Newsletter

August 16, 2021

 

 

Leadership Spotlight:

Explore Population Health Today in the Journal of Healthcare Management 

More hospitals are adopting population health strategies in an effort to work toward the Triple Aim framework for better healthcare at reduced costs. However, researchers found that hospitals define population health in different ways, which could have implications for developing strategies to improve outcomes, according to an article in the May/June 2020 issue of the Journal of Healthcare Management.

This piece and others constitute the JHM population health collection, which aggregates some of the best articles and content from the Journal’s history on this topic. Other articles in the collection address topics such as how data-driven population health is shaping a new model of primary care, strategies for healthcare leaders to pursue regarding social determinants of health and how clinical integration is a cornerstone for population health management.

To learn more about how to access our Journal of Healthcare Management and our other journal, Frontiers of Health Services Management, visit ache.org/Journals.

2021 Annual Report: Thank You for Being a Leader Who Cares

The 2021 Annual Report and Letter to Members documents our progress together in the previous calendar year—a year that tested us all in unimaginable ways. Available now at ache.org/AnnualReport, you can access the letter to members from  ACHE’s leadership team, Strategic Plan goal areas, selected financial data, 2021–2022 committee rosters, 2020–2021 ACHE award winners, chapter information and more.

Please take some time to explore the 2021 Annual Report and Letter to Members to learn more about last year’s achievements in spite of the numerous hardships we faced.

Recent Grads Can Upgrade to Full Membership for Free

Now through Aug. 30, Student Associates can upgrade to full membership free of charge and experience all of the benefits of being a Member. Full membership means automatically belonging to ACHE’s Early Careerist Network for those who are under 40, being able to begin accruing Member tenure toward the one-year requirement to become a Fellow and participating in ACHE’s Leader-to-Leader Rewards Program. Recent graduates can jumpstart their career today by visiting My ACHE to upgrade to Member status. Visit ache.org/Students for more information about upgrading.

Assess Your Leadership Competencies With Our Assessments

The first step to growing as a leader is knowing your skill gaps. Access self-assessments in conflict, change management, influence and more in our Career Resource Center.

  • The Career Anchors Assessment will help identify your most important motives, values and perceived areas of competencies to align your goals and values.
  • Measure your emotional intelligence quotient with the Emotional Intelligence Assessment, and use the results to build stronger relationships, enhance self-awareness and achieve greater work-life balance.
  • Whether you are seeking talent for your team or presenting yourself as a leadership candidate, you will learn to master talent management with the Extended DISC Assessment.
  • Meanwhile, the Leadership Assessment combines the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the psychological instrument FIRO-B to identify your leadership and personality style, enabling you to examine that style from crucial viewpoints.

Explore all of our assessments and other ACHE resources available to support you in taking your career to the next level.

Operationalizing Data: 3 Steps for Making Numbers Accessible and Actionable

“I’ve always recognized data as an essential component to the operations and growth of any organization but I also understand that, for many, data can often be as overwhelming and frustrating as it is helpful,” writes Anthony Ashby, FACHE, vice president/COO, CHI Health Immanuel Medical Center and CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs, in a recent ACHE Blog post. To help bridge the gap between the value and need for data with its lack of approachability and accessibility, Ashby offers three practical considerations to apply when working to operationalize data in your organization: think big, start small; make data personal; and simplify the task at hand.

Read this blog post and others on ache.org/Blog for timely and relevant content for today’s healthcare leader.

CMS Urges Providers to Vaccinate Their Patients  

To help protect patients from COVID-19, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is urging providers to find out if their Medicare patients are fully vaccinated. Medicare covers the COVID-19 vaccine administration and there’s no cost to Medicare patients for the vaccine or its administration, according to CMS.

To find out if a Medicare patient is fully vaccinated, CMS recommends the following the steps:

  • Check Medicare eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine administration history from fee-for-service claims paid for calendar years 2020 and 2021. This includes Medicare Advantage patients.
  • Providers will get the CPT or HCPCS codes, date of service and national provider identifier for who administered the vaccine for each paid vaccine administration claim.
  • If a provider does not see information about Medicare claims, CMS recommends they ask their patients about their COVID-19 vaccination history; they may have been vaccinated, and the provider didn’t submit a Medicare claim (e.g., if they got vaccinated at a free event).

For more information, visit the following resources: