Newsletter

October 19, 2020


Leadership Spotlight: Webinar: Nine Trends That Will Transform Healthcare’s Future

The COVID-19 pandemic brought into focus just how critical healthcare capacity is to our global health and economic prosperity. As healthcare providers face an increasing burden on their ability to perform optimally, innovation and technology will continue to be important ways to address these issues. Join Tanuj Gupta, MD, vice president, Cerner Intelligence, Nov. 6, for a free webinar to learn about the nine biggest trends—including innovation and technology—that will transform the future of healthcare for our global system, our healthcare providers and the healthcare technology industry.

Eligible for 1 ACHE Qualified Education credit, this webinar is made possible in part by the support of Cerner Corporation, an ACHE Premier Corporate Partner. ACHE would like to thank Cerner Corporation for its commitment to ACHE and helping us advance healthcare management excellence. Register today.

Give Yourself a Competitive Edge With This Career Tool Combo

During these uncertain times, ACHE remains dedicated to helping you take the next steps in your healthcare management career. Whether you are preparing to make a job transition or if you are entering the highly competitive job market for the first time, the Resume Review Plus Interview Prep Tool will enhance your strengths and skills. With the Resume Review Service, the Career Resource Center team will review and critique your resume and return personalized feedback. In addition, sample resumes will be sent to help you improve your own.

This combination product also includes a one-year subscription to the ACHE Interview Prep Tool. With this tool, you can record yourself doing a practice interview in front of a camera while responding to expert-recommended questions, and use ACHE’s customized self-assessment to critique your performance. Learn more about the Resume Review Plus Interview Prep Tool and get started today.

If You Receive a Survey From ACHE …

From time to time, ACHE sends surveys to members asking for feedback about our products and services, and to learn about important topics in the healthcare field. Each response to these surveys is crucial to our efforts to serve you. We know this has been a very challenging year for healthcare leaders, and we appreciate the time you give us when completing these surveys. If you have any questions, please contact ACHE Research at acheresearch@ache.org.

Online Seminar: The Emerging Healthcare Leader

Building a successful healthcare career requires keen self-knowledge, performance, character and commitment. During a six-week, interactive online seminar, “The Emerging Healthcare Leader: A Field Guide,” you will learn from the real-life experiences of two accomplished healthcare executives who have achieved significant success in the first decade of their careers. Whether you are an early or mid-career healthcare executive or are transitioning from a clinical to administrative role, you will gain practical tools and resources to advance your professional performance and goals.

From Oct. 21–Dec. 2, Laurie K. Baedke, FACHE, FACMPE, director, Healthcare Leadership Programs, Creighton University, and Natalie D. Lamberton, FACHE, CEO, Talas Healthcare, will help participants discover four pillars of executive excellence and explore crucial elements of achieving career goals. Register today for this online seminar and earn up to 6 ACHE Qualified Education credits.

ACHE Journals Offer Lessons in Advancing Patient Safety 

“Everyone makes mistakes, so [high-reliability organizations] adopt processes that anticipate potential errors and provide resilience to catch and correct them before they cause harm,” wrote M. Michael Shabot, MD, founding partner, Relia Healthcare Advisors, in the July/August 2019 issue of ACHE’s Journal of Healthcare Management. This article on how to achieve zero patient harm in healthcare organizations and others published in the Journal and Frontiers of Health Services Management frequently cover safety topics such as the importance of adopting a high-reliability mindset and how to create a positive safety climate perception. To learn more about how to access ACHE’s journals for these safety articles and more, visit ache.org/Journals.

For additional ACHE resources on advancing patient safety, visit ache.org/Safety. There, you will find the recently released Safer Together: A National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety, which provides health systems with renewed momentum and clear direction for eliminating preventable medical harm, and other invaluable tools.

CMS Expands Telehealth Services Eligible for Medicare Payment

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced it is expanding the list of telehealth services that Medicare Fee-for-Service will pay for during the COVID-19 pandemic. CMS also announced it is providing additional support to state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program agencies in their efforts to expand access to telehealth.

Medicare will begin paying eligible practitioners who furnish 11 newly added telehealth services effective immediately and for the duration of the pandemic. The list of these newly added services is available on the List of Telehealth Services webpage.

Additionally, CMS released a new supplement to its State Medicaid & CHIP Telehealth Toolkit: Policy Considerations for States Expanding Use of Telehealth, COVID-19 Version, which provides approaches and tools states can use to communicate with providers on using telehealth for patient care. The updated supplemental information is intended to help states as they begin planning beyond the temporary flexibilities provided in response to the pandemic.