- LEADERSHIP Spotlight:
Hitting Reset on Criteria for Hospital Leaders’ Performance - Webinar: Building Confidence and Defining Your Executive Presence
- Save 20% on Books During Holiday Sale
- Students and Host Sites: Register for 2021 Summer Enrichment Program
- CMS Announces Medicare Coverage for COVID-19 Antibody Treatment
- Podcast: Re-Committing to Patient Safety in the COVID-19 Era
Leadership Spotlight: Hitting Reset on Criteria for Hospital Leaders’ Performance
The pandemic has brought out the best in many healthcare leadership teams, but some CEOs have expressed frustration with the performance of their senior-leader peers during the crisis. A recent ACHE blog post offers three actions that healthcare CEOs can take after reflecting on the performance of senior leaders during the first months of the pandemic: speeding the timeline for performance reviews, determining whether to expand evaluation criteria, and establishing increased opportunities for performance follow-up and feedback.
Authors Rulon F. Stacey, PhD, FACHE, director of graduate programs in healthcare administration at the University of Colorado Denver, a partner in the healthcare strategy division of Guidehouse and a former hospital CEO, and Wayne F. Cascio, PhD, a distinguished professor and the Robert H. Reynolds chairman in global leadership at the University of Colorado Denver, write that revamping the way in which senior leaders’ performance is evaluated after the pandemic will better position hospital CEOs to initiate tough conversations with their team members and bring discipline to their organizations’ recovery efforts. Read the full blog post to learn more.
Webinar: Building Confidence and Defining Your Executive Presence
ACHE is dedicated to helping you take the next steps in your healthcare management career. Our Career Resource Center is offering a free webinar this Wednesday with executive coaches.
Led by Michael M. Fuselier, CPA, FACHE, healthcare consultant, and Sara M. Johnson, FACHE, director, executive education, O’Neill School of Public & Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, and a former ACHE Governor, “Building Confidence and Defining Your Executive Presence” will help participants define the specific competencies, skills and expertise that comprise executive presence, and consider opportunities for ongoing development—leaving participants with action items designed to engage and motivate progress.
Save 20% on Books During Holiday Sale
The gift-giving season is fast approaching, and there’s no better time than now to purchase Health Administration Press titles during our annual Holiday Sale. Now through Jan. 31, get 20% off the already discounted member price on books purchased directly from ACHE. Use the promo code HOLIDAY20 at checkout to take advantage of these savings.
Learn more about our management books and textbooks. Browse new releases and books by topic such as strategic planning, career development, patient safety and leadership development.
The sale excludes any already discounted bundles, Futurescan 15-packs, and the Board of Governors Exam Study Set and Flashcards. Order and save today by visiting ache.org/HAP or calling (800) 888-4741.
Students and Host Sites: Register for 2021 Summer Enrichment Program
Registration is open for the American Hospital Association’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity’s 2021 Summer Enrichment Program. The Summer Enrichment Program grows and strengthens the pipeline of healthcare leaders from underrepresented groups, and places diverse graduate students pursuing advanced degrees in healthcare administration or a related field in 10-week, paid internships across the country. Internships generally will take place from June through August.
ACHE and the Institute are co-promoting the SEP to increase the number of students who participate in the SEP each year and, accordingly, increase the number of host sites. Just as students benefit from experiential learning, healthcare organizations that register to become host sites gain access to the healthcare leaders of tomorrow—former SEP interns are now CEOs and administrators of hospitals and healthcare organizations nationwide.
We can accelerate the healthcare field’s efforts to diversify its workforce, leadership teams and governing boards by contributing to improved patient care for all. Help strengthen equity and inclusion in healthcare organizations—learn more and register today.
CMS Announces Medicare Coverage for COVID-19 Antibody Treatment
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that starting Nov. 10, Medicare beneficiaries can receive coverage of monoclonal antibodies to treat COVID-19 with no cost-sharing during the pandemic. CMS’ coverage of monoclonal antibody infusions applies to bamlanivimab, which received emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Nov. 9.
CMS anticipates this monoclonal antibody product will initially be given to healthcare providers at no charge. Medicare will not pay for the monoclonal antibody products that providers receive for free, but this action provides for reimbursement for infusion of the product. When healthcare providers beginning to purchase monoclonal antibody products, Medicare anticipates setting the payment rate in the same way it set the payment rates for COVID-19 vaccines, such as based on 95% of the average wholesale price for COVID-19 vaccines in many provider settings. CMS will issue billing and coding instructions for healthcare providers in the coming days.
Additionally, CMS anticipates the announcement will allow for a broad range of providers and suppliers, including freestanding and hospital-based infusion centers, home health agencies, nursing homes and entities with whom nursing homes contract, to administer this treatment in accordance with the emergency use authorization, and bill Medicare to administer these infusions.
For more information, please see the Monoclonal Antibody COVID-19 Infusion Program instructions.
Podcast: Re-Committing to Patient Safety in the COVID-19 Era
In this episode of the Healthcare Executive Podcast, Patricia McGaffigan, vice president of safety programs at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, discusses the driving forces behind the new National Safety Action Plan developed by IHI, ACHE and 25 other industry-leading organizations to help healthcare providers move toward zero harm.
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.