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SUMMARY:The Business of Healthcare
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThis 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. \n  \nVishal Bhalla\nChief Experience Officer\nParkland Health & Hospital System \nBen Cheney\nBusiness Development Manager\nOneEQ \nAlli Giacometto\nSenior Designer\nCRTKL \nJenny G. Givens\nPartner\nGray Reed Attorneys & Counselors \nBethany Hale\nHead of Marketing\nCedar \nChristie Hutchinson\, RN\, BSN\, MBA\, CPEN\, CPHQ\, CPHRM\, NEA-BC\nChief Executive Officer\nQCC Healthcare Consultants \nClayton Lawrence\, FACHE\nSenior Vice President\nSound Physicians \nJohn Raish\nSenior Vice President\nParkland Health & Hospital System \nRegister Now\nSpeakers’ Bios: \nVishal 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. \nTransitioning 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. \nVishal 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. \nPrior 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. \n  \nBen 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. \n  \nHealthcare 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. \nJenny 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. \nBefore 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. \n  \nBethany 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. \n  \nChristie 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. \nChristie 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. \n  \nClayton 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. \nClayton 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. \n  \nJohn 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. \n  \nRegister Now
URL:https://achentx.org/event/the-business-of-healthcare-2/
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SUMMARY:2021 ACHENTX BOG Exam Review Session - Quality & Performance Management
DESCRIPTION: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. \nYou 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.) \nClick here for more details and to register for this event.
URL:https://achentx.org/event/2021-achentx-bog-exam-review-session-quality-performance-management/
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SUMMARY:Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification Course
DESCRIPTION:ACHENTX Student Council Presents: Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification Course\n\n\n\n\n\nDue 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.)\n\nRegister Now\n  \n\n\n\nWhat’s included: \n\nLean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Course e-book\nLean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification Exam\nSimulated Project\n\nCourse Instructor: Tanya Stinson \nVirtual Platform: Zoom \n\n\n\nHi 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. \nI 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: \n\n2020 ACHE of North Texas Mentor of the Year\nTrailblazer Award – Texas Health Arlington Memorial\, 2018 for Blood Culture Contamination Reduction Project\nQuality Award (2) – Texas Health Fort Worth\, 2019 for Neonatal Extubation Process Improvement Project and “Let’s Get Moving” Patient Ambulation Improvement Project\nDiscoverer Award – Texas Health Resources\, 2019 for ED Discharge Scheduling Improvement Project\nTransformer Award – Texas Health Resources\, 2020 for Interventional Radiology Throughput Improvement Project\n\nOutside 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! \nThank 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! \nMany blessings\, \nTanya Stinson \n\n\nRegister Now\n 
URL:https://achentx.org/event/lean-six-sigma-yellow-belt-certification-course-2/
LOCATION:TX
ORGANIZER;CN="ACHE of North Texas":MAILTO:info@achentx.org
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SUMMARY:Multi-Chapter Panel #1 - Diversity\, Equity & Inclusion
DESCRIPTION:Join the ACHE East Texas\, North Texas and Texas Midwest chapters for another in our special multi-chapter panels.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 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.\n\n\nThe 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. \nIt 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. \n  \nThis program has been approved for 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face credits. \nRegister Now\nOur Presenters: \nCrissy Flake\nRegional Quality Improvement & Compliance Manager\nWelbeHealth\, LLC \nAimee Greeter\, MPH\, FACHE\nSenior Vice President\nCoker Group \nAlan K. Nevel\nSVP & Chief Diversity & Human Resources Officer\nThe MetroHealth System \nKenneth Rates\nPodcast Host\, So You Want To Be A Healthcare Executive?\nAmbulatory Care\nMichigan Medicine and the University of Detroit Mercy \n  \nSpeakers’ Bios: \nCrissy 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. \nCrissy 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. \nCrissy 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. \n  \nAimee 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. \nAdditionally\, 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. \nMs. 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. \n  \nAlan K. Nevel was named Senior Vice President\, Chief Diversity and Human Resources Officer for The MetroHealth System in June 2018. \nIn 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. \nNevel 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. \nNevel 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. \n  \nKenneth 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. \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \nRegister Now
URL:https://achentx.org/event/multi-chapter-panel-1-diversity-equity-inclusion/
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SUMMARY:Multi-Chapter Panel #2 - Crisis Management: Strategies to Effectively Manage a Healthcare Organization
DESCRIPTION:Join the ACHE East Texas\, North Texas and Texas Midwest chapters for another in our special multi-chapter panels.\n\n\n\n\n\nPreparing 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.\n\n\nThis 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. \nThis program has been approved for 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face credits. \n  \nOur Panelists: \nAngela Beaudry\nVice President\, Human Resources Operations\nArdent Health Services \nMary LaFrancois\, SPHR\, SHRM-CP\, ACC\nDivision VP Human Resources\nUT Health East Texas \nLisa Reynolds\, Ph D\, SPHR (Moderator)\nVice President\nChange Management\nCHRISTUS Health \nRoberta Solo Rio\, JD.\nVP\, Chief Human Resource Officer\nMidland Health \nDebbie Splinter\, FACHE\, MBA\, CHHR\, SHRM-SCP\, SPHR\nHuman Resources Director\nBaylor Scott and White \nRegister Here\nSpeakers’ Bios: \nAngela 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. \nAngela 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. \nAs an accomplished human resources executive\, Mary LaFrancois has dedicated her career to ensuring leading health care organizations achieve top performance. \nHer 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. \nMary 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. \nLisa 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. \nLisa 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. \nLisa’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. \nLisa also enjoys running\, dark chocolate\, volunteering for Back On My Feet\, and laughing with colleagues\, friends\, and loved ones. \nSince 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. \nBefore 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. \nIn her spare time\, Roberta enjoys her three Shetland sheepdogs and riding her bike. \nDebbie 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. \nIn 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. \n\nRegister Here
URL:https://achentx.org/event/multi-chapter-panel-2-crisis-management-strategies-to-effectively-manage-a-healthcare-organization/
LOCATION:TX
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SUMMARY:Breakfast with the President - Becky Tucker
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the next virtual program in our popular Breakfast event series . . .\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\nBecky 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.\n\n\nBecky 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. \nBecky 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. \nBecky 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. \nIn 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. \nIn 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. \nBecky 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. \nBecky 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. \nIn 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. \nBecky 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. \n\nRegister Now
URL:https://achentx.org/event/breakfast-with-the-president-becky-tucker/
LOCATION:TX
ORGANIZER;CN="ACHE of North Texas":MAILTO:info@achentx.org
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SUMMARY:Multi-Chapter Panel #3 - Key State Health Legislative Issues Facing Leaders and Potential Responses
DESCRIPTION:Join the ACHE East Texas\, North Texas and Texas Midwest chapters for another in our special multi-chapter panels.\n\n\n\n\n\nNumerous 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.\n\n\nThis program has been approved for 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face credits. \nRegister Here\nOur Presenters: \nShannon Huggins\nSenior Vice President\, Contract Strategy and Population Health\nMethodist Health System \nSteve Love\nPresident and Chief Executive Officer\nDallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council \nMatt Richardson\, FACHE\, DrPH\, MPH (Moderator)\nDirector of Public Health\nDenton County \nTed Shaw\nTexas Hospital Association\nPresident & Chief Executive Officer \nSpeakers’ Bios: \n  \n\n\n\nShannon 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.  \nShannon 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.  \n\n\n\nDr. 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. \n  \nMr. 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. \n  \nWalter “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. \nPrior 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. \nHis 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. \nHe 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. \n\n  \nRegister Here
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SUMMARY:Multi-Chapter Panel #4 - Disruptive Innovation in Healthcare Delivery
DESCRIPTION:Join the ACHE East Texas\, North Texas and Texas Midwest chapters for another in our special multi-chapter panels.\n\n\n\n\n\nDisruptive 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.\n\n\n  \nThis program has been approved for 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face credits. \n  \nOur Presenters: \nTamara Perry\, BA-SLP\, MA-IOC\nSr. Director Operations\nVirtual Health and Innovation\nChildren’s Medical Center \nAndrew Thorby\nChief Executive Officer\nCare Continuity \nPaula Turicchi\, MHA\,FACHE (Moderator)\nChief Strategy Officer\nParkland Community Health Plan \nDr. Leslie Wainwright\nChief Funding and Innovation Officer\nParkland Center for Clinical Innovation \nDr. Hubert Zajicek\, MD\, MBA\nCo-Founder\, Partner and CEO\nHealth Wildcatters \n  \n\nRegister Now\n  \n\nSpeakers’ Bios: \n  \nTamara 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. \n  \nAndrew 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. \nAndrew 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. \nAs 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. \nAs 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. \n  \nPaula 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. \nPreviously\, 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. \nPaula 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. \n  \nDr. 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. \nShe 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. \nLeslie 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. \n  \nHubert 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. \nIn 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. \nPrior 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. \nHubert 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. \nHubert 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.) \nHe 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. \n\nRegister Now
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SUMMARY:2021 ACHENTX BOG Exam Review Session - Governance & Organizational Structure
DESCRIPTION: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. \nYou 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.) \nClick here for more details and to register for this event.
URL:https://achentx.org/event/2021-achentx-bog-exam-review-session-business-governance-organizational-structure/
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