- Program Spotlight:
Prepare for the BOG Exam and Earn Education Credits - There’s Still Time to Save During the HAP Summer Sale
- 6 Questions With an Early Careerist CEO
- Celebrate the Healthcare Workforce at the 2023 World Hospital Congress
- Join The Alliance for Its National Critical Issues Forum
- Assessing Patient Eligibility for Behavioral Health Integration Services
Program Spotlight:
Prepare for the BOG Exam and Earn Education Credits
Passing the Board of Governors Exam is the final step on the path to becoming board certified as a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. The FACHE® credential after your name demonstrates your competence, credibility and dedication to healthcare management excellence.
Whether you are just starting to prepare for the Exam or are nearing the culmination of your review efforts, the “Virtual Board of Governors Exam Review Course,” Sept. 5–Oct. 12, will help attendees identify knowledge gaps and needed areas of focus and apply test-taking strategies while also earning 14 ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits.
Led by Stephan Davis, DNP, FACHE; Cristian H. Lieneck, PhD, FACHE; and Dawn Z. Wright, JD, FACHE, this multiweek virtual review course provides attendees with the opportunity to gain insights into the 10 core knowledge areas tested on the Exam, review sample test questions and learn about the Exam’s content, structure and scoring.
Increase your preparedness for the Exam and register today for this virtual review course.
There’s Still Time to Save During the HAP Summer Sale
Score Health Administration Press reading deals through Sept.15. Order any book and receive a 20% discount off already reduced member prices using the promo code SUMMER23 at checkout. The discount applies to both member and nonmember prices, but it excludes any already discounted multibook sets or bundles, Futurescan 15-packs, and the Board of Governors Exam Study Set, Bundle and Flashcards.
Order and save with these discounts by visiting ache.org/HAP or calling (800) 888-4741.
6 Questions With an Early Careerist CEO
“As an early careerist, sometimes the smallest things can have major effects,” says Parker D. Harris, chair of ACHE’s Early Careerist Committee, in a recent ACHE Blog post. “Career advice, projects you serve on and people you meet might send you down amazingly positive trajectories. I encourage early careerists to stay true to themselves and their morals, but never say no and always be open to exploring something new. Chapter leadership did exactly that for me, as it expanded my leadership abilities by exposing me to those outside of my organization and those who are in other areas of healthcare.”
In a Q&A, Harris discusses his role as CEO at Baptist Memorial Hospital–Tipton in Memphis, Tenn., the community his organization serves and the importance of getting involved in his local ACHE chapter. This blog post is part of a series featuring ACHE’s early careerist healthcare leaders.
Visit ache.org/Blog to learn more.
Celebrate the Healthcare Workforce at the 2023 World Hospital Congress
Do you have a good story to tell about your organization’s workforce? The International Hospital Federation wants to share it during the 2023 World Hospital Congress, Oct. 25–27 in Lisbon, Portugal.
The World Hospital Congress is a unique global forum that connects healthcare executives and decision-makers to share knowledge and good practices in leadership, management and service delivery; exchange new ideas and innovations; and network with other senior executives from across the international healthcare community.
It also presents opportunities for attendees to share their work. IHF is extending an exclusive invitation to its members—including ACHE members—to contribute five-minute videos that showcase how their organizations support, reward, retain and recruit staff to deliver healthcare in their respective communities. These videos will be shown in the World Hospital Congress exhibition area and will also be available to watch on the event mobile app.
If you are interested in contributing a video, please review these guidelines and let IHF know of your interest by emailing Karen Cabuyao, IHF events and communications officer, at karen.cabuyao@ihf-fih.org. The deadline to submit a video is Sept. 22.
If you haven’t already, explore World Hospital Congress program highlights and register. Discounted IHF member rates are available to ACHE and its members; simply enter the code 23WHCIHF when asked if your organization is an IHF member. Additionally, group discounts are available for organizations that register five or more attendees. If you are planning to bring a team to Congress, visit the group registration portal.
Join The Alliance for Its National Critical Issues Forum
Sept. 12–13, the Organ Donation and Transplantation Alliance, also known as The Alliance, will convene its 2023 National Critical Issues Forum: Logistics & Reducing Organ Loss in Kansas City, Mo.
To maximize the gift of life in organ transplantation, this two-day, multidisciplinary summit convenes current and emerging hospital system, organ procurement and physician/surgical leaders for a collaborative discussion, identifying innovations and solutions to improve logistics around moving organs from the hospital where the donation occurs to the transplant center. The event will focus on the diverse aspects of organ transportation and other logistical components critical to optimizing the number of transplantable organs and reducing organs that are not transplanted. Learn more and register today.
ACHE is proud to be a community partner of The Alliance.
Assessing Patient Eligibility for Behavioral Health Integration Services
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is encouraging providers to assess whether their patients are eligible for behavioral health integration services. Behavioral health integration, which incorporates behavioral health with primary care, is an effective strategy to improve mental, behavioral or psychiatric health for many patients. Eligible conditions include mental health; behavioral health, including substance use disorder; and psychiatric.
Medicare covers two types of behavioral health integration services:
- Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model, or CoCM: Use CPT codes 99492–99494 and HCPCS code G2214 to bill.
- General behavioral health integration services using models of care other than CoCM: Use CPT code 99484 and HCPCS code G0323 to bill.
CMS makes separate payment to physicians and nonphysician practitioners for services they supply to patients over a calendar month service period. For more information, visit the following CMS webpages: