- Monthly Membership Perk:
Addressing Health Equity: A Global Challenge - ACHE Would Like Your Input on Our Strategic Plan
- Looking Back to Move Forward
- Reminder: ACHE Has Revised FACHE® Continuing Education Requirements for 2024
- Navigating the Healthcare Workforce Shortage With Practical, Proven Strategies
- New CMS Model Aims to Redesign Healthcare Delivery, Improve Equitable Access to Care
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Addressing Health Equity: A Global Challenge
The global healthcare sector, already grappling with ongoing disparities in access to care and outcomes, has only seen these gaps widen during and since the pandemic. Although many health systems have made significant progress in this space, others are still struggling to do so. For a limited time only, we are offering members “Hot Topic: A Global Approach to Health Equity” free of charge. This recorded session (regularly a $49 value) describes the importance of addressing health equity through a strategically global lens, and identifies effective approaches that leading health systems are taking to advance that effort .
Now through Oct. 11, you can access this recorded session—worth 1 ACHE Qualified Education credit—free of charge from our recorded content library. Simply enter the discount code SEPPERK2023 when you register online. And, be sure to check out ACHE’s other on-demand digital learning offerings.
We hope you enjoy this Monthly Membership Perk, and we thank you for being a part of the ACHE community.
ACHE Would Like Your Input on Our Strategic Plan
ACHE’s Strategic Plan is designed to leverage the organization’s role in building a leadership workforce capable of addressing the challenges facing our field now and in the future. The plan builds on the hallmarks of our commitments to integrity, lifelong learning, leadership, and diversity and inclusion, and amplifies our aspirations in service to our members, our profession and our field.
The 2023–2025 Strategic Plan focuses on ACHE’s work to advance health by leading for equity and safety, grow our professional community of leaders by leveraging our partnerships with chapters and other organizations, and help leaders reach their highest potential by deepening our engagement with members and the healthcare community. We measure our progress toward achieving our strategic objectives by monitoring key metrics within each of these areas.
The ACHE Board of Governors annually examines its Strategic Plan with a continuing focus on meeting the evolving needs of our members and the healthcare field. Given ACHE will begin a new strategic plan process next year, the Board affirmed the current plan’s direction and relevance and recommends no changes for the 2024–2026 Strategic Plan. ACHE’s three-year Strategic Plan focuses on the organization’s roles as catalyst, connector and trusted partner, and translates our ambitions in each area to specific actions we will undertake.
If you would like to provide your feedback, please take a moment to review the current 2023–2025 Strategic Plan and send us your thoughts, comments and ideas for improvement. Please direct your email response to the ACHE Executive Office at strategicplan@ache.org. The deadline for comments is Oct. 31.
Looking Back to Move Forward
Healthcare digital technology is evolving at a rapid pace. The healthcare artificial intelligence market alone is projected to grow to $188 billion by 2030 at a compound annual growth rate of 37% from $11 billion in 2022, according to a feature in the September/October issue of Healthcare Executive. More broadly, the global healthcare technology market is expected to grow 18.3% in 2023 and nearly double by 2027.
Digital technology’s potential to improve quality, streamline processes and democratize care is breathtaking, but the velocity of the change can unnerve even the most intrepid. As such, experts are encouraging providers to look back and revisit lessons learned from past implementations as an integral part of the process of planning for the future.
We spoke with three providers featured in past IT issues of Healthcare Executive to probe how looking back and learning has helped them to move forward. Visit HealthcareExecutive.org to read the feature and the rest of the September/October issue.
Reminder: ACHE Has Revised FACHE® Continuing Education Requirements for 2024
FACHE is the most recognized credential of a leader’s competency and commitment to healthcare management excellence. Acting on member feedback, ACHE’s Board of Governors approved revised FACHE continuing education criteria, effective Jan. 1, 2024. The revised criteria offer a flexible format while still supporting rigorous learning and skill-building, which you can learn more about here.
As fall approaches, there are still ample opportunities to earn ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits through the current continuing education structure for those who are applying for initial advancement or recertification by Dec. 31, 2023. These include:
- In-Person Education, such as the Austin Cluster, Oct. 2–3, where you can earn up to 12 ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits, and the Orlando Cluster, Dec. 11–13, where you can earn up to 24 ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits.
- Health System Simulation courses, offered in collaboration with the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, Oct. 19–21 and Dec. 7–9. Each course is worth 21 ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits.
- Virtual Face-to-Face Courses, including the “Virtual Leadership Development Program,” Sept. 27–Nov. 29, worth 12 ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits, and the “Virtual Board of Governors Exam Review Course,” Oct. 10–Nov. 20, worth 14 ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits.
Visit ache.org/FACHE to learn more about the revised continuing education requirements.
Navigating the Healthcare Workforce Shortage With Practical, Proven Strategies
Faced with an already significant workforce shortage that was only exacerbated by the pandemic, healthcare leaders have no choice but to tackle this pressing issue. Navigating the Healthcare Workforce Shortage: How to Safeguard Your Organization’s Most Important Asset provides simple, practical and proven strategies for healthcare leaders trying to overcome their workforce challenges. Authors Tresha D. Moreland, FACHE, and Lori Wightman, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, identify six key levers, such as shaping a better workplace culture, that executives can use to address shortages within their own organizations, and examine new problems posed by the pandemic.
The Health Administration Press Summer Sale ends this Friday, so be sure to order your copy today. Members will receive an additional 20% off this and other already-discounted HAP books when they use the promo code SUMMER23 at checkout.
New CMS Model Aims to Redesign Healthcare Delivery, Improve Equitable Access to Care
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services unveiled a new model Sept. 5 that will give states incentives and flexibilities to better address the overall health of a state population. Under the States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development Model, or States Advancing AHEAD or AHEAD Model, participating states will be better equipped to promote health equity, increase access to primary care services, set healthcare expenditures on a more sustainable trajectory and lower healthcare costs for patients.
Through this new voluntary model, CMS will partner with states to redesign healthcare delivery to improve the total population health of a participating state or region by improving the quality and efficacy of care delivery, reducing health disparities and improving health outcomes. AHEAD also includes specific payment models for participating hospitals and primary care practices as a tool to achieve model goals. Through AHEAD, CMS aims to strengthen primary care, improve care coordination for people with Medicare and Medicaid, and increase screening and referrals to community resources like housing and transportation to address social drivers of health.
To learn more about the AHEAD Model and for more information about the application process, please visit the model webpage at: https://innovation.cms.gov/innovation-models/ahead.