- Program Spotlight:
Invest in Your Education While Enjoying Orlando - Students: Submit Entries for Essay Competition by Dec. 5
- Understanding Financial Statements
- Podcast: Diversity in Leadership
- Blog: Innovation Plus Implemenation Equals Transformation
- CMS Requesting Public Input on Its Programs by Nov. 4
Program Spotlight:
Invest in Your Education While Enjoying Orlando
Choose from a range of interactive, one- and two-day seminars while enjoying sunny Florida at the Orlando Cluster, Dec. 5–8. During this in-person event, you can explore critical topics such as diversity, equity and inclusion; high reliability; and workforce transformation while earning up to 24 ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits. Maximize your learning by selecting multiple sessions, including the following:
- During “Inclusion as a Solution: Cultivating Belonging to Support the Evolving Workforce,” participants will learn about key components of inclusive leadership for executive management and government teams; strength-based coaching approaches to accelerate diversity, equity and inclusion efforts; and organizational metrics to assess effectiveness. This two-day seminar is worth 12 ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits.
- Explore the frameworks and foundations for high reliability in quality management systems, patient safety and risk management during “Revitalizing Your Quality Improvement Strategies.” This two-day seminar is worth 12 ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits.
- Worth 6 ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits, “Leading Transformational Change” will help leaders prioritize how best to improve current operations while investing in new markets and capabilities for sustainable growth.
- In addition, Quest Diagnostics, an ACHE Premier Corporate Partner, will host “How to Prepare Your Health System Now for the Lab of the Future” Dec. 5 and 7. During this complimentary seminar worth 1 ACHE Qualified Education credit, participants will identify laboratory changes they can expect to see and examine how their health system should be preparing for them. A networking reception will be held immediately after both education sessions.
There’s still time to register for the Orlando Cluster, but don’t delay. December will be here before you know it!
Students: Submit Entries for Essay Competition by Dec. 5
We invite students to submit entries for the 2023 Richard J. Stull Student Essay Competition in Healthcare Management. The competition is open to students currently enrolled in either a graduate or an undergraduate U.S. or Canadian health administration program that participates in the ACHE Higher Education Network. Cash prizes will be awarded to the first-place, second-place and third-place essayists in both the graduate and undergraduate divisions. All six finalists will be recognized at the 2023 Congress on Healthcare Leadership, March 20–23.
Complete details on eligibility and submission instructions are available here. ACHE must receive all submissions by close of business Dec. 5.
Understanding Financial Statements
Knowing the financial status of your organization is critical to making strategic planning decisions. Based on the Health Administration Press book Healthcare Finance: An Introduction to Accounting and Financial Management, Sixth Edition, “Understanding Financial Statements” will help participants who take this digital self-study course learn to read financial statements and use them to assess their organization’s financial performance. Course participants can earn up to 6 ACHE Qualified Education credit hours while improving their understanding of the information conveyed in financial statements.
Visit ache.org/SelfStudy to learn more about ACHE Digital Self-Study Courses, and please contact selfstudy@ache.org with any questions.
Podcast: Diversity in Leadership
In the latest episode of the Healthcare Executive Podcast, Anthony “Tony” A. Armada, FACHE, executive vice president and chief transformation officer, Generations Healthcare Network, Lincolnwood, Ill., shares his experience as an Asian American healthcare leader. The 2022–2023 Chair of the ACHE Board of Governors also discusses how leaders can develop more equitable cultures in their organizations.
Visit HealthcareExecutive.org/Podcast to listen and browse through more episodes. The podcast is also available by searching for “Healthcare Executive” in iTunes or your podcasting app of choice.
Blog: Innovation Plus Implemenation Equals Transformation
In late 2017, NorthShore University HealthSystem developed a bold, three-year vision and plan, which included converting a full-service hospital into Illinois’ first dedicated orthopaedic and spine hospital, and implementing an advanced and innovative clinical care model across the system.
While execution was one of the health system’s historical strengths, the executive team recognized that the pace, degree of complexity, and cross-functional nature of these and future transformational strategies would require a heightened level of execution, skill and coordination. Thus, an early partnership with Integrated Project Management Company Inc., a business consulting firm focused on helping companies execute their strategies, helped establish the NorthShore Transformation Management Office. Its objective: to drive and coordinate implementation of the transformational portfolio while embedding critical new skills and supporting enhanced ownership and accountability throughout the organization.
In a recent ACHE Blog post, Beth Cutler, system lead, Transformation Management Office, NorthShore Edward-Elmhurst Health; Kristen Murtos, chief innovation & transformation officer, NorthShore Edward-Elmhurst Health; and C. Richard Panico, president/CEO, Integrated Project Management Company Inc., share how NorthShore’s Transformation Management Office successfully led the organization’s transformational initiatives.
Visit ache.org/Blog to subscribe to the ACHE Blog for timely and relevant topics trending today in healthcare management.
CMS Requesting Public Input on Its Programs by Nov. 4
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a reminder Oct. 27 that it is seeking public input to help shape efforts to promote efficiency, reduce burden and advance equity within its programs. CMS is seeking public input because it wants to:
- Understand your experience, including factors that affect provider wellness.
- Learn about strategies that successfully address drivers of health inequities.
- Assess the impact of waivers and flexibilities provided in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
CMS encourages comments from all interested individuals and institutions, in particular:
- Individuals serving and located in underserved communities.
- All CMS stakeholders serving populations facing disparities in health and healthcare.
CMS released its original request for information Sept. 6, in which it stated “The Make Your Voice Heard: Promoting Efficiency and Equity Within CMS Programs RFI furthers CMS’ commitment to engaging and learning from partners, communities, and individuals across the health system to inform how we can better support the populations we serve.”
Comments must be received by Nov. 4 to be considered. For more information about the request for information and to access the web-based public comment form, visit cms.gov/request-information-make-your-voice-heard.
Separately, CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure and her leadership team are inviting national stakeholders to join them for a Nov. 1 call. LaSure and her team will provide an update on CMS’ recent accomplishments and how the agency’s cross-cutting initiatives are advancing CMS’ Strategic Plan. The call will also provide an opportunity for stakeholders to learn more about how they can partner with the agency to help implement CMS’ Strategic Plan and key initiatives. National and local CMS stakeholders and partners can RSVP for the call here.