North Texas Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives

Breakfast with the CEO - Charles Gressle
2018-08-16 07:30 - 09:00 (America/Chicago) | TX
Please join us for the next in our Breakfast with the President series… this time with Charles Gressle, CEO at Medical City Plano.
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Charles E. Gressle
Chief Executive Officer
Medical City Plano & Medical City Frisco
With more than 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry, Mr. Charles Gressle assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of Medical City Plano (formerly known as The Medical Center of Plano) in November 2013 and Medical City Frisco in April 2016, after serving as Chief Operating Office at Medical City Dallas Hospital.
Mr. Gressle came from HCA’s Continental Division in Denver, Colorado where he served as the Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development for the development and growth of outpatient services, partnership opportunities, service line initiatives, mergers and acquisitions, regional network development, and the overall competitive landscape of the Continental Division and HealthONE.
Prior to joining the Continental Division, Mr. Gressle was the Chief Operating Officer at The Woman’s Hospital of Texas. During his 3-year tenure, he led the HCA Houston Women’s Services growth strategy. He was also successful in leading the system from #2 to #1 share. He also helped lead the hospital to top national scores in Joint Commission, HCA’s QRS Survey, Physician Satisfaction, Patient Satisfaction, and Labor Management.
Mr. Gressle was an AVP in HCA’s Strategic Resource Group where he demonstrated similar results across various service lines and markets, notably the Western Group Cardiac Growth Initiative. He also maintains extensive expertise in ORs, EDs, and Labor Management from his consulting experience. Mr. Gressle is proud and fortunate to have started his healthcare career as a Certified Nursing Assistant and Nationally Registered EMT-Paramedic.
Mr. Gressle received his undergraduate degree from The University of North Carolina at Chapel-Hill and his MBA degree with Highest Honors from Wake Forest University. Mr. Gressle is married with four children and enjoys family activities, golf, exercising and volunteering in the community.

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Thank you, Charles Gressle and Medical City Plano for hosting this event!

Third Quarter Education Event
2018-08-23 15:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Parkland Health & Hospital System, 5200 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75235, United States
Registration: 3 pm
Panel 1: 3:30 – 5 pm
Reception 5 – 6 pm (Hors D’Oeuvres & Refreshments)
Panel 2: 6 – 7:30 pm
Panel 1: Care Coordination: Acute Hospital Becoming a Preferred Provider in the Narrow Network

Moderator: Leah Throckmorton, Director of 360 Services, Wise Health System
Panelist 1: Sunita Koshy-Nesbitt, Deputy Clinical Operations Officer, Southwestern Health Resources
Panelist 2: Aaron Bujnowski, FACHE, Chief Strategy Officer, Texas Health Resources
Panelist 3: Marilyn Callies, RN, MBA, ACM, SVP, Transitional & Post-Acute Care, Parkland Health & Hospital System

Panel 2: Improving the Bottom Line by Optimizing Patient Throughput

Moderator: Francesco Mainetti, Director of Business Sustainability/Development, Parkland Health & Hospital System
Panelist 1: Debi Pasley, FACHE, SVP & CNO CHRISTUS Health
Panelist 2: John Phillips, FACHE, CEO, Methodist Mansfield Medical Center
Panelist 3: Karen Watts, EVP & CNO, Parkland Health & Hospital System

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Speakers Bios:
Aaron M. Bujnowski, FACHE
Chief Strategy Officer
Texas Health Resources
Aaron M. Bujnowski, FACHE, serves as senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Texas Health Resources. Bujnowski is responsible for developing system, zone and entity level strategy across the entire enterprise that includes wholly-owned and joint venture hospitals, as well as ambulatory and post-acute care.
Prior to joining Texas Health in 2010 as vice president of analytics and market intelligence, Bujnowski served as the director of strategy for Dean Foods in Dallas. His experience includes more than four years with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Dallas, where he served as project leader, consultant and a core member of BCG’s health care practice. Bujnowski previously held various leadership positions in business development, market development and innovation at Dow Chemical Company in Freeport, Texas, for more than nine years.
He holds a master’s degree in business administration from The University of Texas at Austin, where he graduated with the highest honors. He also holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in chemical engineering from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where he graduated with honors. In 2015, Bujnowski became a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).
Fluent in Spanish and basic American Sign Language, Bujnowski is co-inventor of four U.S. patents, certified as a Six Sigma Black Belt and has volunteered his services through many national organizations. To name a few, he was a Red Cross volunteer for Katrina Relief in New Orleans, a full-time Latter-Day Saint missionary and humanitarian volunteer in Chile, South America, and served as an executive board member for the Boy Scouts of America.
Marilyn Callies
Senior Vice President, Transitional and Post-Acute Care
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Marilyn Callies is a registered nurse with a Master’s degree in Business Administration and serves as Senior Vice-President of Transitional and Post- Acute Services at Parkland Hospital, overseeing Case Management, Social Work, Patient Transport and Parkland Nursing Homes. Prior to joining Parkland in 2013, Callies served as Director of Case Management at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, leading case management activities and overseeing hospital social work and case management programs. She is an experienced professional with 36 years in healthcare and has a 34 year track record in leadership, management, and organizational change. Marilyn is an energetic leader with a focus on team building, who cares about people and is results driven. She is an Accredited Case Manager and has received several honors and awards such as the Innovation in Case Management Award and recognized as one of the DFW Hospital Council Great 100 nurses. She is a member of the National American Case Management Association. She is an inaugural member and President of the Dallas Fort Worth chapter of American Case Management Association and is a Life member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

Francesco Manietti
Director of Business Sustainability and Development
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Francesco is the Director of Business Sustainability and Development at Parkland Health and Hospital System. After achieving a Master’s Degree with Honors in Management, Economics, and Industrial Engineering at Politecnico di Milano (Italy), Francesco joined a management consulting company. During that time, he worked for several clients in different countries and industries (mainly healthcare, pharmaceutical and renewable energy) focusing on strategic planning, cost optimization, company restructuring and reorganization, and post-merger and acquisition (M&A) integrations. After the consulting experience, he joined Parkland in 2015 where he played a key role in planning and executing the relocation of the acute care hospital to the newly built campus. Subsequently, in addition to overseeing some of the 1115 Medicaid Waiver DSRIP initiatives, Francesco focused his work on improving hospital patient flow, from the emergency intake to the inpatient discharge. He achieved significant improvements in terms of throughput: 30% reduction in ED boarding time, 25% reduction in discharge turnaround time and one hour improvement in the overall patient discharge time. In his latest role, Francesco is tasked with improving the overall financial and operational performance of the hospital system by leading strategic initiatives, exploring additional revenue sources, and optimizing costs.
Debi Pasley, RN, MS, NEA-BC, FACHE
System Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
CHRISTUS Health
Debi Pasley is the System Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer for CHRISTUS Health. Visionary healthcare leader with 20+ years of experience improving quality of care, reducing costs, and improving revenue potential for nationally and internationally recognized organizations. Superior business leader with demonstrated clinical and administrative accomplishments in community and academic medical systems leading multiple clinical disciplines. Proven success in creation and growth of services, recovery of struggling hospitals and services, and in achievement of regulatory and professional accreditation. Able to improve outcomes, core measurements, and patient satisfaction through mentorship and development of team members, leading to excellence in all levels of care. Experienced in improving operational efficiency, strategic planning, program assessment, establishment of new services, medical staff relations, facility creation.
A few highlighted accomplishments include:

Led Nursing from high turnover/high vacancy and repeated unionization attempts to selfgoverningunits which were designated as an ANCC Magnet® facility in 2007.
Introduced and implemented a concept to share savings from staffing expenseimprovements (Jones, D. Savings Sharing: Rewarding Staff for Responsible Decisionmaking. JONA, 2005, 199-203).
Planned, developed and implemented such services as a boutique service for jointreconstruction, free-standing Emergency Department, LDRP Center, Acute Care of the Elderly Unit, and a Pediatric Urgent Care.
Expanded Occupational Medicine services and improved revenue realization of annualprofits by recruiting a full time occupational medicine physician and restructuring service delivery.
Renegotiated physician contracts for both employed physicians and medical directorshipsto enhance quality, capacity, and service availability.

Debi Pasley is a certified nurse executive (NEA-BC) and healthcare executive (FACHE). She has a strong background in creation of new services and reorganization of existing services. She has Last update: August 18, 2017 led a successful Magnet® journey and served in multiple Magnet® hospitals. Her leadership of multiple clinical disciplines has resulted in team successes which support employee engagement and improved operations.
Debi describes her leadership style as participative, creating teams which improve quality, reduce expenses, and optimize volumes.
John Phillips, FACHE
President
Methodist Mansfield Medical Center
John Phillips is president of Methodist Mansfield Medical Center. He oversees operations of a 254-bed non-profit acute care hospital with more than 1,000 employees and 200 physicians. Phillips has been instrumental in leading and growing the hospital, which recently achieved Magnet designation for excellence in nursing and is currently pursuing Level 3 trauma designation.
Under Phillips’ leadership in 2017, the hospital topped-out a new $11.8M professional office building and in 2015 opened a $118 million Amon G. Carter Foundation Heart and Vascular Center and patient tower.
The hospital has achieved exceptional safety scores, outperformed other hospitals in key quality measures to provide excellent patient care, and is certified by The Joint Commission as Primary Stroke and Chest Pain Center’s.
Phillips earned a MBA from Hardin-Simmons University and a Master of Health Care Administration from Trinity University.
Leah Throckmorton
Director 360 Services
Wish Health System
As Director of 360 Services, Leah is focused on readmission prevention initiative for the hospital. 360 Services is a program developed through the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payments (DSRIP) program. Leah has a Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from Texas Tech University and Bachelor’s in Nursing from the University of Texas at Austin.

Karen Watts, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
Executive Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
Parkland Health & Hospital System
As the Executive Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Karen has been in this role at Parkland for 3 years. She has experience as a past CNO in 3 other health systems and a background in quality management, strategic planning, business administration, physician practice management and patient safety. She has spoken nationally on patient safety and other topics including innovations in nursing, as well as clinical and financial management related to nursing. Karen is passionate about nursing and patient care and is helping to advance professional practice and supporting future Pathway to Excellence and Magnet designation. She also helped develop the first Parkland Nursing Strategic Plan. Karen served on Emory University’s Center for Ethics Consortium and the Patient and Family Partnership Advisory Council for Quality and Patient Safety Development nationally. She is a member of American Organization of Nurse Executives, Sigma Theta Tau National Nursing Honor Society, American College of Healthcare Executives, American Hospital Association and the American Nurses Association. Karen holds the ANCC National Nursing Executive Advanced certification. Karen received her Master of Science Degree in Nursing of Georgia Southern University.

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ACHENTX New Member Networking Blitz - Fall 2018
2018-09-11 16:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine, 1650 West College Street, Grapevine, TX, 76051, United States
For new members from July 2017 to Present
The ACHE North Texas Welcoming Committee cordially invites you to the ACHE of North Texas chapter’s New Member Networking Blitz. This fun event will allow new members to get to know one another and some seasoned ACHE members as well. There will be special breakout sessions where fun activities and personal connections will be made. The intent of this program is to bring new members together to get a real in depth view of ACHENTX, to enable you to meet some of the chapter’s leadership and to help you map out how to best take advantage of the plethora of local and national benefits and opportunities available to you as ACHE members. It’s a way to “let us get to know you” as well and become a part of your professional network.
We are looking forward to meeting each of you.
A light meal and drinks will be served.
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St. Jude Walk/Run to End Childhood Cancer
2018-09-22 07:00 - 12:30 (America/Chicago) | TX
Join other ACHE of North Texas members by volunteering to help with this year’s St. Jude Walk/Run to end childhood cancer. It will be a great opportunity to network and have fun, all while supporting a tremendously important cause.

Date: Saturday, September 22
Time: Approximately 7am-12:30pm

Location:
Panther Island Pavilion
395 Purcey St.
Fort Worth, TX
76102
ACHENTX Volunteer Registration (To help you be assigned a role at this event working alongside other ACHENTX members, please click “Volunteer” and make sure you sign up as an “ACHE volunteer.”)

To register for the walk/run as a participant and not as an event support volunteer, please click here.

Cocktails with the Chiefs - Fort Worth
2018-09-25 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Reata Restaurant – Fort Worth, 310 Houston Street, Fort Worth, TX, 76102, United States
Date: Tuesday, September 25
Time: 5:30pm-8pm
Location: Reata Restaurant
310 Houston Street
Fort Worth, TX 76102
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Our popular Cocktails with the Chiefs event is back in Fort Worth – once again 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:
Anna Brewer, CVA
Partner, JTaylor
Panelists:
Laura Burnside
SVP, Chief Experience Officer / Strategy, JPS Health Network
Rick Merrill
President and CEO, Cook Children’s Health Care System
Rebecca Tucker
President, Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth / Clearfork
Janice Whitmire
Chief Operating Officer, Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical Center
Speakers Bios:
Anna K. Brewer, CVA
Partner – Consulting Services
JTaylor
Anna has significant experience in the healthcare industry providing a number of services to healthcare providers.
She leverages strong analytical and financial analysis skills in the areas of managed care analysis, negotiation support, revenue cycle analytics, valuations, due diligence, physician compensation, joint venture development, and strategic business plans. Her list of clients includes physician-owned hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, community hospitals, multi-hospital systems, academic medical centers, and physician practices. Anna has also assisted clients in areas involving claims dispute resolution and litigation support.
After graduating with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Texas Christian University, Anna joined Arthur Andersen as a Consultant in the Finance and Economics group. Prior to joining JTaylor, she spent three years in the Health Sciences Advisory Services group at Ernst & Young.
Anna is contributing author in the field of healthcare for the Fort Worth Business Press. She is a member of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts and is a Certified Valuation Analyst.
Lara Burnside
SVP, Chief Experience Officer / Strategy
JPS Health Network
Burnside has been a healthcare professional for more than twenty years. She works with all levels of hospital leadership implementing strategies, processes and systems to create a great experience for patients, physicians, and employees. From 2008 to 2015, she worked with Children’s Health in Dallas, as a consultant and also as the Senior Director of Service Excellence.
Burnside spent 10 years working for a large healthcare consulting firm focused on service and operational excellence. As a consultant, Burnside worked with thousands of hospital leaders and physicians at over 150 health care organizations. Her concentration on employee engagement, patient experience, and creating a culture of service has led to organizations achieving their highest outcomes in service, quality, finance, human resources, and growth. Burnside has experience with large for-profit and not-for-profit health care systems, academic medical centers, and small rural hospitals.
Burnside has a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications/Public Relations and a Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration.
Rick W. Merrill
President and CEO
Cook Children’s Health Care System
As president and CEO of Cook Children’s Health Care System since 2007, Mr. Merrill has led the Fort Worth-based organization at a time of unprecedented growth, including the historic expansion of Cook Children’s Medical Center, which nearly doubled the size of its campus in response to the growing need for its services. Under Merrill’s leadership, Cook Children’s began a new era by streamlining its mission and vision into a Promise to improve the health of every child in the region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.
As a not-for-profit, internationally-recognized pediatric integrated healthcare organization, Cook Children’s is comprised of eight entities – a Medical Center, Physician Network, Home Health company, Northeast Hospital, Pediatric Surgery Center, Health Plan, Health Services, Inc., and Health Foundation. With more than 1.3 million patient encounters per year, Cook Children’s growing reputation draws patients from near and far. Patients travel across Texas and come to us from around the United States, as well as internationally, to receive life-saving pediatric care at Cook Children’s.
A graduate of Texas Tech University, Mr. Merrill received his Master of Science degree in Health Care Administration in 1984 from Trinity University in San Antonio. For more than thirty years, Merrill has served in leadership roles in large academic/university-based health care systems, including both for-profit and not-for profit health care facilities.
Mr. Merrill actively serves on numerous national, state and community advisory boards, including the Children’s Hospital Association (Chair), Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, Children’s Hospitals’ Solutions for Patient Safety (a collaborative of 110 children’s hospitals), the Children’s Hospital Association of Texas (past Chair), Texas Hospital Association, Texas Association of Voluntary Hospitals (past Chair), the Dallas/Fort Worth Hospital Council (past Chair), Children’s Hospital International Executive Forum and All Saints Episcopal School (past Chair).
Mr. Merrill and his wife, Dr. Evelyn Merrill have two daughters.
Rebecca Tucker
President
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth / Clearfork
Becky Tucker currently serves as president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth (THSW). THSW opened in 1987 and serves the communities of Fort Worth, Benbrook, Crowley, Aledo and Granbury with advanced medical treatments and an experienced staff that provides compassionate care.
Becky served as vice president of Integrated Health Campuses (IHCs) at Texas Health Resources. As vice president of IHCs, Becky led the overall management of Texas Health Resources’ Integrated Health Campuses (IHC) operations, and oversaw the alignment and evolution of all IHC care integration across the continuum. Centers may include site-specific combinations of ambulatory surgical services, outpatient diagnostic imaging, emergency care and/or urgent care, rehabilitation/therapy services including cardiac rehabilitation, outpatient behavioral care services, chronic disease management, health behavior education and well-being services. In February 2017, Becky opened Texas Health’s third IHC outpatient campus, Texas Health Neighborhood Care & Wellness Prosper.
Becky served as administrator of Texas Health Neighborhood Care & Wellness Burleson, oversaw Texas Health Harris Methodist physician timeshares in Saginaw, Keller and Burleson and managed the development of Texas Health’s second IHC, Texas Health Neighborhood Care & Wellness Willow Park in Parker County, which opened in January of 2015.
Becky has been a part of the Texas Health family for 17 years. She first worked as an administrative assistant in the Medical Staff Affairs office of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano. While working at Texas Health Plano full-time, Becky completed graduate work in business and healthcare administration. She transitioned into a healthcare administrative residency position at Texas Health Fort Worth where she continued her fellowship.
In 2006, Becky transitioned to director of ambulatory clinics and physician services where she was responsible for the Assisted Reproductive Technology Service, Executive Health program and physician referral development.
In 2007, Becky began development of Texas Health Burleson. As administrator of Texas Health Burleson, she and her team signed more than 2,000 members to its fitness center, achieved patient satisfaction scores for Likelihood to Recommend in the top 5 percent of the nation, and secured Joint Commission accreditation for all new services, College of American Pathologists Commission on Laboratory accreditation, American College of Radiologists accreditation for MRI and CT, and chest pain accreditation from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care.
Becky earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology with a minor in biological science from The University of Texas at Austin. She also holds master’s degrees in health care administration and business administration from Texas Woman’s University.
Becky is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, a past board member of the United Way of Tarrant County, former chair of United Way of Tarrant County Young Leaders Society, board member for the Alzheimer’s Association of North Central Texas, and a board member for CareFlite. In addition Becky is a Fellow with the Texas Hospital Association (THA) and the vice chair for THA’s Leadership Development Council. In 2012, Modern Healthcare named Becky as one of it’s Up and Comers in Healthcare. In 2014 she was selected as one of Fort Worth Business Press’ 40 Under 40 and was awarded the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council’s Young Healthcare Executive of the Year award.
Becky is enjoying parenthood with her husband, Toby. She says their son, Tavin, who was born on Christmas Day in 2012, and was conceived with the assistance of the same Assisted Reproductive Technology Laboratory she developed, is the best Christmas present she has ever received. Becky, Toby and Tavin welcomed Landon, a baby girl, to their family in May. This family of four spend as much time as possible outside with their rescue dog, Stella.
Janice Whitmire
Chief Operating Officer
Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical Center
Janice Whitmire, MBA, HCM, currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical Center at Fort Worth. She oversees ancillary, support services and strategic service line growth.
Previously, Janice served as corporate vice president of the Baylor Annette C. & Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute. She successfully led this team in becoming the 2nd largest heart transplant program in the world. Janice has held a variety of leadership roles during her tenure, including her extensive, dedicated service to Baylor All Saints from 1989 to 2012.
Among her many accomplishments, Whitmire led the planning team for the construction and 2008 opening of the 110-bed Paul and Judy Andrew’s Women’s Hospital where she served as the Administrator and system leader for the women’s service lines.
Janice’s education includes a master’s degree in business administration and a certification in health science management from the University of Dallas. She is also a graduate of the SMU Cox School of Business Executive Leadership program. Whitmire was honored by the YWCA as an Outstanding Woman in Business, as well as being recognized as a Health Care Hero by the Fort Worth Business Press.
Ms. Whitmire is married with 2 children.
Thanks to our co-hosts for this event:
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Texas Christian University

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Multi-Chapter Education Event
2018-09-27 08:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago) | Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Plano, 1100 Allied Drive, Plano, TX, 75093, United States
For the first time ever, 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
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Panel 1: Integrating the Principles of Patient-Centered Care
Moderator:
Ken Hutchenrider, FACHE
President
Methodist Richardson Medical Center
Panelists:
Jan Althouse, FACHE, RDH, MHA
Patient Experience Coordinator, Patient Satisfaction
Cook Children’s Health System, Fort Worth
Brad Thompson
Manager for Patient Relations and Patient Experience
Hendrick Health System
Paul Wright, MD
Medical Director
SSM Health Medical Group, Oklahoma City
Panel 2: Physician-Hospital Integration in the 21st Century
Moderator:
Chris Whybrew, FACHE
Principal
Whybrew Medical Management
Panelists:
Kevin Lewis, MD, CPE, FAASM
Regional President and CEO
SSM Health Medical Group Oklahoma
Brett McClung, FACHE
Executive Vice President
Texas Health Resources
Shelly Miland
Vice President of Finance & CFO
Texas Health Methodist
Panel 3: Improving the Health of Your Community
Moderator:
John Allen, FACHE
Director, Practice Operations, Neighborhood Clinics
Cook Children’s Medical Center
Panelists:
Vida Amin, MD
Neighborhood Clinic Medical Director / Population Health Advisor
Cook Children’s Physician’s Network
Seetha Modi, MBA, MPH, CSSGB
Former Director of Population Health
OZ Systems
Matt Richardson, FACHE
Director of Public Health
Denton County
Panel 4: Palliative Care-Advancing Quality and Improving Costs
Moderator:
Alfred Levy MD
Medical director of Palliative Care
Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital
Panelists:
Brian Bessent, FACHE
Vice President
Hendrick Health System
Alvin Mathe, DO
Center for Geriatrics
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Sarah K. Minor, DO, FACOEP, HMDC
Medical Director
INTEGRIS Hospice and INTEGRIS Hospice House
Speakers Bios:
John Allen, FACHE
Director, Practice Operations, Neighborhood Clinics
Cook Children’s Medical Center
John spent 22 years in the US Coast Guard (USCG). He spent the early part of his military career working as an EMT and health services technician. As a commissioned officer, he worked as a practice administrator and regional practice director. After he left the USCG, he worked as a program director at UNT Health Science Center for a transitional care program. He now works as a Director of Practice Operations at Cook Children’s Physicians Network. He holds a masters in health administration from Baylor University and a masters in public health from the University of West Florida.
Jan Althouse, FACHE, RDH, MHA
Patient Experience Coordinator, Patient Satisfaction
Cook Children’s Health System, Fort Worth
Jan is the Patient Experience Coordinator, overseeing Patient Satisfaction at Cook Children’s Health System in Fort Worth. She was previously the Business Manager of Pain Management Centers at the Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas; Independent Contractor with JK Althouse, RDH in Fort Worth; and Dental Practice Management Coach & Consultant at Jameson Management in Davis, Oklahoma.
She received her Associate degree in Applied Science Dental Hygiene, from Shawnee State College; Bachelor’s in Business Administration Marketing from the University of Nebraska; Master’s in Healthcare Administration from the University of Texas-Arlington and is a Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt through Villanova University.
Vida Amin, MD
Neighborhood Clinic Medical Director / Population Health Advisor
Cook Children’s Physician’s Network
Dr. Vida Amin earned both her medical degree and completed her residency training in Pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas. She has also completed executive leadership training via the TCU Advancing Healthcare Leadership Series in Fort Worth, Texas. Dr. Amin has served as a member of the Cook Children’s Health Plan Board, as well as the System Physician Board. Additionally, she has been the lead physician champion over multiple system quality initiatives and value based projects.
Dr. Amin currently serves as Medical Director of the Cook Children’s Neighborhood Clinics (NHCs), as well as Population Health Advisor for the Cook Children’s Healthcare System, located in Fort Worth, Texas. The Cook Neighborhood Clinics consist of seven community based clinics serving the Fort Worth area and surrounding communities.
During her years as medical director of the NHCs and board member of the health plan, Dr. Amin has helped successfully lead several collaborative efforts between the CCPN Neighborhood Clinics, Cook Children’s Health Plan, and the Cook Children’s Healthcare System. These initiatives have included, but are not limited to, topics such as Asthma Clinical Pathways, Pharmacy Cost Savings, Speech Therapy Project, and Complex Care Navigation.
Dr. Amin has also represented Cook Children’s Physician Network (CCPN) as the lead physician responder and population health advisor on multiple key public health issues in the local community. On a national level, she has represented Cook Children’s at the Children’s Hospital Association: Accountable Health Learning Collaborative, where she joins other children’s hospital representatives in exploring innovative approaches in the quality, cost, and delivery of care within our children’s hospitals. She remains active on several organizational committees, including the system Quality Committee, the Patient Experience Committee, and the Readmissions committee. Dr. Amin is the driver behind departmental process improvement efforts, and the principal force behind the development of various clinical training protocols.
Dr. Amin’s professional mission and passion for excellence contributes to the fulfillment of the Cook’s promise: “Knowing that every child’s life is sacred, it is the promise of Cook Children’s to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.”
Brian Bessent, FACHE
Vice President
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 Rehabilitation Services, Long-Term Acute Care, Hendrick Medical Supply, Hendrick Hospice Care, Hendrick Housecalls Home Health, Pathways Palliative Care program, and the Skilled Nursing Facility as well as Patient Relations and Risk Management.
In 2011, Brian helped lead efforts to establish a full service Palliative Care program at Hendrick Health System which has now grown significantly over the past few years.
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.
Ken Hutchenrider, FACHE
President
Methodist Richardson Medical Center
Ken Hutchenrider joined Methodist Richardson Medical Center as President in July, 2010.
He has more than 25 years of executive experience with a result oriented record of substantially increasing financial stability and strengthening team management to build a tradition of providing the best care possible to the communities served.
During his tenure, Ken administered the assimilation of the hospital into the Methodist Health System, as well as the development of a $120M replacement hospital and its subsequent and ongoing expansions. Pam Stoyanoff, Chief Operations Officer of Methodist Health System has said “Ken is an outstanding leader with a proven track record in operational excellence.”
Additional accomplishments include the establishment of a new wound care center, recruitment and stabilization of the NICU physician group, development of the Da Vinci surgical program, and the successful recruitment/employment of new medical staff members. Under his direction, Methodist Richardson has received accreditations as a Chest Pain Center, a Stroke Center, and achieved nursing Pathway to Excellence.
Prior to July 2010, Ken served as the Chief Executive Officer of Galesburg Cottage Hospital, in Galesburg, Illinois. There, he successfully and effectively managed all facets of the 173 bed acute care facility, including a skilled nursing unit, inpatient psychiatric unit, a joint venture outpatient therapy unit, and a joint venture dialysis unit.
Previously in his career, Ken served in executive roles including Chief Executive Officer of the Terre Haute Regional Hospital in Terre Haute, Indiana and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Ken started his career in a clinical position as a Paramedic Shift Supervisor in Pasadena, Texas.
He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas A&M University and a Masters of Healthcare Administration from the University of Houston, Clear Lake.
Ken has received many accolades, including the American Heart Association SOAR Award, the Community Health System Outstanding Achievement Award, and Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He is actively involved in the community and 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.
Alfred E Levy, MD, FAAFP, DAAHPM
Director Supportive and Palliative Care
Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Plano
Dr. Levy received his MD from Thomas Jefferson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His Internship Residency was with Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. This was followed with an active community family practice at Family Medical Center at Garland, in Garland, Texas. He transitioned to full time to specialty Supportive and Palliative Care at Plano/THHBP in January 2012.
Some of his highlighted accomplishments include:

Chairing the Family Practice department, having served on the executive committee at Baylor Garland
Serving as Director Baylor Plano Supportive and Palliative Care which is comprised of outpatient services, and hospital service at BSW THHBP and BSW Regional Medical Center Plano since its formation
Readmission Committee BSWRMCP
Oncology Board Advisory Committee BSW
Oncology subcommittee RMCBP,
Best Care Committee at THHBP.
Ethics committee both RMCBP and THHBP
LVAD committee THHBP
Best Care Committee for HTPN
Advisory Best Care for BSWQA
Oncology Advisory Subcommittee HTPN
Active member of BSWQA

Dr. Levy’s object: “My focus in medicine is in the area of palliative medicine. Palliative Medicine is the specialty in medicine that often deals with complex medical, psychosocial and spiritual issues in patients with life limiting circumstances. The primary mission is symptom burden relief, and assistance with advanced planning or direction. Our perspective at the Supportive and Palliative Care at BSW RMCP and THHBP is more of a global view of the patient with the aforementioned goals. It is different and distinct from hospice care in that our patients often are continuing active treatment with disease suppression with symptom burden relief as the primary goal.”
Kevin Lewis, MD, CPE, FAASM
Regional President and CEO
SSM Health Medical Group Oklahoma
Kevin is a Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine physician by clinical background practicing for 15 years before fully focusing on his journey as a healthcare executive. Kevin is currently the Regional President and CEO of SSM Health Medical Group Oklahoma based in Oklahoma City, OK. Former executive roles include Chief Medical Officer of the Parkridge Health System (HCA) and the Memorial Health Care System (CHI) in Chattanooga, TN, Chief Medical and Quality Officer for the Hillcrest Healthcare System and Utica Park Clinic (Ardent) in Tulsa, OK as well as Chief Medical Officer for Graymark Healthcare in Oklahoma City, OK.
Kevin is a graduate of Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, OK and the University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio for Medical School. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine-Tulsa and Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine fellowship at the University of Kentucky.
Alvin Mathe, DO
Center for Geriatrics
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Dr. Alvin Mathe´ serves on the Palliative Medicine Consult Team at Texas Health Harris Fort Worth Hospital. He also serves as the Medical Director of the Palliative Medicine Fellowship based at UNTHSC, training doctors who have finished a residency in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine and are now specializing in Palliative Medicine. The goal of Palliative Medicine is to prevent and relieve suffering and to ensure the best quality of life for patients and their families.
As the primary physician member of the Palliative Care Consult Team at Texas Health Harris Fort Worth, he helped open a 16-bed Palliative Care Unit, the only such facility in North Texas. He and his team help treat distressing symptoms such as pain, shortness of breath and constipation in hospitalized patients with severe life-limiting disease. They also help treat distressing symptoms in many patients at the end of life.
For more than three years, Dr. Mathe´ served as the local principal investigator of the MOPSE trial (Multicenter Osteopathic Pneumonia Study in the Elderly). He is a team physician for the inpatient unit for Vitas hospice in Fort Worth and serves as Vice President on the Board of Guardianship Services of Tarrant County.
Brett McClung, FACHE
Executive Vice President
Texas Health Resources
Brett S. McClung, FACHE, is the executive vice president and North Zone Operations Leader for Texas Health Resources. He has operating responsibility for owned and partnered assets in the northern 6 county region of Texas driving over $1.6 billion in total operating revenue.
Prior to this role, McClung served as president of hospitals in suburban and large urban markets and has been associated with Texas Health Resources and Harris Methodist in various roles since 1993. In addition to regional board positions, McClung volunteers his leadership to: Healthy Tarrant County Collaboration (past chair), Trinity University Healthcare Advisory Council (Chair), and faculty/moderator for American College of Healthcare Executives (2017 Regent’s Award).
McClung’s honors include being a Wharton Fellow with the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and being a Marshall Memorial Leadership Fellow with the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He also has been recognized as the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council Young Executive of the Year, the Early Careerist Healthcare Executive Award from ACHE, and “40 Business Leaders under 40” recognition from the Fort Worth Business Press. McClung earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business from Southwestern University and a Master of Science in Healthcare Administration from Trinity University. He and his wife Nancy have been married for 25 years and have two daughters, Madison a Graduate Student at Stanford University and Mackenzie, a sophomore at University of Southern California.
Shelly Miland
Vice President of Finance & CFO
Texas Health Methodist
Shelly Miland serves as vice president and group finance officer for Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth. In this role, Shelly is responsible for Texas Health Resources hospitals in Fort Worth, Cleburne and Azle, as well as Texas Health Specialty Hospital. Through focused financial leadership, she worked to meet financial targets to the maximum level of performance in 2015. Instead of merely evaluating the bottom line, Shelly takes a comprehensive approach to analyzing strategic and operational projects. Her analysis always includes the Texas Health mission with regard to working with physicians and providing the highest quality of care to patients. Shelly worked diligently to meet financial goals as decreases in 1115 waiver funding occurred and also leads her hospitals in exceeding industry standards for all revenue cycle areas.
She began her employment with Texas Health in 1998 at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas; in 2001 she became director at Texas Health Fort Worth. Shelly became vice president at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital HEB in 2005 where she assumed responsibility for finance, accounting, and the oversight of Springwood Psychiatric Hospital, a separately licensed 50-bed hospital on the Texas Health HEB campus.
In 2007, she advanced to vice president of finance at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital and assisted with the conversion of all technology to Texas Health standard systems and was an integral part of the operations team in the opening of the Texas Health Heart & Vascular Hospital, a 48-bed hospital within Texas Health Arlington Memorial. Shelly began her current role at Texas Health Fort Worth in 2014.
Shelly received a Bachelor of Science in accounting from the University of Central Oklahoma and a master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington. She is a Certified Public Accountant, a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and a Fellow in Healthcare Financial Managers Association.
Shelly has been married to her husband, Doug, for 30 years and has a daughter, granddaughter, and grandson. She enjoys mentoring, both professionally and in her church, and enjoys photography, travel and needlework.
Sarah K. Minor, DO, FACOEP, HMDC
Medical Director
INTEGRIS Hospice and INTEGRIS Hospice House
Dr. Sarah Minor is currently the Medical Director for INTEGRIS Hospice and the INTEGRIS Hospice House in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She is a member of the Integris Hospice Board of Directors, the Patient and Family Advisory Council and the Ethics Committee at Baptist Integris Medical Center. After graduating from Oklahoma Christian University, she attended Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, serving as president of the Class of 2000. She then completed an emergency medicine internship and residency through the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. Her initial practice of emergency medicine has expanded to include special interests in hospice and palliative medicine and addiction medicine. Dr. Minor is board certified in both Emergency Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine by the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine (AOBEM). She is also a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians, a C.S. Costin Scholar with Advanced Certificate from the Costin Institute for Osteopathic Medical Education, a Certified Hospice Medical Director (HMDC) and holds an Advanced Studies Certificate in Essentials of Addiction Medicine through the American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine. Prior to returning to Oklahoma to work with Integris, she served as Medical Director for the Hospice and Palliative Care program at Mercy Hospital in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Medical Director for Arkansas Hospice, in private addiction medicine practice, and as an emergency physician for Team Health and 360 Degree Medicine. She maintains active membership in the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Medicine Physicians (ACOEP), the American Academy of Addiction Medicine, the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and the Oklahoma Hospice and Palliative Care Association (OHPCA). Outside of medicine, she is a wife and mother of three young men and an avid locally performing flutist.
Seetha Modi, MBA, MPH, CSSGB
Former Director of Population Health
OZ Systems
Seetha Modi is currently the National Director of Learning and Development for OZ Systems – a healthcare technology company that provides state health departments and hospitals with newborn screening solutions for better relationships, better care, and better outcomes. Formerly the Director of Population Health, she now supervises that department which has operational responsibility for all of OZ contracts with state health departments, association partners, grant-funded projects, and hospitals. In her current role, she also oversees OZ Systems’ care coordination services and education programs. Seetha started her career in public health at the American Heart Association and continued addressing cardiovascular health issues through her policy work at the CDC’s Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention. Seetha’s work focuses on systemic process and policy changes that improve the quality of care.
Seetha got her MBA and MPH from Emory University, but still considers herself a Longhorn from her undergraduate days. A seasoned healthcare executive, her career has spanned the public, private and nonprofit sectors. The common thread among her many roles is the satisfaction of knowing her work meaningfully impacts the well-being of others.
Matt Richardson, FACHE
Director of Public Health
Denton County
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 23 years and their two daughters.
Brad Thompson
Manager for Patient Relations and Patient Experience
Hendrick Health System
Brad Thompson is the Manager of Patient Relations, Risk Management and Lean Special Projects at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, Texas. Brad earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from McMurry University, and his Master of Business Administration from Texas A&M-Commerce. He is certified as a patient experience professional by the Patient Experience Institute, as well as a certified health care risk management professional by the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management, is deemed a Just Culture Champion by Outcome Engenuity, and is certified as a Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt.
Brad’s background with Hendrick includes roles in human resources, patient relations, quality, risk management and process improvement. Brad has been an integral part of Hendrick’s data analytics efforts toward population health and chronic disease management as well as patient experience. Prior experience includes banking and finance.
Through Brad’s various roles at Hendrick, he has been involved in improvement efforts related to patient experience, facility and systems efficiency, patient safety, revenue enhancement and other quality improvement efforts. Most recently Brad has led implementation efforts to bring the health system’s patient experience surveys into the 21st century with digital outreach and shorter surveys to improve the use and value of patient outcome metrics. The Patient Relations department of Hendrick Medical Center also manages a robust discharge call program to ensure safer transitions for certain at-risk patient populations.
Paul Wright, MD
Medical Director
SSM Health Medical Group, Oklahoma City
Paul Wright, MD, is currently the Medical Director of the SSM Health Medical Group in Oklahoma City. He is also a Teaching Faculty Physician at St. Anthony Hospital Family Medicine Residency; a Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine; a Clinical Associate Professor at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences; and an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Family Medicine, Oklahoma State University.
He previously served as President of the Oklahoma Academy of Family Physicians and Department Chairman of Family Practice and Emergency Services at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City.
He was an Active Duty Air Force Physician from 1985 to 1995 and Individual Mobilization Augmentee USAF Reserves from 1995 to 2008. He retired with the rank of Colonel.
Paul is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians; an Oklahoma State Medical Association representative; and members of the Medical Advisory Committee at the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Medical Association, the Christian Medical and Dental Society, the Oklahoma Academy of Family Physicians and the Oklahoma State Medical Association.
Chris Whybrew, FACHE
Principal
Whybrew Medical Management
Chris Whybrew 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, 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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A special thanks to Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Plano for hosting this event!

ACHENTX Women's Breakfast
2018-10-02 07:30 - 09:15 (America/Chicago) | La Cima Club – Las Colinas, 5215 North O'Connor Boulevard #2600 , Irving, TX, 75039, United States
Be sure to attend the 2018 ACHENTX Annual Women’s Event. This year we have the following panelists (listed below) and Judy Hoberman as our special guest moderator. This year’s theme is based on Judy’s book, Walking on the Glass Floor: Seven Essential Qualities of Women Who Lead.
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Moderator:
Judy Hoberman
President, Walking on the Glass Floor and Selling In A Skirt
Author, Walking on the Glass Floor: Seven Essential Qualities of Women Who Lead
Panelists:
Teresa Chan-Leveno, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Patricia M. Currie, FACHE
President of Hospital Operations
Baylor Scott & White Health
Melissa McLeroy, MBA
Chief Financial Officer
Medical City Dallas
Pamela McNutt
Senior Vice President & CIO
Methodist Health System
Speakers Bios:
Teresa Chan-Leveno, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Teresa Chan-Leveno, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Chan-Leveno attended the University of Pennsylvania for her undergraduate degree in Biological Basis of Behavior, received her medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia and completed an internship in general surgery and a residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Boston Medical Center. Dr. Chan-Leveno currently serves as Chief of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Parkland Hospital. Over the past 4 years she has served as VP and then President of the Medical Staff at Parkland. Most recently she was asked to serve as Acting Chief Medical Officer for 3 months while Parkland’s current CMO fulfilled a humanitarian infrastructure rebuilding project in Puerto Rico. She has actively engaged in committees and leadership at Parkland and UT including the Medical Executive Committee, Surgical Services Executive Committee, Executive Quality Committee, Peer Review Oversight Committee, Credentialing Committee, Bylaws Committee, and the Professionalism Committee among others. She is Chair of the Peri-Operative Value Analysis Committee and Physician Leader of the Tracheostomy Care Teams at both Parkland and UT Southwestern which she established from the ground up. Dr. Chan is an active clinician. She enjoys practicing and teaching the depth and breadth of Otolaryngology as a General Otolaryngologist. She has been invited speaker to several local symposiums on the topic of sleep medicine and tracheostomy care but has long resisted niching herself into a single subspecialty area of practice as she enjoys the complexity and diversity of all that Otolaryngology has to offer. Among the honors and recognitions Dr. Chan-Leveno has received are the UTSW Department of Otolaryngology Resident Appreciation Award and the American Medical Women’s Association Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Award. She is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Student Honor Society. Her husband, Matt, is also in medicine and serves as Medical Director of the Parkland Medical ICU. He, along with her 4 year old son, Luke and 10 year old dog, Otis, keep her balanced and grounded.
Patricia M. Currie, FACHE
President of Hospital Operations
Baylor Scott & White Health
Pat has 36 years experience in Healthcare Administration and is currently the President of Hospital Operations, Baylor Scott & White Health, the largest not for profit healthcare system in Texas. BSWH is the result of a merger between two healthcare organizations each with over 100 years of history, Baylor Healthcare System and Scott & White Healthcare.
Pat is currently responsible for the operational oversight of the 24 owned and managed hospitals in central Texas and Dallas/Fort Worth and over 250 clinics in central Texas. She also serves on various System Committees and Councils.
Pat came to Scott & White in August 2004 as the Chief Executive Officer of the flagship hospital and has had continued expansion in her role over the 13 years. Prior to joining Scott & White Healthcare, Pat spent 23 years in Houston where her work history included positions held as Chief Executive Officer of Spring Branch Medical Center (1997-2004); Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer for Rosewood Medical Center (1985-1997); and Clinic Administrator for Macgregor Medical Clinic (1981-1985).
Judy Hoberman
President, Walking on the Glass Floor and Selling In A Skirt
Author, Walking on the Glass Floor: Seven Essential Qualities of Women Who Lead
Judy Hoberman, President of Walking on the Glass Floor and Selling In A Skirt- International Speaker, Trainer, Coach, Author and Mentor. Her 30 years in business has given her both the knowledge and sense of humor about how men and women sell, work and live differently will enlighten you in learning how both genders can support each other’s successes in a more productive way.
Her audiences, from 10 to 10,000 are engaged with details wrapped in memorable stories that are easily implemented that same day. In 2016 she was a TEDx speaker talking about pre-judging people, something we all do without even thinking. She is the author of “Selling In A Skirt”, “Famous Isn’t Enough”, “Pure Wealth” and her latest book “Walking on the Glass Floor” already a best-seller, is about the soft skills of leadership. A complete training program rounds out the training and development of women in leadership and the men that champion them. As her book was coming off the printing press, Judy completed a program from Cornell University’s College of Business in Women in Leadership.
Judy’s mission…to help One Woman A Day by following an important philosophy-“Women want to be treated equally, not identically” ™
Melissa McLeroy
Chief Financial Officer
Medical City Dallas
Melissa McLeroy is the Chief Financial Officer of Medical City Dallas Hospital, which is an 839-bed facility with revenue of more than $355M in annual EBIDTA. Melissa oversees financial and operational areas including finance, accounting, materials management, asset management, clinical resources, revenue integrity, patient access systems, information technology and systems, scheduling, and case management.
Melissa’s career in healthcare began in 2002 at Medical City Dallas, where she served in roles as Senior Financial Analyst, Assistant Controller, Controller, and Vice President of Finance. In 2014, Melissa accepted the position as Chief Financial Officer of Medical City Plano and Medical City Frisco. While at Plano and Frisco, Melissa was responsible for revenue of more than $198M in annual EBIDTA. Melissa returned to Medical City Dallas in 2018 to serve in her current role as Chief Financial Officer.
Melissa earned a Bachelor of Business Studies degree from Dallas Baptist University and a Masters of Business Administration degree from Texas Woman’s University. She lives in Dallas and enjoys travel, reading, and spending time with family and friends.
Pamela McNutt
Senior Vice President & CIO
Methodist Health System
Pamela McNutt has served as the Sr. Vice-President and CIO for Methodist Health System in Dallas, Texas for 24 years.
Ms. McNutt has served as a Director on the HIMSS national Board (1998-2001) and as a Trustee for CHIME (2007-2009).
Pamela is a fellow in CHIME and HIMSS. She was awarded the John Gall CIO of the year award in 2002 and was named one of the Top 25 Women in Healthcare in 2011 by Modern Healthcare.
Pamela serves as member of the CHIME Policy Steering Committee and the American Hospital Association Healthcare IT advisory committee. She has an appointment on the Texas Health and Human Services Commission e-Health Advisory Committee.

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Breakfast with the CEO - Frederick P. Cerise, MD, MPH
2018-10-16 07:30 - 09:00 (America/Chicago) | Parkland Health & Hospital System, 5200 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75235, United States
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Frederick P. Cerise, MD, MPH
President and Chief Executive Officer
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Fred Cerise, MD, MPH has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Parkland Health & Hospital System since March 2014. He leads one of the largest academic and public safety net hospitals in the country as well as 20 community-based clinics and numerous educational outreach programs. The system focuses on serving the comprehensive needs of a largely uninsured population.
Prior to joining Parkland, Dr. Cerise served as Vice President for Health Affairs and Medical Education of the Louisiana State University System. From 2004 to 2007, Dr. Cerise was Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. Prior to that he was the CEO of Earl K. Long Medical Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he began his career between 1991 and 2004 as an LSU Clinical Faculty member in Internal Medicine.
Dr. Cerise holds a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Notre Dame and earned his Medical Degree at Louisiana State University in New Orleans. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. In 2001, he earned a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard University School of Public Health. From 2010 to 2016 he served on the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and currently serves on the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation Board of Trustees, and the Nurse Family Partnership Board of Directors.

Fourth Quarter ACHENTX Education Event
2018-10-25 15:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | TX
Come join us for our Fourth Quarter Education Event
Offering 3.0 Face-to-Face Credits (1.5 Credits Per Panel)*
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Panel 1: Disruptive Innovation in Healthcare Delivery
Moderator: Paul Aslin, FACHE
Chief Transformation Officer and Senior Vice President of Strategic Alignment
Wise Health System
Panelists:
Dr. Andrew Masica
Vice-President and Chief Clinical Effectiveness Officer
Baylor Scott & White Health
Dr. Stuart Flynn
Founding Dean,
TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine
Bharath Thankavel, MD
Medical Director, Value Based Care
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas
Panel 2: It’s All About Vision: The Role Vision Plays in Your Strategic Planning Process
Moderator: Ken Huchenrider, FACHE
President
Methodist Richardson Health Center
Panelists:
Brent Lee, FACHE
Chief Operating Officer
Capital Senior Living
Aaron Bujnowski, FACHE
Chief Strategy Officer
Texas Health Resources
Michael Sanborn, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Baylor Scott & White All Saints
Laura Irvine, FACHE
Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
Medical City Healthcare
*Note: Panel #2: It’s All About Vision — The Role Vision Plays in Your Strategic Planning Process is a repeat of the June Local Program Council topic. If you attended that event in Waxahachie in June, you are welcome to attend this duplicate session in October, but you will only receive Face-to-Face credits for the first one.
Speaker Bios:
Paul Aslin, FACHE
Chief Transformation Officer and Sr. Vice President of Strategic Alignment
Wise Health System

Before joining the Hospital in 2011, Mr. Aslin held management positions beginning in 1999 with AT&T and 2007 with Fidelity Investments. Mr. 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, a multispecialty physician group in Decatur, TX. 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, and organizational performance excellence. Paul resides in Haslet, TX with his wife, Amanda, and three daughters.
Aaron M. Bujnowski, FACHE
Chief Strategy Officer
Texas Health Resources
Aaron M. Bujnowski, FACHE, serves as senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Texas Health Resources. Bujnowski is responsible for developing system, zone and entity level strategy across the entire enterprise that includes wholly-owned and joint venture hospitals, as well as ambulatory and post-acute care.
Prior to joining Texas Health in 2010 as vice president of analytics and market intelligence, Bujnowski served as the director of strategy for Dean Foods in Dallas. His experience includes more than four years with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Dallas, where he served as project leader, consultant and a core member of BCG’s health care practice. Bujnowski previously held various leadership positions in business development, market development and innovation at Dow Chemical Company in Freeport, Texas, for more than nine years.
He holds a master’s degree in business administration from The University of Texas at Austin, where he graduated with the highest honors. He also holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in chemical engineering from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where he graduated with honors. In 2015, Bujnowski became a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).
Fluent in Spanish and basic American Sign Language, Bujnowski is co-inventor of four U.S. patents, certified as a Six Sigma Black Belt and has volunteered his services through many national organizations. To name a few, he was a Red Cross volunteer for Katrina Relief in New Orleans, a full-time Latter-Day Saint missionary and humanitarian volunteer in Chile, South America, and served as an executive board member for the Boy Scouts of America.
Stuart D. Flynn, M.D.
Founding Dean
TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine
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.
Kenneth Hutchenrider, Jr., FACHE
President
Methodist Richardson Medical Center
Ken Hutchenrider joined Methodist Richardson Medical Center as President in July, 2010.
He has more than 25 years of executive experience with a result oriented record of substantially increasing financial stability and strengthening team management to build a tradition of providing the best care possible to the communities served.
During his tenure, Ken administered the assimilation of the hospital into the Methodist Health System, as well as the development of a $120M replacement hospital and its subsequent and ongoing expansions. Pam Stoyanoff, Chief Operations Officer of Methodist Health System has said “Ken is an outstanding leader with a proven track record in operational excellence.”
Additional accomplishments include the establishment of a new wound care center, recruitment and stabilization of the NICU physician group, development of the Da Vinci surgical program, and the successful recruitment/employment of new medical staff members. Under his direction, Methodist Richardson has received accreditations as a Chest Pain Center, a Stroke Center, and achieved nursing Pathway to Excellence.
Prior to July 2010, Ken served as the Chief Executive Officer of Galesburg Cottage Hospital, in Galesburg, Illinois. There, he successfully and effectively managed all facets of the 173 bed acute care facility, including a skilled nursing unit, inpatient psychiatric unit, a joint venture outpatient therapy unit, and a joint venture dialysis unit.
Previously in his career, Ken served in executive roles including Chief Executive Officer of the Terre Haute Regional Hospital in Terre Haute, Indiana and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Ken started his career in a clinical position as a Paramedic Shift Supervisor in Pasadena, Texas.
He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas A&M University and a Master 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.
Laura Irvine, FACHE
Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
Medical City Healthcare
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, FACHE
Chief Operating Officer
Capital Senior Living
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.
Mike Sanborn, MS, RPh, FACHE
President
Baylor Scott & White All Saints – Fort Worth
Michael Sanborn serves as president of Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth. He is responsible for the leadership and management of the 572-bed acute care hospital with more than 1,800 employees and 1,100 medical staff members. Before joining Baylor Scott & White All Saints – Fort Worth, Sanborn served as the President at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Carrollton. Prior to leading Baylor Scott & White – Carrollton, Sanborn served as corporate vice president of cardiovascular services. He was responsible for management of cardiac services for all Baylor entities with a focus on improving patient outcomes, program development and strategic planning. During his over 25 years in healthcare, Sanborn has taken on increasingly complex roles, initially in pharmacy leadership and then in healthcare administration.
Prior to coming to Baylor in 2003, he served as a corporate vice president for the McKesson Corporation and also held leadership positions in several large health systems and academic medical centers. Sanborn has a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy and a master’s degree in hospital pharmacy administration. He is a fellow of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists, as well as the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Bharath Thankavel, MD
Medical Director, Value Based Care
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas
Dr. Bharath Thankavel is a physician leader engaged in addressing the challenges within the health care system through utilizing value based care.
As medical director of value based care at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX), Dr. Thankavel is well positioned to make a difference. Working in tandem with BCBSTX’s Network Innovation Delivery team, this role helps further incorporate physician insights into the creation of the company’s new health care delivery models, such as accountable care organizations.
Born in San Antonio, Dr. Thankavel is Texas “born and bred.” He received his bachelor degree in biology from Baylor University, followed by his medical degree from Saint George’s University and his pediatric residency from the University of South Florida. As an inpatient physician at the University of Texas Southwestern and the Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, Dr. Thankavel has a wide variety of clinical experience.
As the medical director of the Home Care program at the Children’s Medical Center, Dr. Thankavel oversaw three departments that targeted care toward approximately 1,200 patients. This experience helped him better understand the need to analyze market utilization and population health.
Dr. Thankavel recognizes that doctors must practice what they preach, so he incorporates health and wellness into his life through sports – by coaching his son’s little league team and playing in a basketball league of his own. His love for travel has led him to several countries across the world, and he makes a conscious effort to expose his son to the same cultural opportunities.

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Thanks to Haynes and Boone, LLP, for hosting this event!
Thanks also to the Health, Wellness, & Life Sciences Council Urban Land Institute North Texas for their contributions in organizing the program.

2018 ACHENTX General Membership Dinner
2018-11-07 17:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Las Colinas Country Club, 4400 N O'Connor Road, Irving, TX, 75062, United States
Tickets will be selling fast. Be sure to take advantage of the early bird pricing options and get your ticket soon. Individual and table tickets are available.
Special guest speaker is Tony Hill, former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver, Super Bowl XII champion and football broadcaster. Tony is also a former local hospital trustee as well.
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TONY HILL BIOGRAPHY
Tony Hill graduated from Stanford University with a 3.3 GPA in Political Science at the age of 20 and is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame. Nicknamed “Thrill”,
He spent 10 successful seasons in the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys where he helped them become “America’s Team” by leading them to Super Bowls XII and XIII and six playoff appearances. A Three-Time Pro Bowl selection, Hill is the third All Time Leader in receiving yards with 7,998. During his ten-year career with the Cowboys, Tony led the team in both receptions and yardage for eight of those ten years. His 479 receptions are fifth on the Cowboys’ All Time List behind Jason Witten, Michael Irvin, Dez Bryant and Drew Pearson. Hill’s 51 Touchdowns also rank fifth on the All Time Cowboy list behind Dez Bryant, Bob Hayes, Michael Irvin and Jason Witten. He finished his career with 8,072 total yards (Rushing and Receiving), making him the team’s fifth All Time Leader in that category behind Hall of Famers’ Tony Dorsett and Emmitt Smith and future Hall of Famers’ Michael Irvin and Jason Witten. Tony, Drew Pearson and Tony Dorsett were the first threesome to accumulate 1000 yds during a season in the NFC (National Football Conference). Known for his quick speed and big play ability, Coach Landry called him … “Our Home Run Hitter”. I have never seen a guy who can adjust to a ball in mid-air like Tony. He is a very explosive player; the type who can turn a short play into a big play in a hurry, because he has excellent running ability and speed.”
Tony is the Resource Development Manager for the City of Allen. He promotes parks and recreation activities and serves as a liaison between the recreation division and other divisions, departments and outside agencies. In his spare time, Tony serves as an analyst for Compass Media Network / Westwood One broadcasting the national collegiate game of the week. Tony was in the Broadcast booth doing the stateside television commentary for the CFL (Canadian Football League) as well as a fun stint on ESPN Hollywood as an “Inside Reporter” for the hit television show “Survivor – Guatemala”. Tony still works with the NFL for all Cowboy home games as a league representative, making sure sponsors are appropriately identified on the field and all the official rules for the players are enforced during the game. Some of Tony’s achievements include host of an All-Night Radio Call- in Show in Boston, Massachusetts, National Color Analyst for Arena Football on Prime Network and for two years, host of SportsTalk, a 5-7pm drive-time sports radio talk show in the Dallas area.
Tony served as the North Texas Honorary Chairman for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation for 16 years. He also served as Vice Chair and member of the Board of Trustees of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Allen.
Tony is married to Millie. They have four children, Cassidy, Kelli, Leslie and Anthony.
Tony ranks second in receiving yards, third in receiving touchdowns and fourth in catches in Dallas Cowboys history. A graduate of Stanford University, Tony is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.

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Fall After Hours Networking Event
2018-11-29 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Waterproof Lounge, The Statler Hotel, 1914 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX, 75201
Come and join us for our final ACHENTX After Hours Event of the year, being held in the trendy Waterproof lounge perched atop The Statler hotel in downtown Dallas.
Perfectly timed to be the week after Thanksgiving and before the rush of the rest of the holiday season kicks in.
Catch up with your fellow ACHE members and friends, and make new friends and connections as well. You won’t want to miss this special time of conversation and networking!

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Breakfast with the Vice President - William Daniel, MD, MBA
2019-01-15 07:30 - 09:00 (America/Chicago) | UT Southwestern Medical Center – East Campus, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center Radiation Oncology, 2280 Inwood Road, Dallas, TX, 75235, United States
Come join us for our first event in the new year. Starting off our popular breakfast series for 2019 is
William Daniel, MD, MBA; Vice President and Chief Quality Officer at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
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William Daniel, M.D., M.B.A.
Vice President for Health System Affairs
Chief Medical and Quality Officer
William T. Solomon Professor in Clinical Quality Improvement at UT Southwestern Medical Center
Professor, Internal Medicine
William Daniel, M.D., M.B.A. assumed the position of Vice President, Chief Medical and Quality Officer in November 2016. He is the William T. Solomon Professor in Clinical Quality Improvement at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Professor of Internal Medicine. Dr. Daniel has returned home where he grew up, went to medical school and completed cardiology fellowship, after spending 20 years in Kansas City, Missouri where he was the Vice President and Chief Quality Officer for Saint Luke’s Health System. Saint Luke’s Health System is a 10-hospital system that has won national recognition for quality, including the Malcom Baldrige Award. Dr. Daniel is a recognized leader in driving clinical improvement in patient centered outcomes, safety and quality, as well as positive transformational changes.
Dr. Daniel earned his undergraduate degree from Princeton University, his M.D. from UT Southwestern Medical School and M.B.A. from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Daniel completed his residency at Washington University/Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, and cardiology fellowship at UT Southwestern. He also completed an advanced Cardiovascular Interventional Fellowship at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute.
A special thanks for Dr. Daniel and UT Southwestern Medical Center for hosting us for this event!
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2019 ACHENTX New Horizons Event
2019-02-13 17:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Texas Scottish Rite Hospital For Children – Dallas, 2222 Welborn Street, Dallas, TX, 75219
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This is our third 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
Presenters:
John Allen, FACHE
Director, Practice Operations, Neighborhood Clinics
Cook Children’s Medical Center
John spent 22 years in the US Coast Guard (USCG). He spent the early part of his military career working as an EMT and health services technician. As a commissioned officer, he worked as a practice administrator and regional practice director. After he left the USCG, he worked as a program director at UNT Health Science Center for a transitional care program. He now works as a Director of Practice Operations at Cook Children’s Physicians Network. He holds a master’s in health administration from Baylor University and a master’s in public health from the University of West Florida.
Margaret Base
Executive Search Consultant
Witt/Kieffer Healthcare Practice
Margaret is an executive search consultant in Witt/Kieffer’s Healthcare practice. Margaret supports Witt/Kieffer’s national Healthcare team in conducting searches for CEOs, CFOs, CNOs, COOs, and many other executive roles within hospitals, health systems, integrated delivery networks, and other organizations.
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’s most notable experience was her 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. Beyond executive search, she also supports clients in their succession planning, talent evaluation, facilitating offer negotiation with candidates, and leader on-boarding. Margaret is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Benjamin Isgur, FACHE
Leader
PwC Health Research Institute
Ben leads PwC’s Health Research Institute. HRI is a dedicated research group that provides new intelligence, perspective, and analysis on major health-related business issues. In this role, he oversees thought leadership and research initiatives for the firm and clients. He also consults with healthcare systems, trade associations, and policy groups on strategic planning, and industry intelligence and trends.
Ben is a published writer and his research is often cited by health leaders across the industry. He has been quoted in media outlets such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and Modern Healthcare and has appeared on the CNBC Nightly Business Report. In addition, he frequently speaks on a range of topics, including physician-hospital alignment, government policy, medical cost trends, consumerism, academic medicine and digital health.
Prior to joining PwC he developed health policy as a legislative director in the Texas House of Representatives and as a government relations officer for the City of Austin. Ben received a master’s degree from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin where he was a US Department of Defense fellow.
Bernie O’Donnell
Lead Consultant & CEO
Performisys LLC
Bernie is Lead Consultant and CEO of Performisys LLC, a Dallas based consultancy focused on building high-caliber company cultures led by high-performance executive teams. His clients span virtually all industries across the U.S., Canada and the U.K.
His unique concepts have been published in the Dallas Business Journal, Leadership Excellence, Sales & Service Excellence, Zig Ziglar Newsletter, and numerous trade journals. He has been a featured lecturer in the University of Texas at Dallas EMBA program.
Bernie’s background includes a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Richmond and twenty years of sales and leadership positions with IBM. He has served on numerous professional and community boards, including chairman of a private school, president of an economic development corporation, and Chairman of Sales and Marketing Executives International. He is currently President of the Alliance for Healthcare Excellence. Bernie holds a 2nd degree blackbelt in Taekwondo. Enjoys travel and good wine. He and his wife, Brenda, have 2 wonderful daughters.
Mike Waters, LFACHE
Retired President & CEO
Hendrick Health System
Mike served the last 28 years of his career at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene, Texas. Twenty-four as the President and CEO, and the last four years as Senior Consultant. He retired because he was of retirement age, and he wanted to consult, travel, and complete his “Bucket List.”
In college undergraduate school at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, Mike worked in the evenings at the Baptist Hospital. That experience was the motivating factor in his choosing to go to graduate school in hospital administration and pursue hospital administration as a career.
When asked to describe one of the more successful risks he took and why? Mike responded, “When I was 38 years old. The Board of Hendrick Medical Center, a 400 Bed Hospital, selected me to be the CEO of that Institution. I took a risk at that young age to undertake that task. With the help and support of my wife, Kathy, the Boards at Hendrick, and my colleagues at Hendrick, I enjoyed all 24 years as the President and CEO. In retrospect, I realize what a risk it was for me to undertake that position at such a young and inexperienced age.”
When Mike retired, his bucket list included travel and continuing activity in the field. He serves on four boards, serves as a volunteer concierge at Baylor University Medical Center on Gaston Avenue every Thursday morning, is a mentor in the ACHENTX Mentorship Program, and is just about to complete his Bucket List. His Bucket List included the following: Civil War Battlefields (He has visited over 25 battlefields . . . several more than once),The Alaska Highway, Wrigley Field, Machu Picchu, The Panama Canal, Voyageurs National Park, Yosemite, Zion, Bryce, Canyonlands, Arches, and Grand Canyon National Parks, and other places. Still to go on my list are Fenway Park, Key West, The Mormon Tabernacle (even though he is a devout Baptist), and Field of Dreams. Mike notes, “Other places might be added.”
He has been married to a wonderful woman, Kathy, for nearly 42 years. He says, “She is my soul mate, my friend, and my inspiration.” Mike adds, “Retirement has been great because I have my health, financial security, and a great wife to share it with me. My two grown daughters, their husbands, and our four grandchildren enrich my life.”

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ACHENTX New Member Networking Blitz - Winter 2019
2019-02-19 16:30 - 20:00 (America/Denver) | Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children – Frisco, 5700 Dallas Parkway, Frisco, TX, 75034
For new members from December 2017 to Present. Existing members who are wanting to become more involved and/or who want to join us for this networking opportunity are also welcome to register.
The ACHE North Texas Welcoming Committee cordially invites you to the ACHE of North Texas chapter’s New Member Networking Blitz. This fun event will allow new members to get to know one another and some seasoned ACHE members as well. There will be special breakout sessions where fun activities and personal connections will be made. The intent of this program is to bring new members together to get a real in depth view of ACHENTX, to enable you to meet some of the chapter’s leadership and to help you map out how to best take advantage of the plethora of local and national benefits and opportunities available to you as ACHE members. It’s a way to “let us get to know you” as well and become a part of your professional network.
We are looking forward to meeting each of you
A light meal and drinks will be served.

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First Quarter Education Event
2019-02-28 15:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Maggiano’s Little Italy, 6001 West Park Boulevard, Plano, TX, 75093
This event is approved for up to 3.0 Face-to-Face Credits (1.5 per panel)
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Panel 1: The Value of Developing and Implementing Alternative Care Models
Moderator: Kevin Stevenson, MBA, FACHE
Executive Director, North Texas Region
IntegraNet Health
Panelists:

Alyssa Endres, MHA
Director, Government Programs
BSW Quality Aliance

Bob McCullough, PhD, LCSW, CEAP
Clinical Director
SilverCloud Health

Marc Schmidt

Market President – Texas
naviHealth

Janelle Shepard, MBA, BSN, RN-BC
System Leader, Care Continuum Operations
Texas Health Resources
Panel 2: Behavioral Healthcare: Approaches to Increasing Value for the Organization and Meet Community Needs
Moderator: Benson Chacko, FACHE
Vice President, Operations
Methodist Dallas Medical Center
Panelists:
Ken Hopper, MD, MBA
Associate Professor and Physician Development Coach
TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine, Fort Worth
Susan Holsapple, LCSW, ACM-SW
Director, Comprehensive Care Management
Baylor Scott and White Health, Baylor-McKinney
Sushma Sharma, PhD
Director, Community, Public & Population Health
Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council
Sue Schell, MA
VP and Clinical Director, Behavioral Health
Children’s Health
Melissa Winter, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing Officer
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center McKinney

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Speaker Bios:
Benson P. Chacko, FACHE serves as the Vice President Operations to Methodist Dallas Medical Center, a 585-bed tertiary Level I Trauma Center providing compassionate care for over 90 years. Prior to joining Methodist Dallas, Benson was with Tenet Healthcare for nine years most recently serving as the interim CEO/COO at its joint venture hospital Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Lake Pointe. His healthcare career spans nearly two decades and covers a wide spectrum to include human resources, business development and hospital operations. In addition he was part of for-profit, non-profit, academic, and community hospitals. Born and raised here in the DFW metroplex, the majority of his time was spent outside of the area in Palo Alto, CA, St. Louis, MO and El Paso, TX.

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.

Susan Holsapple, LCSW, ACM-SW, is the Director of Comprehensive Care Management for Baylor Scott & White Medical Center of McKinney and the East Region of the DFW Market for Baylor Scott & White Hospitals.
Susan’s team is made up of over 50 experienced RN Care Managers and Licensed Social Workers. These team members work together to facilitate safe patient care transitions throughout the hospital continuum, with a focus on complex disease management and psychosocially complex care management. Susan also partners with various community agencies to identify and work to reduce gaps in services that many patients face.
While at BSW-McKinney, Susan has worked to reduce readmission rates, revamp multidisciplinary rounds and improve behavioral health transitions of care. Beginning in 2015, she co-lead with pharmacy and respiratory therapy a process improvement initiative focusing on reducing readmissions for the COPD population. This lead to a poster presentation in Washington DC at the American Case Management Association Conference, a published article in the Collaborative Case Management magazine and a first-place prize at the Bill Aston Quality Summit in 2017.
Susan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and also holds her Accredited Case Manager Certification. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Social Work at Michigan State University and her Masters of Science in Social Administration from Case Western Reserve University. Susan sits on the board of the Community Health Clinic in McKinney and is a member of the American Case Management Association.

Dr. Ken Hopper is a healthcare strategist, experienced in structuring, staffing and incentivizing approaches that result in “health behavior change” along the social, health, and well-being spectrums. For 29 years, he has worked as a national leader in two major health plans, developed his own brand of systematic case review and team-based care in his clinic (The Hopper Group), and has contributed to the expansion of knowledge regarding the issues facing Psychiatry in the next iteration of health care delivery. His passion through the years remains, simply, the refinement of targeted, effective, and systematic solutions for conditions hidden by shame, guilt, and misunderstanding.
Dr. Hopper contributes to several organizations pushing forward best practices for Psychiatric care, overall health, and wellness. He is the Chair of the APA Medical-Behavioral Integration Committee. “The Argument to Payers for Funding Collaborative Care” is a critical personal authorship and collaborative output of the committee this year. Two peripheral, but equally important workstreams are forming. The Leadership/Clinical Tactics Matrix, as well as specific tracts for Psychiatrist Leader development “Beyond the CMO Role” are actively being discussed. As of September 2018, he was elected the President of the Tarrant County Chapter of The Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians (Texas’ APA branch). The line of site from local to national is extraordinarily beneficial in understanding the needs of all Psychiatrists.
Dr. Hopper’s population health roles have included National Medical Director of Integrated Care at the Anthem Government Business Division, and Chief Medical Officer/VP of Clinical Innovation at Humana’s Behavioral Division. He led or co-led early models of integrated telephonic care management and medical provider-specific psychotropic use education. Most recently, he and his team refined targeted field-based case management “on the streets” interventions to help the most vulnerable engage in health. For multiple years, both through efforts in his clinic and in health plans, Dr. Hopper has advanced increasingly targeted versions of collaborative/team-based care in large medical clinics.
As a new Associate Professor at the TCU/UNTHSC School of Medicine in Fort Worth (LCME Accreditation Candidate), Dr. Hopper is one of the architects and influencers of a Physician Development Coach program designed to promote physician leadership, impact, and empathy in a rapidly changing medical context. Dr. Hopper sees the resulting learning symphony as an exciting “primary intervention” for the concepts he has retrofitted for years.
Dr. Hopper has been a member of the Medical/Behavioral committee of the American Psychiatric Association since forming in 2011, is a founding member of the Medical Director Institute of The National Council on Behavioral Health, is a member of NAMI’s Leadership Alliance, and in his local community, is a board member of The Parenting Center of Fort Worth, and The Jewel Charity Ball (supporting Children’s Medical Center).
Degrees were awarded by Baylor University (Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa), The University of Texas Medical Branch, and The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. Dr. Hopper also has an MBA from a combined program with The University of Texas at Dallas, and Southwestern Medical School (Gamma Beta Sigma International Honor Society)

Bob McCullough, PhD, LCSW, CEAP, is the Clinical Director at SilverCloud Health, a digital mental health treatment organization designed to deliver outcomes that are on par with traditional face to face therapy. His 25+ year career in mental health services has included community mental health, inpatient, managed care and crisis response. His current role responsibilities include overseeing clinical guidance, implementation, onboarding, training and account management.
Bob and the SilverCloud Health Team are committed to helping innovative health systems build new avenues to care across the spectrum with fewer resources, enabling organizations that have accepted risk to better manage the cost of care while maintaining quality for the largest number of patients.
Dr. Sushma Sharma manages public health research initiatives in her current role at DFWHCF. She serves as the North Texas Community Health Collaborative (CHC) leader, which has membership of more than 45 organizations, including 11 area health systems and 96 hospitals.
Dr. Sharma is a scientific executive with over 15 years of post-doctoral experience in scientific research and management. She has extensive experience in conducting and managing research and community programs. She has published over 60 peer-reviewed publications in international journals, serves on the editorial board of international journals, and is an invitee reviewer for several journals. She has won several awards, most recent being the Dr. Ron J. Anderson Thinking Progressively for Health and Innovation Award-Texas Public Health Association 2017.
Dr Sharma’s work has taken her all over the world. In her previous role, she worked as a Senior scientist at the University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. She was a Senior scientist and lab manager at the University of Highlands and Islands in Scotland, UK. She completed her post-doctoral research fellowship from the British Heart Foundation UK, after earning her PhD from India.
Dr. Sharma’s ongoing community initiatives:

addressing behavioral health (mental health and substance abuse) related disparities in 16 North Texas Counties,
training 10,000 North Texans in Mental Health First Aid (10,000 lives initiative)
standardizing domestic violence reporting and promoting data sharing among North Texas hospitals to facilitate early intervention and prevention of domestic violence
the SAMHSA-funded Dallas County ReJuvenATE (Revitalize Juveniles through Acknowledgement, Training and Empowerment) program to assist high-risk youth and families and promote resilience and equity in communities that have recently faced civil unrest (reference: Dallas shooting in 2016).

Sue Schell, MA, joined Children’s Health in 2014 as the Vice President and Clinical Director of Behavioral Health. In this role, she has extended behavioral health services into our community focusing on early identification of treatment needs and preventive care. She developed and implemented the Integrated Behavioral Health Program, School Tele-Behavioral Health Program and the Teen Recovery Program which treats adolescents with both mental health and substance abuse issues. Currently, she is also expanding the organization’s programs serving children with autism while increasing operational efficiencies. She is involved in local and national work groups coordinating programs to build community resilience.
Before joining Children’s Health, Sue held regional and national leadership positions in two managed care companies where she developed and oversaw clinical teams providing care management, utilization review and quality improvement programs. She has experience in community mental health and private practice. Sue earned her master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio and is a Licensed Professional Counselor.

Marc Schmidt is the Market President, Texas with naviHealth where he oversees all health system and health plan operations across the state. Marc joined naviHealth in early 2015 to launch their BPCI Classic program with 14 hospitals across the state, expanding to 31 hospitals with the launch of BPCI Advanced in Oct 2018. Prior to naviHealth, Marc held a variety of strategic and operations roles with Golden Living, a large national post-acute provider with skilled nursing, rehab and hospice operations.
Earlier in his career, Marc worked in management consulting for Bain and Deloitte, as well as in corporate finance roles for American Airlines and Dell. Marc graduated from Vanderbilt University and has a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business.

Janelle Shepard, MBA, BSN, RN-BC, is a registered nurse with 40+ years’ experience in a variety of areas. She currently serves as the system leader for care continuum operations for Texas Health Resources in the Dallas Fort Worth Region. She supervises approximately 330 nurses and social workers in UR, care transitions and population health roles. Her other duties include work with payors, physician groups, community partners and multiple stakeholders in a complex region where the healthcare industry is competitive and complex.
Janelle has been appointed by 2 Texas governors to several state leadership boards including the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct, The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and she currently sits on the Texas Woman’s University System Board of Regents. She has been recognized by the Texas Organization of Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing Education leaders for working to increase and enhance nursing education in the state of Texas – particularly the doctorate of nursing practice programs.

Kevin W. Stevenson, MBA, FACHE has served in leadership roles in healthcare organizations, hospitals and systems for over 30 years with specific expertise in operations, network development, marketing and crisis communications. He currently serves as the Executive Vice President for the North Texas region of IntegraNet Health, an independent physician network with over 1300 physicians throughout Texas.
Kevin and his teams have been recognized regionally, nationally and corporately for operational and creative works. He was honored by the Greater Omaha Chapter of the American Marketing Association as its Marketer of the Year when he was a system executive for CHI Good Samaritan Health Systems.
He earned both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Business Administration from Baylor University. Kevin has served on numerous community and corporate boards in a variety of leadership positions and is currently the Past President of ACHE of North Texas, the third-largest chapter in the country with over 1500 members. Kevin was also twice-elected to the Keller Independent School District’s Board of Trustees, serving as President for two years. (Ask him about charging for school bus service.)
A native of Dallas, Kevin and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters and are avid Baylor University football fans and tailgaters and are members of Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas where Kevin sings in the Sanctuary Choir and serves as a deacon and Michelle is active in the women’s’ ministry. Kevin is particularly proud of his pathetic golfing skills.

Melissa Winter, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, was appointed chief nursing officer (CNO) and chief operating officer (COO) of Baylor Scott and White Medical Center – McKinney in 2011.
As CNO, Ms. Winter is responsible for planning, directing and coordinating nursing and clinical services to ensure the delivery of safe, quality, efficient and compassionate care. During her tenure at Baylor Scott & White – McKinney, she has successfully achieved Magnet® recognition, NICU III designation, Baby Friendly status, Stroke Certification and many more, all while leading the system in high quality metrics and leading RN retention.
Before joining Baylor Scott and White – McKinney, Melissa served as vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer for The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano (THHBP), which opened in 2007. While there, Melissa helped launch an advanced hospital that is consistently ranked in the top one percent nationally in patient satisfaction. THHBP received the American Nurses Credentialing Center Pathway to Excellence designation in 2009 and Magnet® designation in 2011.
Ms. Winter was listed among the Great 100 Nurses in Dallas/Fort Worth in 2009 and received the Dallas/ Fort Worth Hospital Council’s Young Healthcare Executives of the Year award in 2010.
At Baylor Scott and White – McKinney, Melissa serves as a member of the Executive Leadership team and collaborates regularly with the physicians to continually improve the hospital’s best practices while striving to achieve the hospital’s mission and vision.
Ms. Winter is a graduate of West Texas A&M University where she earned a bachelor’s in nursing and a master’s in nursing administration. She received her Doctorate in nursing practice in December 2014.
She is a member in good standing of the Texas Organization of Nurses, American Nurses Association, and the Texas Nurses Association.

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A big thanks to Smith & Nephew for hosting this event and providing us this special dinner at Maggiano’s!

The Business of Healthcare
2019-03-28 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Denver) | 5th and Carroll (the event space above Blue Mesa, 2713 West 5th Street, Fort Worth, TX, 76107
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ACHE of North Texas and Texas Christian University are joining forces to offer a new kind of networking event for mid- and early careerists .The program will showcase various companies’ leaders participating in healthcare oriented businesses, but yet are not directly working for hospitals. This event will expose attendees to the vast job market outside of a hospital, but very much relevant in the healthcare industry.
Space is limited for this event so register early.
The event space will have 10 tables representing 10 different segments of the industry The table presenters will be discussing how their professions touch healthcare. Attendees will rotate between tables and the schedule will also include some open time at the end, enabling attendees to visit with the presenters of their choosing as well.
This is not a job fair but an opportunity to broaden careerists’ minds to what is available in the professional business world outside a hospital setting, but still touching healthcare.
Food will be available.
A special thanks to TCU for hosting this event!
Broaddus & Associates – Architecture
Darrick Walls
LEED Green Associate
Broaddus & Associates
Darrick Walls is the LEED Green Associate for Broaddus & Associates. Prior to joining Broaddus, Darrick was the AVP Project Management for CallisonRTKL and a project manager for CBRE and Hammes, solving healthcare design problems with practical solutions. As the former Director of Construction and Design at JPS, Darricks’ responsibility was to oversee all construction related projects and work with the JPS executive team, Board of Directors and staff to develop strategic facility planning, project management and capital budget planning. On large scale projects, he would hire, negotiate contracts and oversee work performed by architects, engineers and contractors. His duties also included coordination with development and real estate companies on land acquisitions, lease agreements, and tenant finish out agreements. Operations, Infection Control and Safety Departments.

GE Healthcare – Vendor
Claudia Andrade
National Post Implementation Program Manager
GE Healthcare
As a leading global medical technology and life sciences company, GE Healthcare (GEHC) provides a broad portfolio of products, solutions and services used in the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of patients and in the development and manufacture of biopharmaceuticals. Every day GE Healthcare employees work together in Service, Sales, Product Development, Manufacturing, and Marketing functions to improve outcomes for healthcare providers and their patients, and for therapy innovators around the globe. This means increased capacity, improved productivity and better patient outcomes. GEHC also aims to support customers in the pursuit of precision health: health care that is integrated, highly personalized to each patient’s needs and that reduces waste and inefficiency.
Claudia Andrade is a National Program Manager at GE Healthcare where she partners with strategic customers to effectively implement complex service programs. Throughout her 10-year career, she has held numerous positions in procurement, supply chain, and marketing functions where she worked closely with internal and external stakeholders to identify new business opportunities, maximize cost savings, and grow product market share. Claudia holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Santa Clara University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin.

Integra Net Health – Independent Physician Association
Kevin Stevenson. MBA, FACHE
Executive Vice-President
IntegraNet Health
IntegraNet Health is an independent physician association that collaborates with independent physicians to assist them in remaining independent. Through our shared risk contracts with health plans, our promotion of value-based healthcare and population health and our array of practice management consultative services, IntegraNet serves as a valued partner to our physicians and their staff.
Kevin W. Stevenson, MBA, FACHE has served in leadership roles in healthcare organizations, hospitals and systems for over 30 years with specific expertise in operations, network development, marketing and crisis communications. He currently serves as the Executive Vice President for the North Texas region of IntegraNet Health, an independent physician network with over 1300 physicians throughout Texas.
Kevin and his teams have been recognized regionally, nationally and corporately for operational and creative works. He was honored by the Greater Omaha Chapter of the American Marketing Association as its Marketer of the Year when he was a system executive for CHI Good Samaritan Health Systems.
He earned both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Business Administration from Baylor University. Kevin has served on numerous community and corporate boards in a variety of leadership positions and is currently the Past President of ACHE of North Texas, the third-largest chapter in the country with over 1500 members. Kevin was also twice-elected to the Keller Independent School District’s Board of Trustees, serving as President for two years. (Ask him about charging for school bus service.)
A native of Dallas, Kevin and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters and are avid Baylor University football fans and tailgaters and are members of Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas where Kevin sings in the Sanctuary Choir and serves as a deacon and Michelle is active in the women’s’ ministry. Kevin is particularly proud of his pathetic golfing skills.

Medix – Employment Staffing
Sean Dyer
Information Technology Solutions Leader
Medix
Launched in 2001, Medix was built on the principle of becoming a leading provider of workforce solutions for clients and candidates across the Healthcare, Scientific and Information Technology industries. As we grow and evolve, we recognize our differentiation lies not just in traditional staffing, but in true partnerships and collaboration on hiring solutions.
We bring value to our talent by helping them identify their individual skills and aptitudes, matching them with opportunities to excel and creating communities where they can foster their skills and always have a trusted partner in their career.
In supporting our clients, we understand that each organization and culture is unique, and we thrive in collaborating with our clients to provide innovative solutions to suit their specific needs.
The root of our growth and continued success stems from not only our loyal clients and talent, but the dedication of our people. Medix takes great pride in our teammates and the culture we built together as an organization. We promote an environment that rewards the hard work and perseverance necessary to solve the unique needs of our clients and talent. The Medix family might span across the country, but our team is tightly united around our core purpose, core values and our mission to provide superior service to our customers.
UT Southwestern – Non-Clinical Operations; Logistics
Martin Marshall
Director of Logistics
UT Southwestern
Donnie McLaughlin
AVP
Non-clinical Operations
UT Southwestern
UT Southwestern: An academic medical center, world renowned for its research, regarded among the best in the country for medical education and for clinical and scientific training, and nationally recognized for the quality of clinical care that its faculty provides to patients at UT Southwestern University Hospitals & Clinics and affiliated institutions. The Medical Center has three degree-granting institutions: UT Southwestern Medical School, UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and UT Southwestern School of Health Professions. The schools train nearly 3,600 medical, graduate, and health profession students, residents, and postdoctoral fellows each year. Ongoing support from federal agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health, along with foundations, individuals, and corporations, provides almost $454.9 million per year to fund faculty research. Faculty and residents provide care to more than 105,000 hospitalized patients, almost 370,000 emergency room cases, and oversee approximately 2.4 million outpatient visits annually. UT Southwestern has approximately 17,000 employees and an operating budget of $3.2 billion.
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 and 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 where he manages the Logistics & Value Analysis Department, Patient Transport Department and Lab Courier Services Department at U.T. Southwestern.

Donald McLaughlin of UT Southwestern Medical Center has 19 years in healthcare: specifically, 13 years specializing in supply chain, logistics, and operations experience. His experience started as a clinician in the operating room focused on orthopedics and neuro, on to multiple years of medical sales for implants and surgical procedures, and finally at UT Southwestern in administration for the past ten years. In his current role as AVP, Non-Clinical Support Services, Donnie provides executive leadership for the support service division of University hospital two inpatient facilities, Clements University Hospital and University Hospital Zale Lipshy, totaling 640 beds and 16 clinics. He is responsible for the operational, administrative, strategic and financial performance of 41 departmental divisions consisting of over 750 FTEs and over $200 million in fiscal management.

UT Southwestern – Organizational Development & Training
Paul Scott
Manager, Learning & Development
UT Southwestern
Lauren Smith
Senior Learning Consultant in Organizational Development and Training
UT Southwestern
Paul Scott has held leadership positions in the academic, advertising, healthcare and non-profit environments. His classroom and facilitation experience span nearly twenty years, including undergraduate, personal and professional development courses. AT UTSW, he manages the Academy for Career Enrichment (ACE) as well as oversees the orientation, instructor-led and online leadership training initiatives. He holds a Master’s of Art Degree from UT Dallas, where he also completed all required Ph.D. coursework. An avid traveler, Paul has spent nearly four years of his life visiting sixty countries on five continents.

Lauren Smith is a Senior Learning Consultant in Organizational Development and Training, which is a division within Human Resources at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She has over 17 years of experience in training and organizational development. She came to UT Southwestern from Texas A&M University where she received her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration.
In her current position, Lauren develops and facilitates training on many topics including DISC Behavior Styles, Generational Differences, Coaching, Communication, Conflict Management, Customer Service, Emotional Intelligence, Difficult Conversations, StrengthsFinder, Executive Presence, Influencing and Trust. Lauren is a certified trainer for both DDI and AchieveGlobal. Other certifications include InsideOut Coaching, Inspiring Trust, Increasing Personal Effectiveness and Crucial Accountability. Lauren also does Executive Coaching and is a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach.

Paratio Group, LLC – Marketing to Managed Care Organizations
Phil Prosser, LFACHE
CEO
Paratio Group, LLC
Phil Prosser, LFACHE, a native of Dallas, Texas completed his Masters in Healthcare Administration from Washington University, St. Louis in 1979. He spent the majority of his career as a managed care executive with the Presbyterian Healthcare System (now Texas Health Resources) and LifeCare Management Services (a post-acute health care company) – both located in the MetroPlex.
Phil served as President of Legacy Physician’s Group, a 400+ practitioner PHO affiliated with Presbyterian Hospital of Plano. He served in a similar capacity with System Health Providers, a “super PHO” management company jointly owned by the Presbyterian Healthcare System and its affiliated physician’s organization. During his tenure, he negotiated both risk and non-risk based agreements with managed care organizations (MCOs) including BCBS, Aetna, United, Cigna and Humana.
He was recruited by LifeCare Management Systems to negotiate and administer MCO agreements on behalf of LifeCare’s 17 post-acute hospitals operated across the nation. As a referral-driven enterprise, Phil spent the majority of his time identifying relevant outcome metrics that would serve to differentiate LifeCare from its competitors. He oversaw all messaging efforts specifically directed to the MCOs and routinely disseminated case-specific success stories and ongoing performance reports to MCO senior leadership.
Phil currently operates his own managed care consulting company, The Paratio Group, LLC – currently serving five clients ranging from physician groups to counseling centers, DME firms and hospitals.
According to Mr. Prosser, he is continually perplexed by how little senior executives and marketing representatives understand how managed care organizations work and how to demonstrative meaningful value in the interest of securing viable and sustainable reimbursement rates. Accordingly, he will share some tips and lessons he has learned is working with MCOs during your table session.
Premier – Healthcare Informatics
Nick Kagal
Senior Region Director\nPremier
Premier Inc. is a healthcare improvement company uniting an alliance of approximately 4,000 U.S. hospitals and health systems and approximately 165,000 other providers and organizations. As an industry leader, Premier has created one of the most comprehensive databases of actionable data, clinical best practices and efficiency improvement strategies. Our goal is to improve our members’ quality outcomes, while safely reducing costs.

Premier Key Competencies:
Group Purchasing (GPO)
Technology
Quality (i.e. Outcomes, Care variation)
Safety (i.e. Clinical Surveillance)
Cost (i.e. ERP)
Advisory Services (Consulting)
Collaboratives
Quality Improvement
Population Health
Applied Sciences
Advocacy

Nick Kagal is the Senior Region Director at Premier, Inc. and currently serves as President of the DFW Chapter of HIMSS. In his role at Premier, Nick manages support for Premier member hospitals throughout the Southwest US- focusing on performance improvement, cost management and population health. Nick has previous experience in post-acute administration and is a fellow of HIMSS and the American College of Healthcare Executives. Nick received his BA in Biology & Psychology from Austin College and an MBA from Texas A&M University. Nick is a national reviewer, speaker and moderator at the HIMSS Global Conference and a member of the HIMSS National Professional Development Committee. Nick lives in Plano, Texas with his wife, two children and two dogs. He is an avid sports fan, a weekend warrior athlete and an extremely amateur musician.

Wello Inc. – Entrepreneur
Rik Heller
President
Wello Inc.
Stacy DiSpigno
VP Marketing & Business Development
Wello Inc.
Wello Inc.® is an infection-control company that designs technology to help prevent the spread of infection. Their stated mission is to “Make Wellness Epidemic.” Located in Dallas, TX, Wello has wellness solutions for multiple industries including healthcare, corrections and border surveillance. Wello’s technologies contribute to the safety and wellness of patients, workers and the general public. For more information, please visit: www.welloinc.com.
My name is Alan Camerik Heller and I answer to Rik. I targeted playwright and acting in New York then enrolled in the school of Fine Arts, at the University of Texas, Austin. A professor of my calculus course told me he thought I could compete for The Bennet Math contest. I did. To my surprise, I won a considerable amount of money, at least for a student. I then added some introductory civil, mechanical, industrial and electrical engineering courses to my electives. By my second year, I was enrolled in the school of Electrical Engineering majoring in Computer Architecture.
General Electric sent me a generous offer by telegram, never having interviewed. Boeing also sent me an offer by letter without any interview. Instead, I joined a smaller company named Datapoint that had their oddly designed CPU integrated into a chip called the Intel 8008 which evolved into the Pentium with its Datapoint oddities. I enrolled in the UTSA MBA program and remained at Datapoint for five years while starting a computer testing company, US Test, along with my mentor and Management Professor. While US Test was quite successful and fully automated, popular amongst computer stores, our VC turned it over to his non-technical relatives and I left. As the IBM PC turned into the PC-AT, the service slowly became obsolete.
At this point, I designed the computer tester I really wanted and started a company named Protech Inc. We took it public as a Reg D offering and it went into full blown production and product delivery. Its Protech 1990 board tester made it highly profitable, driving sales. Its cousin company was a product I designed named Radair. Radair was a color weather radar for general aviation. I used sideband signals of large radio stations to broadcast NOAH maps and the equipment for the cockpit to decode the maps and display in color, even navigate with it. It too went public and with the proceeds and other investors, I funded Precision Tracking.
Therein I set out with a contract from the IBM Advanced Technology Semiconductor Center in Fishkill, NY to track semiconductor “boats” in ultra-clean rooms. They did not want our infrared ID tags emitting RF, so I changed to infrared and expanded that into hospitals and health care for nurses and nurse call. That migrated to tracking expensive equipment like IV pumps. I licensed a lot of companies to do this. Selling that brand and technology I went back to RF technology, soon to be called active RFID, to better track things in hospitals at a lower cost.
We teamed with a VC and large institution in January of 2000 and FreshLoc was born. Working as a safety company, Freshloc affixed RF temperature sensors and monitored the places where food is stored or transported. We found healthcare far more interested in safety and expanded into a large portion of the hospitals attracting a great number of competitors, mostly from our old tracking business. We sold that brand to a public company, Mesa Labs Inc, in 2015, and took our R&D Medical Device product, welloStationX for FDA Clearance. From here, Wello Inc was created and our mission to make wellness epidemic was born.
Stacey DiSpigno is the VP of Marketing and Business Development of Wello Inc. Ms. DiSpigno has over 15 years of sales, marketing, and business development experience in healthcare and pharmaceutical industry. Stacey specializes in product launch and key turn-around strategies for start-up companies. Ms. DiSpigno has a BS in Biology from Allegheny College and a MSc in Molecular Biology from Duquesne University.
Immediately following her Master’s, Stacey worked as a research assistant in an infertility lab for at Magee Women’s Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. She was presented with the opportunity to become a pharmaceutical/medical representative and worked in that industry for over 10 years with companies such as Boehringer Ingelheim, Sanofi-Aventis, AI Biotech, and Amarin Corporation. During that time, Stacey launched multiple products and had a consistent record of outstanding achievements in sales and continuous career growth.
In 2013, Ms. DiSpigno was recommended for a business development position at a McKinney, TX hospital by one of her customers. She developed and managed a referral network of physicians and increased the number of physician partnerships with the hospital which resulted in a 92% increase in surgeries in her first year on the job. When the hospital closed its doors 2 years later, Stacey was asked by one of the surgeons she previously worked with to help him start and run a healthcare business. That company did well and turned profits within the first year. Eventually, the company was acquired, and Ms. DiSpigno began searching for another rewarding position.
Stacey joined the Wello, Inc team as a business development manager in Nov of 2017. Her background in healthcare, and her knowledge surrounding start-up company’s growth and product launch quickly promoted her to VP of Marketing and Business Development of Wello Inc. She uses her networking abilities and sales skills to find and build new relationships with potential customers, distributors, and resellers and makes sure current clients are satisfied.

Aprima Medical Software – Revenue Cycle & Practice Management, Electronic Medical Records
John Jarvis
Executive Director, RCM Operations
Aprima Medical Software
John Jarvis is the Executive Director of RCM operations at Aprima Medical Software, an eMDs company. Aprima is an award winning EMR and PM software suite (#1 best in KLAS two years in a row!) for physician practices. His team provides full revenue cycle management for a large population of our software users.

The Sanders Trust
Michael Arvin
Director, Strategy & Development
The Sanders Trust
Michael Arvin brings over 30 years of experience as a leading healthcare executive to The Sanders Trust and leads the firms Dallas office. He has worked for both investor owned healthcare companies as well as non-profit health systems. Prior to forming his own firm in 2011, Arvin held senior level business development and strategic planning roles with Methodist Health System in Dallas, Texas. From 2007-2011, Methodist embarked on a multi-year strategic growth plan which included doubling the size of the company through new hospital development, hospital acquisition, primary care network development, additional sites of service.
Mr. Arvin previously founded Alliance Strategic Health Advisors, LLC based in Dallas, Texas, providing strategic advisory services to healthcare clients seeking to grow their asset base and position their organizations to compete in a changing healthcare environment.
Additionally, Mr. Arvin has held regional, divisional and corporate strategic development roles with Tenet Healthcare, HCA, and US Oncology. He has been a frequent speaker on the subject of growth initiatives and strategies and how to succeed in a changing healthcare landscape.
In 2009 and 2011, Arvin was recognized by Nightingale Publications, Southwest Healthcare Transactions Conference in Dallas as an Executive to Watch in Healthcare Transactions. In 2010, Arvin was recognized as a Fellow with the Rice Building Institute, a joint program of the School of Architecture / Jones School of Business at Rice University. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and the Graduate Executive Education program at Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC Chapel Hill.
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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 (America/Denver) | 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 (America/Denver) | 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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Texas Health Hospital Frisco and UT Southwestern Medical Center at Frisco Private Preview
2019-05-07 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Denver) | 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 (America/Denver) | 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 (America/Denver) | 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.

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Breakfast with the President, Fraser Hay, FACHE
2019-05-21 07:30 - 09:00 (America/Denver) | 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 (America/Denver) | 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 (America/Denver) | 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 (America/Denver) | 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 (America/Denver) | 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 (America/Denver) | 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 (America/Denver) | 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 (America/Denver) | 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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