Newsletter

April 6, 2020

Leadership Spotlight: Free Webinar Offers Insider Insights on COVID-19 

Join J. Scott Steiner, FACHE, CEO, Phoebe Putney Health System, tomorrow as he discusses his organization’s COVID-19 approach to capacity, rapid ICU expansion and supply chain management.

This complimentary ACHE webinar, offered April 7, 12–1 p.m., Central time, is part of a series of executive insights related to the their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants are eligible for 1 ACHE Qualified Education credit. 

Phoebe Putney Health System, Albany, Ga., was one of the earliest impacted facilities to treat patients with COVID-19 in Georgia, and it continues to experience extremely high volumes related to the virus. Steiner will answer your questions about how his system has dealt with various issues related to the public health crisis.

The webinar series is one of many tools and resources available to healthcare professionals on ache.org/COVID. 

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ACHE Celebrates National Public Health Week and World Health Day

As we celebrate National Public Health Week and World Health Day, we would like to thank all healthcare professionals for their tireless work to keep our communities healthy and safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

During National Public Health Week, April 6–12, join us and the American Public Health Association in recognizing the contributions of public health and highlighting issues that are important to improving our nation’s health. Each day this week, APHA will focus on a public health topic and identify ways each of us can make a difference. Visit www.nphw.org to learn more. Additionally, don’t miss the Healthcare Executive podcast with APHA Executive Director, Georges C. Benjamin, MD, on the healthcare field’s most prevalent leadership concerns about COVID-19.

This year, the World Health Organization is celebrating World Health Day April 7 by recognizing the important work of nurses and midwives worldwide. Nurses and other health workers are at the forefront of the COVID-19 response, providing high-quality, respectful treatment and care.

Please visit the World Health Day website to learn more about the critical care that nurses and midwives provide, and take a moment to read the WHO’s first-ever State of the World’s Nursing Report, which will launch April 7. A similar report on the midwifery workforce will be released in 2021. 

Online Seminar: A Practical System for Strategic Planning 

During uncertain times, leaders need reliable strategies. The six-week online seminar “Strategic Planning That Works: Integrating Strategy With Performance” will explore how the latest concepts on strategy, strategic positioning and market realities are linked to the everyday management of organizations.

Executives who take this interactive online seminar, scheduled May 6 through June 24, will come away prepared to navigate today’s turbulent marketplace, and they can earn up to 9 ACHE Qualified Education credits. Register today. 

CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule Call 

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will discuss tomorrow the provisions and impact of the Interoperability and Patient Access final rule.

Seema Verma, CMS administrator, will open the call Tuesday, April 7, 2–3:30 Eastern time, followed by an overview from CMS experts. Register here for Medicare Learning Network events.

Topics to be discussed include the following:

  • Patient access application programming interface
  • Provider directory API
  • Payer-to-payer data exchange
  • Improving the dual eligible experience
  • Public reporting and information blocking
  • Provider digital contact information
  • Revisions to the conditions of participation for hospitals and critical access hospitals

Participants are encouraged to review the final rule prior to the call. This call is applicable to all Medicare fee-for-service providers and industrywide stakeholders.

2020 HEN and Stull Award Winners

Following are the winners of the 2020 Higher Education Network Awards and the Richard J. Stull Student Essay Competition. Recipients typically would be presented these awards at Congress. Please join us in congratulating your fellow healthcare leaders and ACHE colleagues on their accomplishments.

2020 Higher Education Network Awards

The Higher Education Network Awards recognize HEN participants whose programs have demonstrated the highest level of engagement with ACHE.

Graduate program: University of North Florida

Undergraduate program: The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Learn more about the HEN Awards here.

2020 Richard J. Stull Student Essay Competition Winners

Six students won the Richard J. Stull Student Essay Competition in Healthcare Management, designed to stimulate student writing about important issues and developments in healthcare management. The competition is open to active ACHE members enrolled in a graduate or undergraduate U.S. or Canadian health administration program within ACHE’s Higher Education Network.

First Place, Graduate Division: Rachael E. Parrill, University of Louisville: “A Framework for Developing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Social Determinants of Health Initiative.”

First Place, Undergraduate Division: Matthew J. David, Auburn University: “Utilizing Technology to Combat Clinician Burnout.”

Second Place, Graduate Division: Amanda E. Fronk, Xavier University: “The Looking Glass Initiative™: Using Virtual Reality and Video Game Simulations to Improve Clinical Decision-Making and Reduce Health Care Disparities in African Americans.”

Second Place, Undergraduate Division: Aleksandra Pawlikowska-Czaja, Governors State University: “Importance of Diversity Among Leadership and Governing Boards.”

Third Place, Graduate Division: María Victoria Mejía Franco, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee: “A Road to Population-Based Payments.”

Third Place, Undergraduate Division: Nolan A. Ehrbar, Texas State University: “Public Health and Climate Change: Strategic Planning for Healthcare Organizations.”

Learn more about the competition here. General information about these and all other ACHE awards can be found at ACHE News and Awards on ache.org.

ACHE Recognizes Top Leader-to-Leader Rewards Program Participants 

Four ACHE members recruited the greatest number of new Members and/or successfully encouraged advancement to Fellow through the Leader-to-Leader Rewards Program. The top participants were honored in three categories:

Hospitals, Health Systems and Other Healthcare-Related Settings: Scott T. Bowes, FACHE, administrator, Jefferson University, Philadelphia.

Academic: Daniel J. West Jr., PhD, FACHE, chairman and professor, department of health administration and HR, University of Scranton (Pa.).

Uniformed Services/Veteran Affairs: LT James A. Alvia, FACHE, healthcare administrator, U.S. Navy.

Go here to learn more about the Leader-to-Leader Rewards Program and the annual top achievers, who are usually honored at Congress.