North Texas Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives

Life Fellows / Retirees Luncheon & Tour of New Parkland Hospital
2019-04-01 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Denver) | Parkland Health & Hospital System, 5200 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75235, United States
Our next Retirees & Life Fellows luncheon is set for April 1st – and no foolin’! Dr. Frederick P. Cerise, MD, MPH, President and Chief Executive Officer, Parkland Health & Hospital System, has graciously offered to host the ACHENTX Life Fellows, Retirees, and those nearing retirement. We will enjoy a light lunch along with a brief overview of the ACHENTX committee structure presented by ACHENTX Board President Jared Shelton. We will then be joined by Dr. Cerise who will give us some background into the planning and construction of Parkland’s Trauma Center which we will tour immediately thereafter. We are extremely grateful to Angela M. Morris, MPH Director, Community Relations for helping us organize this event!
Location
Center for Nursing Excellence Conference Room – 2nd Floor
Parkland Health & Hospital System
5200 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75235
Parking
Parking is located in the Parkland Tower Garage (2021 Medical District Drive, Dallas, TX 75235). The garage is located on Medical District Drive next to the new Parkland hospital. Complimentary parking will be provided. After parking, please walk towards the hospital entrance. Staff will greet ACHE members in the lobby area and escort to the Center for Nursing Excellence.

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Cocktails with the Chiefs - Dallas
2019-04-09 17:30 - 20:00 | Saint Rocco’s New York Italian Restaurant, 3011 Gulden Lane #100, Dallas, TX, 75212
Our popular Cocktails with the Chiefs event is back in Dallas – this time on the rooftop lounge at Saint Rocco’s New York Italian Restaurant in the trendy Trinty Groves – just across the Trinity River.
With incredible views of the downtown Dallas skyline as our backdrop, 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 these leaders’ successes and challenges and be inspired to further pursue your own professional and personal development goals.
This year, the book, When, by Daniel Pink will serve as the bases for conversation between the panelists.
The event will include some great networking opportunities as well.
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This year’s panelists include:
Moderator:
Brett D. Lee, FACHE
Chief Operating Officer
Capital Senior Living

Panelists:
Barclay E. Berdan, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Texas Health Resources

Laura Irvine, FACHE
Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
Medical City Healthcare

Pete McCanna
President
Baylor Scott & White Health

Pamela Stoyanoff, FACHE
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Methodist Health System

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Speakers Bios:
Barclay E. Berdan, FACHE, is chief executive officer (CEO) of Texas Health Resources, one of the largest faith-based, nonprofit health systems in the United States and the largest in North Texas in terms of patients served. The health system spans a broad continuum of delivery, including Texas Health Physicians Group and 29 hospital locations under the banners of Texas Health Presbyterian, Texas Health Arlington Memorial, Texas Health Harris Methodist and Texas Health Huguley. In 2016, Texas Health and UT Southwestern Medical Center created Southwestern Health Resources, an integrated network that blends the strengths of the two organizations to better serve North Texas residents, from preventive care to the most advanced interventions. Texas Health and Aetna also in 2016 announced the creation of a jointly owned health plan company that will focus on improving quality, affordability and the overall consumer and provider experience.
Berdan became CEO of Texas Health on Sept. 1, 2014, after serving as senior executive vice president and chief operating officer the previous two years. He joined Texas Health in 1986 as vice president/administrator for Texas Health Southwest. He then served at Texas Health Fort Worth from 1993 to 2007, initially as chief operating officer and finally as president. He was Texas Health’s senior executive vice president for system alignment and performance from 2007 to 2012.
Berdan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth and a master’s degree in business administration with a specialization in hospital administration from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
Active in his community, Berdan has served as chairman of the Texas Hospital Association and received the association’s highest honor, the Earl M. Collier Award for Distinguished Health Care Administration, in 2013. He was named to Modern Healthcare’s “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare” list in 2016. He serves as chair of the United Way of Tarrant County 2016-2017 campaign and is a member of the organization’s board, is past chair and a board member of the American Heart Association Tarrant County chapter, and serves on the steering committee of the Fort Worth Blue Zones ProjectTM. He also serves as chair of the American Excess Insurance Exchange Risk Retention Group. He is a board member of the Premier national health care alliance and serves on the organization’s finance committee, and is also an Executive Committee member for the Healthcare Leadership Council.
Laura Irvine serves as division executive vice president and chief administrative officer of Medical City Healthcare. Her primary focus is to expand Medical City Healthcare’s service footprint with an integrated approach to network access and regional outreach, hospital operations and strategic planning.
Irvine most recently served as executive vice president for integration and alignment for Dallas-based Methodist Health System. In this role, she led healthcare reform initiatives, integration and alignment of physician enterprises, accountable care organizations, expansion of care delivery centers, population health management and nonhospital healthcare delivery migration. Her leadership strengthened multiple tertiary service lines, improved quality and further enhanced emergency, trauma and critical care services.
Irvine holds a Bachelor of Arts in business administration from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and a Master of Science in health care administration from Trinity University in San Antonio. Her accomplishments have been recognized by several professional organizations including Modern Healthcare magazine’s “Up & Comers” award, the American College of Healthcare Executives “Early Career Healthcare Executive Regent’s Award” and D CEO magazine’s “Most Influential Business Leaders 2016” recognition.
Brett D. Lee currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer for Capital Senior Living, overseeing the operations of 129 Senior Living, Assisted Living, and Memory care communities in 23 states.
Mr. Lee has spent 20 years in the healthcare industry as a clinician, clinical leader, and executive. He joined Capital Senior Living from Tenet Healthcare, where he served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Dallas/North Texas market, and spent a majority of his career in pediatric healthcare, serving in executive roles at 4 of the nation’s top 10 largest children’s hospitals. Mr. Lee is also the bestselling author of four books, book including his latest publication, The Healthcare Leader’s Guide to Actions, Awareness, and Perception, which was recently named as the 2017 “book of the Year” by the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Mr. Lee holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Oklahoma, a Master of Health Science Degree in Health Finance and Management from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, a Master of Science in Leadership Development Degree from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business, and a Doctorate in Allied Health from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions.
In 2011, Mr. Lee was given the Robert S. Hudgens Memorial Award as the national young healthcare executive of the year by the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), was recognized as a “Rising Star” of the healthcare industry by Becker’s Hospital Review in 2012,2013, and 2014, and was named as an “up and comer” by Modern Healthcare in 2013. In 2014, the Dallas Business Journal named Lee as one of their “Who’s Who in Healthcare”.
Mr. Lee remains active in leadership roles for community and professional organizations, serving as the chairman for the Rockwall area Chamber of Commerce, the chair of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council, and as the founding chair of the Texas Hospital Association Leadership Fellows Program.
Pete McCanna
President
Baylor Scott & White Health
Pam Stoyanoff is an executive vice president and chief operating officer for Methodist Health System with operational accountability for information technology, materials management, quality, case management, health information management, and graduate medical education programs. Additionally, she leads cross-functional teams tasked with addressing several major initiatives associated with process and performance improvement in key system operational areas.
Prior to coming to Methodist, Stoyanoff served as the senior vice-president/chief financial officer for the five-hospital St. Vincent Health System in Little Rock, Arkansas. Her tenure also includes positions as vice-president of transformation and integration for Vista Health, and as controller/compliance officer and director of finance. A certified public accountant, Stoyanoff’s first post-graduate employment was as a senior auditor for Arthur Anderson.
Stoyanoff is a native of Chicago. She earned an MBA from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management in Lake Forest, Illinois, and a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration/accounting from Valparaiso University in Indiana.
Stoyanoff was honored as one of the Dallas Business Journal’s 2010 Women in Business. In 2011, she was named among “56 Women Hospital & Health Care Leaders to Know” by Becker’s Hospital Review magazine. Stoyanoff was recognized as one of the North Dallas Corridor’s 2012 Top Female Executives by ADDISON Magazine and was included in Becker’s Hospital Review in the 2012 and 2013 lists of “Women Hospital and Health System Leaders to Know.”

Second Quarter Education Event
2019-04-25 15:00 - 19:30 | Methodist Dallas Medical Center, 1441 N Beckley Avenue, Dallas, TX, 75203
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This event is preapproved for up to 3.0 Face-to-Face ACHE Credits (1.5 credits per panel)
Panel #1: Leading a Successful Multigenerational Organization
Moderator: Laura Bustamante, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
Vice President, Human Resources
HealthChannels
Panelists:
Kimberly Anderson, FACHE
Director
Children’s Health
Suzanne Jackson, FACHE
Vice President of Operations
CareNow
Elaine Nelson
Chief Nursing Officer
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth
Panel #2: On the Executive Track, Leading People Who are More Experienced Than You
Moderator: Stephanie Gary
Vice President, Finance
Methodist Charlton Medical Center
Panelists:
Patrick Brown, FACHE
Professional and Support Services Officer
Texas Health Allen
Holly Hrabik
Regional Director
Methodist Medical Group
Melissa Threlkeld, FACHE
Regional Vice President, Oncology Services at Sarah Cannon
Medical City
Speakers Bios:
Kimberly Anderson, FACHE, is a performance-driven hospital strategy and operational leader with ten years of experience as the administrator of an ambulatory specialty center and home care agency, developing and implementing executive level strategic plans and launching new pediatric services to support organizational priorities.
Anderson began her career at Children’s Health in 2009 as an Administrative Resident and served in progressively more responsible positions from strategic planning to hospital operations leadership. Among her many accomplishments at Children’s Health, she was instrumental in achieving the largest volume and revenue growth at Children’s Health Specialty Center Southlake, the planning and launching of the Children’s Health Specialty Center Park Cities, and the operationalization of OR build-outs, DaVinci Robot and telemedicine programs at Children’s Medical Center Dallas. Her leadership strengthened multiple tertiary service lines, improved quality and further enhanced the regional footprint of pediatric services.
Anderson recently served as the Administrator and Director of Operations for Home Care. In this role, she oversaw the division operations and financials for skilled nursing, therapies, and home medical equipment service lines, and was responsible for authorization and referral functions, revenue cycle interdependencies, policy review, emergency management, accreditation readiness, and quality initiatives. Anderson also served as the Administrator of Children’s Health Specialty Center Southlake where she oversaw the operations, strategy and financials of an ambulatory surgery center, 13 multi-specialty clinics, rehabilitation services, laboratory, imaging, environmental services, engineering, facilities, communications, marketing, community outreach, physician relations, emergency management and accreditation readiness. Under Anderson’s leadership, providers were integrated into the Specialty Center Southlake and she launched a wide spectrum of pediatric services including orthopedics, concussion, and dental.
Anderson holds a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Sciences from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Business Administration with a Healthcare Administration Specialization from Baylor University. She is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Patrick Brown, FACHE is the Professional and Support Services Officer at Texas Health Allen. In his role, Patrick oversees THA’s ancillary and support services departments as well as real estate and construction projects. He also plays a pivotal role in THA’s business development and growth strategies which includes being the executive lead for the THA’s Heart and Vascular Service Line and their Digestive Disease Service Line. In addition to his THA responsibilities, Patrick is also the executive lead for THR’s Wound Care Services and a member of the system’s Heart & Vascular Council.
Patrick has over a decade of healthcare leadership experience serving in Human Resources, Supply Chain, and Strategy/Business Development roles. He joined THR in March 2018 from Tenet Healthcare’s Phoenix market where he was the Chief Strategy Officer for Arrowhead Hospital and Arizona Heart Hospital.
Patrick is currently is member of the DFW Hospital Council Young Executive Cohort and a member of the 2018 – 2019 Leadership Allen-Fairview class.
Outside of work, Patrick enjoys spending time with his wife, Maya, and their three children. He also enjoys sports, reading, working out, and traveling.
Laura Bustamante currently serves as the Vice President of Human Resources at HealthChannels, LLC (formerly PhysAssist Scribes). In her role, she oversees employee relations, benefits, and compliance. Prior to beginning her career in human resources, Laura was a medical scribe that worked alongside physicians to assist in patient encounter documentation and in increasing workflow efficiency. She quickly moved over to team, and then regional, management where she ensured the effective operations of her assigned programs.
With over 10 years of experience in the healthcare and human resources industries, Laura has worked with employees from a multitude of backgrounds with varying experience levels.
Laura graduated from the University of North Texas with a bachelor’s degree in Biology and maintains two senior human resources certifications from the Human Resources Certification Institute (SPHR®) and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM-SCP®).
Stephanie Gary is proud to serve as the Vice President of Finance for Methodist Charlton Medical Center. In her role, she focuses on oversight of the hospital’s financial affairs ranging from daily/monthly financial analysis to long-range planning, budgeting & forecasting. She also serves as the Chief Compliance Officer for the hospital and represents the hospital on a variety of system-wide committees. She is active in the community serving on the board of the Duncanville & Cedar Hill Chambers of Commerce. She is also a 2018 graduate of Leadership Southwest.
Prior to joining the team here at Charlton, Stephanie served in various leadership roles within the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland, a Masters in Business Administration (w/ Healthcare concentration) from the University of Texas at Dallas and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
Holly Hrabik is currently Regional Director at Methodist Medical Group, with Methodist Health System in Dallas. She serves as the lead operator for the northern primary care practices in Richardson, Garland, Wylie and Murphy. This includes oversight of financial performance, patient experience, physician and staff engagement to ensure health system, medical group, and physician success. Holly is excited to be a part of Methodist’s fast-paced growth and the opportunity to build something great in the north Dallas area.
Holly was previously with CHRISTUS Health, based in Irving, leading ambulatory and physician practices for almost four years. Her scope included primary care, orthopedic, ENT, OBGYN, general surgery, and oversight of the urgent care service line throughout the state of Texas. She started with CHRISTUS in San Antonio in 2015 after completing her Master of Health Administration at Texas A&M University in 2014. In College Station, Holly worked at Brazos Valley Community Action Agency, Inc. (HealthPoint), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that serves communities throughout the Brazos Valley in primary care, OBGYN, and pediatric care. Here she analyzed and presented operational efficiency data to managers and executive leadership for process improvement and helped to implement Studer principles in the organization including leader rounding and high-solid-low conversations. She also served as the practice manager for the primary care site in Hearne, Texas.
Originally from Kansas, Holly attended Texas A&M directly after undergraduate school at Pittbsurg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas where she received a Bachelor of Science in Biology, with double minor in Chemistry and Public Health in 2012. Holly remains active with her graduate program, serving on the Professional Advisory Committee for the MHA graduate program at Texas A&M University (Gig ‘em!). She also serves as the Chapter Advisor for the Epsilon Kappa chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority at Pittsburg State University.
With the positive trajectory of her career andthe ‘millienial’ label, which she fervently refutes, Holly has always been one of the younger leaders in any boardroom. She frequently interacts with front line staff, managers and executive management that have more years of experience and has learned lessons along the way on how to gain respect and bridge generational gaps.
Suzanne Beauvoir Jackson, FACHE, A passionate healthcare executive with over 20 years of experience and a proven track record of building relationships, executing on strategies and ensuring operational excellence, Suzanne is a 17 year veteran of HCA Healthcare. She has held hospital CEO, COO and Associate Administrator leadership roles, and currently is serving as HCA’s Vice President of Urgent Care Services responsible for clinic operations, staff training and development as well as regulatory compliance & quality accreditation.
A native of Skokie, Illinois, Suzanne started her career as a healthcare consultant in the Chicago office of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young after receiving a master’s degree in Health Services Administration from the University of Michigan and bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois – Champaign.
Suzanne possesses a strong commitment to community service and professional development. Suzanne has been recognized over her career for her commitment to her community and for her leadership accomplishments. A few recognitions include the National Association of Health Services Executives – Washington Metropolitan Area chapter’s Distinguished Female Healthcare Leader Award, BlackDoctor.org’s Top Blacks in Healthcare Honorees and University of Illinois College of Applied Health Sciences’ Distinguished Alumni Award.
A Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives, she has continued to promote excellence in healthcare management through involvement with local service organizations, such as Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Crisis Link, Virginia State University’s Business Council and the North Texas Chapter of Jack and Jill of America. Suzanne was appointed to the Virginia Governor’s Council for Women, served as ACHE District 2’s Regent At Large in addition to serving as a board member for the American Hospital Association’s Institute for Diversity in Healthcare Management.
Suzanne moved to Dallas in August of 2017 with her husband and two daughters Taylor and Zoe.
Elaine Nelson currently serves as the Chief Nursing Officer at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth, overseeing patient care with 1,400 nurses spanning eight divisions.
With a passion for patient care and meeting the needs of patients, families and nursing staff, Nelson successfully led Texas Health Fort Worth in 2014 to its third Magnet designation and the hospital is currently waiting to have their fourth designation survey– the first hospital in Tarrant County to receive this prestigious honor. Under her leadership, Texas Health Fort Worth was the first hospital in the D/FW metroplex to become certified as a NICHE hospital focusing on the care of elderly patients, the first hospital in Fort Worth to achieve stroke certification and the first hospital to implement a geriatric hip fracture program. Other Joint Commission certified program achievements include: joints, heart failure, palliative care, orthopedic-trauma and hip fractures.
During her tenure, Dr. Nelson has coordinated the opening of a dedicated CCU and 2 Progressive Care Units. She facilitated the opening and expansion of the first dedicated Observation Unit. In conjunction with her leadership team a new special care nursery has been opened and an additional neurosciences unit with advanced epilepsy monitoring capabilities is planned. Most recently she has worked with advanced practice nurses to become integral members in facilitating care for patients inside the hospital and in the community and worked with the Medical Board to initiate an Advanced Practice Credentialing Committee to give input and recommendations for credentialing of oncoming advanced practice providers.
Dr. Nelson works hard to show her belief in staff and consistently motivates nurses to continue their education, which has resulted in a tenfold increase in the number of nurse managers with Master’s degrees, more than 60 percent of staff nurses having their BSN and a continually increasing number of staff nurses becoming certified in their specialty and participating in nursing research. THFW Hospital now has 6 doctoral RNs, the highest achieved to date.
Dr. Nelson has experience as a staff nurse, supervisor, manager and director both in large urban teaching hospitals and small community hospitals. Her background is primarily critical care. Originally from Canada, she completed her undergraduate degree in Nursing from the University of Manitoba and received her certificate in Critical Care Nursing from the Winnipeg Health Sciences Center. She worked in Canada both as a staff nurse and nurse manager. Prior to joining Texas Health Resources in 2004, Nelson worked for Baylor Health Care System and Medical City Dallas. Dr. Nelson completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice from Texas Tech University in May 2015, she has a Master of Science in Nursing, is Nursing Executive Advanced-Board Certified by the ANCC, a graduate of the Wharton Nurse Leaders Program, a Great 100 Nurse and the Past President of District 3 of the Texas Nurses Association. She is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the American Nurses Association, the American Organization of Nurse Executives, Nurses Organization, the North Central Texas Organization for Nurse Executives and the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. Nelson has experience as a disease specific reviewer for the Joint Commission, is a board member of Community Hospice and LifeGift, and is a reviewer for the Pathways to Excellence program.
A passionate healthcare executive with more than 20 years of experience, Melissa Threlkeld has dedicated her career to building and motivating other leaders, driving change, creating strong relationships and improving the patient experience. For the past three years, she has been leading the Oncology strategy for two large health systems within HCA Healthcare: Methodist Healthcare System in San Antonio for two years and, most recently, for the past year at Medical City Healthcare in Dallas/Fort Worth. In her role as Regional Vice President for Oncology Services for Sarah Cannon, the Cancer Institute of HCA, Melissa has responsibility for all aspects of leading the service line, to include growth strategies, physician engagement, clinical quality excellence and service excellence, across 14 hospitals.
Prior to joining Sarah Cannon and HCA, Melissa spent 10 years at Cardinal Health, where she held leadership roles in an internal start-up, in operations, in marketing, and in strategy and business development. A native of the Midwest and Pacific Northwest, Melissa’s career began at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, where she held two roles following her Administrative Fellowship. She then held a leadership role at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, where she helped lead a turnaround of the Pharmacy Department. Her educational background includes a master’s degree in Healthcare Administration and a bachelor’s degree in journalism, both from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.
In addition to healthcare, Melissa’s passions include giving back to her community. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Cancer Support Community North Texas and in an incoming position on the Board of the Junior League of Collin County as their Financial Strategic Director. Prior to moving to the Dallas area, she held leadership positions in the Junior League of Austin and Junior League of San Antonio. Melissa has also been active with the National Kidney Foundation, the Kidney Health Initiative and the Texas Renal Coalition. She has also participated in Leadership Texas/Leadership Women and in Leadership Austin.
Melissa moved to the Dallas area in May of 2018 and looks forward becoming more ingrained in the DFW community.

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A special thanks to Methodist Dallas Medical Center for hosting this event!

Texas Health Hospital Frisco and UT Southwestern Medical Center at Frisco Private Preview
2019-05-07 17:30 - 19:30 | Texas Health Hospital Frisco and UT Southwestern Medical Center at Frisco, 12400 Dallas Parkway, Frisco, TX, 75033
We are excited to invite ACHE members inside Texas Health Hospital Frisco for a private preview of this thoughtfully designed campus before it opens later this year. A panel of leaders from Texas Health and UT Southwestern will provide insight about this innovative collaboration, what it means for the fastest growing city in the country and the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A session.
Moderator:
Brett Lee, FACHE
President
Texas Health Hospital Frisco
Panelists:
Daffodil Baez
Assistant Director of Clinical Operations
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Brett McClung, FACHE
Executive Vice President
Texas Health Resources
Dr. Mack Mitchell
Vice President of Medical Affairs
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dr. Elizabeth Ransom, MD FACS
Executive Vice President
Texas Health Resources
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Annual East Texas & North Texas Education Summit
2019-05-16 07:30 - 16:00 | First Baptist Church Terrell, 403 North Catherine Street, Terrell, TX, 75160
Come join us once again for the popular East Texas and North Texas ACHE chapters’ annual Education Summit.
This event has been approved for up to 6.0 Face-to-Face Credits (1.5 per panel).
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Panel 1: Ethical Challenges in Healthcare Leadership
Moderator:
Howard Shaw, MD, MBA, FACOG, CPE, FACHE
Chief Medical Officer
Medical City Denton
Panelists:
Sarah Campbell
President
OnPoint Policy
Mary Findley
Compliance, Ethics and Governance Executive/Consultant
Becket Gremmels
System Director of Ethics
CHRISTUS Health
Jennifer Markusic Wimberly, MD
Vice Chair of Ethics, Institutional Ethics Committee
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Panel 2: Closing Gaps in Patient Care Plans
Moderator:
Matt Chance – FACHE
Sr. Vice President, Operations
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
Panelists:
Ann Bowers, RN, MSN, CDE
Nursing Manager of Clinical Quality and Risk
CHRISTUS Health
David A. Helfer FACHE, CMPE, ACC, BCC
President, Texas Institute for Surgery
Texas Health Resources Presbyterian-Dallas
Priti Jain
Director of Quality, Patient Safety, and Risk Management
Texas Health Resources
Ekta Pathare FACHE, MBA, OTR, CHT
President
CGAIT Global LLC
Panel 3: Leading Information Safety: Planning for Data Privacy and Security
Moderator:
Tim Pugsley, MBA, CPHIMS, CHCIO, FACHE
Chief Information Officer
Titus Regional Medical Center
Panelists:
Nancy Free
Chief Compliance & Data Privacy Officer
Armor
Dea Gibson
Director of Health Information Management
Parallon
Larry Schunder
Vice President and Chief Technical Officer/Chief Information Securities Officer
Ardent Health Service
Panel 4: Ensuring Your Community’s Emergency Preparedness
Moderator:
Kaitlyn Cross, MS, CEM
Emergency Management & Business Continuity
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Panelists:
Leonard Deonarine
Director of Emergency Management
Tenet Healthcare
Rob Monaghan, HEM
North Texas Division Emergency Manager
Baylor Scott & White Health
Kaysey Pollan, CHSP
Director of Environmental Safety and Emergency Management
Cook Children’s Medical Center
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Speakers Bios:

Ann Bowers started her career as an RN on a surgical step down unit a large medical center. It was during this time, she discovered that chronic health problems robbed people of their quality of life, and their personal resources. This driving force moved Ann from providing direct patient care to becoming a leader in establishing evidence based workflows to focus on prevention and decrease the complications of diseases.
Ann has continued this work adjusting to the cultural differences within organizations. She went on to earn her Masters in Nursing with an emphasis on informatics from Grand Canyon University. She has been successful as a facilitator in engaging the clinical team to identify the workflows in documenting quality care while reducing the burden of documentation. She was the first Christus Healthcare employee to receive recognition from the Christus Quality Risk Safety Credentialing Committee and the Chief Medical Officer for her work in motivating the clinical team to work collaboratively towards quality goals.
Sarah Campbell is a highly qualified compliance executive with extensive experience advising healthcare institutions on operating procedures and business practices in compliance with organizational policies, federal and state regulatory requirements, and accreditation standards. Throughout her career, she has applied a unique combination of legal knowledge, business acumen, and healthcare expertise, and demonstrated influential leadership, client relations, and advocacy and consensus building to achieve results and mitigate risk. Service expertise includes: Corporate Policies, Compliance Operations, Customer Service, Research, Risk Assessment, Leadership & Mentorship, Policy Management, and Training & Development. She is currently the President of OnPoint Policy consulting in compliance and regulatory management. She also holds an adjunct professorship with Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Sarah was director of Policies and Procedure Management at Tenet Health for over 10 years. Sarah has a JD from Saint Louis University School of Law, Master of Health Administration from Saint Louis University and BA from Creighton University.
Matt Chance joined the staff of Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in 2015 as Senior Vice President of Operations. In his role, Matt has oversight of the clinical, ancillary, non-clinical support, and IT aspects of the day-to-day operations of the hospital and works closely with the physicians and staff to ensure every patient and family receives clinical and service excellence.
Prior to joining TSRHC, Matt served as Chief Executive Officer of Baylor Medical Center at Uptown and held various operational roles at Children’s Medical Center Dallas and the Veterans Affairs North Texas Healthcare System.
Matt earned his undergraduate degree from Austin College and a master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from Trinity University. Matt is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and is a past President of the ACHE of North Texas chapter. Matt has been married to his childhood friend, Amanda, for 22 years and they have two elementary aged daughters who keep them busy attending robotics competitions, soccer games, and dance recitals!
Kaitlyn Cross is an experienced and service-oriented Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) who began her career in 2011, while completing her Bachelors of Science in Emergency Administration and Disaster Planning from the University of North Texas. After completing several internships with local fire departments, Kaitlyn moved to Tulsa, OK and worked as a Warning & Communications Officer for the Tulsa Area Emergency Management Agency. After working several emergency events, including some federally declared disasters, Kaitlyn moved back home to take on a new emergency preparedness role with the North Central Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council (NCTTRAC). During this time, Kaitlyn supervised the Hospital Preparedness Program for 19 counties in North Texas; which lead to expertise in regional coordination, communication, training and exercise, and the Texas Emergency Medical Task Force (EMTF). She worked several large scale emergencies, most notably serving in the Medical Division’s Operations Section Chief position during the 2014 Ebola event in Dallas. In 2015, she was recruited to join Parkland Hospital’s disaster management team, where she has been tasked with overseeing all emergency responses, education initiatives, and regulatory compliance. During this time, she earned her Masters of Science in Leadership with Emphasis in Disaster Preparedness and Executive Fire Leadership from Grand Canyon University. Kaitlyn currently serves as the Dallas Medical Operations Center Vice Chair, coordinating community-wide planning and response activities, as well as playing an active role on EMTF’s Medical Incident Support Team. These positions led to leadership roles during the July 7th, 2016 attack on Dallas Police Officers; as well as a lengthy deployment to the Texas coast during Hurricane Harvey, where she assisted with several hospital evacuations and shelter operations. While the nature of this field is often coupled with overwhelming tragedy and chaos, Kaitlyn finds a great sense of gratification in helping others learn from past events, respond to immediate threats, and ultimately grow a culture of preparedness and disaster readiness.
Leonard Deonarine serves as the director of emergency management for one of the largest U.S. Healthcare Corporations. For the past ten years, he has been responsible for overseeing the preparation of plans and programs for the continuous safe operation of over 60 hospitals to mitigate, prepare, respond and recover from all types of emergencies. During times of crisis, he serves as the designated incident commander for his company. Deonarine is a Certified Emergency Manager (CEM).
Prior to accepting his current role, Deonarine served as owner and president of a consulting company in New York, which focused on health, safety and fire protection. The company provided services to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and several large private-sector companies. While working for FEMA, he helped to develop and deliver the Hospital Emergency Response Team training program. This led to him being awarded a U.S. Homeland Security achievement award.
He provided consulting services and incident management education to several healthcare companies prior to being invited to become a full time healthcare emergency management leader. Deonarine served over 20 years in the fire/rescue service spending the last ten years of his career as a Deputy Fire Chief managing large scale industrial emergencies such as refinery fires, ship fires, chemical plant disasters and train wrecks.
Mary Findley is an experienced, purpose-driven Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer with demonstrated ability to lead diverse people and functions in successfully creating a culture of ethics and compliance. Mary’s strengths include strategic problem solving within complex environments, creating innovative and business-oriented compliance solutions, excellent communication skills, and strong board, physician and regulator relationships. Established commitment to leadership based on honesty, personal accountability, trust, teamwork and a passion for enabling individuals to achieve their full potential. Mary is currently consulting in the area of compliance, ethics and governance. She served as SVP and Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer at Parkland Health and Hospital System and Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer at Baylor Health Care System. Mary has an MS in Tax Accounting and BA in Accounting from Texas Tech University.
Nancy Free serves as the Chief Compliance & Data Privacy Officer at Armor. She is responsible for data protection and for the governance, risk, and compliance side of Armor’s security mission. With more than 20 years of experience in Information Technology and Internal Audit, she is a trusted advisor to Armor prospects and customers on GDPR, PCI, HIPAA, ISO-27001, and financial services regulations, helping them understand the impact of these standards on their businesses. Nancy has implemented GRC and ERM programs for Fortune 500 companies within the transportation, energy, and retail industries, providing assurance against many regulatory and industry frameworks. Nancy is an active participant in local chapters of ISACA, ISSA, and ISSA Women in Security (WIS-SIG).

Dea Gibson is the Health Information Director and Facility Privacy Official at Medical City Denton for Parallon Business Solutions. Dea is a graduate of Colorado State University, where she received a BS in Healthcare Administration and Management. She also has an Associate’s degree in Health Information Management and an RHIT certification.
In her 9+ years with Parallon, she has held multiple medical coding positions and has been the Health Information Director/Facility Privacy Official for several of HCA/Parallon’s DFW area hospitals. Dea has a passion for patient privacy and loves being in the hospital setting. In 2016 she received the Parallon Elite Service award and has been the recipient of multiple “Having a Heart” pins from Medical City Denton. In her free time, she enjoys traveling with her husband of 14 years.
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 Health Care Ethics from the Albert Gnaegi (guh-NAY-ghee) Center for Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University. He wrote his dissertation on the moral limits of gene therapy. He has written articles in National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics, Ethics & Medics, Journal of Moral Theology and Christian Bioethics. He has been married for twelve years; he and his wife have two sons, ages 8 and 5, and a daughter who is one year old.

David Helfer, FACHE, CMPE, MS, BA, R-CVT, EMT 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.
A passionate healthcare leader with more than 14 years of experience, Priti Jain, MHA, CPHQ, has dedicated her career to driving change, strengthening quality and safe patient care, building strong relationships and improving the patient experience. Priti has been with Texas Health Resources for her entire healthcare career in various roles in the hospital and corporate environments. Priti started her career at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth managing regulatory readiness and performance improvement teams to enhance the quality improvement program. She then transitioned to THR corporate as Lean Six Sigma Project Manager while pursuing her Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Master Change Agent certifications. She utilized this advanced education to successfully lead Lean Six Sigma projects teams in the corporate and hospital environments, teach Change Management classes and mentor students, who were in THR pursuing their belts. While serving as a project lead at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth she was promoted to Director of Quality, Patient Safety and Risk Management. Under Priti’s leadership, her team and she developed and implemented a new quality, patient safety and risk management program; some highlights include Performance Improvement (PI) classes, PI project methodologies with Lean Six Sigma concepts and Performance Improvement program in all departments. Priti was once again promoted to the THR Corporate Transformation office where she led system wide initiatives to improve ‘affordability, innovation and reliability’ to strongly position THR for future sustainability. However, her love for hospital operations and desire for engagement with hospital leaders and front line staff called her back to Texas Health Southwest as the Director of Quality, Patient Safety and Risk. Priti continues in that role today pursuing her passion of hospital performance improvements. Under her leadership and tenure THSW has been named on the list of Top 100 Hospitals (since 2016), CMS 5 Star Rating for Overall Quality, received a Letter Grade of ‘A’ from Leapfrog and has successfully implemented High Reliability Organization processes and concepts.
Priti is a member of NAHQ and ACHE. With North Texas ACHE, she participates on the Membership and Networking committee. She treasures time with her family, husband, Suneel, and two children, Syra and Sohan, playing sports, cooking and reading with them.
Rob Monaghan is an experienced Homeland Security and Emergency Management professional currently working for Baylor Scott & White Health as the North Texas Division Emergency Manager. He currently supports multiple hospital emergency management programs throughout North Texas. He earned his degree from the University of North Texas with a Bachelor’s degree in Emergency Administration and Planning. Rob’s former experience includes, managing nationwide hazardous material spills and commercial construction.

A nationally and internationally renowned Healthcare Executive and Speaker with over 15 years of management and leadership experience, Ekta Pathare, FACHE currently serves as a Vice Practice Division Director and Member of the Board for the American Society of Hand Therapists with where she leads Advocacy and Public Policy, State and Federal legislation and Practice projects and initiatives affecting the Practice of Hand Therapy. Ekta has proven experience in business startups. Turnaround, Business development, business analysis, program development, collaboration, change management, navigating the regulatory environment
s, patients centered care strategies, budgetary and regulatory compliance. She is currently working on a chapter publication on Evidence based medicine and Healthcare Policy affecting Practice of hand therapy to be published in 2020.
Ekta Received her MBA from the University of Dallas and her Bachelor of Science from the University of Mumbai. Ekta is also a Nationally Certified Hand Therapist and a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE). She serves as the Vice Chair for the education committee of ACHE of the education committee of ACHE North Texas.

Kaysey Pollan, CHSP is currently the Director of Environmental Safety and Emergency Management at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas. She has been with Cook Children’s for over 5 years and is responsible for the development and oversight of the Environment of Care and Emergency Management programs for the Medical Center and 18 offsite facilities. Prior to her employment at Cook Children’s, Kaysey spent time at the Medical Center of Plano as their Disaster Program Coordinator. Kaysey has also worked in the public sector emergency management field including positions at the South Plains Association of Governments and the City of Plano. She received her degree from the University of North Texas in Emergency Administration and Planning and will complete her Masters of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Tyler in the fall of 2019. Kaysey has been the recipient of the Regional Service Excellence “Hot Stuff Award” presented by the North Central Texas Council of Governments Department of Emergency Preparedness and the Cook Children’s Peak Performer Employee of the Year award. Kaysey has been actively involved in disaster preparedness and response for over 15 years and has had involvement in over 12 Presidential Declared disasters.

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, FCHIME) 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
Howard A. Shaw, MD, MBA, FACOG, FACHE, CPE, FAAPL, is currently Chief Medical Officer at Medical City Denton in Denton, Texas. Prior to arriving in Denton, he served as Chief Medical Officer at Great Plains Health in North Platte Nebraska. He has served in multiple capacities in both community and academic hospitals. He has been Medical Director of Women’s and Children’s Services at Yale-New Haven Hospital, St. Raphael Campus, Chief Quality Officer at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, CT and multiple roles at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Tulsa including, Residency Program Director, Medical Student Director and Vice-Chair of the Department of Ob/Gyn.
Dr. Shaw received his undergraduate degree in biochemistry and his MD degree at the University of Kansas. He is widely published in the world literature and has been an invited speaker regionally, nationally and internationally. Dr. Shaw was inducted into the Mid-America Education Hall of Fame in November of 2013. He is a Certified Physician Executive and fellow of both the American Association for Physician Leadership and the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Larry Schunder is the Vice President and Chief Technical Officer/Chief Information Securities Officer for Ardent Health Services, where he oversees the Technology and Information Security for 31 hospitals across 7 States. Prior to joining Ardent Health Services in January 2018, he was with LHP Hospital Group as the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for almost 10 years.
Larry has over 40 years’ of IT experience, primarily focused in the banking and hospital industries, throughout the United States as well as overseas. Previous experience prior to Ardent/LHP Hospital Group includes, ACS, EDS, Price Waterhouse and as a founding partner of PHNS. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Data Processing and Analysis from The University of Texas, Austin.
Dr. Jennifer Markusic Wimberly is the Physician overseeing the Community-Oriented Primary Care Transgender Clinic at Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas, Texas. Prior to that she was on the Faculty for the Program in Ethics in Science and Medicine and the Assistant Professor for the Department of Urology, both at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, also in Dallas. Prior to moving to Texas, Jennifer was the Attending Physician for the Department of Urology at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC.
Jennifer has won a number of awards, including being named Active Teacher in Family Medicine by the American Academy of Family Physicians, and Resident Teacher of the Year while at the Georgetown University Department of Urology.

A special thanks to Armor for being our host for this event!
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Board of Governors' Exam Prep Course - Spring
2019-05-17 08:30 - 15:30 | CHRISTUS Health, 919 Hidden Ridge, Irving, TX, 75038, United States
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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 $1,000 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.
Breakfast (bagels, juice & coffee) and lunch will be provided.
This session is being presented by the following ACHENTX colleagues who have expertise in the respective topics covered by the exam.
Law & Ethics
Kristin Tesmer, FACHE
President
Dallas/Fort Worth Hospital Council Educ & Research Foundation
Human Resources
Dresdene Flynn-White, FACHE
Senior Director for Diversity Initiatives
North Texas LEAD
Business
Ajith Pai, FACHE
President
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne
Healthcare & Finance
Crispin Hocate
Division Vice President, Regional Business Development
HCA – Medical City Healthcare
Information Technology
Ron Goodstein, FACHE
EMR Systems Manager
JPS Health Network
Governance
David Helfer, FACHE
President
Texas Institute for Surgery
Quality & Performance Improvement
Nick Kagal, FACHE
Senior Regional Director
Premier, Inc.

Thanks to CHRISTUS Health for hosting this event!

Breakfast with the President, Fraser Hay, FACHE
2019-05-21 07:30 - 09:00 | Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-Bedford, 1600 Hospital Parkway, Bedford, TX, 76022
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Join us for our next Breakfast with the President event, this time with Fraser Hay, FACHE, President of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford.
Fraser Hay is the President of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford (THHEB), where he has served since the beginning of 2018. He has worked as an executive in progressive leadership roles within Texas Health Resources since 2010, first at Texas Health Southwest Fort Worth and then Texas Health Plano, before moving to THHEB.
In his current role, Fraser oversees the daily operations, strategic planning, business development, continuous improvement, and culture for the hospital’s more than 1,400 employees, 200 volunteers, and 800 active staff physicians and allied health professionals.
Throughout his career, Fraser has overseen more than $95 million in construction projects and has been known for his collaborative leadership style that focuses on building partnerships with physicians and hospital staff to collectively enhance the care provided.
Fraser received his BBA in Finance from the University of Oklahoma and then his Masters’ in Health Administration from Trinity University in San Antonio. He completed his residency with INTEGRIS Health in Oklahoma City.
He is a Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and was honored as the 2015 Young Healthcare Executive of the Year by the North Texas Chapter of ACHE, and the 2017 Young Healthcare Executive of the Year by the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council.
Fraser is actively involved in his profession and community by serving on the Boards of the North Texas Chapter of ACHE, HEB ISD Education Foundation, and Good Shepherd Catholic Community’s Pastoral Advisory Committee.
Thank you to Fraser Hay and Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford for hosting this event!

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ACHENTX After Hours Networking Event at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
2019-06-19 19:05 - 22:00 | Globe Life Park, 1000 Ballpark Way , Arlington, TX, 76011, United States
Register Now – Tickets Available on a First-Come/First-Served Basis

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 Cleveland Indians. 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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The Value of Developing and Implementing Alternative Care Models
2019-06-20 15:00 - 17:30 | Texas Health Neighborhood Care & Wellness Willow Park, 101 Crown Pointe Blvd, Willow Park, TX, 76087
Come join us for this Local Program Council event in Willow Park!

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Developing new delivery models that embrace alternative payment models goes beyond simply supplying patients with information at time of checkout or discharge. It includes a commitment to patient-centered care, providing clear and useful information to patients, helping patients establish goals and plans to live a healthier life, creating a team of clinicians and administrative staff with clearly understood roles and responsibilities, and using office systems to support followup and tracking of patients. Managing programs aimed at chronic illness and changing behavior are challenging and take time for everyone involved— providers, patients, and caregivers. Yet, it is often patients themselves who are called on to manage the broad range of factors that contribute to their health. Common sense suggests—and health care experts agree—that people with chronic care needs should receive support to help them manage their health as effectively as possible. Helping patients to make good choices and maintain healthy behaviors requires a collaborative relationship between health system leaders, community-based programs, clinical teams and patients. Learning how to incorporate these new models into a health system or practice can support patients in building the skills and confidence they need to lead healthier lives.
This education panel event has been preapproved by ACHE national for 1.5 Face-to-Face credits.*
*Please note, this is a repeat session of this topic (originally presented during this year’s First Quarter Education Event on February 28). If you attended the previous session, you are welcome to attend this June 20 event as well – but please note you will only receive face-to-face credits for the first panel.
An optional Tour of the facility will follow the panel discussion.
A special thanks to Texas Health Neighborhood Care & Wellness Willow Park for hosting this event and to Sal Jamal for all his support!
Moderator:
Joseph DeLeon
President
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth
Panelists:
Bret Brummitt
Health Rosetta Accredited Advisor at A.G. Insurance
Alyssa Endres, MHA
Director of Government Programs
Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance
Karim Kaissi, FACHE
General Manager
CareMore Health
Speaker Bios:
Bret Brummitt, Health Rosetta Accredited Advisor at A.G. Insurance, a Broker of the Year finalist in 2018 for BenefitsPro Magazine and 2018 Technology Advisor of the Year recipient from Employee Benefit Advisor Magazine, Bret Brummit brings tremendous value to both his clients and the industry, helping people develop the confidence to see beyond the problem at hand and start to re-imagine their goals. Bret crosses over various Healthcare and Benefits Industry groups in his partnership with the Health Rosetta on a National Basis as well as serving as the Spokesperson for the DFW Chapter of the Free Market Medical Association. As a contributing voice to leading industry organizations, he has many opportunities to share his deep insight into the intersection of healthcare, culture, and technology. He works tirelessly to end the erosion on middle-class wages that healthcare created in the last 20 years and reset the culture of healthcare to creating generous benefits.

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.
Alyssa Endres, MHA started with the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance (BSWQA) in 2013, its first operational year, and currently serves as the Director of Government Programs. She is passionate about understanding the complex, rapidly-changing health policies to drive strategic solutions and achieve the Triple Aim for an aging and underserved population. With the passing of the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), she is responsible for designing a Medicare strategy for Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM) participation for Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH), the largest not-for-profit health care system in Texas.
She leads BSWQA’s participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), supporting the key initiatives around financial management, resourcing, clinical quality reporting, and compliance. With over 120,000 attributed Medicare beneficiaries, MSSP is BSWQA’s third largest value-based contract. More recently, Alyssa has been involved in the early implementation of CMS’s new voluntary program, Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI-A), as well as BSWQA’s post-acute care network performance and strategy development.
In addition, Alyssa has shaped the BSWQA’s Clinical Performance Compensation (CPC) program, responsible for distributing earned shared savings to thousands of eligible providers each performance year. Alyssa graduated from Texas A&M University with a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Science and earned her master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from Trinity University.

Karim Kaissi is the General Manager for CareMore Health, a subsidiary of Anthem Inc. He has oversight of strategy, growth and operations for the Texas market, with overall budget and P&L responsibility from start-up to sustainment and expansion. He is in charge of business and clinical operations, care management functions, payer relations and community engagement. Prior to CareMore, Karim was with Texas Health Resources for 12 years and held leadership roles in strategy, operations and business development. He is also a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and an active member in our local chapter in North Texas.

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Webinar: Current Trends in Physician Compensation Enforcement & Fair Market Value
2019-07-09 12:00 - 13:00 | TX
ACHENTX is partnering with Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C. to provide you this special educational Webinar.

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About this Event

This presentation will focus on the key issues impacting physician compensation in recent years, including the regulatory requirements (Stark, Anti-Kickback), lessons learned from recent enforcement actions and self-disclosures, the mechanics of common compensation plans/models (shift, production, quality-based, hybrids, etc.), areas of potential risk (FMV, pooled productivity models, runaway compensation plans, common pitfalls, etc.), and the features of an effective physician contracting/ compensation process.

• Comments: Kiel Zillmer is an attorney in the Milwaukee office of Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C., the largest health care focused law firm in the country. Hall Render’s attorneys provide advice and counsel to many of the nation’s largest health systems, hospitals and medical groups on a variety of health care issues. Mr. Zillmer regularly counsels clients on compliance-focused physician compensation strategies nationally and is a frequent speaker on issues related to Stark Law compliance, medical group strategy, hospital-physician transactions, physician compensation and health care fair market value issues.

• Speakers’ Bios:
Kiel Zillmer counsels clients on a variety of health care issues, including hospital-physician arrangements and transactions, fraud and abuse, physician compensation and health care valuation issues.
Prior to graduating cum laude from Marquette University Law School, Kiel earned a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. While in law school, Kiel served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Michael J. Gableman of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Wesley Sylla practices in the area of health care law with a focus on hospital-physician arrangements and transactions, fraud and abuse issues and corporate transactions. Mr. Sylla completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Minnesota in 2010 and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law with a J.D in 2014.

• Presentation Learning Objectives:

To understand the laws and regulations impacting physician compensation and how those laws have been interpreted and enforced by various governmental bodies
To recognize the basics of compensation plans and recent trends in developing compensation models for healthcare entities
To appreciate the importance of developing effective processes to support the introduction of new compensation plans and models

A special thanks to Kiel Zillmer and Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C for providing us this special educational opportunity!

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2019 ACHENTX Diversity & Inclusion Mixer
2019-07-25 18:00 - 20:00 | CHRISTUS Health, 919 Hidden Ridge, Irving, TX, 75038, United States
Please join us for our 2019 ACHENTX Diversity & Inclusion Mixer!

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Date: Thursday, July 25, 2019
Time: 6-8pm
Location: Christus Health
919 Hidden Ridge
Dubuis Auditorium
Irving, TX 75038

While we can’t always walk in someone else’s shoes, we can take the time to inquire about how the shoe fits and if its path is smooth or riddled with pebbles.

Race, culture, age, heritage, experience, background, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and personal history all affect the way in which we interact with one another and conduct business. Leveraging them for individual success and team results can mean the difference between average or extraordinary and surviving or thriving.
ACHENTX will be partnering with National Association of Health Service Executives (NAHSE); National Association of Latino Healthcare Executives (NAHLE) and its own special interest groups; Asian Healthcare Leaders Forum (AHLF); the ACHE LGBT Forum and our own newly forming Women’s Healthcare Executive Network (WHEN).
This is going to be a great evening of networking, education and idea exchange!
A special thanks to Corgan for hosting the event’s hors d’oeuvres and drinks – and CHRISTUS Health for providing the location!

Panel 1
Moderator: Felixia Colón, FACHE
Regional VP
SCP Health
Panelists:
Halima McWilliams
Human Resources Director, Senior Associate
Corgan
Topic: How to Start a Diversity Initiative
Amanda Thrash, FACHE
VP of Professional Services
Texas Health Plano
Representing WHEN: How Women in Leadership Promote a Diverse Work Environment
James Perez
Vice President of Community Oriented Primary Care
Parkland
Representing NAHLE: Building an Inclusive Environment
Panel 2
Moderator: Jared Shelton, FACHE
President
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen
Keith Plowden, MBA, MHA, CHFP
Director, Labor Management and Clinical Analytics
CHRISTUS Health
Representing NAHSE: Cultural Competency
Stuart Mach, MHA, BSN, RN, NEA-BC
Director of Clinical Programs
Premier Management Company / Sybrid Health
Representing the LGBTQ Forum: Understanding Implicit Bias and Its Impact on Healthcare Leadership
Ajith Pai, PharmD, FACHE
President
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne
Representing AHLF: Feeling Included: A discussion of how diverse colleagues can sometimes feel alone in an otherwise homogenous group – and exploring ways to be more inclusive
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2019 Patient Safety Summit
2019-08-01 08:00 - 16:00 | Hurst Conference Center, 1601 Campus Drive, Hurst, TX, 76054
ACHE of North Texas is partnering with the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation to present to you their
12th Annual Patient Safety Summit

The nationally known author Rich Bluni, RN will serve as keynote speaker at the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation’s 12th Annual Patient Safety Summit on August 1 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Hurst Conference Center.
Rich is the best-selling author of the award-winning book Inspired Nurse, Inspired Journal. His newest book Oh No…Not More of That Fluffy Stuff! was published last year. He brings a strong knowledge base of healthcare from both the frontline and leadership perspective. Rich has presented to tens of thousands of people across the U.S. and Canada and has keynoted major conferences for hospital organizations, medical practices and universities. He has over 21 years of nursing, risk management, patient safety and leadership experience. With clinical experience in a broad range of areas such as Pediatric Intensive Care, Trauma Intensive Care, Flight Nursing, Behavioral Health, and Emergency Medicine, he understands the challenges of making a difference in healthcare.
The theme for this year’s Summit is “Safer by the Dozen,” in honor of its 12th anniversary.
“We are thrilled about the speakers participating in the program this year,” said Kristin Tesmer, president of the DFWHC Foundation. “We have a famous author, a great team of panelists and representatives from the American Hospital Association, the Joint Commission and the Office of Inspector General. This is one of the most knowledgeable and prominent group of speakers we’ve ever had for the Summit. We are looking forward to hosting them.”
For a full agenda, please click here .
The Patient Safety Summit serves as an opportunity for hospital employees to discuss past errors and to make strategic plans to keep them from happening again. More than 350 attendees are expected to participate, including healthcare employees, nurses, patient safety advocates, chief nursing officers and hospital executives.
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For more details, please contact Patti Taylor at ptaylor@dfwhcfoundation.org or 972-719-4900

Third Quarter Education Event
2019-08-22 15:00 - 19:30 | Colonial Country Club, 3735 Country Club Circle, Fort Worth, TX, 76109
Approved for up to 3.0 ACHE Face to Face Credits (1.5 per panel)

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Come join us of our next double panel education event. This event is being hosted by TCU’s Neeley School of Business and for the first time, we’ll be meeting at the beautiful Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth.
Panel 1: Rethinking the Ambulatory Care Network
Moderator:
Stuart Flynn MD
Dean
TCU & UNTHSC School of Medicine
Panelists:
Kyllan Cody, FACHE
Indendent Consultant
NueHealth
Kenneth Hutchenrider, Jr., FACHE
President
Methodist Richardson Medical Center
Dr. Todd Richwine, MS, DO, FAACP
Chief Medical Infomatics Officer
Texas Health Family Care
Ruby Taylor
Senior Vice President, Nursing, Population Health
Parkland Health
Panel 2: Population Health Management: Justice, Access and Financial Implications
Moderator:
Karim Kaissi, FACHE
General Manager
Caremore/Anthem, Inc.
Panelists:
Mae Centeno, DNP, RN, CCNS, ANCS-BC
Vice President, Chronic Care Continuum
Baylor Scott & White Health
Bob Ellzey, FACHE
Senior Consultant
TORCH Management Services, Inc.
Joy Parker, MS
Vice President, Community Health Administration
JPS Health Network
Matt Richardson, FACHE
Director of Public Health
Denton County
A special thanks to the TCU Neeley School of Business for hosting this event!
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Speakers Bios:
Mae Centeno serves as Vice President of the Chronic Care Continuum for Baylor Scott & White Health. She is also an adjunct faculty member at Baylor University College of Nursing and the University of Texas at Arlington. In her previous role at BHCS, Dr. Centeno served as Program Manager and Clinical Nurse Specialist for the Heart Failure Program and Advanced Lung Disease Center at Baylor University Medical Center. She frequently gives international presentations on topics such as reducing readmission rates and transforming care for patients with chronic medical conditions. She is currently co-leading a grant-funded project focused on risk stratification and transitional care.

Kyllan Cody serves as independent consultant for NueHealth, which owns, manages, and operates specialty hospitals and surgical centers. Prior to her role as independent consultant, Kyllan served as administrator for Cook Children’s Surgery Center in Hurst, TX. Kyllan has also served as vice president of operations for Methodist Charlton Medical Center, and in various roles in both the for-profit and not-for-profit arena in Texas and Florida.
Kyllan is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and holds a Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration from Cornell University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Wake Forest University.
Kyllan and her husband, William, live in Irving, TX and have two young children, Laurel and Elliott.

Bob Ellzey, MHA, FACHE, has been in healthcare for 30 years and provides a wealth of knowledge in operational leadership, strategic planning, and forming collaborative relationships. He is passionate about improving the health and well-being of people in our communities and is mission driven but margin focused.
Bob is currently a Consultant with TORCH Management Services, Inc., where he provides audits and assessments for Community hospitals, with a focus on the current trends towards ambulatory and urgent care.
He was most recently the President of Texas Health Azle, Texas from 2011-2019, CEO of Mena Regional Health System, Mena, Arkansas from 2008-2011 and has held various other executive level positions with community and tertiary healthcare organizations throughout his extensive career.
A graduate of Baylor University with a BBA, in 1971 and an MHA from University of Houston-Clear Lake, in 1991, he is also a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Bob is a member of many professional organizations including Healthy Tarrant County Collaborative, Board of Directors, (President 2018-19), ACHE North Texas Regents Advisory Council 2014-17, and many others.
He is also a member of many community and religious organizations including the Azle Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, where he was selected as “Business Man of the Year” for 2019, and was also selected as “Health Hero 2019”, by the Fort Worth Business Press.
Bob is married, has two sons and one daughter in law, as well as a new grandson. He enjoys family, friends, community and anything outdoors.
Stuart D. Flynn, M.D., is the founding dean of Fort Worth’s new M.D. school, the TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine. Pending accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), the school will begin in July 2019.
Flynn has led the development of the new School and built a team that is pursuing accreditation and creating an innovative and patient-centric curriculum. In a supportive environment, students will become excellent communicators, active listeners, life-long learners and become valued physicians, colleagues, leaders and citizens in their communities.
Previously, Flynn served as founding dean of the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. He also 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.

Ken Hutchenrider joined Methodist Richardson Medical Center as President in July, 2010.
He has more than 25 years of executive experience with a result oriented record of substantially increasing financial stability and strengthening team management to build a tradition of providing the best care possible to the communities served.
During his tenure, Ken administered the assimilation of the hospital into the Methodist Health System, as well as the development of a $120M replacement hospital and its subsequent and ongoing expansions. Pam Stoyanoff, Chief Operations Officer of Methodist Health System has said “Ken is an outstanding leader with a proven track record in operational excellence.”
Additional accomplishments include the establishment of a new wound care center, recruitment and stabilization of the NICU physician group, development of the Da Vinci surgical program, and the successful recruitment/employment of new medical staff members. Under his direction, Methodist Richardson has received accreditations as a Chest Pain Center, a Stroke Center, and achieved nursing Pathway to Excellence.
Prior to July 2010, Ken served as the Chief Executive Officer of Galesburg Cottage Hospital, in Galesburg, Illinois. There, he successfully and effectively managed all facets of the 173 bed acute care facility, including a skilled nursing unit, inpatient psychiatric unit, a joint venture outpatient therapy unit, and a joint venture dialysis unit.
Previously in his career, Ken served in executive roles including Chief Executive Officer of the Terre Haute Regional Hospital in Terre Haute, Indiana and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Ken started his career in a clinical position as a Paramedic Shift Supervisor in Pasadena, Texas.
He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas A&M University and a Masters of Healthcare Administration from the University of Houston, Clear Lake.
Ken has received many accolades, including the American Heart Association SOAR Award, the Community Health System Outstanding Achievement Award, and Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He is actively involved in the community and has served as the Chairman of the Richardson Chamber of Commerce and President of the Plano Independent School District Foundation. Ken is an enthusiastic supporter of the PISD Health Sciences Academy. Currently, Ken serves as the Regent for Northern Texas for the American College of Healthcare Executives
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.

Karim Kaissi, FACHE is the General Manager for CareMore Health – a highly integrated, patient-focused national network bringing team-based care to North Texas. CareMore provides primary care, behavioral health, pharmacy management as well as care coordination and social resources to the community’s most vulnerable, complex and chronically-ill patients. CareMore has a proven track record of increasing access, improving quality and health outcomes while driving down medical costs. Karim has oversight of strategy, growth and operations for CareMore’s Texas market, with overall budget and P&L responsibility from start-up to sustainment and expansion. He is in charge of business and clinical operations, care management functions, payer relations and community engagement.
Prior to CareMore, Karim was with Texas Health Resources for 12 years and held leadership roles in strategy, operations and business development. He is also a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and an active member in our local chapter in North Texas.
Joy Parker received her bachelor’s and master’s of science degrees from Texas A&M University System Health Science Center and holds an additional leadership certification from the University of California, Berkley’s Haas School of Executive Education.
Prior to joining JPS Health Network in 2017 as executive director of Community Health, Joy served in leadership positions of Ambulatory Services and Home Care at Children’s Health in Dallas. During that time, she led efforts to increase access and patient satisfaction in the outpatient clinics, overseeing new clinic expansion and grant-funded programs for at-risk children. Joy led a team to open and operate the hospital’s first Joint Commission-accredited Home Care division as well as oversaw the management of reporting for the hospital’s U.S. News and World report ranking for its ambulatory services.
Since joining the JPS team, Joy has supported initiatives to improve patient access to their medical homes, achieve PCMH certification and successfully complete The Joint Commission survey. Most recently she guided JPS’s efforts to provide telehealth service availability for its employees.
Dr. Matt Richardson was appointed as the Director of Public Health for Denton County in the summer of 2014. Dr. Richardson previously served as Director with the City of Amarillo and Potter/Randall Counties for 9 years. Dr. Richardson has authored peer-reviewed publications, testified to the Texas Legislature regarding public health issues and continues to advocate for public health practice and resources for Denton County and the state of Texas.
He has a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Abilene Christian University and both Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Public Health from the University of North Texas. He is currently board certified and Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Dr. Richardson also serves as an accreditation site reviewer for public health programs in universities across the US.
Matt lives in Argyle with his wife of 24 years and their two daughters.

Todd Richwine, M.S., D.O., FAAFP, is the chief medical information officer (CMIO) for Texas Health Physicians Group (THPG).
Since 2018, Dr. Richwine has lead and assisted in planning, coordinating and overseeing the electronic health record (EHR) and other information technology solutions which providers and clinicians use within THPG.
As a member of Physician Comp Committee, he was also an integral part of the development and deployment of all improvements and modifications to the primary care provider reimbursement structure. In an effort to meet the needs of the community, the providers and prepare for future changes in health care, this committee recently launched the latest version of the Physician/APP salary index including traditional guaranteed salary, wRVU-based salary and an innovative panel model.
Dr. Richwine began his career as a physician at THPG in 2011. Along with providing patient care, he also worked as the physician champion for THPG. As the physician champion, he was the primary Epic physician builder who oversaw the Ambulatory PAC committee and helped leadership in the Epic Refuel. In addition, Dr. Richwine worked to improve the CareConnect One EHR experience for providers and assisted with their training.
He earned his undergraduate degree at Baylor University and earned a masters in integrative physiology at the UT- Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. In 2000, he received his doctor of osteopathic medicine at the University of North Texas Health Science Center – Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Worth and completed his post graduate residency at the St. Louis University-Forest Park Hospital.
Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, attending his children’s’ sporting events and playing golf.

Ruby Taylor has over 15 years of experience as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and is currently the Senior Vice President of Nursing for Population Health at Parkland Health & Hospital System. Ruby received her Doctor of Nursing Practice with a focus in Nursing Administration from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, where she also received her BSN. Her past experience includes 5 years as a Geriatric Nurse prior to becoming a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner. Ruby is also a colposcopist and completed her training at UTSW. Ruby has served as Texas Woman’s University Adjunct Faculty for Critical Care Integration Preceptorship. Ruby has been in nursing leadership for most of her career and enjoys all aspects of leadership, especially mentoring and helping to develop leaders.
Ruby is a recipient of the Great 100 Nurses Award and the D Magazine Nursing Excellence Award.

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ACHENTX Networking Blitz - September 2019
2019-09-10 16:30 - 20:00 | Texas Health Resources Pavilion, 600 E Lamar Blvd., Arlington, Texas, 76011
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This event is for all ACHE of North Texas members who want to become more involved and/or become more connected/networked with their fellow ACHENTX members.
The ACHE North Texas Membership & Networking Committee cordially invites you to the ACHE of North Texas chapter’s Networking Blitz. This fun event will allow members to get to know one another in a very meaningful way. There will be special fun breakout sessions and activities, where personal connections will be made. The intent of this program is to bring members together to get a real in depth view of ACHENTX, to enable you to meet some of the chapter’s leadership and other fellow ACHE members, and to help you map out how to best take advantage of the plethora of local and national benefits and opportunities available to you through. 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 will be served.

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Multi-Chapter Education Event
2019-09-26 08:30 - 16:30 | Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Plano, 1100 Allied Drive, Plano, TX, 75093
For the second year in a row, the below four ACHE chapters are joining forces to offer an incredible education event. Offering up to 6.0 approved Face-to-Face credits, it’s a great opportunity to learn, meet new colleagues and network — all close to home and at an extremely reasonable rate!
Hosted by the following ACHE Chapters:
ACHE of North Texas
East Texas ACHE Forum
Sooner Healthcare Executives
Texas Midwest Healthcare Executives
Agenda
7:30-8:30am – Registration
8:30-9am – Networking
9-10:30am – Panel #1: Financial Management: Walking the Public Reporting Systems Minefield (USNWR, CMS Star Ratings)
Moderator: Nick Kagal, FACHE
Senior Director
Premier Inc.
Panelists:
David Nilasena, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Region VI
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Marisa Valdes
Director, STEEP Analytics, Strategy, Operations
Baylor Scott & White Health
Kellie Webb
Director of Federal Affairs
Premier Inc.
Sheri Winsper
Chief Quality Officer
Texas Health Resources
10:30am-10:45am – Break
10:45am-12:15pm – Panel #2: Law/Regulatory: Stark Implications and Other Concerns in the Changing Sphere of Physician-Owned Medical Office Buildings
Moderator: Chris Whybrew, FACHE
Principal
Whybrew Medical Management, LLC
Panelists:
Darrell Armer
Partner, Healthcare Attorney
Gray Reed Attorneys & Counselors
Elise Brennan
Partner & Healthcare Operations Attorney
Conner & Winters
Heidi Matancsi
Director of Business Development
Boldt Company
Darin Miller
Chief Executive Officer
Miller Architects Inc.
12:15-1:15pm – Lunch
1:15-2:45pm – Panel #3: Quality/Patient Safety: Leading a Culture of Safety: A Blueprint for Success Lead and Reward a Just Culture and Establish Organizational Behavior Expectations
Moderator: Brian Bessent, FACHE
Vice President
Henrick Health System
Panelists:
Ben Ikard
Director of Strategy & Innovation
Stephenson Cancer Center
Ajith Pai, FACHE
President
Texas Health Cleburne
Lorie Thibodeaux
Quality Improvement Manager
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Laura Weber
Vice President Clinical Effectiveness & Patient Safety
Methodist Health
2:45-3pm – Break
3-4:30pm – Panel #4: Leadership: Strategies to Create Meaningful Executive Alignment with Physicians and Organizational Financial Goals
Moderator: Ken Hutchenrider, FACHE
President
Methodist Richardson Medical Center
Panelists:
Sam Bagchi
Chief Clinical Officer
CHRISTUS Health
Fraser Hay, FACHE
President
Texas Health Hurst-Euless-Bedford
Neil Pithadia
Senior Director
Baylor Scott & White Health
A special thanks to our venue host, Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital-Plano, and to Aramark for providing us our lunch!

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Speakers Bios:
Darrell Armer is a Partner at Gray Reed Attorneys & Counselors. An experienced dealmaker and strategic advisor for a diverse group of healthcare clients, Darrell Armer focuses his practice on structuring complex commercial transactions that not only achieve his clients’ business goals, but also minimize risk within strict regulatory frameworks. Leader of the Healthcare Transactions Practice Group, he has over 20 years of experience managing all aspects of the organization, reorganization, funding, operation and merger/acquisition of a variety of providers, including hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, physical therapy companies, diagnostic imaging centers, medical and dental practices, and home health agencies, as well as various provider networks. He is Board Certified in Health Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Darrell has negotiated and structured numerous mergers and acquisitions of healthcare providers on behalf of both sellers and buyers. This unique experience working on both sides of the deal helps Darrell anticipate many issues that typically arise and resolve them proactively before they can impede negotiations or break the deal altogether. Darrell also serves as outside general counsel for many of his clients, guiding them through a variety of operational and administrative matters, including Medicare/Medicaid and other third-party reimbursement and appeals, licensure issues with state boards, cyber security and related breaches, vendor contracts plus much more.
Keeping clients out of trouble is also a substantial part of Darrell’s practice. He helps clients maintain compliance with all federal and state regulations that impact entity structuring, commercial transactions and day-to-day operations, particularly the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute, HIPAA and other privacy laws, and antitrust considerations. Darrell also plays a significant role in protecting clients when they’re facing potential civil or criminal liability in government investigations or litigation involving alleged fraud or other regulatory violations. He works hand-in-hand with the firm’s white-collar lawyers, providing valuable insight on the substantive regulatory issues involved to ensure that clients achieve the best outcome possible.
Brian Bessent, FACHE, is the Vice President, Coordinated and Quality Care at Hendrick Health System. Brian received his Bachelor of Science in Speech-Language Pathology from Hardin Simmons University in 1996 and Master of Science in 1998 from the University of North Texas. He began working at Hendrick in 1999 and served as Director of Rehabilitation and Director of Transitional Services until he was promoted to Vice President in 2013. Brian is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He oversees Quality, Performance Improvement and Accreditation, Rehabilitation Services, Pharmacy, Pulmonary Services, Long-Term Acute Care, Hendrick Medical Supply (DME), Hendrick Hospice Care, Hendrick Housecalls Home Health, Pathways Palliative Care program, and Patient Engagement.
Brian is on the Board of Directors of the Abilene Industrial Foundation, Hardin-Simmons University Board of Development, Dyess Air Force Base Military Affairs Committee, the Institute of Healthcare Executives and Suppliers and the Texas Hospital Association, Education Committee. He serves as an Honorary Commander for Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene and a Board Member for Junior Achievement of Abilene.
Sam Bagchi, M.D. is an industry innovator and problem solver, building a solid reputation for successful high-level informatics and quality initiatives in leading U.S. health systems. For more than a decade, his quest to bring together clinical and quality strategies with the promise of health IT has consistently uncovered new best-practices—many now serving as a guide for other healthcare organizations navigating the industry’s shift to value-based care.
Dr. Bagchi currently serves as the Senior Vice President, CMO and Chief Medical Information Officer of Christus Health (Irving, Texas). In his dual role, Dr. Bagchi oversees clinical operations, quality control and informatics while also establishing strong working relationships with Christus’ 14,000 physician leaders. He previously served as the senior vice president and CMO of Dallas-based Methodist Health System and chief medical and quality officer of Presence Health in Chicago. As the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Medical Informatics Officer at CHRISTUS Health, Dr. Bagchi drove clinical and quality strategy by leading initiatives that advanced performance and practice standards across one of the largest and most progressive health networks in the US and Latin America.
He provided the vision and direction for a diverse list of system functions including system quality/risk, care management, clinical informatics, telehealth, hospitalists, emergency medicine and clinical analytics. This broad area of focus equipped Dr. Bagchi with uncommon insights into the challenges and opportunities facing today’s health systems as they move towards highly reliable care delivery.
A board certified internal medicine physician, Dr. Bagchi previously served as Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer for Methodist Health System, a seven-hospital health system in Texas. He was recruited to Methodist to build a clinical informatics platform and department around the organization’s quality and patient safety initiatives. Dr. Bagchi earned his medical degree from Indiana University and completed the Internal Medicine residency program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he served as a Harvard teaching fellow. His insights have appeared in numerous trade publications, and he is sought after regularly to speak on informatics, quality and performance excellence. In 2018, Dr. Bagchi was named to the prestigious Becker’s Top 100 Health System Chief Medical Officers to know in the US.
Elise Dunitz Brennan has practiced healthcare law for over 30 years. Her practice concentrates on the general representation of healthcare systems, including hospitals, pharmaceutical and device companies, and long-term care facilities. She specializes in operational and regulatory support, compliance planning, mergers and acquisitions, HIPAA, billing issues, Medicare, Antikickback and Stark, EMTALA, managed care, physician recruitment, physician medical staff issues, licensure, Certificate of Need and Change of Ownership, peer review hearings, fraud and abuse, risk management and new service development. Recently, her practice has included healthcare provider integration initiatives such as ACOs, service line collaborations and non-clinical joint ventures, and healthcare provider and payor contracting issues. She also serves as an Arbitrator on the Commercial and Healthcare Panel of the American Arbitration Association and as an Arbitrator, Mediator and Trainer for the American Health Lawyers Association. Chambers USA, the leading evaluator of attorneys, referred to Ms. Brennan as “an outstanding healthcare lawyer with a strong suit in the representation of institutions and transactions.” Ms. Brennan is the only Oklahoma attorney elected as a Fellow of the American Health Lawyers Association.
Fraser Hay, FACHE, is the President of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford (THHEB), where he has served since the beginning of 2018. He has worked as an executive in progressive leadership roles within Texas Health Resources since 2010, first at Texas Health Southwest Fort Worth and then Texas Health Plano, before moving to THHEB.
In his current role, Fraser oversees the daily operations, strategic planning, business development, continuous improvement, and hospital culture for the more than 1,400 employees, 200 volunteers, and 800 active staff physicians and allied health professionals.
Throughout his career, Fraser has overseen more than $95 million in construction projects and has been known for his collaborative leadership style that focuses on building partnerships with physicians and hospital staff to collectively enhance the care provided.
Fraser received his BBA in Finance from the University of Oklahoma and then his Masters’ in Health Administration from Trinity University in San Antonio. He completed his residency with INTEGRIS Health in Oklahoma City.
He is a Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and was honored as the 2015 Young Healthcare Executive of the Year by the North Texas Chapter of ACHE, and the 2017 Young Healthcare Executive of the Year by the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council.
Fraser is actively involved in his profession and community by serving on the Boards of the North Texas Chapter of ACHE, HEB ISD Education Foundation, and Good Shepherd Catholic Community’s Pastoral Advisory Committee.
Ken Hutchenrider, Jr., 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. Ken has recently accepted responsibility for Construction and Engineering for the Methodist Health System.
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 has served as the Chairman of the Richardson Chamber of Commerce and President of the Plano Independent School District Foundation. Ken is an enthusiastic supporter of the PISD Health Sciences Academy. Currently, Ken serves as the Regent for Northern Texas for the American College of Healthcare Executives. Finally, Ken has recently been elected to Richardson City Council as the Councilman for Place 5.
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.
Ben Ikard serves as the Director of Strategy and Innovation at Oklahoma’s only NCI Designated Cancer Center. In his various previous roles at the Stephenson Cancer Center, he has been instrumental in the expansion of services and implementation of protocols and technology, allowing for safer administration and mixing of chemotherapy. He has served as the Director of Patient Financial Services, managing the design, implementation and governance of financial clearance and revenue cycle activities at Stephenson Cancer Center. Ben is an active member in his community and graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Masters in Business Administration and BBA in Entrepreneurship, Venture Management, and Finance and Accounting.
Nick Kagal, FACHE, is the Senior Director for Customer Success for the Western US with Premier Inc. He has over 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry, and has held leadership roles with several major DFW provider organizations. 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 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 EMR vendor and for a healthcare focused ERP organization. Nick received his BA in Biology & Psychology from Austin College and an MBA from the Texas A&M University. He is a Fellow in both ACHE & HIMSS. Nick is also a national reviewer, presenter and moderator for the Annual HIMSS Global Conference & Exhibition education sessions.
Heidi Matancsi serves as the Director of Business Development for the Boldt Company’s healthcare real estate development and investment arm. She assists health systems and hospitals nationwide to implement their real estate strategy through innovative financial offerings and unique lease structures. Heidi has also served as a physician advocate and leasing manager for projects ranging from ambulatory care facilities to health and wellness campuses. Boldt owns and develops outpatient facilities nationwide and has developed over $2.5 billion in healthcare real estate since 2000.
Darin Miller is the founder and current CEO of Miller Architects Inc. and the co-founder of Miller Neff Development. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Oklahoma and attended Harvard University for graduate studies in future healthcare planning and design. Darin has over 30 years of experience in healthcare design, development and construction, having completed hundreds of healthcare projects across the United States. He is a licensed architect in 30 states and is a registered Interior Designer. Mr. Miller continues to fund and develop healthcare facilities with a current ownership position in over a half million square feet of healthcare facilities.

Dr. David Nilasena is the Chief Medical Officer of the CMS Dallas Regional Office. He also serves as the regional lead for the agency’s Value-Based Purchasing initiatives and a lead contact for the HITECH Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program. Dr. Nilasena has been the CMS lead for national quality improvement efforts in Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), Heart Failure, and Stroke. Dr. Nilasena is board certified in General Preventive Medicine/ Public Health and has Masters of Science degrees in both Public Health and Medical Informatics from the University of Utah.

Ajith Pai, Pharm.D., FACHE, became president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne in September 2018. Before joining Texas Health Cleburne, he was the professional and support services officer at Texas Health Kaufman.
Pai was born at Texas Health HEB and later began his career there in 1999 as a certified pharmacy technician. In 2011, he became the director of pharmacy at Texas Health Kaufman, where he oversaw the day-to-day operations and championed safe, quality-driven patient care through the implementation of best practices and improved clinical monitoring.
He received his Doctorate of Pharmacy from Texas Tech School of Pharmacy and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Texas at Dallas. He is also a graduate of Texas Health’s Talent Acceleration Program.
Pai is involved in his community through memberships on various committees including the Chamber of Commerce, Leadership North Texas, ACHE North Texas, and the ACHE Asian Healthcare Leaders Forum.
In his free time, Pai enjoys spending time and traveling with his wife Myriam, and their daughter, Elyse. He’s also an avid runner and has participated in more than 15 marathons across the country.
Neil Pithadia is a healthcare executive with 12 years of experience in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. As a Director of Baylor Scott & White (BS&W) Physician Services, Neil has oversight of the physician medical group for hospital-based services across Northern Texas. Neil is currently working on a physician growth strategy including compensation changes towards value-based payments for intensivists and critical care-based services. BS&W is the largest non-profit healthcare system in Texas, including 48 hospitals, 662 primary care and specialty clinics and a health plan with more than 245,000 members.
Prior to this, Neil was the Chief Strategy Officer at Tenet Healthcare Northern California. There he was responsible for driving top line growth to an inpatient care network of three hospitals including oversight of physician services.
Neil started his healthcare career in Academic Medicine working at notable institutions like the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center where he ran outpatient and ambulatory surgical services.
Prior to his healthcare career, Neil worked as a research scientist for Pfizer, Inc and also spent a year at the National Institute working as an associate in Bethesda, MD. A trained Cellular, Molecular Biologist and Medical Informaticist, Neil has a unique perspective into the industry.
Neil spends his free time in the start-up world. He launched a transportation business as an Undergrad at the University of Michigan and remains close to his start-up roots. Neil is educated at notable institutions such as Harvard Business School, University of Michigan and Texas Tech University. Neil holds an MBA, an MS in Medical Informatics and BS in Cell, Molecular Biology. He also holds certifications such as the FACHE, FACMPE.
Lorie Thibodeaux, MHA, ITILv3, HACP, CPHQ is a Quality Improvement Leader who has demonstrated extensive experience in healthcare quality, research, process improvement, and program development. She has shown exceptional leadership in various healthcare settings and management of high complex projects. She joined Parkland during the Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA) and led enterprise-wide projects, executive project meetings with board of managers, leadership, department heads, physicians, providers, and other clinicians to discuss strategic goals, and work on process improvements and successfully closed the CIA. Building a safety culture and teamwork in high-risk environments is no easy task. During this time, Lorie was instrumental on critical projects to the success and sustainability required through the journey towards building trust, eliminating fear, and examining close calls, unsafe conditions, and examining errors. An example of projects that received high recognition includes the enterprise-wide mislabeled specimen project: She worked to construct an outstanding turnaround plan to decrease labeling errors by more than 50%. As a Performance Improvement Manager, Lorie shows strong motivation and leadership to help drive our organization into being a safer place.
In the fall of 2018, Parkland received the Triennial Hospital Accreditation from the Joint Commission.
Lorie holds an MHA from University of Missouri-Columbia and hold certifications in Information Technology Infrastructure Library, Health Accreditation Certification Program and Certified in Professional Health Quality.
In Lorie’s free time she enjoys making an impact to the Dallas community. She works actively with several charity organizations including the Young Texans against Cancer (YTAC) and serves as the Sponsorship Committee for the Junior Conservancy, Vice President of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, volunteer, and mentors others in her free time. She is also an active member of ACHE (on Diversity and WHEN committee), NAHSE, and founding the local chapter of NALHE. In addition to the committee and active roles that she plays in developing the Dallas and Parkland Community, she has developed an Employee Resource Group for Women at Parkland Health & Hospital System.
Marisa Valdes, RN, MSN, CPHQ, serves as Director of the Value-Based Quality & Regulatory Operations department.
In this role, she is responsible for keeping the quality teams abreast of regulatory matters that affect the measurement and reporting of BSWH performance metrics; collaborating with BSWH service lines, leaders and clinicians to develop reporting initiatives; overseeing specified facility and system surveys; establishing measure documentation protocols; and monitoring the BSWH data reported by external entities.
Marisa also has an extensive background in the science of health care improvement and served as associate director at Parkland Health Care Systems in Dallas, overseeing the performance improvement team and the public quality reporting programs.
Kellie Webb is the Director of Federal Affairs at Premier Inc. She has more than 10 years of progressive experience in managing top-tier policy and healthcare improvement projects with solutions focused on quality, safety & data analytics. Kellie has expertise in driving both cost reduction and increases in positive patient outcomes. In her various roles at Premier she has led policy analysis, research and development and has established herself as a national expert on healthcare quality, payment and compliance policies that impact hospitals, outpatient facilities and physicians.
Kellie has an MBA in Health Policy & Leadership from Baylor University and a BS in Biology from Stephen F. Austin University.
Laura Weber serves as the system VP for quality & safety at Methodist Health System in Dallas, Texas. Working in collaboration with hospital and corporate leadership and staff to advance patient safety culture and practice in an effort to “always be ready for our next patient, rather than being ready for our next survey”. Laura has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare and began her career as a bed-side RN in critical care. Prior to joining MHS, Laura served in several leadership roles focusing on performance improvement, patient safety and quality improvement in both entity and system level positions. During her career, Laura has led initiatives to reduce hospital-acquired conditions, implementation of strategic quality improvement practices and transforming organizational culture to one of high reliability.
Laura has spent several years on the board of examiners for the National Baldrige Program, last serving as an alumni examiner in 2015. Laura also served on the Panel of Judges for the state-based Baldrige award program—Texas Award for Performance Excellence [TAPE] from 2013-2015.
In these roles, Laura has functioned as an examiner team lead and worked with senior leaders in several organizations to implement the Baldrige Framework into their operating systems and organizational culture.
Laura received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Texas at Arlington and holds a Master of Business Administration/Health Care Management degree from the University of Phoenix. Laura is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality [CPHQ].
When she isn’t working, Laura enjoys spending time with her family in both the beautiful mountains of New Mexico and on the beaches of the Caribbean.

Sheri Winsper, RN, MSN, MSHA has more than 21 years of health care experience, Sheri has successfully provided service oriented strategic, operational, and clinical quality and patient safety leadership through the design and implementation of innovative methodologies in performance improvement, measurement and culture of safety initiatives at the national, integrated health system and individual hospital levels. Sheri passionately develops programs that are data-driven, evidenced-based, and utilize nationally endorsed measures of clinical and high reliability outcomes. At Texas Health Resources, Sheri has provided system-wide leadership for quality improvement, regulatory affairs, patient safety through high reliability, and infection prevention resulting in a 33% reduction in serious harm across multiple hospitals and clinics.
Sheri served as executive director, Quality & Patient Safety, Loyola University Health System in Chicago, Illinois. She previously was VP of Clinical Quality, Health Research & Educational Trust for the American Hospital Association in Chicago and lead AHRQ national improvement collaboratives including focus’ on health care acquired infection reduction and surgical safety improvement. As vice president of Performance Measurement & Reporting, Institute for Health Care Research & Improvement, at Baylor Health Care System in Dallas, Texas, her role included executive leadership responsibility for value-based purchasing regulatory education, reporting and prioritization of improvement initiatives to provide the best quality of care for patients while minimizing reimbursement impact. With a true passion for guiding and building quality improvement capacity within organizations, she strives to provide high quality, value, and access to care for patients across the nation.
She is trained as a registered nurse, gaining her bachelor’s degree in nursing at Oklahoma Baptist University. She earned master’s degrees in nursing administration and in health care administration from the University of Texas at Arlington.
Sheri enjoys traveling, watching football, especially the Dallas Cowboys, and spending time with her husband, friends and family, and four adorable nieces. She also volunteers on the local Board of Directors for Traffick911 in their mission of freeing youth from domestic sex trafficking.
Chris Whybrew, FACHE, is a seasoned healthcare executive with over 20 years of experience serving for-profit health systems such as HCA, Community Health Systems, Vanguard Health System, and Capella. Mr. Whybrew has also served independent not-for-profit hospitals. During his career, Mr. Whybrew has served in executive roles ranging from Chief Development Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Whybrew has lead hospitals ranging from 60 bed community hospitals to 336 bed suburban regional referral centers.
While serving as a senior executive, Mr. Whybrew has led operational turn arounds, improved customer service performance, developed and implemented new clinical service lines, developed, integrated hospital employed physician practices, and developed regional referral networks. Mr. Whybrew has also lead design and construction of clinical units and facilities. Most recently, Mr. Whybrew lead the design team for an Emergency Center replacement at McAlester Regional Health Center, which incorporated significant Lean/Six Sigma process improvement and Lean construction design concepts.
Presently, Mr. Whybrew owns a healthcare consulting firm, Whybrew Medical Management, LLC, that serves physician groups, small to medium size hospitals, surgical hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. Mr. Whybrew’s primary services focus on strategic planning, growth and development, operations improvement, as well as interim management services.
Mr. Whybrew is a native of Memphis and Nashville, TN, and currently lives in Tulsa, OK. He is a Board certified healthcare executive with the American College of Healthcare Executives and is President of ACHE’s Oklahoma Chapter, Sooner Healthcare Executives. He earned his Masters of Business Administration at The Jack Massey School of Business at Belmont University, in Nashville, TN. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management at Austin Peay State University. He is also an active member at Evergreen Baptist Church, in Tulsa.

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2019 ACHENTX Women's Breakfast
2019-10-01 07:30 - 09:15 | La Cima Club – Las Colinas, 5215 North O'Connor Boulevard #2600 , Irving, TX, 75039, United States
We look forward to having you at the
2019 ACHENTX annual Women’s Breakfast.

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This year’s theme is based on Sherri Elliott-Yearly’s book, Ties to Tattoos.

Date: Tuesday October 1
Time: 7:30-9:15am
Location: La Cima Club
5215 North O’Connor Road, #2600
Irving, TX 75039
Topic: 4 Generations in the Workforce, Oh My!
Moderator:
Sherri Elliott-Yearly, SPHR
Author of:

Crack the Millennial Code
Ties to Tattoos
You Can Have It All

Panelists:
Tina Bowers
Director, Diversity & Inclusion & Workforce Development
Children’s Health, Dallas
Carla Dawson
VP Total Rewards
Texas Health Resources
Suzanne Farmer
AVP Organizational Development & Training
UT Southwestern
Dr. Noah Hoskins
Senior Vice President and Group Medical Officer
Hospital Medicine Division
SCP Health
Speakers Bios:
Tina Bowers, MBA, CDM
Director, Diversity, Inclusion, and Workforce Development
Children’s Health, Dallas Texas
Tina Bowers is a results-oriented leader with 20+ years of strategic leadership experience in the health care industry. In her current role, Tina is responsible for advancing diversity and inclusion at Children’s Health, an 8,000-employee pediatric health system. Her goal is to create an inclusive workplace where employees feel welcome, valued and respected and where the workforce reflects the patients, employees, and communities we serve.
Prior to joining Children’s, Tina served in HR leadership roles at for-profit and not-for-profit health systems including Methodist Health System and Tenet Health. She has worked in all functional areas of HR and is a trusted advisor to leaders across the organization.
Tina is married and lives in Rowlett with Terry, her husband of 30 years. They have two daughters and one granddaughter who is the apple of their eye. She enjoys travel, yoga, fishing, consuming audio books and long walks.
Tina holds an MBA from Southern Methodist University and is Certified in Diversity Management in Healthcare through the Institute for Diversity in Health Management.
As VP, Total Health and Total Rewards, Carla Dawsonoversees all aspects of benefits, compensation, leaves and employee health & safety for Texas Health Resources almost 25,000 employees. She has responsibility for system Benefits functions including medical, Rx, wellness, dental, vision, COBRA, FSA, Disability, Life/AD&D, PTO, Tuition Reimbursement, and Retirement. She also is accountable for leaves, ADAs and Worker’s Comp which are managed in-house along with creating a culture of employee safety. Her compensation team establishes all pay practices and manages recognition program and incentives. She is also responsible for Employee Health policies for the system and champions Employee Safety within the organization. In addition, she has oversight for HR operations for Texas Health’s physician organization.
Prior to joining Texas Health in 2005, Dawson was a consultant at Hewitt Associates for 7 years where Texas Health was one of her clients. She held HR positions prior to her time at Hewitt.
Dawson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in advertising with honors from Texas Tech University. She holds CBP (Certified Benefit Professional) and CCP (Certified Compensation Professional) certifications from WorldAtWork.
Sherri Elliott-Yeary, the Generational Guru is widely recognized as the leading voice on Millennials and the multigenerational workplace.
Often called a “translator,” Sherri advises both young professionals looking to succeed in today’s work environment and the organizations that want to recruit, retain and market to them.
She is the Bestselling author of Ties to Tattoo’s: Turning Generational Differences into a Competitive Advantage, You Can Have It All, Just Not All at Once and her new series Crack the Millennial Code: How to Market, Manage and Motivate Millennials.
Her consulting clients and keynote speaking audiences have included over 1,000 corporations, conferences and universities, including Dallas Mavericks, Citi, Christus Health, Nissan, Raytheon, Army and Airforce Exchange, Gaylord Inc., and The National Guard.
Sherri also works with select brands as their go-to in-house expert and public spokesperson for all things millennial, including strategic planning, media campaigns and social outreach. As an HR executive she has created and delivered webinars that trained over 100,000 people to advance their careers.
Her advice and opinions have appeared in such media outlets as The TODAY Show, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN and NPR. Sherri has become known as the ‘Go To’ expert for all things Millennial.
Sherri’s passion for mentoring young people goes back to her junior high days as she led the first Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Student Program in Canada. Sherri and her family are now based in Dallas, Texas.
Suzanne Farmer, Ph.D., serves as the Learning and Development executive for UT Southwestern Medical Center, where she leads the organizational development, succession and learning strategy for the Medical School, and its University Hospitals and Clinics. Her key responsibilities include identifying and building key physician and professional leadership talent, leading organization design, galvanizing change, and driving employee engagement. Her accomplishments since joining the organization in 2012 include consolidating learning entities across the enterprise and launching the Academy for Career Enrichment (ACE) that expands access to personalized learning opportunities through technology and customized programs, the Leadership Foundations cohort program that graduates 600 people managers per year, and the expansion of Executive Coaching and OD services to faculty and their departments.
Prior to her role at UT Southwestern, Farmer led Talent and Organization Development at Dean Foods, led Sales Communication at Frito-Lay North America, and gained global experience leading talent management and succession planning at Celanese. She began her career at Dell Inc. in Austin as an Organization Development consultant. Farmer earned her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Central Michigan University and her B.S. in Psychology from Texas A&M University. Her assessment and selection research is published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior, and she is also published in the Journal of Vocational Behavior, and the Journal of Occupational and Health Psychology. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, the Society for Human Resource Management and the International Association of Business Communicators.
Dr. Noah Hoskins is a Senior Vice President and Group Medical Officer for the Hospital Medicine Division at SCP Health. Her primary responsibilities include maintaining clinical excellence in Hospital and Intensive Medicine services through clinician professional development, patient-centered care and outcomes-driven management.
A native Floridian, Dr. Hoskins received her medical degree from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and completed her residency training at Medstar Health Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Always focused on physician development, she then served as Internal Medicine Clinical Faculty and Director of the Women’s Health Clinic. She now serves as a leader in hospital medicine and has created a proven track record of improving patient experience scores, establishing best practices for physician engagement, and innovating solutions for the healthcare challenges of today, all while connecting to healthcare of the future.
Her current focus is implementing processes for medical directors designed to generate clinician engagement, raise the standard of clinical care in their communities, and lead efficient caring teams.

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Women's Healthcare Executive Network (WHEN) Mixer
2019-10-08 17:30 - 19:30 | The Network Bar, 331 Singleton Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75212
You spoke and we listened!
Women’s Healthcare Executive Network (WHEN) is pleased to invite you to our first ever networking mixer at the chic and exclusive, Network Bar in Dallas! This event is for all women in healthcare leadership or those aspiring to a leadership role.
We invite you to bring your business cards and get ready for a lively mixer where you will meet accomplished female professionals just like yourself, face to face, one professional at a time.
We will discuss healthcare, our careers, and how women can create a space to empower women and inspire long-lasting change.
We are looking forward to meeting each of you.
WHEN’s purpose is to create a network that will enrich, strengthen and advocate for women in healthcare leadership through a variety of career development opportunities, inspiring professional and personal growth.
WHEN
The Time is Now!

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A special thanks to THAC for hosting this event!
THAC is the premier non-profit healthcare organization where healthcare professionals go for thought-provoking discussion, mutually beneficial relationships within the healthcare industry, and meaningful ways to impact people within our communities.
They serve our communities through engaging educational events to promote collaboration on emerging healthcare topics, conversation on healthcare legislation, and dedicated philanthropy for improving the community.

Community Event: Feed My Starving Children (FMSC)
2019-10-12 09:00 - 11:00 | Feed My Starving Children (FMSC), 1680 N Glenville Drive, Suite 300, Richardson, TX, 75081
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Come join your ACHE of North Texas colleagues as we hand-pack rice, soy, dried vegetables and a nutritionally complete blend of vitamins and minerals into bags which are then sealed, boxed, placed on pallets and shipped to Feed My Starving Children’s partners working hard to reach the neediest children around the world.
Visit www.fmsc.org to learn more about this incredible organization.
Restrictions: anyone with a soy allergy, anyone will illness within 24 hours of the volunteering event, but there are no lifting restrictions. For safety reasons, the minimum age for volunteering is 5 years old and anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult during the packing experience. Please also note, FMSC is banking on our group’s help and will be turning away other volunteers to accommodate our anticipated number of attendees. If you are unable to attend, please let us know right away so we can fill your slot. Otherwise, we look forward to seeing you there and rolling up our sleeves together to do this important work!

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2nd Annual ACHENTX Volunteer Appreciation Gathering
2019-10-17 16:00 - 18:00 | Via Real Restaurant, 4020 North MacArthur Boulevard #100, Irving, TX, 75038
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As a THANK YOU for volunteering your time and talents to ACHENTX this year, the Board of Directors and Volunteer Engagement Committee invites you to join us at the 2nd annual Volunteer Appreciation gathering! This is a fun, relaxed event for our chapter’s volunteers to network with each other and to be personally thanked for your great efforts.
Heavy appetizers and drinks provided by ACHENTX.
We hope you can join us!

Cocktails with the Chiefs - Fort Worth
2019-10-22 18:00 - 20:00 | Reata Restaurant – Fort Worth, 310 Houston Street, Fort Worth, TX, 76102, United States
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Our popular Cocktails with the Chiefs event is back in Fort Worth – once again under the beautiful glass dome at the trendy Reata restaurant.
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:

Michael Sandborn, MS, FACHE, FASHP
President
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth

Panelists:
Jenny Beuerlein, LMSW
Chief Executive Officer
PAM Rehabilitation Hospital In Allen
Melissa Johnson
Vice-president of Technology Operations
McKesson Corporation
Jyric Sims, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Medical City Fort Worth
Speaker Bios:
Jenny Beuerlein is the Chief Executive Officer of PAM Rehabilitation Hospital In Allen where she leads the number one hospital in the PAM system. Jenny began her career as a social worker in the Baylor Scott and White Healthcare system, and was afforded an opportunity to transition into the Post-Acute setting. Jenny completed her Master of Science in Social work at The University of Texas Arlington, Magna Cum Laude. Jenny and her husband have 4 children and live in a Wylie, TX and spend most of their weekends at the soccer fields.

Melissa Johnson leads Technology Operations at McKesson Corporaton, a Fortune 6 pharmaceuticals distribution, health information technology, medical supplies, and care management tools company. As vice-president of Technology Operations, she is responsible for all technology operational-excellence initiatives within the corporation. Prior to McKesson, she served as vice-president of IT at Palo Alto Networks where she was instrumental in leading IT as interim CIO and ensuring the Engineering teams were supported by IT. Previously, she served in IT leadership roles at Caesars Entertainment Corporation and as CIO at Comair, Inc.
Having led all facets of IT over the years, she is highly experienced in developing capability models that ensure delivery of high-value projects with ongoing utilization metrics. With over 20 years of experience leading people, technology teams, and implementing cost-effective technology solutions, Melissa is highly skilled in all phases of the project lifecycle, from initial feasibility analysis and conceptual design, through execution and implementation.
Melissa has always been customer-focused and skilled in initiating and building alliances with internal and external customers as well as vendors. She has a proven ability to identify business needs or problems and translate them into technical requirements as well as execute large enterprise projects across multiple business units.
Michael Sanborn, MS, FACHE, FASHP currently serves as president of Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth. He is responsible for the leadership and management of the 574-bed acute care hospital with more than 2,400 employees and 1,100 medical staff members. Services include transplantation, heart/vascular, oncology, trauma, and one of the largest women’s hospitals in the area.
Before joining All Saints, Sanborn served as president of Baylor Scott & White – Carrollton where he was responsible for the hospital, three satellite medical offices and a freestanding diagnostic center. Prior to his position at Carrollton, Sanborn served as the corporate vice president of cardiovascular services for the Baylor Scott & White system. Throughout his 29 years in health care, Sanborn has taken on increasingly complex roles, initially in pharmacy leadership and then in health care administration.
Mr. Sanborn holds a B.S. and M.S. in Pharmacy and Administration respectively from the University of Kansas and is a Fellow of both ACHE and ASHP.
Jyric Sims serves as Chief Executive Officer of Medical City Fort Worth, a health system that includes a 320-bed medical center, an ambulatory surgery center, a free standing emergency room and more than 1,200 employees. Sims previously served as Senior VP & Chief Operating Officer of Tulane Health System in New Orleans, Louisiana, and in executive roles in hospitals in Port St. Lucie, Florida, Houston, Texas, and Little Rock, Arkansas. Sims has received numerous accolades, including 2017 National Healthcare Executive of the Year by the National Association of Healthcare Executives, 2017 Alumni of the Year by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and 2016 Modern Healthcare Up and Comer. He was also appointed to serve on a national delegation to Israel. He is an active member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. Academically, Jyric Sims serves on the Louisiana State University National Diversity Advisory Board and is an adjunct faculty member at Tulane University School of Public Health. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Louisiana State University, a Master of Science in Healthcare Administration from University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and a certificate in healthcare leadership from Harvard University. Sims is married to his college sweetheart, Maisha, and they are the proud parents of Sabriya (daughter) and Noah (son).

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Fourth Quarter Education Event
2019-10-24 15:00 - 19:30 | Mexican Sugar, 7501 Lone Star Drive #Ste B150, Plano, TX, 75024
Approved for up to 3.0 Face-to-Face Credits
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Panel #1: Care for the Uninsured and Underinsured
Moderator: Paul Aslin, FACHE
Chief Transformation Officer/SVP Strategic Alignment
Wise Health System
Panelists:
Catherine Oliveros
Vice President, Community Health Improvement
Texas Health Resources
Leslie Pierce
VP Revenue Cycle
Methodist Health
Krystal Richardson
Director of Revenue Cycle Operations
UT Southwestern
Felicia Shaw
VP Medicaid Eligibility Services
Parallon

Panel #2: Understanding Implicit Bias and its impact on Healthcare Leadership
Moderator: Tina Bowers
Director of Diversity Workforce
Children’s Health
Panelists:
Pamela Bryant
SVP of Supply Chain Management
Parkland
Beverly Hardy-Decuir
Executive Director/Program Administrator, Acute/Post-Acute Services
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Colea Owens
Clinical Educator
Medical City Healthcare
Martin Marshall
Director of Operational Logistics
UT Southwestern

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Speaker Bios:
Paul Aslin received his Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Science in Healthcare Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington where he won first place in the graduate division of the national ACHE Richard J. Stull Student Essay Competition in Healthcare Management. Prior to his current role as Chief Transformation Officer, Mr. Aslin served as Chief Population Health Officer for Wise Health System and Chief Operating Officer for Wise Health Clinics. He currently leads the system’s participation in the 1115 Waiver program and has administrative responsibility for quality, patient experience, population health, telehealth, value-based care, community health improvement, and organizational performance excellence. Paul resides in Haslet, TX with his wife, Amanda, and three daughters.

Tina Bowers is a results-oriented leader with 20+ years of strategic leadership experience in the health care industry. In her current role, Tina is responsible for advancing diversity and inclusion at Children’s Health, an 8,000-employee pediatric health system. Her goal is to create an inclusive workplace where employees feel welcome, valued and respected and where the workforce reflects the patients, employees, and communities we serve.
Prior to joining Children’s, Tina served in HR leadership roles at for-profit and not-for-profit health systems including Methodist Health System and Tenet Health. She has worked in multiple functional areas across Human Resources including Talent Acquisition, Organizational Development, Learning and Leadership Development, Talent Development and Engagement, and is a trusted advisor to leaders across the organization.
Tina is married and lives in the DFW area with Terry, her husband of 30 years. They have two daughters and one granddaughter. She enjoys travel, yoga, fishing, consuming audio books and long walks.
Tina holds an MBA from Southern Methodist University and is Certified in Diversity Management in Healthcare through the Institute for Diversity in Health Management.

Pamela Bryant is the Senior Vice President of Supply Chain for Parkland Health & Hospital System. Parkland is one of the largest public hospitals in the country with more than 1 million patient visits annually. Pamela leads a team of over 200 personnel and is responsible for all aspects of the supply chain, including procurement, strategic sourcing, informatics, logistics, distribution, vendor management and equipment/asset management. She has more than 20 years of healthcare experience and a proven track record in driving cost reductions, supporting dynamic growth, implementing new initiatives, improving operational efficiencies and driving supplier diversity.
Pamela earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, and Master of Business Administration degree from Averett University in Danville, Virginia. She is a member of The Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) where she previously served as president of the local chapter. Currently, she serves as the Board Chair of the Women’s Business Council Southwest (WBCS).

Dr. Beverly Hardy-Decuir recently transitioned to the position of Executive Director/Program Administrator, Acute/Post-Acute Services at Parkland Health & Hospital System. She received a baccalaureate degree and master’s degree of science in nursing from the University of South Alabama, and a Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Texas at Houston.
The Medicaid patient populations have been the focus of Dr. Hardy-Decuir nursing practice, research, and publications. She has serviced for many years the Medicaid, Medicare, and Indigent populations. Dr. Beverly Hardy-Decuir is a veteran healthcare professional with 30+ years of quality management, operational and executive leadership experience. Dr. Hardy-Decuir is a recognized leader in Healthcare Quality Management and is a Board Certified Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives, Certified Healthcare Quality Professional, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and a Certified Professional in Healthcare Accreditation. She is a frequent speaker on quality management, accreditation, and performance improvement at state and national conferences.

Martin Marshall of U.T. Southwestern Medical Center has 13 years of progressive management experience, which include 11 years of management with two Fortune 500 organizations. His managerial experience in logistics a
nd operations began at UPS where he served in management for 5 years in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area while completing his undergraduate education from the University of North Texas.
Upon completing his undergraduate studies from UNT, Martin then joined J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. where he served as a Logistics Project Manager for 6 years. Some of the projects that were managed under Martin’s leadership included logistics designs for The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in Terrell, TX, The Home Depot in San Antonio, TX and several oil field customers in Midland, TX.
Upon completing his MBA from Texas Tech University, Martin transitioned into his current role with UT Southwestern where he directs Logistics, Biomedical Engineering, Patient Transport, Hospital Capital Equipment Acquisitions, & Volunteer Services. His current responsibility oversees 141 FTE’s and over $10 million in fiscal management.

Catherine Oliveros is vice president of Community Health Improvement at Texas Health Resources.
Catherine provides strategic direction to and oversight of Texas Health’s Community Health Improvement initiatives, which aim to decrease health disparities and address social determinants with a special focus on underserved populations. In her role, Catherine oversees community health research and evaluation and is responsible for programs created as part of Texas Health Community Impact and the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Program (DSRIP). Catherine is also responsible for building strong relationships with public and private organizations who share the Texas Health Vision of improving health and well-being across North Texas.
Before joining the Texas Health family, Catherine was director of community affairs at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, where she developed strategies and collaborative partnerships to advance health and wellness, community engagement and business growth. Her 24 -year career includes six years with Susan G. Komen, where she was regional director for Latin America, including oversight of Komen’s Latin America research and community-based grants portfolio addressing the entire breast cancer continuum of care.
Catherine holds a master’s degree and a doctorate degree in public health from Loma Linda University in California, as well as a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Pitzer College in Claremont, California.
Community is also a priority for Catherine outside of work. She is a graduate of Leadership Fort Worth and Leadership North Texas and has served on the boards of The Concilio, North Texas American Diabetes Association, UNT Health Sciences Center: Women’s Health and Health Disparities, and North Texas Hispanic 100. She is also a member of the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council’s Community Health Collaborative and UT Southwestern Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Community Advisory Board.

Colea Owens MBA, BSN, RN is a Nursing Educator, Entrepreneur and Healthcare Advocate with almost a decade of experience. She is the Founder and Owner of Black Girl Blue Scrubs, LLC and The DFW Black Healthcare professionals. She creates and implements diversity in healthcare and diversity in nursing initiatives by curating monthly networking meet ups and professional development programs. Colea works as a Nursing professional development educator for Medical City Dallas and as a professor for Cedar Valley College, where she has helped lead a workforce development program with The Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce and Methodist hospital to help pipeline underprivileged minorities into healthcare professions. Colea enjoys mentoring new and aspiring nurses in nursing leadership. Colea is happy to join the ACHE Faculty to provide a minority millennial perspective both as a rising healthcare leader and consumer. Colea is from Cleveland, Ohio and proud to call Dallas home.

Leslie Pierce is a proven revenue cycle professional with extensive experience in the health system and RCM solutions company environments. She currently serves as Senior Vice President of Revenue Cycle at Methodist Health System in Dallas-Fort Worth. She was previously AVP for Client Relations at Parallon Business Solutions. Leslie’s expertise includes hospital and physician revenue cycle, Payer Relations, Epic workflow design, and improving overall revenue performance. Leslie holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Louisiana at Monroe and a Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration from the University of Phoenix.

Krystal Richardson is a Director of Revenue Cycle Management at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Krystal specializes in operational performance improvement, technology solution integration, and quality patient revenue care. Her experiences include redesigning operations to improve efficiency, lower costs, and improve revenues. She is committed to cultivating and supporting healthcare professionals to improve the delivery of health care. Over the past 25 years, Krystal has served a variety of healthcare providers including academic medical centers ambulance, DME, inpatient/outpatient hospital, emergency medicine, clinic, physician office, and hospice

Felicia Shaw serves as Regional Vice President of Eligibility Operations. She provides oversite of the Medicaid eligibility operations in more than 76 hospitals for Texas and 6 other states. She has extensive management experience providing Medicaid Eligibility and disability benefit services to the self-pay population to major educational and county hospitals. She has 31 years of healthcare experience and 25 years of management experience across the for-profit and not-for-profit healthcare sector in Revenue Cycle Management. She has proven experience providing day-to-day management support to multiple projects simultaneously, while adhering to strict timelines and budgets, and a reputation for building and mentoring strong, functional staff dedicated to meeting and/or exceeding objectives and goals.

Board of Governors' Exam Prep Course - Fall 2019
2019-11-01 08:30 - 16:00 | Lincoln Experience Center, 3620 The Star Blvd, Frisco, TX, 75034
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 $1,000 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.
Breakfast (bagels, juice & coffee) and lunch will be provided.
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2019 ACHENTX General Membership Convocation
2019-11-05 17:30 - 20:45 | Las Colinas Country Club, 4400 N O'Connor Road, Irving, TX, 75062, United States
Generational Leadership Lessons for Everyone
Be sure to take advantage of the early bird pricing options and get your ticket soon. Individual and table tickets are available. Tickets will be selling fast.
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Agenda: Networking/Reception – 5:30 – 6:30pm
Program/Awards – 6:30 – 8:45pm
Please join us for a discussion around leadership, change management and motivation built on a combined 125+ years of experience and insight. Our panel will be moderated by Ted Shaw, CEO of the Texas Hospital Association and will feature the following leaders who have announced recent retirements from several major systems in the DFW area.
Jim Berg FACHE
Former President
Texas Health Resources Dallas
Gary D. Brock FACHE
Former Executive Vice President and Special Advisor
Baylor Scott & White Health
John A Gillean, M.D.
EVP and Chief Clinical Officer, Retired
CHRISTUS Health
Stephen L. Mansfield, Ph.D., FACHE
Former President and CEO
Methodist Health System
Speakers Bios:
Jim Berg, FACHE, was named president of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas in April of 2015 and announced his retirement from THR in the spring of 2019. Berg joined the organization in 2007 as senior vice president and chief operating officer, and served as Interim President from August 2014 until April 2015. In his role as president, Berg had primary oversight of day-to-day activities and responsibility for the annual operating plan.
Prior to joining Texas Health Resources, Berg led hospitals and health care systems in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Utah and Missouri.
Berg served more than 20 years in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, retiring with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He received numerous military awards and decorations, including the Air Force Reserve award for Outstanding Hospital Administrator, three Meritorious Service Medals and a Commendation Medal.
Berg holds a master’s degree in hospital and health care administration from Saint Louis University, where he also received a bachelor’s degree in management sciences, magna cum laude. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and on the boards of the Texas Hospital Association HealthSHARE and the American Hospital Association (AHA) Services, Inc. Each of these organizations is committed to finding innovative solutions to the most pressing challenges facing hospitals.
Gary Brock is executive vice president and special advisor for Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH), an integrated health care delivery system serving the Central and North Texas regions. During fiscal year 2018, BSWH served more than 2.3 million unique patients across the system’s numerous access sites, which includes 50 hospitals, 196 outpatient ancillary facilities, 162 primary care clinics, and 513 specialty care clinics.
Throughout his distinguished 30+ year career with Baylor, Mr. Brock has held many leadership positions, including BSWH chief integrated delivery network officer, providing direct executive leadership and oversight for managed care and network development, the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance, HealthTexas Provider Network, and served as president and chief operating officer for the North Texas Division of Baylor Scott & White Health.
Mr. Brock holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Oklahoma and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. He is a past chair of the Texas Hospital Association (THA). THA honored Mr. Brock as the 2016 recipient of the Earl M. Collier Award for Distinguished Health Care Administration. He is the chair of the Texas Health Ventures Group board of managers – a joint venture with United Surgical Partners International, which develops and operates surgery centers and short-stay hospitals in partnership with local physicians in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. He is the chair of the Zephyr Integrated Provider Services, L.L.C., board of managers. He is also a board member of the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance. Additionally, he serves on the board of the Dallas Regional Chamber.
Dr. John Gillean serves as the senior clinical executive of CHRISTUS Health, a faith-based, Catholic health care organization serving communities in the United States, Mexico, Chile, and Colombia. In this capacity, Dr. Gillean’s many responsibilities include the oversight of quality and patient safety, health informatics, accreditation readiness, clinical research and academics, along with other areas that effect the care administered to patients.
Dr. Gillean has more than 35 years of experience in the provision and management of health care. From his graduation until 1995, he served as an internal medicine specialist in Texarkana. Subsequent to this and prior to joining CHRISTUS Health, he held several administrative positions, including that of Medical Director for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arkansas.
Dr. Gillean has a passion for quality health care delivery that meets the needs of individual patients and unique populations. 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 received both his medical degree and internal medicine specialty education from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He later earned a Master of Science in Health Administration degree from the University of Colorado.
Stephen L. Mansfield, Ph.D., FACHE has been the President and CEO of Methodist Health System in Dallas, Texas since 2006.
With a stated mission to improve and saves lives through compassionate quality health care, Methodist has been one of the region’s fastest growing health systems – having more than tripled in size during Mansfield’s tenure, and being cited in 2014 by Modern Healthcare as one of America’s 40 Fastest Growing healthcare companies in the nation.
Methodist continues to grow at a rapid pace, having recently broken ground on their next hospital in Midlothian, TX.; acquired Methodist Southlake Hospital; Mid-way through an $80 million expansion at Methodist Richardson; and, recently completing major expansions to add: a $130 million Trauma/Critical Care Center at its Methodist Dallas campus; and a $118 million expansion for its Methodist Mansfield Medical Center campus.
The $1.7 billion non-profit, Methodist Health System, is comprised of Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Methodist Charlton Medical Center, Methodist Mansfield Medical Center, Methodist Richardson Medical Center, Methodist Rehabilitation Hospital, Methodist Hospital of McKinney, Methodist Hospital for Surgery in Addison, Methodist Richardson Campus for Continuing Care, Methodist Midlothian Health Center, Methodist Southlake Hospital, 30 Methodist Family Health Centers, Transplant Centers throughout Texas plus 2 located in Puerto Rico, and an array of outpatient imaging and urgent care centers..
Methodist Health System employs 8,800 staff and has over 2,400 physicians and more than 2,000 volunteers engaged with the health system.
In 2015, Methodist Health System was awarded the Texas Award for Performance Excellence by the Quality Texas Foundation.
In 2018, and for the past fifteen years in a row, Dallas Business Journal has acknowledged Methodist as a Best Place to Work and Methodist has recently been recognized as a Best Place to Work by Modern Healthcare and Becker’s Review, and was just named the top health system for employee engagement by the Advisory Board in Washington, D.C. as well. Earlier this year, Methodist was named #2 among health systems in America by DiversityInc for their success with inclusion & diversity initiatives.
Over the past several years, in addition to having grown substantially, Methodist has experienced its most profitable years in its history, enjoys a bond-rating that places the system among the top 16% of health systems in the US, and has won numerous national, state, and local awards for their community-based wellness programs, patient safety, accountable care organization, clinical quality, and overall performance.
Committed to community involvement Dr. Mansfield currently serves on the boards of The Dallas Foundation, Dallas Citizen’s Council, Dallas Regional Chamber and is Past-Chairman of the Dallas Regional Chamber. He is the 2015 recipient of the Texas Association of Business’s Distinguished Business Leader Award. He was recognized by D Magazine as Healthcare Executive of the Year in 2014 and was included as a “Top Newsmaker to Watch for 2013” by Dallas Business Journal. In 2012 he was awarded “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Ernst & Young and in 2009 was selected as “Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser” by the DFW Division of March of Dimes.
Before joining Methodist in 2006, Dr. Mansfield spent seven years as the President and CEO of the five-hospital St. Vincent Health System based in Little Rock, Arkansas, and before that held a variety of executive roles for the Baptist Memorial Health Care System in Memphis for 23 years.
Dr. Mansfield has a Bachelor’s Degree in Healthcare Administration from Ottawa University, a Master’s from the University of Tennessee, and holds a Ph.D. in organizational leadership from Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Steve’s wife Marilyn – a teacher by training – is an author and speaker. Steve and Marilyn have one daughter.
Walter “Ted” Shaw joined the Texas Hospital Association as the organization’s fourth president and chief executive officer in February 2014. Shaw brings expertise forged from a 40-year career in health care leadership to his role as key strategist and spokesperson on behalf of more than 450 THA member hospitals and health systems. As president and CEO of the largest state hospital association in Texas, Shaw is responsible for leading the industry in its advocacy work and positioning Texas hospitals to achieve their missions of delivering the highest quality health care to all Texans.
Prior to joining THA, Shaw served as interim executive vice president and chief financial officer for Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas, where he led the development of the Medicaid Transformation Waiver in North Texas and the construction of an 864-bed replacement hospital. From 2004-2011, he was a partner with the Dallas-based Financial Resource Group LLC, a health care consulting firm where he specialized in interim operational turnarounds with facilities across the U.S. Prior to joining FRG, Shaw was president of the health care consulting firm W.T. Shaw Company from 1998-2003.
His legacy for leading impressive turnarounds includes assignments at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, the third largest public health system in the U.S.; East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie, La., both before and after Hurricane Katrina; Fletcher Allen Health Care in Vermont; and Maricopa Integrated Healthcare System in Phoenix. In addition, he has a strong background in health care technology and insurance, having served as chief operating officer of Health2Health.com, an Internet-based HIPAA solutions company; and with Dallas-based CareSystems Corporation, a workers’ compensation technology support firm.
He began his career with Ernst & Young in San Antonio, Cleveland and Dallas, achieving the role of partner with responsibility for the Southwest Region Healthcare Practice from 1973-1992. Shaw holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration in accounting from The University of Texas at Austin, and is a certified public accountant and a fellow in the Healthcare Financial Management Association.

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39th Annual UAB National Symposium for Healthcare Executives
2019-11-06 08:00 - 2019-11-08 17:00 | The Sheraton Birmingham Hotel, Birmingham, Alabama
Save the Dates!
Join other healthcare leaders from around the nation as ACHE of North Texas and other ACHE chapters once again partner with the University of Alabama Birmingham for their popular Annual National Symposium for Healthcare Executives.
The Symposium is changing the city this year (Birmingham), changing the dates (Nov. 6-8), but keeping the same affordable pricing.

Early Bird: Registration is only $550 through September 6, 2019 (it goes up to $750 the next day).
Group Discount: Purchase four registrations, you receive a fifth registration at no charge.
Students: Only $150 for confirmed students.
Women’s Leadership Development for the C-Suite and Board Room: Only $150, requires separate registration.

Same great speakers you love to hear. Same great people who love to connect. All available at an affordable rate for you or your organization. All available just by clicking the “Register Now” button below.
Thursday Keynote Speaker: Chuck Stokes
Mr. Stokes, member of UAB MSHA Class 17 and 2017 chair of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), joined Memorial Hermann Health System in 2008 as Chief Operating Officer and was named President and CEO of the System in June 2017. Prior to that, he served as President of North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Mr. Stokes’ leadership led both Memorial Hermann and North Mississippi to win the exclusive national Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award. Join us to gain insights and connect with this exemplary leader who is changing the industry.
Renowned Speakers
Year in and year out this is a “Who’s Who” of health care delivering keynotes or moderating and serving on panels and this year will be no different. Check out our draft agenda webpage to see the tentative timeline for the three-day event.
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39th Annual UAB National Symposium for Healthcare Executives

End of Year After Hours Networking Event
2019-12-12 18:00 - 20:00 | The Network Bar, 331 Singleton Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75212
Come and join us for this first-ever joint event between between ACHE of North Texas & the local chapter of the Society of Hospital Medicine.

It will be a special evening of networking, socializing and fun!

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DFW Healthcare Student Summit
2020-01-25 09:00 - 13:30 | Texas Health Resources Pavilion, 2nd Floor, 600 E Lamar Blvd, Arlington, TX, 76011
Theme: Leading Change in Healthcare

Tentative Agenda
9-9:45am – Keynote Speaker: Lara Burnside, Chief Experience Officer, JPS Health Network
9:45-10:45am – Healthcare Leader Panel
Britt Berrett, FACHE, Former President & CEO of Medical City Children’s Hospital and Texas Health Resources; Director, Center for Healthcare Leadership & Management, University of Texas at Dallas
William Scott Hurst, MBA, FACHE, Executive Director, naviHealth
Ahmad Sharif, MD, MPH, SCPM, Sr. Vice President & Chief Medical Information Officer, Fresenius Medical Care North America
Mary Wylie, DHA, MBA, MHA, FACHE, Vice President of Operations, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Plano
And others (TBD)
10:45-11am – Refreshment Break
11am-12pm – Breakout Sessions*

Health IT
Data Analytics
Process Improvement
Supply Chain Management

12-12:30pm – Lunch & Focus Group
12:30-1:30pm – Career Exploration
Note: Boxed Lunches will be Served
Questions? Contact Paridhi Sheth – paridhi.sheth@my.unthsc.edu or (817)-946-0118
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Speaker Bios:
Britt Berrett, FACHE served as the president of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, a 900-bed hospital, and executive vice president of the Texas Health Resources (THR) network of 24 facilities and more than 250 ambulatory centers located throughout North Texas prior to joining UT Dallas. Previously he was the president and chief executive officer of Medical City and Medical City Children’s Hospital, the flagship medical center for the North Texas Division of HCA. He also served as a CEO as part of the SHARP Healthcare system in San Diego, Calif. With almost 30 years of both not-for-profit and for-profit executive healthcare experience, he has navigated some of the most complicated organizational and environmental challenges in healthcare. In his executive role, his organizations have achieved recognition for exceptional organizational performance and employee engagement. Berrett has experienced an inspiring level of success through his commitment to teams and organizational culture. Throughout his career, he has served on 17 boards of directors for industry and community organizations and agencies. He brings his professional and educational experience to The University of Texas at Dallas to prepare the next generation of healthcare leaders.
For over twenty years, Lara Burnside has led hospital leaders and clinicians through culture change resulting in the highest levels of engagement, experience and operational excellence. Lara is currently the SVP, Chief Experience Officer/Strategy at JPS Health Network in Ft. Worth, Texas. Prior to joining JPS, Lara spent 10 years working as a leadership and organizational coach for a large healthcare consulting firm. She has worked with thousands of hospital leaders and physicians at over 150 organizations. Her experience includes small rural hospitals, large for-profit and not-for-profit health care systems, and academic medical centers. Her concentration on building and sustaining a culture of excellence has led to organizations achieving their highest outcomes. Lara has a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications/Public Relations and a Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration. She is also the author of a book titled, Believe in the Journey of Your Dreams.
William Scott Hurst, MBA, FACHE is currently the Executive Director overseeing operations in Texas and Louisiana for naviHealth, an industry leader in value-based care operations for health systems and health plans servicing Medicare patients. In addition to his current role at naviHealth, Scott is the 2020 President of the North Texas chapter of ACHE.
Scott is an accomplished leader with over 20+ years of experience in Physician Alignment, Quality & Performance Improvement, Hospital & Clinical Operations, Provider Recruitment, Patient Experience and payment methodologies for several well-known systems in the DFW metroplex.
Before serving with naviHealth, he was blessed to serve as a Project Leader at Methodist Health System; the Senior Director of Physician Networks at Children’s Health; a Director of Physician Alignment at CHRISTUS Spohn Health System in Corpus Christi, TX and as a consultant for over 10 years to hospitals in the Midwest, Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
Scott completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Drury University in Springfield, Missouri. (95, 97)
When he is not at work, Scott can be found hanging out with his 16 year-old daughter who is finishing her junior year at Guyer High School in Denton, listening to live music around the Metroplex or refereeing high school basketball for the NTBOA.
Dr. Ahmad Sharif is Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer for Fresenius Medical Care North America, the premier health care company focused on delivering the highest quality care to people with renal and other chronic conditions. With a diverse clinical, information technology and public health background, he has worked with cross functional teams throughout the organization to optimize the company’s clinical systems, create an industry leading pharmacy and therapeutics management application for efficient medication utilization and stewardship, and improve clinician satisfaction and adoption of clinical information technology through user-centered design and change control management. Dr. Sharif leads the Fresenius Medical Care Provider Advisory Council on Technology (PACT) and is Chair of Fresenius Technology Council responsible for enterprise technology roadmap and execution.
Dr. Sharif has been instrumental in the development and modernization of Acumen 2.0, a nephrology practice EHR powered by Epic. He and his teams have developed nephrology-specific tools that integrate with the Epic platform and enable deep interoperability and information sharing, while keeping the focus on nephrology and the needs of physician practices. These tools will ultimately be valuable in helping physicians transition into a risk-based environment and support population health management. Dr. Sharif serves as the elected Chair of Epic Systems’ Nephrology Advisory Board and leads the Acumen® Physician Solutions Technology Committee.
Prior to joining Fresenius Medical Care, Dr. Sharif was the Chief Medical Information Officer for a Tenet Health Market, where he led the Information Technology department to open a near paperless, HIMSS Level 6, Greenfield Health System in New Braunfels, TX. He and his team implemented a health information exchange (HIE) to connect physicians and hospitals in the nearby counties, which provided one longitudinal patient record that served to standardize care processes and improve efficiencies. By leveraging his public health education, he used health information technology to bring focus to the health and wellbeing of populations.
With extensive experience in health information technology, Dr. Sharif has consulted with over 25 health systems locally and internationally to design, implement and optimize clinical practice management and technology solutions. He earned a master’s degree in Public Health Policy and Management from the University of North Texas. He was awarded a full scholarship to attend courses at Harvard University and received an Advanced Project Management Certification at Stanford University.
Mary Wylie, DHA, MBA, MHA, FACHE, serves as the Vice President of Operations for Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Plano. She has administrative responsibilities for all ancillary services, and service line development. Prior to her current positions, she served as the Senior Director of Professional Services for Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, with administrative oversight of the neuroscience, orthopedic, behavioral health, cardiovascular, oncology, spine, post-acute, trauma, emergency management, bariatrics, pharmacy, pulmonary, physics, and radiology. Dr. Wylie completed her doctorate in the area of Health Administration, from the Medical University of South Carolina. Prior to her doctorate, she received two master’s degrees from Texas Women’s University in Health and Business administration, and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Wylie is an active member of the community and serves as a board of director member for several community boards. Achievements and awards include a Healthcare Administration Fellowship from the American College of Healthcare Executives, and the Texas Hospital Association. She currently is an adjunct professor for Texas Woman’s University and the University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. Wylie volunteers at Preston Hollow Presbyterian church, and enjoys water sports, traveling, playing the piano, tennis, and golf.

*Breakout Session Leaders:
Process improvement, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belts, Texas Health Resources

Tanya Stinson, Performance Improvement Engineer, Texas Health Resources
Simon De Castro, Continuous Improvement Manager, Texas Health Resources
Jazz Patterson, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Texas Health Resources

Health IT & Data Analytics

Bob Barker, IT Project Management Lead, Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas
Andrew Lim, Sr. Analytics & Reporting Analysts, Blue Cross Blue Shield

Revenue Cycle & Supply Chain Management

Tammy Walsh, Director, Health Care Performance Advisory Services, BKD CPA & Advisors

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Breakfast with the Executive Vice President - Marc A. Nivet, Ed.D., M.B.A.
2020-01-28 07:30 - 09:00 | UT Southwestern Radiation Oncology Building, 2280 Inwood Road, Dallas, TX, 75390
Another great program for our Breakfast Event series!

Join us for our next Breakfast with the Executive Vice President – with Marc A. Nivet, Ed.D., M.B.A., Executive Vice President for Institutional Advancement, UT Southwestern.

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Marc A. Nivet, Ed.D., M.B.A., is the Executive Vice President for Institutional Advancement at UT Southwestern Medical Center, where he provides strategic vision and oversight in coordinating the areas of Development; Communications, Marketing, and Public Affairs; Government Affairs; and Community and Corporate Relations. Prior to his role at UT Southwestern, Dr. Nivet served as a member of the executive leadership team of the Association of American Medical Colleges, where he provided leadership on issues surrounding community engagement, diversity, and health equity at medical schools and teaching hospitals across the United States and Canada. Dr. Nivet has spent over 20 years in academic medicine developing creative program initiatives and innovative approaches to advance the mission of excellence in research, education, and patient care. Dr. Nivet earned his doctoral degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his M.B.A. from George Washington University’s School of Business. He is a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, and a former president of the National Association of Medical Minority Educators.

WHEN Volunteer Opportunity - Too Cold to Hold Run
2020-02-01 05:30 - 12:30 | Norbuck Park, 200 N Buckner Blvd, Dallas, TX, 75218, United States
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Date: Saturday, February 1
Time: 5:30am-12pm
Location: Norbuck Park
200 N Buckner Blvd
Dallas, TX 75218

Too Cold to Hold 5K, 10K & Half Marathon Volunteer Event!

ACHENTX Women’s Healthcare Executive Network (WHEN) is sponsoring a water station to benefit The Family Place! The Family Place focuses on helping the victims of family violence. Building each other up is what WHEN is all about, so come hydrate and cheer on the runners at the Too Cold to Hold 2020 run! We will be (wo)manning the station from 5:30am to 12:00pm in two distinct shifts. Individuals who are interested in running should register for the event on the main website (https://www.runproject.org/events/too-cold-to-hold-race) in addition to signing up via EventBrite so we can contact you with any additional information.

WHEN’s mission is to create a network that will enrich, strengthen, and advocate for women in healthcare leadership through a variety of career development opportunities inspiring professional and personal growth. Enjoy supporting a fantastic local cause and getting to know your fellow women executives more! If you are interested in more information email us at whenntx@gmail.com.
HOW TO REGISTER:
Register for either of the two shifts, including how many additional people you will bring. The shifts are:
* 5:30-9:00am
* 9:00am-12:00pm with clean-up
Running:
* Running – only
Be sure to self-report your volunteer activity on the ACHE website to receive credit for your time. We look forward to seeing you in February!

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Life Fellow-Retiree Luncheon
2020-02-04 12:00 - 13:30 | UT Southwestern Frisco, 12500 Dallas Parkway, Frisco, TX, 75033
Our next Retirees & Life Fellows luncheon will be at UT Southwestern Frisco, which will also include a brief tour of this new remarkable campus. You’re not going to want to miss this one!
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2020 New Horizons Event
2020-02-12 17:30 - 20:00 | Texas Scottish Rite Hospital For Children – Dallas, 2222 Welborn Street, Dallas, TX, 75219
This is our fourth annual New Horizons event, a special educational opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students to learn from local Executives. Early careerist and others in transition are 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.
Agenda:
5:30-7pm – Optional Exercises (1st come/1st served) with Local Healthcare Human Resources Representatives
7-8pm – Panel Discussion and Q&A with attendees
8-8:30pm – Networking
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Presenters:
Margaret Base (Moderator) is the Director of Executive Talent Acquisition for Baylor Scott & White Health. BSWH is a nationally-recognized healthcare system with a commitment and track record of innovation, collaboration, integrity and compassion for the patient. Margaret leads the recruitment of leaders at the director level and above for this 50-hospital system that spans 28 Texas counties.
Margaret’s prior role was executive search consultant in Witt/Kieffer’s Healthcare practice. Here she conducted searches for CEOs, CFOs, CNOs, COOs, and many other executive roles on behalf of hospitals, health systems, and integrated delivery networks. Her clients included not-for-profit and investor-owned health systems. She also led searches for foundation and non-profit executive leadership.
Based in Dallas, Margaret has over 20 years of executive search experience that has included tenure with two F500 companies, an early-stage private-equity healthcare services start-up, and boutique executive search firms. Margaret spent six years with Tenet Healthcare, an investor-owned hospital system with more than 50 facilities in 11 states. As Managing Director of Executive Search, Margaret led an internal team that recruited 75+ executives on an annual basis, focusing on Tenet’s hospital C-suite and corporate leadership, as well as roles within the system’s performance management and innovation team.
Margaret is a hands-on professional who supports client searches at both a tactical and strategic level. Her work is defined by a collaborative spirit, sense of urgency, and quality and thoroughness. Margaret is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives. In her free time she enjoys traveling, spending time with her new grandchild, and teaching yoga.

Celina Burns has garnered a diverse breadth of health care experience in highly successful start-up and turn-around efforts spanning payer, health system and integrated provider network development, risk contracting, employer benefit plan design, product development and execution on transformative client channel development and revenue growth. Passionate about building profitable relationships across all segments of healthcare delivery, Celina serves as Vizient’s corporate head of value-based healthcare product strategy. Prior to joining Vizient she was SVP, Marketplace leading Healthcare Bluebook’s B2C value-based cost transparency and consumer decision-making product development.
Celina began her career in hospital contracting, provider network development and medical economic management. She subsequently led the successful start-up of a leading Medicare risk health plan, and further held diverse market leadership and general management roles for some of the largest health plans, including Aetna and Humana. Additionally, she previously served as president of Davis Vision Inc., the nation’s third largest vision plan. Prior to joining Davis Vision Celina was Managing Director, Buck Consultants where she was one of two national subject matter experts in accountable care strategic planning.
Driven by clinical quality and care coordination passion Celina has cultivated a strong track record in building high impact business plans with in-depth expertise in consumer-driven healthcare strategy, health system and integrated network development, population health engagement, ancillary health products and strategic alternate payment model provider contracting.
Celina received a bachelor of science in speech pathology from Texas State University. She has been actively engaged in a number of industry and community based healthcare organizations over the years, including as a board member of the American Heart Association (AHA); Health Industry Council board member; multiple year Chair for AHA Go Red for Women’s Campaign; National Association of Vision Care Plans board member, and Gerson Lehrman council member.

Sean Dyer has led the IT recruiting practice for Medix in the Dallas/Fort Worth area since July of 2017. He has been with Medix for 13+ years and recruited/sold/managed for his organization in the clinical, revenue cycle and care management space within healthcare as well. Medix is a national recruiting firm focusing on healthcare, scientific, and information technology recruiting and consulting and has been an Inc 5000 fastest growing company multiple times.
Sean lives in Frisco with his wife, Anna, and two young sons – Wesley (2) and Michael (6 months).

Lisa Hall, MPH, currently works as the Assistant Director of Clinical Operations at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She has over 17 years of experience in the healthcare industry with a strong portfolio in ambulatory operations. She has a wealth of experience in physician practice acquisitions and transitions. She has successfully leveraged her knowledge over the years to improve specific clinic processes, resulting in increased clinic efficiencies and patient experience outcomes. Lisa is an active member of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). Lisa received her Bachelor’s degree and Master’s in Public Health from the University of Oklahoma.

Andre Storey, FACHE is the Director of Hospital Operations at Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health. In this role Andre oversees Responsible for facility compliance, support services, and bundle payment programs in addition to the development and management of facility operational strategy. Baylor University Medical Center is a quaternary care, teaching and research center that has more than 4,500 associates while providing care through more than 300,000 patients per year. Andre has served in this role since 2018. Prior to this appointment, he served as an executive with CHRISTUS Health in Northeast Texas and Southwestern Louisiana.
As an active community member Andre founded the Greater Texarkana Young Professionals, named one of the 2014 Top 40 under 40 by Four States Living Magazine, and recognized as a Rising Star by the Oklahoma State University Alumni Association in 2017. He is Board certified in healthcare management by the American College of Healthcare Executives, and currently the DFW Chapter President of the National Association of Healthcare Executives. Lastly, he holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Oklahoma State University and a Master of Science in Healthcare Administration from Trinity University.
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