Newsletter

July 13, 2020

Program Spotlight: New Virtual Face-to-Face Courses Available

During these unprecedented times, we are offering healthcare leaders the opportunity to earn ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits from your home or office. Innovative, interactive virtual courses worth 3, 6 or 9 ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits are now available through the end of 2020. These new professional development offerings include real-time live group discussions; discussion board conversations with faculty and other participants; and course readings, assessments and surveys. Courses will cover a variety of topics such as financial management, resilience and burnout, population health, strategic planning, safety and quality, and leadership development. You can view the course schedule and topics here. Attendance for each course is limited to ensure a high level of participant interaction. Register today.

Help Shape ACHE’s Policy Statements: Comments Due July 20

Each year, select Policy Statements are reviewed to ensure their continued relevance to the field. Many of these statements are derived directly from comments you have shared with us. For that reason, we are asking for your input. Please take a moment to read the five Policy Statements, including one Ethical Policy Statement, under review this year:

Please submit your comments to PolicyReview@ache.org. The deadline for submitting comments is July 20, 2020. The Board of Governors will discuss these statements and any recommended revisions during its November meeting. The revised statements will be posted on ache.org by the end of the year. 

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CMS: Interoperability Pilot to Help Reduce Provider Burden

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is encouraging providers to participate in an interoperability pilot to test specific medical documentation use cases. The Electronic Medical Documentation Interoperability Program is designed to reduce provider burden by assembling a robust network of stakeholders willing to:

  • Pilot test use cases
  • Participate in gap analysis
  • Contribute to resource documentation for new adopters

Participants will have an opportunity to test interoperable solutions by piloting one or more of three use cases: 

  • Ordering
  • Requesting additional medical documentation from another provider
  • Requesting physician signatures

Those interested in partnering or learning more about the program can email EMDI_TEAM@scopeinfotechinc.com.

Recent Grads Can Transfer to Full Membership for Free

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

New Book: Patient No Longer

“The coronavirus pandemic has validated the principles of this book: that we need healthcare with no address, helping people where they are and when they need it,” writes Stephen K. Klasko, MD, in the preface to his book, Patient No Longer: Why Healthcare Must Deliver the Care Experience That Consumers Want and Expect. In this new release from Health Administration Press, Klasko, president, Thomas Jefferson University, and CEO, Jefferson Health, and co-author Ryan Donohue, program director, National Research Corporation, explore the evolving delivery model of patient-centric care and the rise of the healthcare consumer as a powerful new voice. They provide compelling reasons why consumer-centric care is so crucial, and how leaders can work to build health systems focused on it. Order your copy today. 

Podcast: The Assets of APPs in the Pandemic and Beyond

On a recent episode of the Healthcare Executive Podcast, Andrea Lowe, PA-C, director of employee strategy for the American Academy of Physician Assistants, discusses the evolving role of physician assistants and other advanced practice providers in healthcare leadership. She shares her vision for how APPs can help meet consumer demands during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond—and mitigate obstacles related to high-quality care delivery.

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