Newsletter

August 2, 2021

 

 

Program Spotlight:

Health Law Essentials for Today’s Busy Executive 

Today’s healthcare leaders face formidable challenges that require continual understanding and awareness of legal and regulatory repercussions in areas as diverse as billing, patient rights, mandatory reporting and patient care. Although health law is a vast and complex field, our online seminar “Health Law Essentials” highlights the most crucial information for busy healthcare executives.

During this six-week course, health law professor Sarah F. Fontenot, JD, will explain legal issues within a broader context while encouraging interaction and discussion among seminar participants through weekly postings and open forums. Drawing on her expertise, Fontenot will review key law and compliance topics, including fraud and abuse, the HITECH Act, patient privacy, medical malpractice, the Affordable Care Act and more. You will emerge from this seminar with a better understanding of health law, including civil and criminal liabilities, how state jurisdiction and federal law interact in the realm of healthcare, and quality and reimbursement legislation.

Online seminars such as this allow you to work at your own pace in an interactive, online environment while earning up to 9 ACHE Qualified Education credits. Register today. 

Vaccine Hesitancy Among Healthcare Providers: Challenges and Opportunities

In this webinar recording, healthcare executives and national experts discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with vaccine hesitancy among healthcare providers and staff. Hear from Victoria W. Bayless, CEO, Luminis Health; Kevin B. Mahony, DBA, CEO, University of Pennsylvania Health System; Garth Walker, MD, assistant professor, Northwestern Emergency Medicine/emergency physician; and Lisa W. Wardell, JD, chairman/CEO, Adtalem Global Education, as they talk about the public health, ethical and leadership implications of various strategies to increase the vaccination rates within these groups.

This webinar recording is one of many resources available to healthcare leaders in our COVID-19 Resource Center.

Last Call for Gold Medal Award Nominations

There are only two weeks left to nominate deserving colleagues for our highest honor—the Gold Medal Award. Our Gold Medal Award is the most prestigious award we bestow on outstanding leaders who have made significant contributions to the healthcare profession. This award identifies Fellows who best exemplify leadership at the organizational, local, state/provincial and national levels, and who continually contribute to the improvement of the delivery of healthcare services and community health. We may issue up to two Gold Medal Awards each year: one to an outstanding executive in a healthcare delivery organization, and the second to an executive in a nondelivery healthcare organization, such as an alliance, association, university and consulting firm. The deadline for submission of the nomination packet is Aug. 16.

Visit the News and Awards section of ache.org for full details on the nomination process, award criteria and past recipients. If you have questions, please contact Jennifer L. Connelly, FACHE, CAE, vice president, Regional Services, Department of Executive Engagement, at (312) 424-9320 or jconnelly@ache.org.

Popular Reads Now Available as Audiobooks 

Now, you can listen to some of your favorite Health Administration Press titles in an audiobook format. Leaders of all career stages will benefit from listening to the unabridged Intangibles: The Unexpected Traits of High-Performing Healthcare Leaders, a James A. Hamilton Book of the Year Award winner. Through stories, interviews and research findings, Amer Kaissi, PhD, professor of healthcare administration at Trinity University, offers an engaging exploration of evidence-based practices from an array of leaders in different settings.

For those in the early stages of becoming a healthcare leader, you’ll find The Emerging Healthcare Leader: A Field Guide, Second Edition, also unabridged, to be an essential resource. Packed with tactics, tips and illuminating examples, this audiobook will become an indispensable guide to building your career in healthcare leadership.

Get your audiobook copies of Intangibles and The Emerging Healthcare Leader today.

Podcast: Insights From the C-Suite: Workplace Changes and Challenges

In the latest episode of the Healthcare Executive Podcast, J. Manuel “Manny” Ocasio, FACHE, chief human resources officer, Luminis Health, Annapolis, Md., discusses what’s driving change and innovation in the healthcare workforce right now. Topics include preventing burnout, solving staffing shortages, and leading the way in diversity, equity and inclusion. Hear more about how one system is shaping the future of work and what it looks for in leadership candidates.

Visit HealthcareExecutive.org/Podcast to listen and browse through more episodes. The podcasts are also available by searching for “Healthcare Executive” in Apple Podcasts, iTunes or your podcast app of choice.

CMS to Hold Price Transparency Stakeholder Webinar

Join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Aug. 11 for a webinar on how to meet the requirements of the Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule for posting standard charge information in the comprehensive machine-readable file. During the webinar, CMS will review eight steps to a machine-readable file of all items and services and hospital compliance examples.

Effective Jan. 1, 2021, each hospital operating in the United States is now required to provide publicly accessibly standard charge information online about the items and services they provide in two ways:

  • Comprehensive machine-readable file with all items and services.
  • Display of 300 shoppable services in a consumer-friendly format.

The presentation that will be shown during the webinar will be available on CMS’ Resources webpage approximately one week before the webinar. You can send feedback and questions to: PriceTransparencyHospitalCharges@cms.hhs.gov.

Register here for the webinar, and for more information, visit the following resources: