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In today’s fast-paced, continuously evolving health care environment, facilities looking to provide the best possible care to their patients are faced with several competing priorities.
- Creating High-Performance Environments
- Still Time to Register for the New Orleans Cluster
- CMS Update: Final Rule Establishes Appeals Process for Patient Reclassification
- Input Needed for ACHE’s New Strategic Plan
- Pass the BOG Exam in 2024, Be Eligible for Convocation
Creating High-Performance Environments
When employees trust senior leadership, feel supported and believe the organization cares about their well-being, great things take place.
“The brain on chronic stress is not optimized for decision-making, which is scary when we think about the complexity of delivering high-quality care,” write Katherine A. Meese and Quint Studer in their science-backed leadership book, The Human Margin: Building the Foundations of Trust.
Healthy workplaces are central to caring for the health of a community, and Studer says that trust in an organization is similar to community safety. “When people don’t feel safe, they don’t want to stay where they live. When people feel safe, they engage more.”
In The Human Margin, Meese and Studer unveil a step-by-step process to build and sustain organizational trust. “At its core, healthcare is humans working with humans to heal humans,” says Meese. “The research shows us that most of the things that will support our workforce are free and can be done from wherever you sit in the organization. That is great news for leaders wanting to make a difference for the people they serve.”
Order your copy of The Human Margin, and be inspired to build the culture that today’s workforce craves.
Still Time to Register for the New Orleans Cluster
Join us for the New Orleans Cluster Dec. 9–11 to learn cutting-edge technologies and long-term strategies for successful healthcare leadership and growth.
While the event spans three days, there are several options for one and two-day seminars that allow you to create a schedule to suit your needs, or maximize your time by selecting multiple seminars while earning up to 24 ACHE In-Person Education credits.
One-day sessions include: “Disruptive Innovators: Rise to the Challenge,” “Leading Transformational Change” and “Navigating Healthcare’s Legal and Regulatory Landscape: Practical Strategies for Operations, HR and Beyond.” The two-day sessions focus on the human-centered leadership, optimizing ambulatory management and the future of thriving health systems.
For a full description of the seminars and to register, visit the New Orleans Cluster.
CMS Update: Final Rule Establishes Appeals Process for Patient Reclassification
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a final rule establishing appeals processes for eligible inpatients reclassified as outpatients during hospital stays. The rule applies to certain people with traditional Medicare who are initially admitted to a hospital as an inpatient and are subsequently reclassified by the hospital as an outpatient, receiving observation services during their hospital stay and who meet other eligibility criteria. This final rule implements a federal court order that directed CMS to establish this appeals process. Details can be found in this fact sheet.
Input Needed for ACHE’s New Strategic Plan
ACHE’s Strategic Plan is designed to leverage the organization’s role in fostering a leadership workforce capable of addressing the challenges facing the field now and in the future. The plan builds on the hallmarks of ACHE’s commitments to integrity, lifelong learning, leadership, and diversity and inclusion, and amplifies aspirations in service to members, the profession and the field.
The ACHE Board of Governors annually examines the Strategic Plan, with a continuing focus on meeting the evolving needs of members and the healthcare field. In 2024, the Board engaged in a “deep dive process” with The Chartis Group LLC to create a new Strategic Plan that ensures ACHE remains relevant to leaders.
The draft 2025–2027 Strategic Plan and Map focuses on ACHE’s work to advance and innovate health while driving toward safety and health equity, grow and strengthen its professional community of leaders while providing value nationally and locally, and expand its reach and impact by helping leaders reach their highest potential.
The plan is meant to be dynamic, ensuring its ongoing relevance. The Board will measure ACHE’s progress toward achieving its strategic imperatives by monitoring key metrics within each area and adjust the plan to ensure that ACHE can best fulfill its vision and mission.
To provide feedback on the draft 2025–2027 Strategic Plan and Map, send your thoughts, comments and ideas for improvement to the ACHE Executive Office at strategicplan@ache.org. The deadline for comments is Nov. 13.
Pass the BOG Exam in 2024, Be Eligible for Convocation
If you take the Board of Governors Exam and pass it by Dec. 31, you will be eligible to participate in Convocation at the Congress on Healthcare Leadership in March.
The Exam tests a well-defined, broad-based body of knowledge representative of professional practice in healthcare management. After passing the Exam, new Fellows are invited to join in the Convocation ceremony.
Members with an approved advancement application are eligible to register for and schedule their Exam with ACHE’s test delivery partner, Pearson VUE. Visit Board of Governors Exam in Healthcare Management for more information about earning the FACHE® credential.
When you become board certified in healthcare management as an ACHE Fellow, you demonstrate to the entire healthcare field that you have the skills, knowledge and drive to lead with confidence and care. The FACHE credential is the gold standard for healthcare management board certification. It tells peers you’re committed to a lifetime of learning and growing, and it signals the highest level of service to our profession.