North Texas Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Our featured speaker for this program will be:

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

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

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

What’s included:

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

Course Instructor: Tanya Stinson
Virtual Platform: Zoom

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

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

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

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

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

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Speakers’ Bios:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Note: Early Bird Registration Pricing Ends February 22

Dates: March 22-25

This event is being offered virtually this year.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Issues surrounding sustainability for healthcare institutions into the 21st century in the U.S., with regards to the era of healthcare reform, are very complex. Within the scope of priorities, this discussion will emphasize the necessity of understanding the key potential and existing operational and cost problem areas for healthcare system growth and sustainability as healthcare providers continue to face future operational, reimbursement, and environmental challenges. The primary goal of this discussion is to provide an overview of the models of current successes and solutions with a focus on a realistic plan of action.

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

Speakers’ Bios:

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

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

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

Michael Sanborn, MS, FACHE, FASHP currently serves as president of Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth. He is responsible for the leadership and management of the 574-bed acute care hospital with more than 2,400 employees and 1,100 medical staff members. Services include transplantation, heart/vascular, oncology, trauma, and one of the largest women’s hospitals in the area.
Before joining All Saints, Sanborn served as president of Baylor Scott & White – Carrollton where he was responsible for the hospital, three satellite medical offices and a freestanding diagnostic center. Prior to his position at Carrollton, Sanborn served as the corporate vice president of cardiovascular services for the Baylor Scott & White system. Throughout his 32 years in health care, Sanborn has taken on increasingly complex roles, initially in pharmacy leadership and then in health care administration.
Mike holds a B.S. and M.S. in Pharmacy and Administration respectively from the University of Kansas and is a Fellow of both ACHE and ASHP. He is active in a variety of community activities, including serving on the boards of the Fort Worth Chamber, Healing Shepherd Clinic, Health Tarrant County Collaborative (Chair) DFW Hospital Council, and the Executive Committees of Near Southside and Fort Worth Adolescent and Young Adult cancer program.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification Course
2021-05-08 09:00 - 17:00 | TX
ACHENTX Student Council Presents: Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification Course

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

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What’s included:

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

Course Instructor: Tanya Stinson
Virtual Platform: Zoom

Hi there! My name is Tanya Stinson! It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance! I would like to tell you a little about myself. I have a master’s degree in Healthcare Quality and Safety, a Master Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma, and 14 years’ experience in leading, coaching, and mentoring professionals in completing Lean Six Sigma, Quality, Compliance, Risk and Safety projects. I have a well-rounded and knowledgeable skill set, as I have worked in various industries, such as mining, utilities, manufacturing, technology, and healthcare. I am passionate about helping others by sharing with them what I have learned and creating positive changes within any organization.
I have been working for Texas Health Resources since June 2017. Currently, I am a Supervisor of Data Governance Support for THR and before my recent promotion, I was a Performance Improvement Engineer/Coach. Since working with them, I have received several awards and accolades. Here are just a few of the recognitions I have received:

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

Outside of work, I am a wife and mother of 4 handsome young men, and I love fishing, camping, and racing just to name a few!
Thank you so much for reading, and I hope that you are as excited about the upcoming classes as I am! I look forward to meeting every one of you and growing the passion for PI!
Many blessings,
Tanya Stinson

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Multi-Chapter Panel #1 - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
2021-05-13 10:30 - 12:00 | TX
Join the ACHE East Texas, North Texas and Texas Midwest chapters for another in our special multi-chapter panels.

The communities for which healthcare organizations operate are rapidly diversifying. Not only do they provide care for a diverse community of patients and families, but their workforce is also changing, and at times does not reflect the patient community. This diversity is exhibited in a number of ways, including ethnicity, race, religion, socioeconomic status, language, age, sexual orientation/gender identity, and physical ability.

The business implications and imperatives healthcare organizations face concerning diversity, equity, and inclusion are immense. Diverse communities often require different care needs, improved quality, new or modified operational processes and services, and strategic planning for a varied patient demographic. The continuum of care will need to be considered to best meet the needs of these communities.
It is incumbent on healthcare organizations and their leaders to both understand and embrace the needs of diverse populations. Leader’s abilities to respond to the needs and preferences of a broader customer base will be critical to their financial and operational success.

This program has been approved for 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face credits.
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Our Presenters:
Crissy Flake
Regional Quality Improvement & Compliance Manager
WelbeHealth, LLC
Aimee Greeter, MPH, FACHE
Senior Vice President
Coker Group
Alan K. Nevel
SVP & Chief Diversity & Human Resources Officer
The MetroHealth System
Kenneth Rates
Podcast Host, So You Want To Be A Healthcare Executive?
Ambulatory Care
Michigan Medicine and the University of Detroit Mercy

Speakers’ Bios:
Crissy Flake is an accomplished healthcare administrator with over 25 years of experience. Crissy has sought to improve healthcare delivery systems by applying real-world experiences and a variety of professional lenses. Crissy has focused her passion and energy on quality and process improvement projects within several organizations and is the Regional Quality Improvement and Compliance Manager for WelbeHealth, LLC. Crissy continues to champion healthcare systems adopting the National Association of Healthcare Quality knowledge domains, developing a “just Culture” philosophy to error reporting, and implanting the Agile methodology framework.
Crissy is currently pursuing her Doctor of Health Administration at Northcentral University. Crissy co-authored the paper “impact of cost in delay/deferral of care: A systematic literature review,” which was accepted for presentation at the 2020 Business and Health Administration Association annual conference and later accepted for publication in the journal of Applied Economics and Business. Crissy is also certified as Professional Project Manager, an Agile Project Manager, and a Professional in Healthcare Quality.
Crissy lives on a ranch with her husband, children, and extended family. Crissy is an avid endurance walker, needle arts enthusiast, paper quiller, and world traveler. Crissy volunteers with several organizations and is an active leader with her local 4-H program. When Crissy is not working, volunteering, or studying, she can be found in the company of her basset hounds or her goats.

Aimee Greeter is a senior vice president at Coker Group with specialized expertise in business strategy, mergers and acquisitions, transaction advisory, physician alignment, accountable care responsiveness, hospital service line development, clinical integration initiatives, strategic plan development, executive compensation, employee compensation, crisis communications, operational efficiency, and financial management. Ms. Greeter works with non-profit and for-profit hospitals and health systems of all sizes and larger single and multi-specialty physician practices to achieve their strategic and tactical goals.
Additionally, Ms. Greeter manages the firm’s delivery of alignment and transaction services. The team works with some of the largest and most prestigious health systems in the U.S., as well as independent community hospitals, academic medical centers, ambulatory surgery centers, critical access hospitals, outpatient facilities and medical practices in all 50 states on their business initiatives. Specifically, Ms. Greeter and her colleagues spend time with healthcare organizations in the provider space on their buyside acquisitions, divestiture of assets, strategic partnerships and related transactions.
Ms. Greeter is a popular program speaker and is frequently engaged by highly respected organizations across the nation to speak to health systems, medical groups, legal associations and other healthcare constituents. She has also authored numerous articles and books on topics such as hospital-physician alignment, clinician engagement, practice mergers, professional service agreements (PSAs), and executive leadership.

Alan K. Nevel was named Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity and Human Resources Officer for The MetroHealth System in June 2018.
In this integrated leadership role, Nevel is responsible for driving the human resources strategy to attract, retain and motivate a highly engaged workforce to implement MetroHealth’s mission while leading diversity, inclusion, cultural competency and work-life strategies to empower employees.
Nevel most recently served as Vice President, Global Diversity and Inclusion for Thermo Fisher Scientific, a Massachusetts-based global life sciences solutions, specialty diagnostics and laboratory equipment company, which he joined in 2012. Previous experience includes leading diversity and inclusion, HR strategy delivery, talent development and organizational change management during his eight years with fashion retailer L Brands. Additional experience includes working at Anderson Consulting/Accenture and the Sherwin Williams Company.
Nevel earned a Master’s in Business Administration from Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management and a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies from Cleveland State University.

Kenneth Rates is the Host of the podcast So You Want To Be A Healthcare Executive? His mission is to share the stories of highly successful executives in the hopes of striving you to achieve more in your career. He works in Ambulatory Care, currently holding positions at both Michigan Medicine and the University of Detroit Mercy. He is the current President-Elect for the Michigan Medical Group Management Association. Ken is a recipient of the American College of Healthcare Executives Early Careerist’s Regent Award in 2019.

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Multi-Chapter Panel #2 - Crisis Management: Strategies to Effectively Manage a Healthcare Organization
2021-05-13 12:30 - 14:00 | TX
Join the ACHE East Texas, North Texas and Texas Midwest chapters for another in our special multi-chapter panels.

Preparing for an unplanned or unexpected event, such as a natural disaster, pandemic, civil disturbances, medical error or labor disputes (e.g., union labor) causes physical, psychological and emotional stresses that can overwhelm employees, medical staff, patients and communities. In the event of a crisis, the quality and efficiency of care delivery may be challenged and typically takes a toll on every part of the organization. Lack of the unknown or uncertainty is also a challenge that healthcare leaders face in the time of crisis. Healthcare leaders need to understand ways to prepare their organization for unforeseen circumstances, which includes developing a communication plan, managing organizational resources, such as medical supplies, levels of patient care and leveraging local and state resources and funding.

This panel discussion will provide insight and perspectives on ways to manage an unforeseen crisis within the healthcare organization and its community. It will include how healthcare leaders can better prepare and respond to a community or healthcare crisis, or health surge event or unanticipated response.
This program has been approved for 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face credits.

Our Panelists:
Angela Beaudry
Vice President, Human Resources Operations
Ardent Health Services
Mary LaFrancois, SPHR, SHRM-CP, ACC
Division VP Human Resources
UT Health East Texas
Lisa Reynolds, Ph D, SPHR (Moderator)
Vice President
Change Management
CHRISTUS Health
Roberta Solo Rio, JD.
VP, Chief Human Resource Officer
Midland Health
Debbie Splinter, FACHE, MBA, CHHR, SHRM-SCP, SPHR
Human Resources Director
Baylor Scott and White
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Speakers’ Bios:
Angela Beaudry is an Experienced Human Capital Strategist with over 20 years of multi-industry experience. She has a proven track record in supporting culture realignment, talent management, total rewards strategies, and operational excellence design and execution.
Angela has also demonstrated leadership in cost containment and risk avoidance strategies resulting in substantial savings supporting overall financial health. She has a strong background in employment law and labor relations, resulting in a high win rate for all EEOC charges, lawsuits, and arbitrations.
As an accomplished human resources executive, Mary LaFrancois has dedicated her career to ensuring leading health care organizations achieve top performance.
Her expertise in executing organizational policies, driving change, generating multimillion-dollar cost savings, and attracting, retaining, and leveraging human capital is extensive. Mary has excelled in executing HR strategies that align with the organization’s business objectives and is recognized for her expertise in developing business and people strategies and driving critical initiatives aligned with the organization’s core values.
Mary has spent the past 20 years leading HR teams in academic healthcare, faith-based healthcare and now is part of UT Health East Texas, a for-profit family.
Lisa Reynolds has been with CHRISTUS Health for over 20 years and is the Vice President of Change Management. Lisa leads the people side of organizational change and transformation, making sure there is a focus not only on the change process, but also on how people can engage with the change. Through creating awareness, involving those affected and offering support, change management can ensure CHRISTUS models its core values while implementing change. Prior to this role, Lisa was the Vice President of Talent Management and held previous roles in organizational development, patient experience and risk management.
Lisa has a Bachelor’s Degree in Management from Regis University, an MBA with a healthcare emphasis from Louisiana State University, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Leadership Studies from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio. Lisa is an Associate Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation, Certified Change Practitioner through Prosci, and holds several behavioral assessment certifications.
Lisa’s passion is being a development chemist who serves as a catalyst that assists others in discovering and unleashing their talents to discover their full potential. Lisa believes everyone has the power to manifest a positive emotional state and create his or her destiny.
Lisa also enjoys running, dark chocolate, volunteering for Back On My Feet, and laughing with colleagues, friends, and loved ones.
Since 2014, Roberta Solo Rio has served as Vice President, Chief Human Resource Officer for Midland Health. Midland Health is comprised of Midland Memorial Hospital, several affiliated physician practices, including practices in cardiology, orthopedics, family practice, and a hospitalist group. In addition to the traditional human resource functions, Roberta is focused on continuous improvement and enhanced efficiency and consistency across the health system. Most recently, this includes a current project to implement a new human capital management/payroll/timekeeping and applicant tracking system intended to support the system for years to come.
Before coming to Midland Memorial, Roberta held several human resource leadership positions in healthcare and manufacturing. Her human resource background includes benefits, compensation, employee relations, HRIS, performance management, and talent acquisition. Roberta holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Northern Michigan University and a Juris Doctorate degree from South Texas College of Law Houston.
In her spare time, Roberta enjoys her three Shetland sheepdogs and riding her bike.
Debbie Splinter has served as the CHRO/Human Resource Director for Baylor Scott & White Texas Spine & Joint Hospital in Tyler, Texas for the past 12 years. She has her Bachelor’s in Business Administration and her Master’s degree in Human Resources. Debbie has over 28 years of HR experience in Healthcare. She is responsible for the administration of recruitment/retention strategies, benefits, compensation, payroll, training, legal and regulatory compliance. Her primary focus is to provide support and guidance to management in employee relations and leadership development. Debbie prides herself on the family culture, low turnover, and high employee engagement BSWTSJH has accomplished.
In addition to serving as the President for the Texas Society of Healthcare Human Resources and Education, Debbie is the Treasurer and Chair for the Governance Committee with the East Texas American College of Healthcare Executives. She serves on the Membership Committee for ASHHRA. Debbie is a Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives, FACHE, and has obtained the following certifications: Senior Certified Professional by SHRM (SHRM-SCP), Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), and the Certified in Healthcare Human Resources (CHHR) by the American Hospital Association. Debbie is a Fellow with the Texas Hospital Association and a graduate of Leadership Tyler. Locally she is a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), volunteers for the Smith County Animal Shelter, and mentors’ young professionals in Human Resources. Debbie has been married for 34 years to Travis and they have 2 adult sons.

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Breakfast with the President - Becky Tucker
2021-05-18 08:00 - 09:00 | TX
Please join us for the next virtual program in our popular Breakfast event series . . .

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Becky Tucker currently serves as the president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth and Clearfork. As president, Becky leads the overall management and strategic programming of Texas Health Southwest and Clearfork hospital operations which consists of 263 combined critical, medical, surgical, and emergency beds, 1,400 employees, 650 active medical professionals and almost 100 volunteers.

Becky Tucker most recently 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 included 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.
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 19 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 and vice chair for the Alzheimer’s Association of North Central Texas, and a board member for the Fort Worth Leukemia and Lymphoma Society where she also serves as the chair for the Man Woman of the Year executive committee. Plus, Becky serves as the president of her local early childhood PTA.
In addition, Becky is a Fellow with the Texas Hospital Association (THA) and the past 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. Lastly, in 2019 Tucker was awarded the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Fort Worth Woman of the Year and was recognized as a Fort Worth Business Press Healthcare Hero in 2020.
Becky is enjoying parenthood with her husband, Toby. Her son Tavin is 8 and daughter Landon is 2. Becky, Toby, Tavin, and Landon spend as much time as possible outside with their rescue dog, Stella.

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Multi-Chapter Panel #3 - Key State Health Legislative Issues Facing Leaders and Potential Responses
2021-05-20 10:30 - 12:00 | TX
Join the ACHE East Texas, North Texas and Texas Midwest chapters for another in our special multi-chapter panels.

Numerous public policy and legislative issues around healthcare delivery and public health affect healthcare organizations and demand involvement of their leaders to respond and adjust organizational policies and procedures. These issues often relate to improving population health, access and coverage through Medicaid and other programs, improving value, addressing consumer issues and workforce shortages, and more. Learning these issues and being involved in policy and organizational responses is important for healthcare leaders, regardless of how directly they may be involved.

This program has been approved for 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face credits.
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Our Presenters:
Shannon Huggins
Senior Vice President, Contract Strategy and Population Health
Methodist Health System
Steve Love
President and Chief Executive Officer
Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council
Matt Richardson, FACHE, DrPH, MPH (Moderator)
Director of Public Health
Denton County
Ted Shaw
Texas Hospital Association
President & Chief Executive Officer
Speakers’ Bios:

Shannon Huggins is currently Senior Vice President, Contract Strategy and Population Health for Methodist Health System. She began with Methodist in 2002 and has responsibilities for non-governmental payor contracting and relations on behalf of Methodist facilities, joint venture organizations, transplantation services, Accountable Care Organization and physician groups. Additionally she has operational responsibilities for the Methodist Patient Centered ACO (MPCACO). She also oversees the bundled payment projects within Methodist Health System. Shannon has designed and implemented contracting and pricing strategies for Methodist. MPCACO has successfully achieved for Medicare over $90 million in savings for the 7 years in participating in this program – an achievement only 18 other ACOs across the nation also have. The ACO also performed in the top quartile of ACOs who achieved savings in quality metrics.
Shannon has over 27 years of experience in contracting, payor relations, population health, financial analysis and decision support. Prior to Methodist, Shannon served in several roles at Baylor All Saints (formerly All Saints Health System) in Ft. Worth and various roles in a profit hospital organization. She has served on various civic boards and is currently President of the Alumni Association for her alma mater the University of the Ozarks. Civically, she was selected to be in Leadership Dallas class of 2014. Also, Shannon currently serves on several Board of Directors as a representative for Methodist Health System. She earned her BS in Marketing/Finance from University of the Ozarks and her MS in HealthCare Administration from Texas Woman’s University.

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.

Mr. Steve Love is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council which promotes collaboration, cooperation and advocacy on behalf of its 90 member hospitals. The Hospital Council also has approximately 100 Associate Members (business and industry), including prominent accounting, legal and consulting firms. The primary mission is to promote patient safety, quality healthcare and coordination in the delivery of healthcare within the North Texas market. He served as 2015 Chair for the Conference of Metropolitan and Regional Hospitals Association in the United States. He also previously served on the Children at Risk Board for North Texas. He serves on the Southwest Region Board for the American Heart Association; Southwest Transplant Alliance; Cure Glaucoma Foundation Advisory Board; North Texas Eye Research Institute; the Metropolitan YMCA Board of Directors and the Board of Directors of Prism Health North Texas and Mothers Against Drunk Driving Dallas. Mr. Love has worked in healthcare management for over 40 years. He has demonstrated leadership in tax exempt, investor-owned, specialty and private hospitals in operations, finance and corporate governance. Prior to joining the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council, Mr. Love was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of a Fortune 500 healthcare company that owned over 50 hospitals and managed approximately 200 facilities in the United States.

Walter “Ted” Shaw joined the Texas Hospital Association as the organization’s fourth president and chief executive officer in February 2014. Shaw brings expertise forged from a 40-year career in health care leadership to his role as key strategist and spokesperson on behalf of more than 450 THA member hospitals and health systems. As president and CEO of the largest state hospital association in Texas, Shaw is responsible for leading the industry in its advocacy work and positioning Texas hospitals to achieve their missions of delivering the highest quality health care to all Texans.
Prior to joining THA, Shaw served as interim executive vice president and chief financial officer for Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas, where he led the development of the Medicaid Transformation Waiver in North Texas and the construction of an 864-bed replacement hospital. From 2004-2011, he was a partner with the Dallas-based Financial Resource Group LLC, a health care consulting firm where he specialized in interim operational turnarounds with facilities across the U.S. Prior to joining FRG, Shaw was president of the health care consulting firm W.T. Shaw Company from 1998-2003.
His legacy for leading impressive turnarounds includes assignments at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, the third largest public health system in the U.S.; East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie, La., both before and after Hurricane Katrina; Fletcher Allen Health Care in Vermont; and Maricopa Integrated Healthcare System in Phoenix. In addition, he has a strong background in health care technology and insurance, having served as chief operating officer of Health2Health.com, an Internet-based HIPAA solutions company; and with Dallas-based CareSystems Corporation, a workers’ compensation technology support firm.
He began his career with Ernst & Young in San Antonio, Cleveland and Dallas, achieving the role of partner with responsibility for the Southwest Region Healthcare Practice from 1973-1992. Shaw holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration in accounting from The University of Texas at Austin, and is a certified public accountant and a fellow in the Healthcare Financial Management Association.

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Multi-Chapter Panel #4 - Disruptive Innovation in Healthcare Delivery
2021-05-20 12:30 - 14:00 | TX
Join the ACHE East Texas, North Texas and Texas Midwest chapters for another in our special multi-chapter panels.

Disruptive innovation, a term coined by Harvard professor Clayton M. Christensen, is a transformative business model that leverages technology to help focus on making products and services more accessible and affordable. In healthcare delivery, disruptive innovations have the potential to decrease costs while improving both the quality and accessibility of care. Disruptive innovations enable new applications and changes in behaviors. The current thinking with many innovators is a belief that a host of disruptive innovations would have wide implications for payers by shifting payment models to reward precision diagnostic tests and abilities of providers. Several current disruptive innovations like retail clinics, telemedicine, medical tourism, and point-of-care medical payments are making a major difference in how health care is delivered. This panel will focus on the role of innovation in the medical marketplace and examples of disruptive innovations that will change lives in health care.

This program has been approved for 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face credits.

Our Presenters:
Tamara Perry, BA-SLP, MA-IOC
Sr. Director Operations
Virtual Health and Innovation
Children’s Medical Center
Andrew Thorby
Chief Executive Officer
Care Continuity
Paula Turicchi, MHA,FACHE (Moderator)
Chief Strategy Officer
Parkland Community Health Plan
Dr. Leslie Wainwright
Chief Funding and Innovation Officer
Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation
Dr. Hubert Zajicek, MD, MBA
Co-Founder, Partner and CEO
Health Wildcatters

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Speakers’ Bios:

Tamara Perry is the Senior Director of Virtual Health and Innovation at Children’s Health System of Texas. Tamara has over 20 years’ experience in communication, corporate training and organization strategy. Currently she serves as a national and international expert in the field of telemedicine; sharing her knowledge of telemedicine implementation, expansion and sustainability as a speaker at the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) international conferences, Becker’s Hospital Review, American Pediatric Association and other virtual health technology and innovation conferences yearly. She is currently the Chair of the American Telemedicine Association Pediatric Special Interest Group. Her work has been featured in the Hospitals & Health Networks’ Most Wired issues, NRHA Rural Roads magazine, D Magazine Excellence in Healthcare and other national publications. Her recent work includes leading the deployment of virtual health care solutions including countries largest school-based telehealth program, the Children’s Health Virtual Visit direct to consumer app and virtual visit kiosks in locations across the DFW area. She has a bachelor’s degree in Speech Language Pathology and Master’s in Interpersonal and Organization Communication.

Andrew Thorby has over thirty years of experience in technology-driven business disruption. A native of Australia, his early career was spent in the systems integration industry applying value chain re-engineering principles to Fortune 1000 firms in the telecommunications, financial services, and energy sectors. He first entered the healthcare industry in 2004 with the application of zero-defect manufacturing principles to the revenue cycle. It was here that he began to understand and address the “islands of information” dilemma that plagued healthcare and resulted in an overall lack of process integrity along the patient journey.
Andrew founded Care Continuity with the goal of improving the disconnected and confusing care delivery experience that patients and their families too often encounter during a serious illness or injury. Andrew’s prior experience in technology driven business disruption helped him realize that the disconnect lay with an incentive model which only paid for services rendered at the point of care and the patient journey which often spanned multiple providers and multiple places of service. Too often it was left to the patients and to individual providers to try and connect the dots. In other words, healthcare delivery networks were networks in name only.
As founder and CEO, Andrew has led Care Continuity’s evolution through three software platforms (with over 200 releases on the current platform), from a focus on technology to a focus on results and the patient experience, and from impacting the experience of a handful of patients each month to impacting thousands. During this time, healthcare has gone through a sea change in the core incentive model with value-based care and population risk raising the stakes to the point that operational integrity within care delivery networks has gone from a nice to have to a must have.
As CEO, Andrew is primarily responsible for setting the firms vision, supporting the Care Continuity team, and partnering with clients to ensure that the firm is accelerating its go-to-market strategies and providing its patients and clinicians with the proactive support they need.

Paula Turicchi is the Chief Strategy Officer at Parkland Community Health Plan in Dallas, Texas. The health plan serves more than 185,000 members in Medicaid’s STAR, CHIP, and CHIP Perinatal programs through a network of more than 3,000 providers and 25 facilities located in 7 counties in the Dallas service delivery area.
Previously, Paula served as the Vice President of Hospital Operations and Administrator of Women and Infant’s Specialty Health (WISH) at Parkland Health & Hospital System. She was instrumental in the design and construction of the New Parkland Hospital facility and the Moody Center for Breast Health. Paula played a key role in completing the System Improvement Agreement (SIA) and Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA) from 2013 to 2018. In addition, she chaired the Women’s Health Advisory Committee of Texas which was created by Texas’ 84th Legislature to advise the Health & Human Services Commission on consolidation of women’s health programs.
Paula was a 2018 Texas Hospital Association Leadership Fellow. She is board certified in Healthcare Administration and holds a Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from Trinity University and Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.

Dr. Leslie Wainwright joined the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation [PCCI], as their Chief Funding and Innovation Officer in March 2019. Prior to this role, she oversaw RTI International’s Innovation Advisors health practice where she worked with health systems and technology developers to guide the development and adoption of impactful healthcare innovations. She has also served in executive roles at Sg2, AVIA and Business Models Inc., a Dutch-based innovation consultancy.
She is passionate about entrepreneurship and innovation, and has experience that spans academic research, pharma/biotechnology and healthcare delivery. Leslie has worked with executive teams from multi-national organizations and startups alike to design growth strategies, create alternative business models and evaluate emerging clinical and care delivery technologies. Additionally, she has spent several years addressing innovation and how healthcare organizations build their own sustainable innovation competencies. Leslie is a frequent speaker and facilitator on the future of healthcare, enabling technologies, disruptive innovation and emerging business models, both domestically and abroad.
Leslie received her PhD in microbiology at Northwestern University, completed postdoctoral research training at the University of Maryland’s Center for Vaccine Development and received a B.A. in Biology from DePauw University. She serves as a clinical advisor on the Board of Start-up tech companies and has served as faculty teaching strategy and innovation at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. Additionally, Leslie is passionate about STEM education and is in the Women’s Board of the Field Museum in Chicago, working with the museum to expand opportunities for girls in science.

Hubert Zajicek is co-founder, partner and CEO of Health Wildcatters, a top-ranked seed stage healthcare fund and accelerator in Dallas, TX. Health Wildcatters provides mentorship, capital and guidance to up to 12 healthcare related startups during an intensive 3 month program, annually. The fund has invested in 77 healthcare startups, which have attracted over $200M in capital in about 7 years. Over the past 10 years he has reviewed, evaluated, mentored and advised thousands of startup companies.
In March of 2020, Dr. Zajicek started the Health Hacking Crisis Network (HHCN), a non-profit organization that engages in bringing together a rapid reaction force to deal with acute problems arising in healthcare due to COVID-19. The organization has over 500 volunteer members and has supported the creation of a variety of initiatives that had a big impact on the North Texas region and beyond.
Prior to forming Health Wildcatters and HHCN he was managing director of medical technology at NTEC (North Texas Enterprise Center for Medical Technology – www.ntec-inc.org). He oversaw the construction of NTEC’s state-of-the-art 50,000 SF building and managed the facility including its roughly 10,000 SF lab space. During his tenure he created MedVentures, the Southwest’s largest medical technology investment conference, whose presenting companies raised a combined $274M in funding.
Hubert has over ten years of experience in the life sciences. Before joining NTEC, Hubert was on faculty at UT Southwestern Medical Center where he was an NIH-funded Principal Investigator and co-investigator of research grants totaling more than $1M from various grant agencies. His areas of research included Nephrology and Cell Biology with a focus on membrane transport and membrane composition. His interests extend into biophysics, fluorescence and imaging techniques. He authored and co-authored over 15 scientific articles, more than 30 presentations at national and international meetings and 2 book-chapters.
Hubert received his Doctorate in Medicine (M.D.) from the University of Vienna, School of Medicine (1996), and his Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University in 2006 (Beta-Gamma-Sigma). He is a fellow of the American Society of Nephrology (F.A.S.N.)
He is an active speaker, panelist and thought leader on healthcare startups, digital health, entrepreneurship and funding topics. . He lives in Dallas, with his wife, Beth McNally Zajicek, MD and two daughters.

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2021 ACHENTX BOG Exam Review Session - Governance & Organizational Structure
2021-05-21 12:00 - 13:00 | TX

2021 ACHENTX BOG Exam Review Session - Healthcare Technology & Information Management
2021-06-04 12:00 - 13:00 | TX

COVID-19: What We Learned: Staffing/People Resources
2021-06-17 11:00 - 12:30 | TX
This panel has been approved for 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face credits.

Emergency management requires precise identification and allocation of staff to align capabilities and capacity with the need to effectively deliver care for the community. The COVID-19 outbreak caused a substantial shift in the availability of staff and resources, and the accessibility of timely delivery of care. In response to the evolving needs, organizations have shifted staff in a variety of ways to ensure they were able to effectively screen, triage and care for patients. This panel will provide strategies and tactics of how their organizations adjusted their staffing structure to ensure that the most appropriate level of care is delivered during a medical surge such as the COVID-19.

Panelists:

Cheryl Flynn, SPHR
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Methodist Health System
Trey Greenwood
Director of the Human Resources Service Center
Texas Health
Brent D. Magers, FACHE (Facilitator)
Executive Associate Dean, Texas Tech University School of Medicine
CEO, Texas Tech Physicians
Patricia A. Rodriguez, MD, FAAP
Chief Medical Officer
North Texas Area Community Health Centers

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Speaker Bios:

Cheryl Flynn joined Methodist Health System as Senior Vice President/Chief Human Resources Officer in August 2013. In her role, Flynn serves as Methodist’s lead executive responsible for strategic transformational leadership. She develops policy and directs all human resources activities for Methodist Health System including talent acquisition, employee relations, employee engagement, compensation, benefits, HRIS, wellness, employee health services, organizational effectiveness, patient experience, pastoral services, and work community of choice initiatives.
Prior to joining Methodist, Flynn served as Chief Human Resources Officer for NCH Corporation in Irving, a global company with 8,500 employees in 52 countries. Prior to NCH, she spent the majority of her career with LSG Sky Chefs in a variety of progressively responsible roles, concluding with Senior Vice President of Human Resources for the Americas region during which she oversaw all human resources activities for more than 90 locations in North and South America.
Cheryl holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University and is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) through the Human Resources Certification Institute.

Trey Greenwood is a 10-year veteran of Texas Health. He spent five years as the Entity Human Resources Officer supporting strategic initiatives at Texas Health Cleburne, Texas Health Allen, and Texas Health Plano. While serving in this role he focused on achieving top-decile performance in employee engagement and retention. In his current role, Trey is responsible for designing and implementing new Shared Services functions within Human Resources.
During his time at Texas Health, he has played an integral role in developing new processes across the system to support HR operations, including automating job descriptions reviews for employees and leaders to comply with regulatory standards and creating new procedures to decrease workers compensation cost by bringing employees back to work in modified duty assignments. His knowledge and experience in HR operations supports his passion for designing new processes that will support the workforce.
Trey has a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Texas A&M University and a Master of Arts in Psychology with an emphasis in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Stephen F. Austin State University. He is a certified professional in human resources.
Trey resides in Bedford, TX, with his wife, Caity. In his free time, Trey enjoys woodworking, building furniture, and scuba diving. He also sits on the board for the Assistance Center of Collin County.

Brent D. Magers has more than 40 years of experience in the health care industry. In his present role since 2007, he has been responsible for all aspects of Texas Tech Physicians. Prior to this, he served as the CEO and in other administrative roles at three hospitals.
He is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and a Certified Medical Practice Executive of Medical Group Management Association. In 2012, he earned the FHMFA designation from the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HMFA). Brent was also awarded an additional specialty certification from HFMA in accounting and finance.
Brent holds two master’s degrees – one from Trinity University in health care administration and one from the Texas Tech University where his thesis concentrated on health care marketing. He is an adjunct professor in the health organization management program of Texas Tech University Rawls College of Business.
He received undergraduate degrees from Abilene Christian University in communications and general business and Western Governors University in accounting.

Dr. Patricia Rodriguez is a board-certified pediatrician who graduated medical school from The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, where she also completed both her internship and residency. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Texas A&M University and is a proud Aggie. Before joining NTACHC, Dr. Rodriguez served as Vice President and Chief Health Equity & Inclusion Officer for Children’s Health in Dallas, where she spearheaded system-wide strategies and initiatives in pediatric health equity and inclusive care delivery practices. Prior to relocating to Dallas, she served as the Director of Pediatrics for a Houston-area federally qualified health center for nearly seven years and brings extensive experience and expertise in community health and clinic operations. She is a passionate healthcare advocate for vulnerable and underserved.

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2021 ACHENTX BOG Exam Review Session - Laws & Regulations and Professionalism & Ethics
2021-06-18 12:00 - 13:00 | TX

LinkedIn Bits & Bytes - Four Steps to Optimize Your Branding & Visibility
2021-06-29 18:00 - 19:00 | TX
Using the power of Linkedin to blast off your career and visibility.

During this event we will be sharing beginner to intermediate steps of how to leverage your skills and abilities for your next career move. We will share tips and tricks with you on amplifying the four basic components and content for your LinkedIn profile.
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Presented by:
Jennifer “J” Alexander, FACHE, is an Operations Manager for Imaging Services at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. She received both her Masters of Business and Healthcare Administration at the University of Texas, Arlington. She is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, a recent Board of Directors, the 2017 Volunteer of the year, and currently serves on the Communications and Mentorship Committees.
J. also volunteers on the Arlington Healthcare Advisory Board, the Texas Hospital Association Leadership Development Council, the American Society of Radiologic Technologists, and the Texas Society of Radiologic Technologists.
J’s passion is to serve, connect, and mentor individuals in the healthcare industry. She is an avid learner and attends many healthcare talks/events in the Dallas, Ft Worth area. J. is also a LinkedIn influencer. She regularly posts about healthcare topics utilizing social media to inform her followers about the rapidly changing healthcare landscape and the branding and visibility necessary to stay relevant.
J. Alexander believes #weareallinthistogether

Brock Spencer is a Customer Service Manager for WebTPA in Irving, TX. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Dietetics from the University of Central Missouri and his MBA from Western Governors University. He joined ACHE as a member in January of 2021 and is currently a mentee in the mentorship program, part of the social media committee, and part of the book club.
Brock is a huge proponent of personal branding and quit all other social media platforms in December to focus his efforts on LinkedIn and how to best utilize that space. He has grown his connections and following ten times what it was just six months ago while amassing almost a quarter million views on his content. He has also been tasked with helping his employer and coworkers with expanding their LinkedIn presence to drive recruiting efforts. Brock posts about healthcare, personal branding, customer service, and other various topics based on his life experiences.

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ACHENTX Diversity and Inclusion Happy Hour with NAHSE and NALHE
2021-06-30 18:00 - 19:30 | TX
Please join us for our ACHE of North Texas First Diversity and Inclusion Happy Hour.

This meeting is an opportunity to learn about the diverse networks that are offered through our chapter: ACHENTX’s Women’s Healthcare Executive Network (WHEN), ACHE’s Asian Healthcare Leaders Community and ACHE’s LGBTQ Healthcare Leaders Community. You will also hear from our phenomenal community partners: The National Association of Health Service Executives (NAHSE-DFW) and The National Association of Latin Healthcare Executives (NALHE). Participants will be able to hear about the goals and ideals of each group, while learning how to join and get involved! This is your time to network with fellow healthcare executives from around the DFW.

Through this partnership, our networks will promote dialogue, innovation, and collaboration across the healthcare community.

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