series. This time, our speaker and host will be Jared Shelton, FACHE, President of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen.

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 therapies 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, where he serves on the Stewardship Committee. He is also an avid sports fan and loves to play golf and ski.

Thanks to Jared and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen for hosting us for this event!

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Fourth Quarter Face-to-Face Education Event
2017-10-26 15:00 - 19:30 (America/Denver)
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Topics for this double-panel education event will include:
Panel 1: The Healthcare Organization’s Role in Formulating Public Policy
Panel 2: Ethical Changes in Healthcare Leadership
More details will soon be available, but please add this to your calendars now.

Fourth Quarter Face-to-Face Education Event
2017-10-26 15:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago)
3.0 Face-to-Face Approved Credits for this Event (1.5 for each panel)

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Panel 1: The Healthcare Organization’s Role in Formulating Public Policy
Many of society’s most critical issues confront healthcare organizations daily. From access for the uninsured and underinsured, children and elder care initiatives, patient safety and Medicare and Medicaid changes, healthcare organizations must address myriad issues. In addition, healthcare must also deal with payer demands for cost containment and the growing expectation for transparency.
Moderator: Steve Love
President/CEO DFW Hospital Council
Panelists:
Josh Floren
President Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano
Doug Lawson
President/CEO Baylor University Medical Center
David Tessmer
Senior Vice President Texas Health Resources
Panel 2: Ethical Challenges in Healthcare Leadership
Ethical challenges arise in all aspects of healthcare and service from the bedside to the boardroom. Hospital leaders and boards set the ethical compass of the organization by making decisions about priorities, policies, and resource allocation as they determine the best ways to meet the needs of their communities, while respecting their staff and the populations they serve. Understanding the expanding paradigm of planning, creating, and maintaining an ethical healthcare organization is crucial to help identify strategies for implementing ethics initiatives within your own organization. Healthcare leaders must “walk the talk” and demonstrate their commitment to ethics throughout their organization.
Moderator: Scott Hurst
Panelists:
Becket Gremmels, PhD
System Director of Ethics, Mission Integration Department, CHRISTUS Health
J. Russell Hoverman, MD, PhD
VP-Quality Programs for Texas Oncology, P.A.
Medical Director-Managed Care for The US Oncology Network
Benjamin J. Retta, LMSW
Senior Director, Support Services, Children’s Medical Center Dallas
Jason Wren
President/CEO Wise Health System
A special thanks to T. Boone Pickens Hospice and Palliative Care Center for hosting this event!
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Speakers Bios:

Josh Floren, FACHE, serves as president of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano. Floren was promoted to president in spring of 2015 after serving as vice president of professional and support services beginning July 2013. In this role, he provided oversight for ancillary and support services, including radiology, rehabilitation, pharmacy, orthopedic joint program and nutrition services.
Floren was instrumental in the opening of the Texas Health Ben Hogan Concussion Center Plano and also the Texas Health Ben Hogan Sports Medicine Plano at Toyota Stadium in Frisco. Under his leadership, Texas Health Plano become the first hospital in North Texas to offer EOS, a low-dose, 3-D imaging technology that provides another advanced diagnostic option for patients. Prior to joining Texas Health Plano, Floren served as the vice president of operations at Parkland Health and Hospital System.
Floren holds a Bachelor of Science in biomedical science from Texas A&M University and a master’s degree in health administration from Washington University in St. Louis. Immediately following his postgraduate fellowship, he was certified by GE as a Six Sigma Black Belt.
An active proponent of the community, Floren is a member of Leadership Plano, Class 32, a program of the Plano Chamber of Commerce dedicated to educating, developing and empowering current and future leaders. He is also the past president of the North Texas Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives and was an advisory board member for both the American Diabetes Association and the American Cancer Society.
Outside of work, Josh enjoys spending time with his wife, Valerie, and their three young children.

Becket Gremmels, PhD, is the System Director of Ethics for CHRISTUS Health based in Irving, Texas. He has been with CHRISTUS since 2015. Before that, he was the Executive Director of Ethics for Saint Thomas Health in Nashville and Saint Vincent’s Health Services in Birmingham. He received his doctorate in bioethics from the Albert Gnaegi (guh-NAY-ghee) Center for Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University. He wrote his dissertation on the ethical limits of gene therapy. He has been married for ten years; he and his wife have two sons, ages 6 and 4, and one daughter who is six months old.

Russell Hoverman, M.D. specializes in medical oncology and is board certified in internal medicine and hematology. Dr. Hoverman is currently the Vice President of Quality Programs for Texas Oncology, P.A. and is the Medical Director of Managed Care for The US Oncology Network. He also serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Council for the Austin Metro Unit of the American Cancer Society.
Medical degree in 1971 from Duke University; internship in medicine at Albany Hospital, Albany, New York 1971-1972; fellowship in hematology and oncology 1972-1973, and at Baylor Affiliated Hospitals, Dallas, Texas in 1977.

Scott Hurst, FACHE, was most recently with Children’s Health, starting with them in August 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 were 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.

Douglas Lawson 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 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 at Dallas (Baylor Dallas) is a 952-bed not-for-profit academic medical center and is the f​lagship 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, Lawson 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, Lawson 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.
Lawson 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. Lawson 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 Lawson 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, where he managed all ancillary, clinical and core hospital operations and infrastructure for three years. In 2007, Lawson 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; a VHA Leadership award for patient care of MI and CHF; and significant gains in patient satisfaction, employee engagement, risk-adjusted mortality and operating income.
Lawson 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 in San Antonio, Texas, and a doctorate in philosophy from Dallas Baptist University. Lawson is also a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Stephen Love is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council which promotes collaboration, cooperation and advocacy on behalf of its 90 member hospitals. The Hospital Council also has approximately 100 Associate Members (business and industry), including prominent accounting, legal and consulting firms. The primary mission is to promote patient safety, quality healthcare and coordination in the delivery of healthcare within the North Texas market. He served as 2015 Chair for the Conference of Metropolitan and Regional Hospitals Association in the United States.
Mr. Love currently serves on the American Hospital Association Regional Policy Board 7, the Policy Committee on Trauma and Emergency Services of the Texas Hospital Association, American Heart Association Board for Dallas Division, the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Education and Research Foundation Board of Directors, the School of Public Health , Master of Health Administration (MHA) Professional Advisory Committee for Texas A&M, Board of Directors for YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas, Texas, the North Texas Advisory Board for Children at Risk and the Board of Directors of Prism Health North Texas and Mothers Against Drunk Driving Dallas. He is also a member of the University of Texas Arlington Health Care Administration Advisory Board. He serves as an Ex-Officio Board Member for the North Texas Commission and on the Health System CEO Council for the Dallas Regional Chamber. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the Cure Glaucoma Foundation. Mr. Love served as the 2014 Chair for March for Babies for the March of Dimes in Dallas and Fort Worth, and currently serves as Chair for Healthy North Texas for the American Heart Association. He serves on the Nursing Advisory Council for The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) School of Nursing and the Advisory Board for the North Texas Eye Research Institute.
Mr. Love has worked in healthcare management for over 40 years. He has demonstrated leadership in tax exempt, investor-owned, specialty and private hospitals in operations, finance and corporate governance.
He began his healthcare career in 1975 at a 450 bed tax exempt facility located near Richmond, Virginia. He has served in various capacities of healthcare management at the hospital, division and corporate levels.
Prior to joining the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council, Mr. Love was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of a Fortune 500 healthcare company that owned over 50 hospitals and managed approximately 200 facilities in the United States.
Mr. Love graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1973 with a B.S. degree in Business Administration. He and his wife Rebecca have been married for over 35 years and reside in Dallas, Texas.

Benjamin J. Retta, LMSW, is a lifelong resident of the Dallas area. Ben received his Bachelor of Social Work degree from North Texas State University (1983), and his Master of Science in Social Work degree from the University of Texas at Arlington (1998). For the past 33 years he has worked as a social worker in the Dallas and Collin County communities. Ben has worked for the Salvation Army Social Service Center, CASA of Collin County and for 13 years at Child Protective Services. Currently, Ben is the senior director of Support Services at Children’s Medical Center Dallas, where his has been employed since 1999. In this capacity he oversees the Child Life, Language Access Services, Pastoral Care, Hospital School Services, Social Work and Volunteer Services departments at Children’s Health Dallas. Ben has served on the ethics committee at Children’s Health Dallas for the past 17 years. Since 2009 Ben has served as the Children’s Health representative co-chair of the ethics committee.

David J. Tesmer, senior vice president of community engagement and advocacy, has more than 25 years of experience in public policy and stakeholder relations. Joining Texas Health Resources in 1995, he is responsible for providing strategic direction and management in the areas of public policy, stakeholder relations, community health improvement and faith and spirituality integration.
Tesmer has held a variety of key leadership positions at the local, state and national level including serving as chair of the North Texas Commission and the Government Affairs Committee of Premier Inc. (Washington D.C). He is also a member of the American Hospital Association’s Regional Policy Board.
He has been recognized by Premier, AHA and THA for his outstanding advocacy efforts by receiving the Excellence in Advocacy Award, Most Valuable PAC Player and HOSPAC Star Award.
Tesmer earned both his undergraduate degree in political science and master of public administration from Texas Tech University.

Jason Wren, President and Chief Executive Office of Wise Health System (“WHS”), joined WHS in 2013 as its General Counsel and, later, Vice President of Corporate and Legal Services. He became President and CEO in April of 2017. Mr. Wren is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, as well as the American Health Lawyers Association and the Health Law sections of the Texas State Bar and the American Bar Association. Mr. Wren received his undergraduate degree in business administration from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, a law degree from the University of Texas School of Law, and a Masters in Business Administration with a Health Services Management concentration from the University of North Texas. Following law school, Mr. Wren served as a briefing attorney for the Supreme Court of Texas from 2000 to 2001. Mr. Wren is president of the Economic Development Corporation’s board of directors for the City of Decatur, Texas, and a former member of the City Council.
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Annual ACHENTX General Membership Dinner
2017-11-14 17:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
Special guest speaker this year is Rulon F. Stacey, Ph.D, FACHE.
Dr. Rulon Stacey is a Managing Director in the Healthcare practice at Navigant. Stacey is a recognized healthcare leader, who brings a future-focused, leadership-driven approach to clients. Stacey is a former Chair of the Board of Directors of the American College of Healthcare Executives and twice named by Modern Healthcare as one of the top 100 most influential people in American Healthcare. Stacey brings with him a unique understanding of provider issues, leadership and governance challenges and strategy alternatives.
Dr. Stacey provides expertise is the design and development of initiatives that support cultural and organizational changes needed for ongoing success as health systems evolve from fee-for-service to value-based environment.
The evening will also include:

A brief review of the status of our Chapter
The 2017 Chapter Awards
The 2018 Board & Officer Nominations
Recognition of the Annual Student Case Study Competition Winners

Click here to watch a brief video from when Brigham Young University recognized Dr. Stacey with their Distinguished Service Award.
Once again this year we are accepting Table Reservations as well as individual registrations.
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After Hours Event - Four Corners Brewing Company
2017-12-07 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Four Corners Brewing Company, 1311 South Ervay Street, TX, 75215, United States
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!
We will be visiting the Four Corners Brewing Company at it’s new location, just south Interstate 30 and Downtown Dallas.
This will be a special event in that $10 of each ticket purchased will be donated to the Texas Hospital Association’s Hospital Employee Assistance Fund which directly supports healthcare workers who were victims of Hurricane Harvey.
In addition to this contribution to THA’s Hospital Employee Assistance Fund, your ticket will also include:

Your first beer
Light snacks
Free parking
A tour of the brewery

We look forward to seeing you there!
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Breakfast with the Executive Vice President
2018-01-30 07:30 - 09:00 (America/Chicago) | Moncrief Cancer Institute | UT Southwestern, 400 W. Magnolia Avenue, Fort Worth, TX, 76104, United States
Join us for our first Breakfast with the CEO event for 2018!

Mack Mitchell, M.D.
Interim Executive Vice President
Health System Affairs
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Mack Mitchell, M.D. was appointed Interim Executive Vice President for Health System Affairs in September 2017. He is responsible for overseeing the UT Southwestern Medical Center clinical enterprise, including the Medical Center’s University Hospitals & Clinics as well as patient-care relationships with Parkland Health & Hospital System and Children’s Health℠ Children’s Medical Center Dallas. Since March 2016 he has served as Chief Medical Officer for the Southwestern Health Resources Physician Network and Accountable Care Network. He is Vice President for Medical Affairs at UT Southwestern where he also is a Professor of Internal Medicine. Dr. Mitchell’s clinical and research interests are in gastroenterology and liver diseases. He earned his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, and he has been listed as one of D Magazine’s Best Doctors in Dallas. Before coming to UT Southwestern, he was the Chief of Gastroenterology and the Medical Director of Ambulatory Services at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Chairman of Internal Medicine at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, and Chairman of Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is president of ABMRF/The Foundation for Alcohol Research, and he was honored with the Seixas Award for Distinguished Service by the Research Society on Alcoholism.
Thank you, Dr. Mitchell and UT Southwestern Medical Center for hosting this event!
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New Horizons Education & Networking Event
2018-02-08 17:30 (America/Chicago) | Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children – Frisco, 5700 Dallas Parkway, Frisco, TX, 75034
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This is our second annual New Horizons event, 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.
Note: In addition to being able to hear and meet the below presenters, on a first-come/first served basis we will also be offering a limited number of registrants the opportunity to have brief mock interviews and resume reviews with healthcare human resources experts from around the metroplex. This will not be a job fair, but instead a professional development opportunity — enabling you to receive direct feedback from those who are conducting healthcare industry interviews and filtering through resumes on a day-to-day basis. A photographer will also be onsite (more details to follow) for those wanting professional headshots taken as well.
Presenters:
Dresdene Flynn-White, FACHE
Managing Director
Acquired Leadership Solutions
Winjie Miao
EVP, Chief Experience Officer
Texas Health Resources
Andrea Newman, RN, BSN CIC
Director of Quality
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Stephenville
Nayan D. Patel, CHCIO, FHIMSS, PMP
Avis Advisors, Managing Director
IT Strategy & Performance
Jared Shelton, FACHE
President
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen
Michael Wiggins, FACHE
Administrator, Children’s Medical Center Plano
Sr. Vice President, Children’s Health
Presenters’ Bios:
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.
Winjie Tang Miao is the executive vice president and chief experience officer for Texas Health Resources. In this role, she leads system efforts to deliver a seamless, holistic consumer experience across the entire Texas Health organization. The Experience division uses consumer insights to develop new products and services, establish and maintain a consistent, differentiated consumer and care team experience, enhance the Texas Health brand, and drive Texas Health’s strategic and operational transformation efforts.
Miao joined Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas in 2000 as an administrative resident. At Texas Health Dallas she oversaw the development of more than $500 million in construction and the growth and development of outpatient clinics and the oncology service line. In 2007, she was named president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Azle, a facility that is recognized for both quality and community health efforts. In 2011, she became president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance. Under her leadership, Texas Health Alliance opened in 2012, and has received national recognition for its innovative technology. Miao became Texas Health’s senior vice president of System Integration and Innovation in 2015 and was instrumental in systemwide efforts such as Reliable Care Blueprinting.
In 2013, Miao was honored with the Outstanding Achievement Award from the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce-Southwest Region. She has been named by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of the “130 Women Hospital and Health System Leaders to Know” (2015) and “25 Healthcare Leaders Under Age 40” (2012). In 2008, she was honored as one of Modern Healthcare magazine’s “Up and Comers.”
A biomedical engineering graduate of Johns Hopkins University, Miao also earned a master’s degree in health care administration, with a concentration in financial management and quality management, from the University of North Carolina.
Andrea Newman, RN, BSN CIC
Director of Quality
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Stephenville
Andrea Newman is the Director of Quality/Patient Safety/Risk Management for Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Stephenville (THS) and is a member of the hospital’s Executive Team. In this role, she oversees quality, performance improvement, infection prevention, patient safety, risk management and medical staff affairs. Under her leadership, the Quality Department has helped lead the hospital to improved quality scores, hospital ratings and data driven performance improvement changes.
Andrea joined THS in 2009 as a labor and delivery nurse. In 2010, she accepted the Infection Prevention Coordinator position. While in this position she earned her certification in infection control (CIC). In 2013, Andrea became Director of Quality/Patient Safety/Risk Management. Andrea is a Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt.
In 2011, Andrea was recognized as a Texas Health Resource (THR) “Patient Safety Star” and in 2015 she was honored as a Dallas Fort Worth Great 100 Nurse. She has received multiple awards for her performance as well as recognition for leading many quality, safety and operational initiatives. In 2016, Andrea was chosen by THS leadership to participate in THR’s Talent Acceleration Program which she completed and obtained her certificate in 2017.
Andrea earned her Bachelors of Science degree in Nursing from Murray State University in 1999, and is currently pursuing her Masters in Healthcare Administration at University of Texas, Arlington.

Nayan Patel is a Managing Director at Avis Advisors, a healthcare IT consulting firm with expertise in Strategy, M&A, and Operational Excellence. He recently served as the Director of Information Services on the executive leadership team for The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano for-profit cardiovascular specialty hospital, providing direction and oversight of all IT investments, operations, and governance. During his leadership, the hospital became the seventh largest heart valve program and the Top 1.7% of all heart surgery programs in the United States (per Society of Thoracic Surgeons). Through its growth, Mr. Patel maintained a tight budget while keeping a strong commitment to guests seeking safe, quality, compassionate care. Under his guidance, the hospital successfully integrated a secondary heart hospital, expanded cardiovascular technology services, and implemented ITIL processes to enhance service delivery and improve customer service. His efforts also included implementing a project management office (PMO) and the standardization of IT governance processes for Baylor Scott & White Health.
Nayan is a pragmatic thinker with a passion for improving the end user experience while delivering high quality service to clinical, business, and research operations. He received his BSEE and MSEE from the University of Tennessee, and an MBA from Southern Methodist University (SMU). Nayan achieved his Fellow status with HIMSS and the CHIME CHCIO designation in 2014.
A firm believer in giving back to the community, he currently serves on the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Planning Committee, the SMU Information Technology Operations and Management Advisory Board, the University of Texas at Dallas Healthcare Management Advisory Council, and the Sci-Tech Discovery Center Board. Nayan attributes his success to his family’s support and the strong leaders that have partnered with him throughout his career.
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 therapies 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, where he serves on the Stewardship Committee. He is also an avid sports fan and loves to play golf and ski.
Michael Wiggins, FACHE, serves as Senior Vice President and 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. Michael has 25 years of health care leadership experience.
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 serves on 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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First Quarter Double Panel Education Event
2018-02-22 15:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago)
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Offering 3.0 Face-to-Face Credits (1.5 per panel)
Panel 1: Equity of Care
Quality of care should not vary based on the patients’ socioeconomic, ethnic, gender, or geographic background. It is known however, there is a healthcare divide in the U.S. especially in vulnerable populations including: those lacking health insurance, low income families, racial and ethnic minorities, and LGBT populations. The Affordable Care Act aims to address access and equity of care issues by expanding health insurance coverage. The improvement in access to care will change the way healthcare is delivered and financed.
To embrace diversity is a core principle of the healthcare management profession and is also an ethical and business imperative. Healthcare organizations must ensure their staff is educated on disparities in order to appropriately address the needs of patients from diverse cultural and economic backgrounds to provide equitable high-quality care to all. It has been shown that patient-centered care improves clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction while reducing medical errors and costs. Eliminating healthcare disparities provides a strategic component to ensure organizational excellence and long-term financial viability.
Moderator: Virginia Rose-Harris, MBA, FACHE
VP of Service Line Officer & Administrator
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital
Panelists:
Tiffany Capeles, MBA
Director, Health Equity
CHRISTUS Health
Nydia A. Gonzalez, MS, CCDP
Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer
JPS Health Network
James H. Sammons Jr., M.D., M.S., FACHE, FACOG
Chief Medical Officer
Texas Health Arlington Memorial
Panel 2: Diversity in Healthcare Management: Value-Added Business Sense
Diversity in healthcare management is of critical importance and this factor must be recognized in the health care industry as organizations explore their recruitment processes. An increasingly diverse patient population can place pressure on health care organizations to reflect the communities they serve. Healthcare leaders also recognize that diversity brings fresh perspectives and skills provided by diverse employees that can help produce a bottom-line benefit for their organization, resulting in added value as well as competitive advantage.
Often, there is disconnect between an organization’s diversity initiatives and the ability to promote diverse workforce within all levels of the organization. Many c-suite executives and managers fail to understand diversity, its value, and the importance of identifying, developing, and advancing diverse talent. Building a diverse leadership team will help drive organizational success and enhance cultural competence. It is important for healthcare leaders to begin a realistic discussion about diversity and their responsibility in effectively encouraging diversity within their organization and integrating into strategic initiatives
Moderator:
Guwan Jones, MPH, CHES
Vice President Workforce Planning/Chief Diversity Officer
Human Resources
Baylor Scott & White
Panelists:
Nkem Okafor
Vice President, Strategy & Planning
Methodist Health System
Jyric Sims
Chief Executive Officer
Medical City Fort Worth
Paula Turicchi, FACHE
Administrator of Hospital Operations
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Speaker Bios:
As Director of Health Equity, Tiffany Capeles is responsible for establishing and advancing the Health Equity strategy of CHRISTUS Health by working across the organization to ensure initiatives, resources and tools are effectively leveraged. She is particularly skilled at driving business results, as well as establishing processes to advance the health and wellbeing of vulnerable communities that align and support population health and other organizational goals. Ms. Capeles’s knowledge navigating the complex challenges of connecting the IT infrastructure for multisite hospital systems with different EMR platforms, to enable data collection, analytics, and reporting has positioned CHRISTUS Health to begin setting metrics on Equity of Care initiatives. She leads the implementation of innovative system changes that promote community health, reduce health inequities, and improve patient outcomes.
Prior to CHRISTUS, Ms. Capeles served as the Program Director for the Health and Wellness Alliance at Children’s Health in Dallas, TX. There she led a collective impact initiative that brought together over 60 community leaders to ensuring that every child with asthma achieves their fullest health, well-being, and potential. Her work in guiding this coalition resulted in long-term successes for both the community, as well as the children themselves. As a result of the community collaborative, Dallas Housing Authority is now smoke-free, the city’s decade old housing policy was revised to require landlords to maintain properties in alignment with the National Center for Health Housing standards, as well as training city code compliance officers to issue violations for potential health concerns, not just safety concerns.
Before her time in Texas, Ms. Capeles served as a Consultant at the Center for Health Equity & Wellness at Adventist HealthCare in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Throughout her tenure with the Center, she advised hospitals’ leadership and served as a pioneer in helping hospitals achieve health equity through the establishment of culturally and linguistically appropriate programs, services, and policy for underserved populations. Her portfolio of work also includes concerted efforts in enhancing organizational cultural competence through the development of lectures and e-learning modules for clinical and non-clinical personnel, as well as, conducting organizational cultural competency assessments, developing organizational strategic plans to achieve health equity, and mobilizing internal and external coalitions across domains to address the social determinants of health.
Ms. Capeles’s work has received attention from healthcare systems both nationally and internationally and has been presented her work at national conferences and webinars. Additionally, Ms. Capeles led a collaborative partnership with the National Diversity Program Office of Kaiser Permanente to re-develop their Qualified Bilingual Staff (QBS) Model for adoption in acute care settings, and then piloted it at Adventist HealthCare. Success and recognition of the revised program resulted in Adventist HealthCare training over 800 bilingual healthcare professionals on proper medical interpretation in 10 languages, both internally and externally, in the community. These efforts ultimately led to Adventist HealthCare’s designation as the state model for training bilingual dual-role health care professionals, by the Maryland Hospital Association. Ms. Capeles then later led the effort to launch the first QBS Train-the-Trainer for Maryland hospitals statewide.
Her passion for population health is sincere and evident as she continues to help communities realize health equity, improve access to care, and ultimately improve the health of her community.
Ms. Capeles earned her Master of Business Administration in Finance at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, and her Bachelor of Science in Health Care Administration from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. She currently resides in Richardson, Texas with her husband and two adored, highly spirited little girls. Her interests include health policy, teen mentoring and camping.
Nydia Gonzalez is the Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer for JPS Health Network, Tarrant County’s tax-supported healthcare system that includes an acute care hospital, the county’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and only psychiatric emergency center and more than 60 unique points of care including 20 school-based health centers. JPS Health Network has been named among Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare, placing JPS among the top 150 healthcare companies in the nation. JPS is the only public entity in Texas included on the list of 2017 Best Places to Work, one of the most coveted honors in the industry.
Ms. Gonzalez’s division, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI), oversees cultural competency education, diversity compliance affirmative action, and business supplier diversity. The role of the ODI is to ensure that equity, diversity and inclusion are considered at the highest levels of institutional governance and established as a core organizational competence.
Changing demographics, the emergence of a knowledge-based economy and increases among the racially, ethnically, culturally and linguistically diverse populations residing in Tarrant County have provided a focus on the benefits of cultural competence at JPS. At the patient level, the presence of culturally competent employees builds trust, provides patient confidence and reduces costs associated with various types of medical errors. At the provider level, advancements in cultural competency can improve quality and accreditation scores. Minimizing racial and ethnic disparities requires not only culturally competent clinicians but also leaders who create an organizational environment in which cultural competence is enabled, cultivated and reinforced.
During the course of her career, Ms. Gonzalez has held diversity leadership positions in academic healthcare with The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, in higher education with Yale University, and in corporate America with Dell Computer Corporation.
Ms. Gonzalez believes a global perspective matters and that the fabric of our lives are given color, shape and texture by those close to us as well as those we meet in passing. They are an important part of the fabric of our lives – creating a global tapestry of friendship.

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.

Nkem Okafor is a senior healthcare executive with experience in strategy, business development, program management, hospital operations, and consulting. She is the Vice President of Strategy & Planning at Methodist Health System, a $1.4 billion, 9 hospital system in DFW. She oversees setting system-wide strategies and business planning, leads business development and growth activities, and guides market research and data analysis for the company’s decision-making.
Last year, Nkem was named one of the Top 15 Businesswomen in Dallas by the National Diversity Council. Previously, Nkem was a System Director at Houston Methodist Hospital System, where she oversaw programs focused on business development, operational improvement, global operations, community benefits, and population health management. Under her leadership, she expanded the company’s operations to new countries and turned a budget negative department into a profit-generating center, tripling revenue expectations. She also assisted in two acquisitions and improved operational performance, resulting in over $70 million in financial savings. She oversaw the system’s community benefits, totaling $530 million in funding for community health-related programs. She began her career at Deloitte Consulting as a Strategy & Operations Business Analyst.
Nkem has a Master of Public Health degree in Health Management from Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Management, and a Bachelor’s from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating cum laude and Honors with distinction. She is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, and an active member of National Association of Health Services Executives and the Dallas Regional Chamber’s Leadership Dallas.

Virginia Rose-Harris serves an Officer for Texas Health Resources and the Administrator of The Margot Perot Center for Women’s and Infants at Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas Hospital. In addition, Virginia heads up the community outreach initiatives and DSRIP/1115 Waiver programming forging relationships with community partners for Texas Health Dallas with an ultimate outcome of improving the health of the people in the communities Texas Health Resources serves. Most recently, Virginia led the organization in the development of a strategic relationship with Children’s Health and UT Southwestern resulting in pediatric specialty service offerings creating enhanced coordinated care for newborns and the neonatal patient population. The Margot Perot Center has achieved the distinction by Dallas Child as being the Best Place to Have a Baby for five years running.
Virginia is a graduate Fellow with the Texas Hospital Association and is a Leadership Dallas alum. She was formerly with HCA, Inc. out of Nashville Tennessee from 1990 – 2010 serving as Vice President and Strategic Development Officer and Chief Ethics and Compliance/Diversity Officer at Medical City Dallas Hospital, the flagship hospital for the system’s 166 hospital nationwide.
Virginia has been recognized most recently as one of the Inspirational, Accomplished and Engaging Women of Northeast Tarrant County, as one of Texas’ Most Powerful and Influential Women by the National Diversity Council and by the Dallas Business Journal for Women in Business Awards as a Change Maker for her significant contributions and achievements on the business front. In addition, community projects have resulted in recognition by D CEO Magazine for the Excellence in Healthcare Awards and by the Texas Hospital Association.
Virginia holds an MBA from Dallas Baptist University and is a Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives. She has been a keynote speaker at the Greater Fort Worth Healthcare Summit and the Women of Visionary Influence Annual Recognition luncheon. She has been invited to speak on topics such as successful workplace engagement, patient experience, diversity, leadership, business operations and strategy in several venues including the North Dallas Chamber, the Texas Diversity Council National Conference, Southern Methodist University Roundtable, Dallas North Chamber of Commerce, Texas Diversity Leadership Conference, HCA, the Society for Healthcare Marketing and Strategy Development and The Gallup Organization. Virginia has also consulted for hospitals across the nation in the areas of leadership, operations and employee engagement.
Virginia serves as a board member for the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce, Dallas Women’s Foundation, the Texas Diversity Council, Texas Health Women’s Specialty Surgery Center, Southwest Diagnostic Imaging Center and the Texas Health Surgery Center of Dallas and has served on the Executive Leadership Team of the American Heart Association Go Red Initiative for the last six years. Virginia also works with the Vickery Meadow area “brain trust” of non-profits including Healing Hands Ministries to design programs to care for refugees and families in the community who need access to health care.
AFFILIATIONS AND VOLUNTEERING:
World Affairs Council, Society for Healthcare Marketing and Strategy, American College of Healthcare Executives, American Heart Association – Go Red Co-Chair-2012/2013, March of Dimes, Genesis Women’s Shelter, Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Destination Imagination, Vickery Meadows Learning Center, Carroll Independent School District.
FAMILY:
Virginia is married and has two teenage children.
Dr. James Sammons serves as chief medical officer at Texas Health Arlington Memorial. He is responsible for promoting clinical excellence and safety in patient care throughout all hospital departments.
Since 2012, Sammons has led many diverse efforts such as preventing hospital-acquired infections and decreasing Medicare spending per beneficiary. Additionally, Texas Health Arlington Memorial became the first hospital in the system to achieve certification by The Joint Commission for Fragility Fractures.
With more than 25 years of physician leadership experience, Sammons formerly served as vice president for medical affairs at two Virginia health care systems: Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital in Newport News and Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center in Williamsburg. Having served in the Armed Forces for more than 26 years, Sammons is a retired colonel from the United States Air Force Medical Corps, where he completed clinical and leadership assignments during two wars.
Sammons graduated from Texas A&M University and Baylor College of Medicine in Texas. He completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Portsmouth Naval Regional Medical Center in Virginia. He also holds a master’s degree in national resource strategy from the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.
He also serves the community as Texas Health’s representative to the Texas Hospital Association’s Council on Policy Development, an Advisory Board member for the Arlington Life Shelter and a member of the Board of Managers for the Texas Health Heart and Vascular Hospital.
Sammons and his wife, Cindy, who is a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu, have two grown children and four grandchildren.
Jyric Sims is the Chief Executive Officer at Medical City Fort Worth. Prior to his current position, Sims has served as senior vice president and chief operating officer at Hospital Corporation of America’s (HCA) Tulane Health System, where he was responsible for daily operations of two acute care hospitals with over 500 beds and 35 hospital based clinics. His leadership is credited with remarkable improvements in patient experience, service line growth and recruitment of top talent to the organization. He led more than $50 million in construction and capital improvements over the past two years and exhibited a commitment to the community, having served on multiple community boards including the Louisiana Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Sims brings more than 17 years of healthcare experience to the role. His medical career began as a certified nursing assistant and quickly advanced to leadership and business development roles, including director of operations at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He joined HCA in 2011 serving as chief operating officer of St. Lucie Medical Center in Port St. Lucie, Florida and Associate Chief Operating Officer at Clear Lake Regional Medical Center in Webster, Texas. Sims received a Master of Health Administration from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and holds an undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University (LSU). He was also awarded the 2016 UAMS Alumnus of the Year and in 2015 the Modern Healthcare Up and Comer Award.
Paula Turicchi, FACHE, is Administrator of Hospital Operations, at Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas, Texas. She assists the Chief Operating Officer with all aspects of hospital operations including performance improvement, regulatory compliance, survey readiness, and project management. Parkland is an urban, inner-city, multi-specialty, academic health system with approximately 870 beds, a Level 1 Trauma Center, 39,000 adult and 1,500 neonatal ICU discharges, 18,000 surgeries 12,000 deliveries, and 1 million outpatient visits. Previously, she served as the Senior Vice President and Administrator of Women and Infant’s Specialty Health (WISH), overseeing outpatient, inpatient, and emergency services for one of the largest maternity services in the United States.
She recently served as the Chair of the Women’s Health Advisory Committee of Texas which was created by Senate Bill 200 of the 84th Legislature to advise the Health & Human Services Commission on consolidation of women’s health programs.
Paula is board certified in Healthcare Administration and holds a Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from Trinity University and Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
A special thanks to Jyric Sims and Medical City Fort Worth for hosting this event!

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ACHENTX New Member Networking Blitz - Winter 2018
2018-02-27 16:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
For new members from January 2017 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.
A light meal and drinks will be served.
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2018 ACHE Congress on Healthcare Leadership
2018-03-26 07:00 - 2018-03-29 12:15 (America/Chicago)
Attend ACHE’s 2018 Congress on Healthcare Leadership, March 26-29 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. The opportunity to lead is an incredible privilege—a doorway to bring about positive change in the communities you serve. Congress offers you the opportunity to be inspired, to be part of the solution and to be among the best and brightest in the healthcare field. Year after year, Congress delivers cutting-edge professional development, practical solutions and unparalleled networking with a global community of healthcare leaders. Be Part of Something Bigger! To learn more and to register, visit ache.org/Congress. Join the conversation with #ACHECongress in all your social media posts.

Cocktails with the Chiefs
2018-04-03 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | The Mercury Grill, 11909 Preston Road, Dallas, TX, 75230, United States
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Our popular Cocktails with the Chiefs event is back in Dallas – once again at the trendy Mercury Grill.
Come listen as local industry leaders share their experiences, gaining insights on how to build leadership skills and leveraging them for professional growth. Learn from their successes and challenges and be inspired to further pursue your own professional and personal development goals.
The event will include some great networking opportunities as well.
Moderator:
Nancy Vish, RN, Ph.D., NEA-BC
President
Baylor Heart & Vascular Hospital
Panelists:
John A. Gillean, M.D., M.H.A.
Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer
CHRISTUS Health
Ken Hutchenrider, FACHE
President
Methodist Richardson Medical Ctr
Winjie Miao
EVP, Chief Experience Officer
Texas Health Resources
Dr. Zach Mueller, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Division Chief Nursing Executive
Medical City Healthcare | HCA North Texas Division
Troy Thibodeaux
Regional President
Sound Physicians
Speaker Bios:
John A. Gillean, M.D. serves as the senior clinical executive of CHRISTUS Health, a faith-based, Catholic health care organization serving communities in the U.S., Mexico, and Colombia. In this capacity, Dr. Gillean oversees all clinical departments and programs needed for the delivery of high quality health care to fulfill the mission, “To extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ.” His many areas of responsibility include quality and patient safety, health informatics, accreditation readiness, clinical research and academics, physician and nurse professional development, clinical risk management, and other areas that impact the care delivered to patients and communities.
After receiving his medical degree from the University of Arkansas in 1977, Dr. Gillean completed an internal medicine internship at Tulane University in 1978, and his internal medicine residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in 1980. He achieved his board certification in internal medicine in 1981. From the time he graduated until 1995, he served as an internal medicine specialist in a community group practice in Texarkana, Texas. Prior to 1999, when Dr. Gillean assumed his current role with CHRISTUS Health, he served in a variety of administrative capacities as Medical Director for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arkansas, a physician-hospital association, in addition to managing a multi-specialty clinic and his own practice.
Dr. Gillean has a passion for quality health care delivery to meet the needs of individual patients and unique populations. He actively encourages physician and nursing input for problem solving and more effective transition of care from the acute care setting to ambulatory or home services. He continuously challenges CHRISTUS Health associates to move to a high reliability organization which first does no harm, and then optimizes health care outcomes.
Dr. Gillean has long supported the use of technology to improve the delivery of care through the use of evidence-based practices, implementation of best practices, and reducing human errors. As part of this commitment, he has co-authored a number of professional articles relating to the improvement of health care through the use of this technology. These include:

“A search for the ‘Holy Grail’ of health care: a correlation between quality and profitability.” Healthcare Financial Management, 2006.
“EHRs, CPOE and digital documentation: An effective component of the U.S. national response to the epidemic of medical error related deaths.” British Medical Journal, 2016.
“In defense of Meaningful Use.” Journal of Clinical Pathways, 2016.
“The impact of order source misattribution on provider CPOE performance.” (in peer review)
“Clinical impact and value of workstation single sign on.” (in peer review)

In addition to these professional outreach efforts through various publications, Dr. Gillean encourages his staff to actively participate in their professional organizations/associations on a national level. He believes that by sharing the learnings and best practices collaboratively, health care for all Americans can be improved.
Ken Hutchenrider, FACHE, joined Methodist Richardson Medical Center as President in July, 2010.
He has more than 25 years of executive experience with a result oriented record of substantially increasing financial stability and strengthening team management to build a tradition of providing the best care possible to the communities served.
During his tenure, Ken administered the assimilation of the hospital into the Methodist Health System, as well as the development of a $120M replacement hospital and its subsequent and ongoing expansions. Pam Stoyanoff, Chief Operations Officer of Methodist Health System has said “Ken is an outstanding leader with a proven track record in operational excellence.”
Additional accomplishments include the establishment of a new wound care center, recruitment and stabilization of the NICU physician group, development of the Da Vinci surgical program, and the successful recruitment/employment of new medical staff members. Under his direction, Methodist Richardson has received accreditations as a Chest Pain Center, a Stroke Center, and achieved nursing Pathway to Excellence.
Prior to July 2010, Ken served as the Chief Executive Officer of Galesburg Cottage Hospital, in Galesburg, Illinois. There, he successfully and effectively managed all facets of the 173 bed acute care facility, including a skilled nursing unit, inpatient psychiatric unit, a joint venture outpatient therapy unit, and a joint venture dialysis unit.
Previously in his career, Ken served in executive roles including Chief Executive Officer of the Terre Haute Regional Hospital in Terre Haute, Indiana and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Ken started his career in a clinical position as a Paramedic Shift Supervisor in Pasadena, Texas.
He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas A&M University and a Masters of Healthcare Administration from the University of Houston, Clear Lake.
Ken has received many accolades, including the American Heart Association SOAR Award, the Community Health System Outstanding Achievement Award, and Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He is actively involved in the community and currently serves as the Chairman of the Richardson Chamber of Commerce. Ken is an enthusiastic supporter of the PISD Health Sciences Academy.
On a personal note, Ken and his wife Melinda have two teenage daughters. When he’s not spending time with his family, you are most likely to find Ken on the golf course. He is also a private pilot.
Winjie Tang Miao is the executive vice president and chief experience officer for Texas Health Resources. In this role, she leads system efforts to deliver a seamless, holistic consumer experience across the entire Texas Health organization. The Experience division uses consumer insights to develop new products and services, establish and maintain a consistent, differentiated consumer and care team experience, enhance the Texas Health brand, and drive Texas Health’s strategic and operational transformation efforts.
Miao joined Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas in 2000 as an administrative resident. At Texas Health Dallas she oversaw the development of more than $500 million in construction and the growth and development of outpatient clinics and the oncology service line. In 2007, she was named president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Azle, a facility that is recognized for both quality and community health efforts. In 2011, she became president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance. Under her leadership, Texas Health Alliance opened in 2012, and has received national recognition for its innovative technology. Miao became Texas Health’s senior vice president of System Integration and Innovation in 2015 and was instrumental in systemwide efforts such as Reliable Care Blueprinting.
In 2013, Miao was honored with the Outstanding Achievement Award from the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce-Southwest Region. She has been named by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of the “130 Women Hospital and Health System Leaders to Know” (2015) and “25 Healthcare Leaders Under Age 40” (2012). In 2008, she was honored as one of Modern Healthcare magazine’s “Up and Comers.”
A biomedical engineering graduate of Johns Hopkins University, Miao also earned a master’s degree in health care administration, with a concentration in financial management and quality management, from the University of North Carolina.
Zach Mueller, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, serves as division chief nursing executive (DCNE) of Medical City Healthcare. In this role, he oversees patient care, nursing practice, education, informatics, patient experience, research and operations for nurses and other caregivers at all Medical City Healthcare hospitals in North Texas.
Dr. Mueller joined Medical City Dallas and Medical City Children’s Hospital in 2011 and was promoted to senior vice president and facility CNE in 2015. Under his leadership, patient satisfaction scores for women’s services and the neonatal intensive care unit increased significantly, and Medical City Dallas received an unprecedented third Magnet® designation for nursing excellence. In 2014, he was named among the prestigious Dallas-Fort Worth “Great 100 Nurses.”
Known for his innovation, Zach created the Compassion Campaign, a multiphase patient experience initiative designed to create compassionate connections between nurses and patients. The campaign contributed to the highest registered nurse (RN) employee engagement in five years and notable improvements in patient satisfaction results.
Dr. Mueller brings a wealth of healthcare experience to his role, having worked in nursing for over 18 years, chiefly at the bedside as an RN in the emergency department. He has also served in a variety of leadership roles, including as director of education, director of pediatrics and director of cardiovascular services. He has been a leader within HCA Healthcare, the parent company, for over 14 years. Zach is active in several professional organizations, including the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE). His career achievements include speaking nationally and internationally on a variety of nursing and healthcare topics.
Dr. Mueller holds two doctoral degrees from the University of Colorado, a Doctor of Nursing and a Doctor of Nursing Practice, as well as a master’s degree in nursing and two undergraduate degrees. He is board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a nursing executive, advanced.
As a dynamic nursing executive, Zach is passionate about nursing and leadership and is actively involved in driving organizational and system performance, and supporting a highly engaged and outcomes-driven workforce.
Nancy A. Vish, RN, PhD, FACHE, is president and chief nursing officer for the Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital. Since 2002, Dr. Vish has led north Texas’ first hospital dedicated solely to the care and treatment of heart and vascular disease. Her vision and commitment to quality, patient-centered care have enabled the hospital to become a destination of choice for patients in North Texas, across the state of Texas and from across the nation, seeking diagnosis and treatment for a wide variety of heart and vascular issues. Baylor Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital has become one of the leading heart disease research centers in the country thanks to Dr. Vish’s compassion and dedication to bringing tomorrow’s revolutionary cardiac interventions to patients today. Her laser-like focus on collaboration with world renown cardiologists, interventional cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons on the medical staff of Baylor Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital, has resulted in evidence-based care being delivered to every patient, every time. This has led to quality outcomes that consistently place Baylor Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital near the top of national quality performance metrics. Thanks to her experience as a nurse and her passion for leadership the hospital has earned many awards and recognitions, including:

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

Dr. Vish holds a doctor of nursing degree from Texas Women’s University, a master of science in nursing degree from Vanderbilt University and a bachelor of science in nursing degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Prior to assuming her role as president/CNO for Baylor Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital, she was vice president of clinical operations/CNO for the hospital. She has also served as program manager/director for the cardiac cath lab, electrophysiology/PM(?) lab, coronary care unit and interventional cardiology unit at Baylor University Medical Center and as head nurse of the specialty care unit at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN. She began her nursing career at Presbyterian University Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA.
Dr. Vish has received many special honors during her career:

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

Dr. Vish is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives, past president of the American Association of Critical Care Nursing (Dallas chapter), sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Society, Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals, American College of Cardiovascular Administrators Society of Critical Care Medicine, Vascular Nurses Society, American Nurses Association, Texas Nurses Association and Texas Organization of Nurse Executives.

As Sound Physician’s Regional President, Troy Thibodeaux provides operational and strategic leadership to drive value for patients, physicians, and hospital partners.
Throughout his 20 years of leadership experience, Troy has successfully worked to improve clinical quality, safety, patient experience and cost-effectiveness. With an emphasis on servant leadership, Troy works to develop and encourage teams to drive performance.
Prior to joining Sound, he served as President and CEO of Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock, TX. Troy is a strong supporter of The American College of Healthcare Executives and has served in multiple roles that include President of the East Texas ACHE Chapter. He is also a recipient of the American College of Healthcare Executives Regents Award.
Troy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Texas State University and a Master of Health Care Administration from Texas Woman’s University.

Thanks to Sound Physicians for hosting this event!
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Second Quarter Education Event
2018-04-26 15:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | CHRISTUS Health, 919 Hidden Ridge, Irving, TX, 75038, United States
Panels are approved for 1.5 Face-to-Face credits each (3.0 for both)
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Panel 1: Financial Implications: The Push from Inpatient to Outpatient Care
Moderator:
Brett McClung, FACHE
Executive Vice President & North Zone Operations Leader
Texas Health Resources
Panelists:
Tina Barker
Vice President, Strategy Management and Development
CHRISTUS Health
Leslie Pierce
VP Revenue Cycle
Methodist Health System
Steven R. Newton, MPH, FACHE
President
Baylor Scott & White West Region, North Division
Panel 2: Managing Your Clinical Supply Chain
Moderator:
Ben Isgur, FACHE
Leader
PwC Health Research Institute
Panelists:
Juliann Helsel, MSHM, BSN, RN
Utilization Director
ROi
Tony W. Johnson
Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer
Baylor Scott & White Health
Bill Lammers MHA, RT(R)(CT)
Service Line Director, Capital Equipment
CHRISTUS Health
Nathaniel Mickish, MBA
Vice President Strategic Sourcing
Texas Health Resources
Speakers Bios:
Tina Barker
Vice President, Strategy Management and Development
CHRISTUS Health
Tina Barker joined CHRISTUS Health in January of 2013 as the Vice President for Strategy Management and Development. The Strategy Management and Development office resides at the system office in Irving, TX and is responsible for planning, development and monitoring strategic plans for key system departments and the CHRISTUS Health regions both within the U.S. and Internationally.
Tina has over 15 years of relevant industry experience including roles at HCA, Tenet Healthcare, Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen. She received her Master’s Degree in Health Administration from Trinity University, San Antonio and her undergraduate degree, Bachelor of Science in Genetics, from Texas A&M, College Station.
Immediately prior to CHRISTUS Health Tina worked for HCA in the corporate office based in Nashville, TN where she held a Senior Director role in their centralized planning and development group. In this role she supported planning and development for the Southwest region which included 46 hospitals located in Texas, Colorado and Oklahoma. In addition, she had national oversight for service line planning for multiple service lines, including Ortho, IP Rehab, Oncology, Pediatrics, and Cardiovascular.
Juliann Helsel, MSHM, BSN, RN
Utilization Director
Roi
Juliann Helsel, Utilization Director, with Roi and has extensive experience in healthcare operations specializing in projects, quality and cost management. Prior to joining ROi, Ms. Helsel worked for Vizient where she worked as a consultant and assisted hospital executives with supply cost reduction. While at Vizient she also assisted hospital executives in managing their Value-Based Purchasing requirements along with overseeing the operations, education and development of Vizient’ s new web-based clinical and analytical tools. She also has experience in working with physicians and executives on utilization, consolidation and quality improvement initiatives and has served as a Chief Nursing Officer. She has received recognition and multiple awards for her leadership skills. Ms. Helsel received her B.S. in Nursing from Baylor University and Master’s in Health Services Management from University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.
Ben Isgur, FACHE
Leader
PwC Health Research Institute
Benjamin Isgur leads PwC’s Health Research Institute. HRI is a dedicated research group that provides new intelligence, perspective, and analysis on major health-related business issues. In this role, he oversees thought leadership and research initiatives for the firm and clients. He also consults with healthcare systems, trade associations, and policy groups on strategic planning, and industry intelligence and trends.
Ben is a published writer and his research is often cited by health leaders across the industry. He has been quoted in media outlets such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and Modern Healthcare and has appeared on the CNBC Nightly Business Report. In addition, he frequently speaks on a range of topics, including physician-hospital alignment, government policy, medical cost trends, consumerism, academic medicine and digital health.
Prior to joining PwC he developed health policy as a legislative director in the Texas House of Representatives and as a government relations officer for the City of Austin. Ben received a master’s degree from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin where he was a US Department of Defense fellow.
Tony W. Johnson
Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Office
Baylor Scott & White Health
Tony Johnson is a corporate senior vice president and Chief Supply Chain Officer for Baylor Scott & White Health. Tony joined Baylor Scott & White Health in July 2016. Tony is accountable for a system wide integrated supply chain and for controlling the cost of over $2B in annual spend for supplies andservices. Tony was previously an executive at Novant Health of Winston Salem NC. During his tenure at Novant, he developed an integrated supply chain that supported 13 Novant Health hospitals, 6 surgery centers, 71 imaging centers, and 356 physician practices in NC, SC, GA and VA. He has also developed a strategic sourcing organization that reduced Novant Health supply spend by over $300 million in 5 years, lowering Novant’s supply cost as a percent of net patient revenue from 19.5% to 14.3%. Tony also led a clinical engineering organization that self-maintained over 75,000 pieces of medical equipment to include over 200 CT’s and MRI’s. His supply chain and clinical engineering organizations were benchmarked as top performers in the country. Tony has an exceptional understanding of the healthcare supply chain, physician partnerships and optimizing costs for all non-labor expenses. As COO for Shared Services, Tony was responsible for operational improvements for 9 additional affiliated and managed hospitals.
Prior to joining Novant, Mr. Johnson served as Vice President of General Services for the Grady Health System in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also a retired army lieutenant colonel. Tony’s career includes leadership roles in civilian and military hospitals, a combat logistics battalion and a global logistics center located in Europe. He served as the Joint Task Force healthcare supply chain officer for the Department of Defense in support of the Rwandan refugee crisis in 1994. From Uganda, he provided medical supply support for healthcare operations in Rwanda, Uganda, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Kenya.
Tony has an undergraduate degree in biology and a master’s degree in business with a concentration in materials management. Tony served on local chambers of commerce and was a board member for the school of business at WinstonSalem State University and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC. Tony served as chairman of the operations council for the MNS supply chain network. Mr. Johnson has over 35 years of national and international healthcare operations and supply chain experience and has led and implemented several significant advancements in supply chain operations during his career that were adopted globally.
Bill Lammers MHA, RT(R)(CT)
Service Line Director, Capital Equipment
CHRISTUS Health
Bill Lammers is the current Service Line Director, Capital Equipment with CHRISTUS Health. He has over 30 years of healthcare experience. Bill’s medical experience started in the US Navy as a Hospital Corpsman. After the Navy Bill attended the Medical University of South Carolina and received his Master’s in Health Administration. He has research experience with capital equipment and life-cycle-analysis from working with MD Buyline and has spent many years negotiating capital equipment for large health care systems and GPOs. Bill maintains a license in both CT and radiography.
Brett McClung, FACHE
Executive Vice President & North Zone Operations Leader
Texas Health Resources.
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 Graduate Student at Stanford University and Mackenzie, a sophomore at University of Southern California.
Nathaniel Mickish, MBA
Vice President Strategic Sourcing
Texas Health Resources
Nate Mickish is the vice president of strategic souring for Texas Health Resources in Arlington, Texas. He has been with Texas Health Resources since January 2013 and prior to that, he was with CHI Health (f/k/a Alegent Health) in Omaha, NE. In addition to his role at Texas Health, Nate serves on the board of the Bellwether League; an organization dedicated to the development and recognition of supply chain leaders in healthcare. Nate earned his Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Nebraska system.

Steven R. Newton, MPH, FACHE
President
Baylor Scott & White Health, North Texas Operations
Steve Newton is a senior vice president of Baylor Scott and White Health, and president of the DFW West Region, which has annual operating revenue of 800 million and more than 4,000 employees. Steve has 28 years’ experience in large integrated delivery systems in the for-profit and not-for profit sectors, and more than 20 years’ experience as president of tertiary/quaternary care hospitals.
Steve serves as a board member of the DFW Hospital Council Foundation, Grapevine Chamber of Commerce, United Way of Tarrant County, and the Healthy Tarrant County Collaborative, and is past chairman of the Dallas – Fort Worth Hospital Council and the American Heart Association Tarrant County affiliate. He was a founding board member of the Healing Shepard Clinic of Union Gospel Mission, and served as the 2016 Chair of the Tarrant County March for Babies campaign. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
He is a cum laude graduate of Williams College and received a Master’s Degree in Public Health from Yale University. He is married, has three children, and is an avid long-distance runner and veteran of 17 marathons.
Leslie Pierce
VP Revenue Cycle
Methodist Health System
Leslie Pierce is SVP Revenue Cycle at Methodist Health System. She is currently responsible for guiding highly skilled cross functional teams in the design, development, and implementation of best practice revenue cycle solutions and processes. She was previously an AVP Client Relations at Parallon Business Solutions. Leslie has 18+ years experience as a healthcare executive with multi-facility operational experience and is a proven leader in revenue cycle best practices consistently achieving revenue, cost, and productivity goals.
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Community Service Event - DME Exchange of Dallas
2018-05-05 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | 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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ACHENTX Retirees/Life Fellows Breakfast
2018-05-08 07:30 - 09:00 (America/Chicago) | Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Irving, 1901 North MacArthur Boulevard, Irving, TX, 75061, United States
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The ACHENTX Life Fellows/Retiree Subcommittee would like to invite our Life Fellows, Retirees, and those approaching retirement to our May 8th breakfast networking event to be hosted by Baylor Irving. We will begin at 7:30 AM in the Board Room with breakfast and a roundtable discussion highlighting the many roads we’ve traveled during our “retirement”.
Our deepest appreciation to Julie Tosh, Nancy Vish and Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Irving for hosting this event.

2018 East and North Texas ACHE Spring Education Summit
2018-05-25 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Denver)
The ACHE of North Texas chapter and East Texas ACHE Forum join forces again, offering for the third year in a row, great quality education at an incredibly discounted price!
6 Hours of Face-to-face continuing education!!!!
Registration at 7:30am – 8:00am, First Session begins at 8:00am
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Panel 1: Physician Integration Approaches
Moderator – Scott Hurst, FACHE
Panelists:
Jennifer Beal
Roger Fowler, MD, FAAFP
Michael Hicks, MD, MBA, MHCM, FACHE
Panel 2: Customer Service in Healthcare
Moderator – Louise Thornell
Panelists:
Sherri Gould
Jennifer Blake
George Roberts, Jr., FACHE
Lunch will be provided onsite.
Panel 3: Executive Role in IT Decision
Moderator – Nick Kagal, FACHE, FHIMSS
Panelists:
Tim Pugsley, FACHE
Tom Cutler, RN, MBA, FACHE
Don Taylor, MHA
Panel 4: Executive On-Boarding
Moderator – Ekta Pathare, FACHE
Panelists:
Erich Koch, FACHE
Patty Boeckmann, RN, MHA, FACHE
David Helfer, FACHE, CMPE, MS, BA, R-CVT, EMT

Speaker Bios:

Jennifer L. Beal
Vice President Physician Integration and Shared Services
CHRISTUS Clinic Management Services
Jennifer joined CHRISTUS in 2015 and currently serves as the Vice President of Physician Integration & Shared Services for CHRISTUS Clinic Management Services. Jennifer is responsible for recruiting physician and advanced practice providers, onboarding clinicians, supporting provider wellness and engagement, and supporting marketing for all practices. Additionally, she has assisted in keeping the organization’s key customers apprised of the ongoing status of CHRISTUS Physician Group, while also providing support to regional leaders to ensure clinic operations meet the needs of the organization and the communities they serve. Prior to CHRISTUS, Jennifer was the Director of Physician Recruitment at Baylor Scott & White Health.
Jennifer Blake
Glenwood Site Executive Practice Manager & Women Health/Title X Project Manager
Tyler Family Circle of Care

Jennifer A. Blake is an Executive Site Manager of multiple Service Lines at the Tyler Family Circle of Care. She holds a Bachelors in Business Administration, a Master’s Degree in Clinical sciences, with a minor in Public health from the Strayer University. She has over 17 years of experience in practice management and has held various management and leadership positions in the healthcare industry throughout her career.
She currently manages three sites, a Dental, Family Planning, and Woman’s Health programs. She is also responsible for assuring that the services delivered by Tyler Family Circle of Care are consistent with the organization’s mission and are accessible to all people in the communities we serve. She is respected by those she encounters and goes above and beyond, for not only the patients, but her coworkers as well. She is a member of the American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, and a Student member for ACHE, and Golden Key International Honor Society.
Patricia Boeckmann, RN, MHA, FACHE
Chief Operating Officer
Titus County Medical Center
Patricia Boeckmann, RN, MHA, FACHE, is a Chief Operating Officer who has a significant history of recruiting and onboarding executives in a variety of healthcare settings.
Before joining Titus Regional Medical Center in Mount Pleasant, Texas, Patricia was the COO for Straub Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, one of four hospitals of Hawaii Pacific Health. At Straub, Patricia was accountable for operations, business development and physician alignment for a 159 bed adult tertiary medical center with more than 200 employed physicians. Previously, Patricia served in various executive roles with Allina Health in Minneapolis, MN, a comprehensive health system of 11 hospitals, 85 clinics, 15 community pharmacies and 4 ambulatory surgery/diagnostic centers employing more than 23,000 employees, 5,000 physicians and 2,500 volunteers.
Patricia feels fortunate to have been called on to onboard executives new to organizations, as well as to coach and mentor established leaders moving up in organizations.
As much as Patricia enjoys her work, she appreciates family time with her 9 children (2 hers, 6 his, and 1 ours), and 10 grandchildren (and counting); outrigger canoeing on Lake Bob Sandlin, and trying to keep her daughter’s dog, Zeppelin, from chewing up all the garden hoses.
Thomas Cutler, FACHE, MBA, RN
Senior Manager Information Resources
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Thomas Cutler, FACHE, MBA, RN has been an information technology leader at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas for the past nine years. Prior to this he worked for seven years in Perot Systems Healthcare Division. He has over three decades of experience in various technology leadership roles. He has selected and implemented vendor supplied systems as well as lead teams to produce locally developed systems and interfaces. He has a Bachelor’s in Computer Science, a Master’s in Business Administration and is a Registered Nurse.
Roger Fowler, MD, FAAFP
Chief Medical Directgor of Population Health and Health Plans, CMO for the CHQCA and CLACOTrinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics
Roger began solo Family Medicine Physician in Kilgore, Texas, from October 1981 until November 1996. Provided full spectrum family medicine care. In 1996, he joined the newly formed Trinity Clinic, an employed physician group that incorporated 1 year earlier and part of the integrated Trinity Mother Frances Health System.
In November 2005, he moved practice to Lindale, Texas, practicing only ambulatory care. He ceased with direct patient care January 31, 2017, as he assumed present role with CHRISTUS Health.
While with the Trinity Clinic, he serve many roles including Trinity Clinic Board member for 9 years, serving the last 5 years as Chairman. He served on various committees including Finance, Customer Service and Quality. He provided medical leadership for the PCMH recognition for all of primary care in 2011. The Clinic achieved Level III PCMH recognition for all 120 primary care providers with re-recognition in 2014 and in process for 2017. He envisioned, launched and provided leadership for the department of Population Health for the Trinity Clinic in January 2015 until joining CHRISTUS Health in February 2017. He also served as Chief of Primary Care for 2 years until assuming full responsibility for Population Health for the CHRISTUS Health Trinity Mother Frances System.
Sherri L. Gould RN BSN
Executive Practice Manager- Pediatrics
Tyler Family Circle of Care FQHC
Sherri Gould joined Tyler Family Circle of Care in 2015 with 23 years of healthcare experience. Previous nursing leadership positions within the hospital, home health and/or hospice settings have led her to strive for the absolute best in patient outcomes, while maintaining compliance with regulatory agencies or federal guidelines. Mrs. Gould’s highlight of her career has been working in the FQHC forum of pediatric healthcare. Starting in 2015 with this current Executive Practice Manager position, she was asked to assist in the opening of a second clinic in Tyler for pediatrics. In 2016 she was also asked to assist in the opening of another clinic in Jacksonville, Texas, for family medicine/OB/GYN. She completed her BSN in 2015 at University of Texas at Arlington, and is currently a candidate for the Masters in Healthcare Administration with Grand Canyon University. She anticipates completion Fall of 2018.
Mrs. Gould is married for 19 years to Michael H. Belyeu, and has two children, Jason and Christina Gould, from a previous marriage (widowed), and two step-sons, Shawn and Michael S. Belyeu, who combined have given her 5 grandchildren.
Mrs. Gould’s hobbies are photography, boating, fishing, and the grandchildren, when she is not working on a school project or work related committee project.
She has joined with The American College of Healthcare Executives, and is a lifetime member of the Texas Nurses’ Association.
Mrs. Gould’s role at Tyler Family Circle of Care includes initial formalization of the Emergency Preparedness Plan for Tyler Family Circle of Care, along with the annual applications for FTCA malpractice grant for the business, and assisting in health fair events involving pediatrics. She also assisted in achieving the Patient Centered Medical Home III status for TFCC in 2017. She maintains a seat on the Advisory Committee boards for NETHealth Immunization Coalition and the Tyler Independent School District HEADSTART programs, and Region 7 ESC Headstart Home Services Advisory Committee.
Tyler Family Circle of Care is an FQHC with five clinics, three within Tyler, one in Jacksonville and one in Athens, Texas. Serving over 70,000+ visits to their combined clinics last year and having increased patient Medicaid and affordable healthcare population has added to their financially stable position in Smith, Cherokee and Henderson counties.
David Helfer, FACHE, CMPE, MS, BA, R-CVT, EMT
President
Texas Institute for Surgery at Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas Hospital
Dave is currently the President of the Texas Institute for Surgery at Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas Hospital, an acute care, for-profit partnered entity between independent physicians and Texas Health Resources system. He owns a home and his family lives in Nichols, SC and he commutes to his current role. Dave is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and holds a Master’s Degree in Adult Education and a Bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Sciences both earned at National-Louis University in Evanston, IL. While Dave works in Dallas, he commutes from his family and home who live in Nichols, SC near Myrtle Beach.
He earned an Advance Leadership Certificate course at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. He is a Board Certified Executive, Personal and Career Coach ( CCE) and an Associate Certified Coach ( International Coach Federation) Dave has served as a mentor for the ACHE for many years both for individuals and groups and is often sought by colleagues to provide career counseling. He is a member of the University of Texas-Dallas Executive Healthcare Council.
He possesses an extensive clinical background as Emergency Medical Technician license in TX and VA, is a Registered Cardiovascular Technologist, Certified Pulmonary Technician and managed numerous clinical departments ranging from cardiovascular, emergency and surgical services.
Dave has worked in healthcare for nearly thirty years as a clinician, manager, executive and consultant in small and large health systems throughout the US. Before his current position, he was a Sr. Vice President with a physician owned consulting company and before that, worked as a Divisional Sr. Vice President and Executive Director with CHI St. Luke’s Health in Houston building and operating the Woodlands Hospital, Woodlands, TX. At the same time, he had executive responsibilities within the St. Luke’s Medical Center flagship hospital accounting for nearly $400 M in operational revenue leading nearly 1000 employees.
Dave has conducted private consultation throughout the US and has participated in numerous teaching and coaching relationships, some under the purview of the ACHE and University of Texas, Dallas as well as Arlington. He is the President-Elect for the Rotary Club of Dallas-Uptown and held officer roles including Secretary. Dave has been named a Board member of the UTD Healthcare Executive Council.
Dave served in the US Army between 1973 and 1976 stationed in Fort Bragg, 82nd Airborne Division and worked as a helicopter electrician. He was Honorably discharged as a Sergeant E-5. His first job in a hospital was as a phlebotomist drawing blood on patients working his way up to a President of a hospital.
Michael R. Hicks, MD, MBA, MHCM, FACHE
Executive Vice President, Health Partnerships & Clinical Affairs
University of North Texas Health Science Center
National Medical Director, HCA Ambulatory Surgery Division
Principal, The Leadership Frame
Senior Fellow, Texas Institute for Patient Safety
Attending Anesthesiologist, US Anesthesia Partners
I am blessed to work with several fantastic teams. At the University of North Texas Health Science Center I lead the clinical activities of the University’s health professions schools. This includes developing and managing the HSC’s relationships with the region’s health systems and clinical practice partners, leading the HSC’s clinical practice and its Institute for Patient Safety. I work closely with the Deans of the HSC schools to develop outstanding clinical educational experiences throughout North Texas. This includes the development of Graduate Medical Education opportunities for graduate physicians as well as Continuing Education for practicing health care clinicians and administrators.
I am also the National Medical Director for the Ambulatory Surgery Division of HCA. In this role I work with clinical teams of medical directors and surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and administrators that provide clinical care at over 130 ambulatory surgical centers that provide surgical services to approximately 800,000 patients annually.
With my multiple roles I am able to meld real world practical experience in health care delivery at HCA with the HSC’s vision of creating the clinical workforce of the future.
Previously I served as the CEO of EmCare Anesthesia Services, a division of Envision Healthcare Holdings (NYSE: EVHC) and as President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Pinnacle Partners in Medicine (now US Anesthesia Partners) which under my leadership became the largest anesthesiology practice in the US. In these and other roles I have been actively involved in health care industry consolidation activities including physician practice rollups, mergers, and acquisitions in both the private equity and public market environments. I have served as a consultant to many US and international health care companies providing a variety of health care services including a significant presence in the field of perioperative medicine. On a personal level I serve as a mentor for young careerists from both clinical and administrative backgrounds.
I am a lifelong learner. I have a degree in chemistry from West Virginia University and an MD from West Virginia University School of Medicine, an MBA from the University of Dallas and a Master of Science in Health Care Management from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. I trained as an anesthesiologist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Hospital in Dallas as well as the Texas Heart Institute in Houston. I have board certifications in Anesthesiology from the American Board of Anesthesiology and in Clinical Informatics from the American Board of Preventive Medicine. I am a member of a number of professional societies and am a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
My wife Michelle B. Hicks, Ph.D., an executive coach and former college professor, and I live in Irving, Texas. We have three adult daughters: Katie who is a practicing attorney, Rachel who is an Emergency Medicine resident physician and Rebecca who is in the final month of a Master of Medical Science degree program in Human Genetics and Genetic Counseling at Emory University School of Medicine.
Scott Hurst, FACHE
Project Leader, Clinical Decision Support
Methodist Health System
Scott currently serves as a Project Leader in Clinical Effectiveness & Patient Safety at Methodist Health System in Dallas, TX. In this role, he is responsible for promoting and facilitating the assimilation and integration of clinical data across system resources in the pursuit of advancing quality or driving efficiency.
Prior to joining Methodist Health System, Scott spent four years with Children’s Health in Dallas, TX. During his time at Children’s Health, he had direct oversight of the Physician Outreach and Physician Information teams, fiduciary oversight of multiple budgets and responsibility for the development of clinically integrated networks. In October of 2014, he shifted into a dyad management role over the Pediatric Partners, a clinically integrated network, focused on protecting the practice of independent medicine while standardizing evidence-based protocols and pathways. Scott and his team of integrated network advisors were 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.
All told, Scott has spent the last 18 years working in the health care arena. In addition to working at Children’s Health, Scott worked with Lone Star Pharmaceuticals, EmCare, CHRISTUS Spohn Health System in Corpus Christi, TX and in retained physician search for multiple industry leaders including Goldfish Partners, Delta Physician Placement and Merritt Hawkins & Associates.
Scott resides in Lantana, TX with his wife Lisa who is an assistant principal at Guyer High School in Denton, TX. His stepson, Noah (22), is a student at Lamar University and a cycling coach, while his daughter, Anelise (15), participates in dance and art while enjoying the company of the two family Labrador retrievers, Amy and Kimmie.
Nick Kagal, MBA, FACHE, FHIMSS
Senior Regional Director
Premier, Inc.
Nick Kagal is the Southwest Informatics Senior Region Director with Premier Inc. 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 performance improvement and engaging them in healthcare quality & safety collaborative efforts.
Nick also serves as the incoming President of the Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter of HIMSS. He has extensive experience working with multiple healthcare providers supporting their technology and informatics strategies. He has previously served as Vice President of Business Development for MediServe Information Systems and Ormed Information Systems. Nick received his BA in Biology & Psychology from Austin College and an MBA from the Texas A&M University. He is a Fellow of both ACHE and HIMSS. 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.
Erich Koch
Chief Financial Officer
Tyler Family Circle of Care
Erich Koch is the Chief Financial Officer of Tyler Family Circle of Care which is a 5 location, $17 million dollar FQHC serving over 21,000 unique patients for over 70,000 visits. 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). Erich is also a Fellow with ACHE (FACHE), a Fellow with HFMA (FHFMA), a Certified Public Accountant from North Dakota (CPA – ND), and a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator from Alaska (NHA – AK).
Ekta Pathare FACHE, MBA, OTR, CHT
President
CGAIT Global LLC
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.
Timothy J. Pugsley, MBA, CPHIMS, CHCIO, FACHE
Chief Information Officer
Titus Regional Medical Center
Tim Pugsley joined Titus Regional Medical Center in 2015 and has twenty-two years of experience in Information Technology with sixteen of those in Healthcare. His previous position was CIO at Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital, a physician owned specialty hospital focused on the total care of the orthopaedic patient. Before being a member of the senior leadership team at NOH, Mr. Pugsley was Director of Corporate Technologies with Student Resources, a division of UICI, a leading provider of insurance with annual revenues exceeding 2.1 Billion dollars. Prior to UICI, Mr. Pugsley was Vice President of Information Technology and Client Services for i-Trax LLC, a national telehealth nurse triage and disease management provider. He also has extensive experience in system design, analytics, and operations management.
Mr. Pugsley earned both his Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems and Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Bellevue University in Bellevue NE.
He is a Fellow with The American College of Healthcare Executives as well as holding certifications with College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHCIO) and Health Information Management Systems Society (CPHIMS).
Mr. Pugsley is married to his wife of sixteen years, Amanda Pugsley and they have three children, Jordan, Madelyn, and Emma. His hobbies are focused primarily on outdoor sports including golf, fishing, boating, and hunting.
Mr. Pugsley’s role at TRMC includes oversight for the corporate Digital Strategy and Development as well as Health Systems Support Services including Clinical Informatics, PACS/CPACS, Systems Management, Biomed, Information Systems, Human Resources, and Program Management.
Titus Regional Medical Center is a 174-bed multi-specialty hospital with over $180 Million in Annual Revenues. The hospital is located in Mount Pleasant, Texas and serves over 50,000 lives within 5 counties. TRMC is Joint Commission certified and is recognized as a premier Stroke Center in North East Texas.
George T. Roberts, Jr., FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Northeast Texas Public Health District
George T. Roberts, Jr., has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Northeast Texas Public Health District since November 2006. The Northeast Texas Public Health District is a local Health Department and is a political subdivision under the State of Texas established by the City of Tyler and Smith County. Services provided by the Health District include Community Outreach, Disease Surveillance, Environmental Health, Immunization, Tuberculosis Control, Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Regional Laboratory, Vital Statistics, and WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) Program. The Health District primarily serves Tyler and Smith County but also provides some services in 21 counties in East Texas. The WIC Program serves a 20 county area and Public Health Preparedness serves a 7 county region.
Mr. Roberts has almost 40 years of health care experience, the majority of which was spent in hospital administration, having previously served at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler, and Henderson Memorial Hospital in Henderson, Texas. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration from SMU in Dallas and a Master’s Degree in Health Administration from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He currently serves on the Board of NACCHO as Vice President, the Episcopal Health Foundation, Carter Bloodcare, the Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce, and is the past Board Chairman for the Texas Health Institute Board of Directors. He is also a Past President of the Texas Association of City and County Health Officials (TACCHO). Mr. Roberts is active in a number of church, community, and statewide efforts. Mr. Roberts has been married to his wife Leslie for 30 years, and they have 2 children – Claire (25) and Travis (21).
Donald Taylor
Director of Southwestern Health Resources Integration
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Mr. Donald Taylor is currently the Director for Integration, Southwestern Health Resources at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. He provides project management and consulting in the development of an innovative clinically integrated health system. He also teaches healthcare leadership at UTSW. Previous to this, he served as the Associate Director at the North Chicago VA, which is the only fully integrated VA/DoD (Navy) federal health center. He has also supported the VA in El Paso and Phoenix. Mr. Taylor retired from the US Air Force in 2006 after serving in various positions across military medicine. He supported national federal health policy, international health strategy, and command positions at community hospitals and academic medical centers. He also served as the commander of the Air Force Theater Hospital (Trauma Center) in Balad Air Base, Iraq in 2006. He is also a member of the ACHE. A native of Lewisville, Texas, Mr. Taylor earned his Master of Healthcare Administration from Penn State University and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Texas at Arlington. He has also been on the Board of Directors of the National Air Force Association and founded their national Wounded Airman Program. He now serves as Chairman for the National AFA Veteran Retiree Advisory Council. He has been a volunteer leader in the community, serving as past chairman of the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee and the Economic Development Council. He is a Board member for Walking on the Glass Floor Foundation and a mentor for the North Texas Warrior Golf Association. He also is Chairman of the UTSW, Veterans Advocacy Group. Mr. Taylor authored his first book, “The Quite Heroes” in 2016 and is married to Judy Hoberman, the founder/CEO of both, Selling in a Skirt and Walking on the Glass Floor companies.
Louise Thornell, PhD Candidate, MSN, MsBA, RN, NE-BC
Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer
CHRISTUS St Michael Health System
Louise started her nursing career in Ireland over 37 years ago where she completed her initial training, she immigrated to the US in 1984. Louise describes her first love as a staff nurse in the Emergency Department. Louise has held a variety of leadership positions over the last 23 years in many areas and currently serves as the Vice-President/Chief Nursing Officer for CHRISTUS St Michael Health System.
Louise describes a life long journey in search of knowledge. This journey began with licensure in Ireland as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse and a Registered General Nurse, in the US she obtained a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from University of Texas Arlington, Master of Science in Business Administration from Texas A&M- Texarkana, Master of Science in Nursing from Walden University, and is in the final stages of her PhD journey with a PhD in Nursing with a specialization in Public Health Policy.
Louise is a member of Emergency Nurses Association, American and Texas Organization of Nurse Executives, American and Texas Nurse Associations and American College of Healthcare Executives. She is board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as Nurse Executive and in Bioethics by the National Catholic Bioethics Center.

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ACHENTX After Hours Networking Event at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
2018-06-07 06:30 - 22:00 (America/Chicago)
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Come out for a casual evening at the ballpark and enjoy a fantastic view of the game from the suite of our host, SBL Architecture, Inc., while the Rangers take on the Houston Astros. Watch the game from the temperature-controlled indoor lounge with flat screen televisions and indoor/outdoor seating.
All-American ballpark foods and beverages will be served.
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!!!
SBL Architecture, Inc. is a healthcare architectural, interior design and planning/consulting firm located in Arlington, Texas. Since 1994, SBL has worked on thousands of projects — with extensive experience in new construction, expansion, master planning and rehabilitation of older healthcare facilities. Healthcare design is their focus and their passion.

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Local Program Council Event: It's All About Vision -- The Role Vision Plays in Your Strategic Planning Process
2018-06-21 15:00 - 17:30 (America/Chicago)
Offering 1.5 Face-to-Face Credit Hours
With today’s emphasis in the healthcare industry on population health and the integration of innovative technology, healthcare leaders must be ready to consider new avenues to reach patients and engage healthcare workers. The concept of Gamification, or Gaming, in healthcare is one such avenue. This innovation engages patients and trains healthcare workers to utilize competition and gaming in a new way to improve patient outcomes. Gamification will be presented in terms of compliance with HIPAA and HITECH regulations. This panel will educate participants in learning what Gamification is and will discuss how healthcare systems are using Gamification to engage patients, improve patient experience and quality measures/outcomes, and open organizational perspective to the endless possibilities for its use in healthcare.
Note: Space is extremely limited for this event. Registrations are accepted on a first come/first served basis.
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Agenda:
3-3:30 pm Registration & Networking
3:30-5 pm LPC Educational Program
5-5:30 pm Closing Remarks, Optional Tour and Networking
Moderator:
Christopher York, FACHE
President
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Waxahachie
Panelists:
Michael Freeman
Associate Vice President for Health System Planning and Analytics
UT Southwestern Health System
Heidi Pandya
Vice President, Strategic Planning
Medical City Healthcare
Nkem Okafor, MPH, FACHE
Vice President of Strategy & Planning
Methodist Health System
Light snacks and beverages will be provided.
Speaker Bios:
Michael Freeman
Associate Vice President for Health System Planning and Analytics
UT Southwestern Health System
A senior healthcare and business professional with nearly 40 years of experience in strategic planning/business development implementation and administration, including 30 years in six academic medical centers. Expertise in strategic planning, business development, operations, administration, program/services development, hospital and physician acquisitions/affiliations, performance improvement, financial analysis, physician recruitment, personnel management, government relations, regulatory affairs, certificate of need, community and media relations, contract and grant management, tax planning, accounting, and budget development, as well as a proven track record of leadership and success in highly competitive and culturally diverse environments.

Heidi Pandya
Vice President, Strategic Planning
Medical City Healthcare
Heidi serves as the vice president of strategic planning for Medical City Healthcare where she is responsible for the long-range strategy development and the execution of plans for strategic growth and expansion of Medical City Healthcare. In addition, she leads the analytics and project management teams that support hospital operations and strategic planning.
Heidi most recently served as a Director in the Strategic Transformation Group of PricewaterhouseCoopers Healthcare Advisory Division. In this role, Heidi led a broad range of strategic planning and performance improvement engagements including strategy development through execution, cost management, change implementation, and revenue performance management. She provided direct oversight of strategy and process improvement activities for multibillion dollar healthcare clients. Her work has ranged across acute care providers, academic medical centers, outpatient clinics and international health systems.
Heidi holds a Bachelor of Arts in business administration and Masters of Science in healthcare administration from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.
She currently serves as President of the Trinity University Healthcare Administration Alumni Board, participates on the Trinity University Healthcare Program Advisory Council and recently served as a Board Member for the Community Council of Greater Dallas.
Nkem Okafor, MPH, FACHE
Vice President of Strategy & Planning
Methodist Health System
Nkem Okafor is a senior healthcare executive with experience in strategy, business development, program management, hospital operations, and consulting. She is the Vice President of Strategy & Planning at Methodist Health System, a $1.4 billion, 10 hospital system in DFW. She oversees setting system-wide strategies and business planning, leads business development and growth activities, and guides market research and data analysis for the company’s decision-making.
Previously, Nkem was a System Director at Houston Methodist Hospital System, where she oversaw programs focused on business development, operational improvement, global operations, community benefits, and population health management. Under her leadership, she expanded the company’s operations to new countries and turned a budget negative department into a profit-generating center, tripling revenue expectations. She also assisted in two acquisitions and improved operational performance, resulting in over $70 million in financial savings. She oversaw the system’s community benefits, totaling $530 million in funding for community health-related programs. She began her career at Deloitte Consulting as a Strategy & Operations Business Analyst, where she received a Service Excellence Award for her exceptional contributions.
In 2016, Nkem was named one of the Top 15 Business Women in Dallas by the National Diversity Council. She has a Master of Public Health degree in Health Management from Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Management, and a Bachelor’s from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating cum laude and Honors with distinction.
She serves as a Board Member of Woman of Purpose, and Junior Players. She is also a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, an active member of National Association of Health Services Executives, and an alumna of Dallas Regional Chamber’s Leadership Dallas.
Christopher York, FACHE
President
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Waxahachie
Chris has been serving hospitals and healthcare systems for more than 25 years. His leadership experience in the healthcare industry has been marked by progressively increasing responsibilities and consistently improved performance.
Chris originally joined Baylor Scott & White Health in 2007. He currently serves as the President for Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Waxahachie. After overseeing the opening of the replacement facility in 2014, the hospital has experienced unprecedented growth and performance. Chris is passionate about driving excellence through a culture based upon: 1) love for one another, 2) receiving feedback as a gift, and 3) courageously leading change that drives continuous improvement. Prior to making the move to Waxahachie, Chris served as Chief Operating Officer for Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine; overseeing day-to-day operations and the construction of a $100M bed tower expansion project. He originally joined BSWH as Vice President for Surgical Services at Baylor University Medical Center.
In addition to BSWH, Chris spent time in the Atlanta market serving as Vice President of Hospital Operations with the WellStar Health System. He served two different four-year stints with Mountain States Health Alliance in positions ranging from Management Engineer to Vice President. Between the two periods with MSHA, he spent six years with VHA Performance Consulting traveling the country working with healthcare systems on a variety of strategic and operational improvement initiatives.
Chris is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He also serves on a number of community boards. During the first 15 years of his career, Chris was bi-vocational – serving as a youth pastor in the evening and on weekends.
He received a football scholarship to attend East Tennessee State University, where he earned his undergraduate degree in Business Administration. He later received his MBA, with an emphasis in Healthcare Administration, from ETSU.
Chris has been married to Dr. Jackie York, Neonatologist, for 25 years. They have one son, Jack, who is currently a senior at First Baptist Academy of Dallas. Jack recently accepted a football scholarship offer to attend the University of Minnesota, and will be playing in the Blue-Grey All-American game this December.

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Breakfast with the President - Joseph DeLeon
2018-07-31 07:30 - 09:00 (America/Chicago)
Please join us for the next in our Breakfast with the President series… this time with Joseph DeLeon, President of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth.
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Joseph DeLeon became president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth in January 2018. He returned to Texas Health Fort Worth after almost five years as president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth.
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth is Tarrant County’s largest hospital with 732 beds, Level 2 Trauma Center, a 100-bed Emergency Department, a dedicated Heart Center, and a 60-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. It is the 4th busiest hospital in the State of Texas. There are over 4,500 staff members that serve the community 24/7 and 365 days a year.
Joseph first joined Texas Health in 2005 as vice president of professional services and business development at Texas Health Fort Worth, where he was responsible for ancillary services, strategic planning and business development activities for the hospital. In January 2013, Joseph was named president of Texas Health Southwest Hospital. Under his leadership, Texas Health Southwest achieved the Truven (an IBM Company) 100 Top Hospital three years in a row (2015-2017) and the Pinnacle of Excellence Award for Patient Experience from Press Ganey. Joseph also led the opening of the Texas Health Clearfork Hospital, a 54-bed orthopedic joint replacement facility.
Joseph is an active leader in the community, serving as chairman of the boards of the Texas Rehabilitation Hospital of Fort Worth and the Tarrant County March of Dimes, and on the boards of North Texas Community Foundation and the Healthy Tarrant County Collaboration. He also serves on the Las Vegas Trail Revitalization Project team working on the Health and Wellness Focus Group. He previously served as Chairman of the Board of the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce from 2013-2014. Joseph has been recognized many times for his leadership, including a 2017 Minorities in Business Award from the Fort Worth Business Press.
A graduate of Leadership North Texas and Leadership Fort Worth, he was previously named to the Fort Worth Business Press 40 under 40 and holds a Certificate of Leader Development from the U.S. Army War College Commandant’s National Security Program. He is also an associate with the American College of Healthcare Executives.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and a minor in business management in 1991 and a master’s in public administration in 1994 from Texas A&M University.
Joseph enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserves in 1988 as a private and in 1994 he completed Officer Candidate School and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. In 1995 he transferred to the U.S. Air Force and was commissioned as a First Lieutenant in the Medical Service Corps where he served three years on active duty and two years as an Active Reservist. He achieved the Air Force Commendation and Air Force Achievement Service medals and was honorably discharged with the rank of Captain.
Most importantly Joseph is married to Monica, his life partner of 26 years. They have four children, two that graduated from Texas A&M University last year and were both married by the end of 2017. The two youngest boys, Jacob and Luke, are in Junior High and keep the family very active playing baseball, basketball, football and running track. Monica and Joseph absolutely love raising their family in, and being a part of the Fort Worth community.
A special thanks to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth for hosting this event!

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Mentorship Program Mid-Year Networking Event
2018-08-09 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago)
This event is open to our 2018 ACHENTX Mentors and Mentees.
ACHE North Texas Mentors and Mentees are invited to this social event to mingle and network with each other and the Mentorship Committee. This will be a casual evening, giving us a chance to catch up and get together during the summer. We hope to see you there! Appetizers and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided by ACHENTX.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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