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SUMMARY:Population Health Management: Justice\, Access\, and Financial Implications
DESCRIPTION:This panel has been approved for 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face Credits.\n  \nAs reimbursements shift from volume based to value based\, healthcare organizations are becoming more responsible for providing the resources necessary to meet the needs of a given population. Aligning quality of care with the appropriate level of care and services becomes pertinent to healthcare organizations’ bottom line. It is imperative for healthcare leaders to develop programs that offer underserved communities an opportunity for a healthier tomorrow. \n  \nDr. Ashley Chassé\nClinical Pharmacist\nMethodist Population Health \n  \nStephanie Copeland MD\, MBA\, CPHQ\, FAAP\nSenior medical Director for Quality\nOptumCare\, DFW\nWellMed/USMD \n  \nCharlene Kesee\, FACHE (Moderator)\nClinical Department Administrator\nUT Southwestern Medical Center \n  \nNico Nguyen\, MBA\nDirector Population Health\nCHRISTUS Health \nRegister Here\nSpeakers’ Bios: \n  \n  \nAs a pharmacist\, Dr. Ashley Chassé is committed to providing patient-centered care and the gift of education to her patients. Growing up in a first-generation household\, she was always told that education is the key to success and that has been exemplified in her approach and interactions with patients. \nShe is currently the clinical pharmacist for the Methodist Patient Centered Accountable Care Organization (MPCACO) and Methodist Alliance for Patients and Physicians (MAP2)\, where she is responsible for collaborating with providers\, health coaches and social workers to ensure patients are receiving appropriate outpatient follow up care. \nDr. Chassé serves as the Community Coordinator for the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy for the Dallas-Fort Worth area overseeing advanced pharmacy practice rotations for students in their final year. She has been an active board member of the Dallas Area Pharmacist Association for 6 years and is responsible for managing the annual scholarship program. \nWhen she isn’t reading the latest Journal of the American Pharmacist Association or volunteering\, you can find her dancing at a Zumba class or spending quality time with her husband and 3 children. \n  \n  \nStephanie Copeland MD\, MBA\, CPHQ\, FAAP serves as the Senior Medical Director for Quality for the OptumCare North Texas/Dallas Fort Worth Region (including WellMed and USMD)\, a role she has held since the summer of 2018. She has been part of the company for 17 years through acquisition. She is also involved in various committees and projects throughout the organization. \nPrior to that\, she served as Chief Quality Officer at USMD Health System from 2013 to 2018 and served in various leadership roles at USMD/MCNT. \nDr. Copeland attended Abilene Christian University and graduated medical school at UT Southwestern in Dallas. She completed her residency at UT Southwestern in Dallas where she also served as chief resident. She completed a Master’s in Business Administration at the University of Texas at Dallas. She has also previously served as a volunteer private practice clinical assistant professor at UT Southwestern Medical School and previously served as the Past Chair of the AMGA Quality Improvement Council. She is also a member of the AMGA Board of Directors and the AMGA Foundation Board\, where she serves as Treasurer. She is also the AMGA Quality Liaison for USMD/WellMed DFW. She also coordinates volunteers from her church for Many Helping Hands\, a non-profit that ministers to the homeless in Irving\, Texas. \nShe enjoys spending time with her husband\, Benjamin\, and her daughter\, Isabella and their puppy\, Luna. She also likes hiking\, reading\, writing\, artistic endeavors\, and traveling. \n  \n  \nCharlene Kesee\, DBA\, FACHE\, FACMPE is the clinical department administrator at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas\, Texas. She is currently the senior administrative leader for a surgical department. She has 20 years of experience in healthcare administration. Prior to joining UTSW\, her prior experience includes serving as an administrative leader at the University of Nevada School of Medicine for a multi-specialty internal medicine department and in an operations manager role at MD Anderson Cancer Center. \nShe is a veteran of the US Air Force\, with 8 years in direct patient care as a paramedic and medical readiness instructor. She holds a doctorate in business administration as well as a Masters in Health Administration and Masters in Business Administration. She is board certified as a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and has served on the board of directors for the ACHE Nevada Chapter. She is also a Fellow of the American College of Medical Practice Executives. \n  \n  \n  \nNico Nguyen\, MBA. is the Director of Population Health at CHRISTUS Health where she oversees contracting\, data analytics\, operations\, and network performance for the system’s accountable care organization and clinically integrated network. She is responsible for engaging a network of primary care clinicians to achieve the triple aim of healthcare: providing high quality\, cost effective and patient-centric care. She is currently participating in CHRISTUS Health’s Leadership & Ethics Academy\, a prestigious program made up of leaders across the organization. \nNico previously worked in consulting and was a policy advisor for a Texas state senator where she collaborated with public health agencies and elected officials to help make healthcare more accessible and affordable for all. She holds an MBA with a specialization in Healthcare Administration from Baylor University. She serves on the sponsorship committee for ACHE North Texas and is active in several scholarship organizations. \nShe has travelled to 29 countries and has a lifelong goal of visiting every country in the world (although this is on hold due to COVID restrictions). She enjoys hiking at national parks\, playing badminton and trying new international food. \nRegister Here
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/population-health-management-justice-access-and-financial-implications/
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SUMMARY:Behavioral Healthcare:  Approaches to Increase Value for the Organization and Meet Community Needs
DESCRIPTION:This panel has been approved for 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face Credits.\n  \nHistorically\, hospitals and health systems have not always embraced a role in meeting behavioral health needs in communities because managing behavioral healthcare and mental health is very complex. According to the National Alliance of Mental Illness approximately 1 in 5 adults in the U.S.—43.8 million\, or 18.5%—experiences mental illness in a given year. The rate of youth with severe depression increased from 5.9% in 2012 to 8.2% in 2015. Nearly half (45 percent) of those with any mental disorder also meet criteria related to having a physical illness or substance abuse. Physical health and mental health issues occur together. For example\, people with diabetes or cardiac conditions often develop depression as well. Being able to receive treatment for both conditions through an integrated behavioral health and primary care setting can be especially helpful since how we live our lives (behave) and our physical and mental health all interact with each other in complex ways. \nPanelists: \nKyllan Cody\, FACHE (Moderator)\nChief Executive Officer\nEncompass Rehabilitation Hospital of City View \n  \nTheresa Murphy\, LCSW\nDirector of Behavioral Health for the Family Medicine Residency Program\nMethodist Health System \n  \nCapriana Oyedeji\nProgram Manager of Dept. of Psychiatry\nUT Southwestern Medical Center \n  \nSandy Potter\, LCSW\, MSSW\, MBA\nVice President of Behavioral Health Services\nTexas Health Resources \nRegister Here\nSpeakers’ Bios: \n  \nIn her position as CEO\, Kyllan Cody\, FACHE oversees all day-to-day operations as well as patient care and quality at the 77-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital. Prior to her current role at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of City View\, Kyllan served as a healthcare management consultant for NueHealth\, where she provided management consultation to hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers in various areas including operations\, regulatory compliance\, physician partnerships\, budgeting\, and business development. Prior to her role as consultant\, Kyllan served as Administrator for Cook Children’s Surgery Center\, a joint venture between Cook Children’s Medical Center\, NueHealth\, and a group of physician investors. She also served as vice president of operations at Methodist Charlton Medical Center\, and in various roles in both the for-profit and not-for-profit arena in Texas and Florida. \nKyllan is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and holds a master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration from Cornell University and a bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Wake Forest University. \nKyllan and her husband\, William\, live in Irving\, Texas and have two children. \n  \n  \nTheresa Murphy\, LCSW is a licensed therapist with a focus on integrated behavioral health. Murphy completed both her undergraduate and graduate education at Saint Louis University specializing in social work health and mental health. She spent two years post graduate in the United States Peace Corps serving as a health and mental health specialist in a rural village of Moldova. Upon arriving back stateside\, Murphy worked in community mental health and quickly realized her passion for integrating mental health into a person’s healthcare home for timely\, quality integrated care. Murphy is in her six year as the Director of Behavioral Health at Methodist Family Medicine Residency Program where she splits her time working directly with patients\, researching\, educating physicians on evaluating and treating mental health conditions and leading support groups for health providers in their own personal wellbeing and mental health. In her free time Murphy enjoys cooking\, spending time outdoors and playing with her son and dog. \n  \n  \n Capriana Oyedeji is currently a project manager in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas\, Texas. Her role encompasses faculty recruitment\, budget\, clinical operations\, and a partnership between UT Southwestern\, Children’s Medical Center and Parkland Hospital. She has 11 years of experience in healthcare administration. Her tenure in healthcare administration started at MD Anderson Cancer Center\, where she spent the last 5 years as a department administrator where she was responsible for clinical operations\, budget\, adopt-a-family\, and the patient assistance program. The remaining 5 years were spent in various other leadership roles at the organization. \nShe holds a master’s degree in business administration. She won the 2019 Distinguished Mentor Award at MD Anderson Cancer Center. She is currently the 2021-2022 Toastmasters International President of the inaugural chapter at UT Southwestern. She is also an active member of the American College of Healthcare Executives. \n  \n  \nSandy Potter\, LCSW\, MSSW\, MBA\, Vice President of Behavioral Health Services at Texas Health Resources\, has more than 30 years of experience and progressive responsibility in behavioral health and administration. She joined Texas Health Resources in 2018\, where she is over the behavioral health service line. Prior to Texas Health Sandy was with Health Care Services Corporation (HCSC)\, where she was serving as divisional vice president – Government Clinical Operations. In this role she was responsible for clinical operations of Medicare\, Medicaid\, and CHIP programs for New Mexico\, Texas\, Montana\, Oklahoma and Illinois. Prior to HCSC\, Sandy was chief executive officer and market president of ValueOptions of Texas. Earlier in her career\, Sandy served as a clinical systems director at Dallas Metrocare Services and had administrative and clinical oversight of crisis and transitional services and four behavioral health clinics. \nSandy graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in social work and her master’s of business administration degree from Texas Woman’s University. She earned a master’s degree in social work from the University of Texas at Arlington. \n  \n  \nRegister Here
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/behavioral-healthcare-approaches-to-increase-value-for-the-organization-and-meet-community-needs/
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SUMMARY:Ensuring Your Community’s Emergency Preparedness
DESCRIPTION:  \nThis panel has been approved for 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face Credits.\n  \nIn the best of circumstances\, healthcare organizations operate in a complex environment. This can be exacerbated when a community faces a local or national emergency\, either natural\, human-caused\, or technological\, that thrusts the healthcare system to the forefront of response and makes it the focus of recovery efforts. It is critical that the local healthcare community be actively engaged in the development of comprehensive emergency preparedness plans\, training\, and exercises to ensure that local organizations communicate and coordinate their mutual support in service to the community. \nPanelists: \nCharles Brady\nChairman of Planning & Zoning\nCity of Arlington \nDarrell Pile\nChief Executive Officer\nSoutheast Texas Regional Advisory Council \nDr. Rohith Saravanan\nRegional Chief Medical Officer\nSteward Health for West Texas \nJared Shelton\, FACHE\nPresident\nTexas Health Presbyterian Allen \nAndrew B. Smith\, FACHE (Moderator)\nSystem Director of Business Operations\nBaylor Scott & White Medical Group \nRegister Here\nSpeakers’ Bios: \n  \nCharles Evaristo Brady is a native Texan and 26-year resident of Arlington\, Texas. Charles earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas – Arlington and his Juris Doctorate from Texas Wesleyan University. Charles a practicing lawyer and a partner in the law firm of Linebarger\, Goggan\, Blair and Sampson LLP. In addition to his professional pursuits\, Charles has been an active volunteer with the Arlington ISD\, (Financial Futures Committee\, 2 years as Chairman\, Bond Steering Committees)\, the City of Arlington\, (Planning and Zoning Commission\, Teen Court volunteer Judge)\, The Salvation Army of Arlington/Mansfield (Council Member)\, Texas Health Resources (Health Exchange\, Member) as well as numerous charitable and fundraising efforts throughout the Metroplex. Charles is married to Leanna and together they have four children. \n  \n  \n  \nDarrell Pile is CEO of the SouthEast Texas Regional Advisory Council based in Houston.  He earned his Master’s in Health Care Administration from George Washington University in 1981 and served as a hospital administrator for nearly 27 years leading acute care\, long term acute care\, as well as rehabilitation hospitals.  During that time\, he also served as Chairman of the Northwest Houston Chamber of Commerce\, and as a founding board member for Emergency Services District 11. Mr. Pile has also held board positions with the Texas Hospital Association Council on Policy Development\, the NW Houston Chapter of the American Heart Association\, the Arthritis Foundation\, the Texas Trauma and Acute Care Foundation\, the Klein Independent School District Foundation Board\, and currently serves on the GETAC stroke committee\, the Houston Better Business Bureau Foundation Board\, and serves in a consultative role with the Harris County Medical Society Emergency Care Committee.  Mr. Pile was also instrumental in the startup of SETRAC and served as vice-chairman under Dr. James “Red” Duke.  Today\, the unique SETRAC coalition is setting national examples for its work in disaster preparedness as well as with the care of cardiac\, stroke\, perinatal\, and traumatically injured patients. \n  \n  \n  \nDr. Rohith Saravanan is the Regional Chief Medical Officer at Steward Health for West Texas\, overseeing Odessa Regional Medical Center and Scenic Mountain Medical Center. He has been part of the West Texas community for just over 2 years\, and has had a significant\, positive impact on the healthcare and business communities. During this pandemic\, he has taken on a front and center role in educating the community on the facts and providing guidance to local leaders as they make decisions to protect our society. His credentials include an undergraduate degree from Canada\, a medical doctorate from Grenada\, two post-doctoral training certificates from New York State\, an MBA from Buffalo\, NY\, and a Physician Executive certification from American Academy of Physician Leadership. He is a humanitarian at heart\, and routinely participates in medical relief trips around the globe. He leads with passion\, and describes his ultimate goal as being able to have a positive impact on society. \n  \n  \nAndrew B. Smith\, FACHE\, is a System Director of Business Operations for the Baylor Scott & White Medical Group\, focused on enhancing access for patients at clinics across the organization. He has been with Baylor Scott & White for over 10 years with prior roles in clinic operations for primary care and specialty clinics in the North Texas market. Andrew was born and raised in Dallas\, and he completed his MHA at Saint Louis University. He is an ACHE Fellow\, serves on the Young Benefactors Executive Board for The First Tee of Greater Dallas\, and serves on the advisory board for the DISD Sunset High School Academy of Health Sciences. He is married to his wife Kelly\, the general counsel of B29 Investments\, and they have a 2-year-old son Benjamin and a 2-month-old daughter Katherine. \n  \n  \n  \nJared Shelton\, FACHE\, serves as president of Texas Health Allen. \nHe has primary oversight of daily operations and responsibility for the 88-bed hospital’s annual operating plan. \nShelton previously served as vice president of Professional & Support Services for Texas Health Dallas\, where he oversaw clinical ancillary and support departments\, including Pharmacy\, Radiology\, Laboratory Services\, Respiratory Therapy\, Food and Nutrition Services\, Rehabilitation Therapies and Medical Physics. \nHe completed his undergraduate studies at Wake Forest University with a Bachelor of Science degree in business and a minor in religion. He also earned a master’s degree in health care administration from Trinity University. \nShelton is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the North Texas chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives. In serving the local Allen community\, he is the past-chair of the board of directors for the Allen Fairview Chamber of Commerce and serves on the president of the board of directors for the Allen Sports Association. He is a graduate of the Leadership Allen Fairview Class XXVIII as well as Allen ISD Leadership Academy Class II. He is also a former member of the vestry at the Church of the Incarnation in Dallas. \nOutside of work\, Shelton and his wife\, Kathryn\, enjoy parenthood with their young children – daughters\, Mackenzie and Caroline\, and son\, Jack. \n  \nRegister Here
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/ensuring-your-communitys-emergency-preparedness/
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SUMMARY:Leading a Culture of Safety: A Blueprint for Success
DESCRIPTION:This panel has been approved for 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face Credits.\n  \n\n\nLead & Reward a Just Culture & Establish Organizational Behavior Expectations\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMedical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States at 220\,000 to 440\,000 people dying each year from preventable errors according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. Clinicians and hospital staff face a devastating impact as a result of being involved with a medical error especially in organizations without a support system in place. Moreover\, only 64% of staff who responded to the 2016 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture’s hospital comparative database felt that reported mistakes led to positive changes. To help healthcare leaders achieve total system safety across the continuum\, ACHE\, and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement/National Patient Safety Foundation Lucian Leape Institute developed a guide “Leading a Culture of Safety: A Blueprint for Success”. This Blueprint is designed to help leaders shape\, create and sustain the type of organizational culture needed to ensure patient and workforce safety and inspire healthcare leaders on the journey to zero harm. \n\n\n  \nTimothy Harris\nChief Medical Officer\nTexas Health Denton \nPatty Kallal\, MBA\, CCSSBB\, CMQ/OE (Moderator)\nSafety Committee Chair to Board of Directors\nBoys and Girls Club \nTodd Roberts\, FACHE\nVice President of Quality & Patient Safety\nOU Health \nLaura Weber\, RN\, BSN\, MBA/HCM\, CPHQ\nVice President Clinical Effectiveness & Patient Safety\nMethodist Health System \nRegister Here\nSpeakers’ Bios: \n  \nPatty Kallal\, MBA\, CCSSBB\, CMQ/OE has 20 years of experience in a hospital setting with 15+ years of process improvement and leadership experience. As of June 2021\, she is the Program Director\, Quality Strategic Initiatives with Texas Health Resources. For the seven years prior\, she was Director\, Operational Excellence at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano. During her tenure at Texas Health Plano\, she was instrumental in creating the culture of continuous improvement through training and facilitation of several process improvement initiatives to improve performance of KPIs\, including Reliable Care Blueprinting\, Sepsis\, patient satisfaction\, and operational efficiency. In addition to her tenure at THP\, Patty serves as the Safety Committee Chair on the Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls Club of Collin County. \nPatty earned her Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville. She also holds certifications as a Six Sigma Black Belt and Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence through the American Society for Quality. In addition\, she is certified as an Advanced Manufacturing Specialist through the University of Missouri Rolla and Missouri Business Enterprise. \nPatty is married to Mark and they are proud parents to two children (Cassie 28 and Randall 14) and first-time grandparents to their granddaughter\, Hunter June. In her spare time\, she enjoys Gigi snuggles\, running\, working out\, playing bass guitar in the worship band at church\, and spending time with her family. \n  \nTodd Roberts has served as Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety for OU Health since August 2019. Prior to OU Medicine\, he was Vice President of Quality and Safety and Chief Quality Officer for Memorial Health System in Springfield\, Illinois since 2010. Highlights of his tenure with Memorial include winning 8 Illinois Hospital Association Quality Excellence Achievement Awards between 2015-2019 for quality excellence and innovation\, the American Hospital Association Quest for Quality Prize in 2016\, runner-up for the International Hospital Federation for Quality and Safety and Patient-Centered Care Award in 2017\, and the American Hospital Association NOVA Award in 2018. He has also consulted nationally with hospitals and healthcare systems on quality improvement and was appointed by Governor Bruce Rauner to serve on the Healthy Illinois 2021 legislative policy council. Todd is a graduate of Midland Lutheran College with a Bachelor of Science in Natural Science and a minor in Psychology and received his MBA from Bellevue University. He is currently a PhD Candidate in Health Sciences at Rush University in Chicago. Todd is a member of the Institutional Review Board for the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and has recently joined the faculty of the Fran and Earl Zeigler College of Nursing at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. He has previously volunteered with the Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence\, Served as an Examiner for Illinois Performance Excellence\, and coached youth sports in the community. \n  \nLaura Weber\, RN\, BSN\, MBA/HCM\, CPHQ serves as the system VP for quality & safety at Methodist Health System in Dallas\, Texas. In her current role\, Laura works across the health system to advance a culture of reliability\, safety and performance improvement. Laura has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare and began her career as a bedside RN in critical care. Prior to joining MHS\, Laura served in several leadership roles focusing on performance improvement\, patient safety and quality improvement in both entity and system level positions. During her career\, Laura has led initiatives to reduce hospital-acquired conditions\, implementation of strategic quality improvement practices and transforming organizational culture to one of high reliability. \nLaura has spent several years on the board of examiners for the National Baldrige Program\, last serving as an alumni examiner in 2015. Laura also served on the Panel of Judges for the state-based Baldrige award program—Texas Award for Performance Excellence [TAPE] from 2013-2015. \nIn these roles\, Laura has functioned as an examiner team lead and worked with senior leaders in several organizations to implement the Baldrige Framework into their operating systems and organizational culture. \nLaura received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Texas at Arlington and holds a Master of Business Administration/Health Care Management degree from the University of Phoenix. Laura is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality [CPHQ]. \nWhen she isn’t working\, Laura enjoys spending time with her family in both the beautiful mountains of New Mexico and on the beaches of the Caribbean. \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \nRegister Here
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/leading-a-culture-of-safety-a-blueprint-for-success/
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SUMMARY:Maintaining Profitable and Sustainable Growth in Healthcare
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nJoin us for our next virtual East Texas ACHE Forum Brainfood: Lunch & Learn event\, Maintaining Profitable and Sustainable Growth in Healthcare. \n  \nHow do we maintain profitable and sustainable growth in health care? Our executive speakers will address a number of forces in play that are now having direct impacts on the industry including the expansion of virtual care and simultaneous challenges with broadband and the remote workforce. They will also explore the challenges presented by consumer-driven health\, information management and cyber security. \n  \nDate: Wednesday\, August 25\nTime: 12-1pm\nOur Presenters: \nMark S. Leitner\, FACHE\nChief Executive Officer\nHenderson Memorial Hospital\, Henderson\, Texas \nTimothy J. Pugsley\, MBA\, FACHE\, FCHIME\, FHIMSS\, CHCIO\, CPHIMS\nChief Information Officer\nTitus Regional Medical Center\, Mount Pleasant\, Texas \nRegister Here\n  \nSpeakers Bios: \n  \nMark Leitner has over 30 years of senior-level experience in hospitals ranging from smaller regional to larger tertiary facilities\, in both not-for-profit and for-profit settings. \nIn 2005\, assumed the Chief Executive Officer position for Henderson Memorial Hospital\, Henderson\, Texas\, a rural\, 96-bed\, 501(c)3\, independent hospital. In 2018\, joined the UT Health East Texas system of hospitals as UT Health Henderson and assumed additional responsibility serving as Chief Executive Officer for UT Health Carthage as well. \nEarned a BSBA (’84) from the University of Arizona and a MHA (’86) from Washington University School of Medicine’s Health Administration Program in St. Louis. Completed a post-graduate residency at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas\, Texas. A Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. \nMarried Margaret in 1988. Two adult daughters\, Sarah and Hannah. \nBorn and raised in Phoenix\, Arizona. \n  \n  \nTim Pugsley joined Titus Regional Medical Center in 2015 and has twenty three years of experience in Information Technology with seventeen of those in Healthcare. His previous position was CIO at Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital\, a physician owned specialty hospital focused on the total care of the orthopaedic patient. Before being a member of the senior leadership team at NOH\, Mr. Pugsley was Director of Corporate Technologies with Student Resources\, a division of UICI\, a leading provider of insurance with annual revenues exceeding 2.1 Billion dollars. Prior to UICI\, Mr. Pugsley was Vice President of Information Technology and Client Services for i-Trax LLC\, a national telehealth nurse triage and disease management provider. He also has extensive experience in system design\, analytics\, and operations management. \nMr. Pugsley earned both his Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems and Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Bellevue University in Bellevue NE. \nHe is a Fellow with The American College of Healthcare Executives as well as holding certifications with College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHCIO\, FCHIME) and Health Information Management Systems Society (CPHIMS). \nMr. Pugsley is married to his wife of nineteen years\, Amanda Pugsley and they have three children\, Jordan\, Madelyn\, and Emma. His hobbies are focused primarily on outdoor sports including golf\, fishing\, boating\, and hunting. \nMr. Pugsley’s role at TRMC includes oversight for the corporate Digital Strategy and Development as well as Health Systems Support Services including Clinical Informatics\, PACS/CPACS\, Systems Management\, Clinical Engineering\, Information Systems\, Laboratory\, Pharmacy\, and Program Management. \nTitus Regional Medical Center is licensed as a 174-bed multi-specialty hospital with over $260 Million in Annual Revenues. The health system is located in Mount Pleasant\, Texas and serves over 90\,000 lives within 5 counties. TRMC is Joint Commission certified and is recognized as a premier Stroke Center in North East Texas. \n\n\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/maintaining-profitable-and-sustainable-growth-in-healthcare/
LOCATION:TX
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SUMMARY:East Texas ACHE Forum Brainfood: Lunch & Learn Networking Opportunity
DESCRIPTION:The East Texas ACHE chapter is pleased to offer our next Brainfood: Lunch and Learn event\, free of charge.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll are welcome! Special invites are being sent to the East Texas chapter membership\, as well as the students and alumni of the University of Texas at Tyler Soules College of Business and LeTourneau University Masters of Healthcare Administration Program. However\, please note this event is not just for students – whether you are preparing to start your healthcare career or already well on your way\, this event is for you! The first 30 minutes will be geared toward early careerists and the second half-hour for mid-careerists. \nThis will be a virtual event\, Zoom details will be provided upon completion of your complimentary event registration. \nThis will be a grand opportunity for the participants to interact and network with the presenters and each other. All attendees are asked to come to the meeting with a list of questions for our executives. \n\nRegister Here\n\nOur panelists for this event include: \n  \n  \nMonaliza Gaw\, DNP\, MPA\, MSN\, RN\, NEA-BC\, FACHE\, CPHQ\, LSSBB \nAssociate Chief Nursing Officer at CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System \nPresident\, East Texas ACHE Forum \n  \n  \nElizabeth Mellon \nHuman Resources Director \nCHRISTUS Health \nEast Texas ACHE Forum Membership Committee Chair \n  \n  \nChuk Ogobuiro\, DNP\, MBA\, RN\, PMH-BC\, NEA-BC \nSenior Manager for The Behavioral Health Services \nUT Health East Texas \nEast Texas ACHE Forum Board Member \n  \n  \nJohn Whittemore \nExecutive Director \nEast Texas ACHE Forum \n\n\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/east-texas-ache-forum-brainfood-lunch-learn-networking-opportunity/
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SUMMARY:Brainfood: Lunch & Learn - Career Coaching and Branding
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an informative Lunch-and-Learn session June 16th on Career Coaching and Branding. John Self will provide pointers on taking your career to the next level with valuable insights from his experience. \n  \nMr. Self is Founder and President and Managing Partner of JohnGSelf + Partners\, Inc. He directs the firm’s career transition practice and advises a select group of healthcare clients on executive talent acquisition. \nFor more than 20 years he has advised a wide range of senior leaders and executives on career management issues\, from job transitions to crisis career management events. He is a nationally recognized thought leader on the subject of interviewing skills. He is a member and a faculty member for the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) annual Congress where he teaches the highly rated rate course on interviewing skills for senior executives. \nIn executive search Mr. Self has led many high-profile engagements that have delivered exceptional results for his clients. He is recognized for his keen insights in candidate screening and selection and his ability to quickly master the needs and organizational culture of his clients. \n  \nPlease join us for this outstanding Brainfood: Lunch & Learn session! \n  \nRegister Now
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/brainfood-lunch-learn-career-coaching-and-branding/
LOCATION:TX
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SUMMARY:Multi-Chapter Panel #4 – Disruptive Innovation in Healthcare Delivery
DESCRIPTION:Join the ACHE East Texas\, North Texas and Texas Midwest chapters for another in our special multi-chapter panels.\n\n\n\n\n\nDisruptive innovation\, a term coined by Harvard professor Clayton M. Christensen\, is a transformative business model that leverages technology to help focus on making products and services more accessible and affordable. In healthcare delivery\, disruptive innovations have the potential to decrease costs while improving both the quality and accessibility of care. Disruptive innovations enable new applications and changes in behaviors. The current thinking with many innovators is a belief that a host of disruptive innovations would have wide implications for payers by shifting payment models to reward precision diagnostic tests and abilities of providers. Several current disruptive innovations like retail clinics\, telemedicine\, medical tourism\, and point-of-care medical payments are making a major difference in how health care is delivered. This panel will focus on the role of innovation in the medical marketplace and examples of disruptive innovations that will change lives in health care.\n\n\nThis program has been approved for 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face credits. \n  \nOur Presenters: \nTamara Perry\, BA-SLP\, MA-IOC\nSr. Director Operations\nVirtual Health and Innovation\nChildren’s Medical Center \nAndrew Thorby\nChief Executive Officer\nCare Continuity \nPaula Turicchi\, MHA\,FACHE (Moderator)\nChief Strategy Officer\nParkland Community Health Plan \nDr. Leslie Wainwright\nChief Funding and Innovation Officer\nParkland Center for Clinical Innovation \nDr. Hubert Zajicek\, MD\, MBA\nCo-Founder\, Partner and CEO\nHealth Wildcatters \nRegister Here\nSpeakers’ Bios: \n  \nTamara Perry is the Senior Director of Virtual Health and Innovation at Children’s Health System of Texas. Tamara has over 20 years’ experience in communication\, corporate training and organization strategy. Currently she serves as a national and international expert in the field of telemedicine; sharing her knowledge of telemedicine implementation\, expansion and sustainability as a speaker at the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) international conferences\, Becker’s Hospital Review\, American Pediatric Association and other virtual health technology and innovation conferences yearly. She is currently the Chair of the American Telemedicine Association Pediatric Special Interest Group. Her work has been featured in the Hospitals & Health Networks’ Most Wired issues\, NRHA Rural Roads magazine\, D Magazine Excellence in Healthcare and other national publications. Her recent work includes leading the deployment of virtual health care solutions including countries largest school-based telehealth program\, the Children’s Health Virtual Visit direct to consumer app and virtual visit kiosks in locations across the DFW area. She has a bachelor’s degree in Speech Language Pathology and Master’s in Interpersonal and Organization Communication. \n  \nAndrew Thorby has over thirty years of experience in technology-driven business disruption. A native of Australia\, his early career was spent in the systems integration industry applying value chain re-engineering principles to Fortune 1000 firms in the telecommunications\, financial services\, and energy sectors. He first entered the healthcare industry in 2004 with the application of zero-defect manufacturing principles to the revenue cycle. It was here that he began to understand and address the “islands of information” dilemma that plagued healthcare and resulted in an overall lack of process integrity along the patient journey. \nAndrew founded Care Continuity with the goal of improving the disconnected and confusing care delivery experience that patients and their families too often encounter during a serious illness or injury. Andrew’s prior experience in technology driven business disruption helped him realize that the disconnect lay with an incentive model which only paid for services rendered at the point of care and the patient journey which often spanned multiple providers and multiple places of service. Too often it was left to the patients and to individual providers to try and connect the dots. In other words\, healthcare delivery networks were networks in name only. \nAs founder and CEO\, Andrew has led Care Continuity’s evolution through three software platforms (with over 200 releases on the current platform)\, from a focus on technology to a focus on results and the patient experience\, and from impacting the experience of a handful of patients each month to impacting thousands. During this time\, healthcare has gone through a sea change in the core incentive model with value-based care and population risk raising the stakes to the point that operational integrity within care delivery networks has gone from a nice to have to a must have. \nAs CEO\, Andrew is primarily responsible for setting the firms vision\, supporting the Care Continuity team\, and partnering with clients to ensure that the firm is accelerating its go-to-market strategies and providing its patients and clinicians with the proactive support they need. \n  \nPaula Turicchi is the Chief Strategy Officer at Parkland Community Health Plan in Dallas\, Texas. The health plan serves more than 185\,000 members in Medicaid’s STAR\, CHIP\, and CHIP Perinatal programs through a network of more than 3\,000 providers and 25 facilities located in 7 counties in the Dallas service delivery area. \nPreviously\, Paula served as the Vice President of Hospital Operations and Administrator of Women and Infant’s Specialty Health (WISH) at Parkland Health & Hospital System. She was instrumental in the design and construction of the New Parkland Hospital facility and the Moody Center for Breast Health. Paula played a key role in completing the System Improvement Agreement (SIA) and Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA) from 2013 to 2018. In addition\, she chaired the Women’s Health Advisory Committee of Texas which was created by Texas’ 84th Legislature to advise the Health & Human Services Commission on consolidation of women’s health programs. \nPaula was a 2018 Texas Hospital Association Leadership Fellow. She is board certified in Healthcare Administration and holds a Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from Trinity University and Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. \n  \nDr. Leslie Wainwright joined the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation [PCCI]\, as their Chief Funding and Innovation Officer in March 2019. Prior to this role\, she oversaw RTI International’s Innovation Advisors health practice where she worked with health systems and technology developers to guide the development and adoption of impactful healthcare innovations. She has also served in executive roles at Sg2\, AVIA and Business Models Inc.\, a Dutch-based innovation consultancy. \nShe is passionate about entrepreneurship and innovation\, and has experience that spans academic research\, pharma/biotechnology and healthcare delivery. Leslie has worked with executive teams from multi-national organizations and startups alike to design growth strategies\, create alternative business models and evaluate emerging clinical and care delivery technologies. Additionally\, she has spent several years addressing innovation and how healthcare organizations build their own sustainable innovation competencies. Leslie is a frequent speaker and facilitator on the future of healthcare\, enabling technologies\, disruptive innovation and emerging business models\, both domestically and abroad. \nLeslie received her PhD in microbiology at Northwestern University\, completed postdoctoral research training at the University of Maryland’s Center for Vaccine Development and received a B.A. in Biology from DePauw University. She serves as a clinical advisor on the Board of Start-up tech companies and has served as faculty teaching strategy and innovation at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. Additionally\, Leslie is passionate about STEM education and is in the Women’s Board of the Field Museum in Chicago\, working with the museum to expand opportunities for girls in science. \n  \nHubert Zajicek is co-founder\, partner and CEO of Health Wildcatters\, a top-ranked seed stage healthcare fund and accelerator in Dallas\, TX. Health Wildcatters provides mentorship\, capital and guidance to up to 12 healthcare related startups during an intensive 3 month program\, annually. The fund has invested in 77 healthcare startups\, which have attracted over $200M in capital in about 7 years. Over the past 10 years he has reviewed\, evaluated\, mentored and advised thousands of startup companies. \nIn March of 2020\, Dr. Zajicek started the Health Hacking Crisis Network (HHCN)\, a non-profit organization that engages in bringing together a rapid reaction force to deal with acute problems arising in healthcare due to COVID-19. The organization has over 500 volunteer members and has supported the creation of a variety of initiatives that had a big impact on the North Texas region and beyond. \nPrior to forming Health Wildcatters and HHCN he was managing director of medical technology at NTEC (North Texas Enterprise Center for Medical Technology – www.ntec-inc.org). He oversaw the construction of NTEC’s state-of-the-art 50\,000 SF building and managed the facility including its roughly 10\,000 SF lab space. During his tenure he created MedVentures\, the Southwest’s largest medical technology investment conference\, whose presenting companies raised a combined $274M in funding. \nHubert has over ten years of experience in the life sciences. Before joining NTEC\, Hubert was on faculty at UT Southwestern Medical Center where he was an NIH-funded Principal Investigator and co-investigator of research grants totaling more than $1M from various grant agencies. His areas of research included Nephrology and Cell Biology with a focus on membrane transport and membrane composition. His interests extend into biophysics\, fluorescence and imaging techniques. He authored and co-authored over 15 scientific articles\, more than 30 presentations at national and international meetings and 2 book-chapters. \nHubert received his Doctorate in Medicine (M.D.) from the University of Vienna\, School of Medicine (1996)\, and his Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University in 2006 (Beta-Gamma-Sigma). He is a fellow of the American Society of Nephrology (F.A.S.N.) \n  \nHe is an active speaker\, panelist and thought leader on healthcare startups\, digital health\, entrepreneurship and funding topics. . He lives in Dallas\, with his wife\, Beth McNally Zajicek\, MD and two daughters. \n  \n\nRegister Here
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/multi-chapter-panel-4-disruptive-innovation-in-healthcare-delivery/
LOCATION:TX
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SUMMARY:Multi-Chapter Panel #3 – Key State Health Legislative Issues Facing Leaders and Potential Responses
DESCRIPTION:Join the ACHE East Texas\, North Texas and Texas Midwest chapters for another in our special multi-chapter panels.\n\n\n\n\n\nNumerous public policy and legislative issues around healthcare delivery and public health affect healthcare organizations and demand involvement of their leaders to respond and adjust organizational policies and procedures. These issues often relate to improving population health\, access and coverage through Medicaid and other programs\, improving value\, addressing consumer issues and workforce shortages\, and more. Learning these issues and being involved in policy and organizational responses is important for healthcare leaders\, regardless of how directly they may be involved.\n\n\n  \nThis program has been approved for 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face credits. \n  \nOur Presenters: \nSteve Love\nPresident and Chief Executive Officer\nDallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council \nMatt Richardson\, FACHE\, DrPH\, MPH (Moderator)\nDirector of Public Health\nDenton County \nTed Shaw\nTexas Hospital Association\nPresident & Chief Executive Officer \nRegister Here\nSpeakers’ Bios: \n  \nMr. Steve Love is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council which promotes collaboration\, cooperation and advocacy on behalf of its 90 member hospitals. The Hospital Council also has approximately 100 Associate Members (business and industry)\, including prominent accounting\, legal and consulting firms. The primary mission is to promote patient safety\, quality healthcare and coordination in the delivery of healthcare within the North Texas market. He served as 2015 Chair for the Conference of Metropolitan and Regional Hospitals Association in the United States. He also previously served on the Children at Risk Board for North Texas. He serves on the Southwest Region Board for the American Heart Association; Southwest Transplant Alliance; Cure Glaucoma Foundation Advisory Board; North Texas Eye Research Institute; the Metropolitan YMCA Board of Directors and the Board of Directors of Prism Health North Texas and Mothers Against Drunk Driving Dallas. Mr. Love has worked in healthcare management for over 40 years. He has demonstrated leadership in tax exempt\, investor-owned\, specialty and private hospitals in operations\, finance and corporate governance. Prior to joining the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council\, Mr. Love was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of a Fortune 500 healthcare company that owned over 50 hospitals and managed approximately 200 facilities in the United States. \n\n  \nDr. Matt Richardson was appointed as the Director of Public Health for Denton County in the summer of 2014. Dr. Richardson previously served as Director with the City of Amarillo and Potter/Randall Counties for 9 years. Dr. Richardson has authored peer-reviewed publications\, testified to the Texas Legislature regarding public health issues and continues to advocate for public health practice and resources for Denton County and the state of Texas. He has a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Abilene Christian University and both Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Public Health from the University of North Texas. He is currently board certified and Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Dr. Richardson also serves as an accreditation site reviewer for public health programs in universities across the US. Matt lives in Argyle with his wife of 24 years and their two daughters. \n\n  \n  \nWalter “Ted” Shaw joined the Texas Hospital Association as the organization’s fourth president and chief executive officer in February 2014. Shaw brings expertise forged from a 40-year career in health care leadership to his role as key strategist and spokesperson on behalf of more than 450 THA member hospitals and health systems. As president and CEO of the largest state hospital association in Texas\, Shaw is responsible for leading the industry in its advocacy work and positioning Texas hospitals to achieve their missions of delivering the highest quality health care to all Texans. \nPrior to joining THA\, Shaw served as interim executive vice president and chief financial officer for Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas\, where he led the development of the Medicaid Transformation Waiver in North Texas and the construction of an 864-bed replacement hospital. From 2004-2011\, he was a partner with the Dallas-based Financial Resource Group LLC\, a health care consulting firm where he specialized in interim operational turnarounds with facilities across the U.S. Prior to joining FRG\, Shaw was president of the health care consulting firm W.T. Shaw Company from 1998-2003. \nHis legacy for leading impressive turnarounds includes assignments at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami\, the third largest public health system in the U.S.; East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie\, La.\, both before and after Hurricane Katrina; Fletcher Allen Health Care in Vermont; and Maricopa Integrated Healthcare System in Phoenix. In addition\, he has a strong background in health care technology and insurance\, having served as chief operating officer of Health2Health.com\, an Internet-based HIPAA solutions company; and with Dallas-based CareSystems Corporation\, a workers’ compensation technology support firm. \nHe began his career with Ernst & Young in San Antonio\, Cleveland and Dallas\, achieving the role of partner with responsibility for the Southwest Region Healthcare Practice from 1973-1992. Shaw holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration in accounting from The University of Texas at Austin\, and is a certified public accountant and a fellow in the Healthcare Financial Management Association. \n\nRegister Here
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/multi-chapter-panel-3-key-state-health-legislative-issues-facing-leaders-and-potential-responses/
LOCATION:TX
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SUMMARY:Multi-Chapter Panel #2 - Crisis Management: Strategies to Effectively Manage a Healthcare Org.
DESCRIPTION:Join the ACHE East Texas\, North Texas and Texas Midwest chapters for another in our special multi-chapter panels.\n\n\n\n\n\nPreparing for an unplanned or unexpected event\, such as a natural disaster\, pandemic\, civil disturbances\, medical error or labor disputes (e.g.\, union labor) causes physical\, psychological and emotional stresses that can overwhelm employees\, medical staff\, patients and communities. In the event of a crisis\, the quality and efficiency of care delivery may be challenged and typically takes a toll on every part of the organization. Lack of the unknown or uncertainty is also a challenge that healthcare leaders face in the time of crisis. Healthcare leaders need to understand ways to prepare their organization for unforeseen circumstances\, which includes developing a communication plan\, managing organizational resources\, such as medical supplies\, levels of patient care and leveraging local and state resources and funding.\n\n\nThis panel discussion will provide insight and perspectives on ways to manage an unforeseen crisis within the healthcare organization and its community. It will include how healthcare leaders can better prepare and respond to a community or healthcare crisis\, or health surge event or unanticipated response. \nThis program has been approved for 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face credits. \n  \nOur Panelists: \nAngela Beaudry\nVice President\, Human Resources Operations\nArdent Health Services \nMary LaFrancois\, SPHR\, SHRM-CP\, ACC\nDivision VP Human Resources\nUT Health East Texas \nLisa Reynolds\, Ph D\, SPHR (Moderator)\nVice President\nChange Management\nCHRISTUS Health \nRoberta Solo Rio\, JD.\nVP\, Chief Human Resource Officer\nMidland Health \nDebbie Splinter\, FACHE\, MBA\, CHHR\, SHRM-SCP\, SPHR\nHuman Resources Director\nBaylor Scott and White \nRegister Here\nSpeakers’ Bios: \n  \nAngela Beaudry is an Experienced Human Capital Strategist with over 20 years of multi-industry experience. She has a proven track record in supporting culture realignment\, talent management\, total rewards strategies\, and operational excellence design and execution. \nAngela has also demonstrated leadership in cost containment and risk avoidance strategies resulting in substantial savings supporting overall financial health. She has a strong background in employment law and labor relations\, resulting in a high win rate for all EEOC charges\, lawsuits\, and arbitrations. \n  \n  \nAs an accomplished human resources executive\, Mary LaFrancois has dedicated her career to ensuring leading health care organizations achieve top performance. \nHer expertise in executing organizational policies\, driving change\, generating multimillion-dollar cost savings\, and attracting\, retaining\, and leveraging human capital is extensive. Mary has excelled in executing HR strategies that align with the organization’s business objectives and is recognized for her expertise in developing business and people strategies and driving critical initiatives aligned with the organization’s core values. \nMary has spent the past 20 years leading HR teams in academic healthcare\, faith-based healthcare and now is part of UT Health East Texas\, a for-profit family. \n  \n  \nLisa Reynolds has been with CHRISTUS Health for over 20 years and is the Vice President of Change Management. Lisa leads the people side of organizational change and transformation\, making sure there is a focus not only on the change process\, but also on how people can engage with the change. Through creating awareness\, involving those affected and offering support\, change management can ensure CHRISTUS models its core values while implementing change. Prior to this role\, Lisa was the Vice President of Talent Management and held previous roles in organizational development\, patient experience and risk management. \nLisa has a Bachelor’s Degree in Management from Regis University\, an MBA with a healthcare emphasis from Louisiana State University\, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Leadership Studies from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio. Lisa is an Associate Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation\, Certified Change Practitioner through Prosci\, and holds several behavioral assessment certifications. \nLisa’s passion is being a development chemist who serves as a catalyst that assists others in discovering and unleashing their talents to discover their full potential. Lisa believes everyone has the power to manifest a positive emotional state and create his or her destiny. \nLisa also enjoys running\, dark chocolate\, volunteering for Back On My Feet\, and laughing with colleagues\, friends\, and loved ones. \n  \n  \nSince 2014\, Roberta Solo Rio has served as Vice President\, Chief Human Resource Officer for Midland Health. Midland Health is comprised of Midland Memorial Hospital\, several affiliated physician practices\, including practices in cardiology\, orthopedics\, family practice\, and a hospitalist group. In addition to the traditional human resource functions\, Roberta is focused on continuous improvement and enhanced efficiency and consistency across the health system. Most recently\, this includes a current project to implement a new human capital management/payroll/timekeeping and applicant tracking system intended to support the system for years to come. \nBefore coming to Midland Memorial\, Roberta held several human resource leadership positions in healthcare and manufacturing. Her human resource background includes benefits\, compensation\, employee relations\, HRIS\, performance management\, and talent acquisition. Roberta holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Northern Michigan University and a Juris Doctorate degree from South Texas College of Law Houston. \nIn her spare time\, Roberta enjoys her three Shetland sheepdogs and riding her bike. \n  \n  \nDebbie Splinter has served as the CHRO/Human Resource Director for Baylor Scott & White Texas Spine & Joint Hospital in Tyler\, Texas for the past 12 years. She has her Bachelor’s in Business Administration and her Master’s degree in Human Resources. Debbie has over 28 years of HR experience in Healthcare. She is responsible for the administration of recruitment/retention strategies\, benefits\, compensation\, payroll\, training\, legal and regulatory compliance. Her primary focus is to provide support and guidance to management in employee relations and leadership development. Debbie prides herself on the family culture\, low turnover\, and high employee engagement BSWTSJH has accomplished. \nIn addition to serving as the President for the Texas Society of Healthcare Human Resources and Education\, Debbie is the Treasurer and Chair for the Governance Committee with the East Texas American College of Healthcare Executives. She serves on the Membership Committee for ASHHRA. Debbie is a Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives\, FACHE\, and has obtained the following certifications: Senior Certified Professional by SHRM (SHRM-SCP)\, Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR)\, and the Certified in Healthcare Human Resources (CHHR) by the American Hospital Association. Debbie is a Fellow with the Texas Hospital Association and a graduate of Leadership Tyler. Locally she is a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)\, volunteers for the Smith County Animal Shelter\, and mentors’ young professionals in Human Resources. Debbie has been married for 34 years to Travis and they have 2 adult sons. \n  \n\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/multi-chapter-panel-2-crisis-management-strategies-to-effectively-manage-a-healthcare-org/
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SUMMARY:Multi-Chapter Panel #1 – Diversity\, Equity & Inclusion
DESCRIPTION:Join the ACHE East Texas\, North Texas and Texas Midwest chapters for another in our special multi-chapter panels.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe communities for which healthcare organizations operate are rapidly diversifying. Not only do they provide care for a diverse community of patients and families\, but their workforce is also changing\, and at times does not reflect the patient community. This diversity is exhibited in a number of ways\, including ethnicity\, race\, religion\, socioeconomic status\, language\, age\, sexual orientation/gender identity\, and physical ability.\n\n\nThe business implications and imperatives healthcare organizations face concerning diversity\, equity\, and inclusion are immense. Diverse communities often require different care needs\, improved quality\, new or modified operational processes and services\, and strategic planning for a varied patient demographic. The continuum of care will need to be considered to best meet the needs of these communities. \nIt is incumbent on healthcare organizations and their leaders to both understand and embrace the needs of diverse populations. Leader’s abilities to respond to the needs and preferences of a broader customer base will be critical to their financial and operational success. \n  \nThis program has been approved for 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face credits. \n  \nOur Presenters: \nCrissy Flake\nRegional Quality Improvement & Compliance Manager\nWelbeHealth\, LLC \nAimee Greeter\, MPH\, FACHE\nSenior Vice President\nCoker Group \nAlan K. Nevel\nSVP & Chief Diversity & Human Resources Officer\nThe MetroHealth System \nKenneth Rates\nPodcast Host\, So You Want To Be A Healthcare Executive?\nAmbulatory Care\nMichigan Medicine and the University of Detroit Mercy \nRegister Here\nSpeakers’ Bios: \nCrissy Flake is an accomplished healthcare administrator with over 25 years of experience. Crissy has sought to improve healthcare delivery systems by applying real-world experiences and a variety of professional lenses. Crissy has focused her passion and energy on quality and process improvement projects within several organizations and is the Regional Quality Improvement and Compliance Manager for WelbeHealth\, LLC. Crissy continues to champion healthcare systems adopting the National Association of Healthcare Quality knowledge domains\, developing a “just Culture” philosophy to error reporting\, and implanting the Agile methodology framework. \nCrissy is currently pursuing her Doctor of Health Administration at Northcentral University. Crissy co-authored the paper “impact of cost in delay/deferral of care: A systematic literature review\,” which was accepted for presentation at the 2020 Business and Health Administration Association annual conference and later accepted for publication in the journal of Applied Economics and Business. Crissy is also certified as Professional Project Manager\, an Agile Project Manager\, and a Professional in Healthcare Quality. \nCrissy lives on a ranch with her husband\, children\, and extended family. Crissy is an avid endurance walker\, needle arts enthusiast\, paper quiller\, and world traveler. Crissy volunteers with several organizations and is an active leader with her local 4-H program. When Crissy is not working\, volunteering\, or studying\, she can be found in the company of her basset hounds or her goats. \n  \n  \nAimee Greeter is a senior vice president at Coker Group with specialized expertise in business strategy\, mergers and acquisitions\, transaction advisory\, physician alignment\, accountable care responsiveness\, hospital service line development\, clinical integration initiatives\, strategic plan development\, executive compensation\, employee compensation\, crisis communications\, operational efficiency\, and financial management. Ms. Greeter works with non-profit and for-profit hospitals and health systems of all sizes and larger single and multi-specialty physician practices to achieve their strategic and tactical goals. \nAdditionally\, Ms. Greeter manages the firm’s delivery of alignment and transaction services. The team works with some of the largest and most prestigious health systems in the U.S.\, as well as independent community hospitals\, academic medical centers\, ambulatory surgery centers\, critical access hospitals\, outpatient facilities and medical practices in all 50 states on their business initiatives. Specifically\, Ms. Greeter and her colleagues spend time with healthcare organizations in the provider space on their buyside acquisitions\, divestiture of assets\, strategic partnerships and related transactions. \nMs. Greeter is a popular program speaker and is frequently engaged by highly respected organizations across the nation to speak to health systems\, medical groups\, legal associations and other healthcare constituents. She has also authored numerous articles and books on topics such as hospital-physician alignment\, clinician engagement\, practice mergers\, professional service agreements (PSAs)\, and executive leadership. \n  \nAlan K. Nevel was named Senior Vice President\, Chief Diversity and Human Resources Officer for The MetroHealth System in June 2018. \nIn this integrated leadership role\, Nevel is responsible for driving the human resources strategy to attract\, retain and motivate a highly engaged workforce to implement MetroHealth’s mission while leading diversity\, inclusion\, cultural competency and work-life strategies to empower employees. \nNevel most recently served as Vice President\, Global Diversity and Inclusion for Thermo Fisher Scientific\, a Massachusetts-based global life sciences solutions\, specialty diagnostics and laboratory equipment company\, which he joined in 2012. Previous experience includes leading diversity and inclusion\, HR strategy delivery\, talent development and organizational change management during his eight years with fashion retailer L Brands. Additional experience includes working at Anderson Consulting/Accenture and the Sherwin Williams Company. \nNevel earned a Master’s in Business Administration from Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management and a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies from Cleveland State University. \n  \nKenneth Rates is the Host of the podcast So You Want To Be A Healthcare Executive? His mission is to share the stories of highly successful executives in the hopes of striving you to achieve more in your career. He works in Ambulatory Care\, currently holding positions at both Michigan Medicine and the University of Detroit Mercy. He is the current President-Elect for the Michigan Medical Group Management Association. Ken is a recipient of the American College of Healthcare Executives Early Careerist’s Regent Award in 2019. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \nRegister Here
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/multi-chapter-panel-1-diversity-equity-inclusion/
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SUMMARY:Practical Strategies to Encourage Diverse Work Environments\, Jim Hughes\, Vice President of Org Development – Ardent Health Services
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the next in our new East Texas ACHE Forum program series\, Brain Food: Lunch & Learn events – right in the middle of the day for your convenience. \n  \nThis virtual event will be held via Zoom. Feel free to grab a lunch and join us for this special program\, Practical Strategies to Encourage a Diverse Work Environment\, with our guest speaker\, Jim Hughes\, Vice President of Organizational Development – Ardent Health Services. \n  \nJim Hughes began his career in Organizational Development in 2000 and is currently the Vice President of Organizational Development for Ardent Health Services.  Ardent operates 30 hospitals and numerous medical offices\, with 4395 licensed beds across six states\, and employs approximately 26\,000 people\, including about 1\,150 providers with a total combined annual revenue of approximately 4.2B. \nBefore joining Ardent in 2008\, Jim was an Independent Training and Performance Consultant. Jim has held many leadership roles in professional organizations throughout his career\, including President of the NM Chapter of International Society of Performance Improvement\, President of the NM Chapter of American Society for Training and Development\, Board Member of the Albuquerque Quality Network\, and External Advisor to the University of New Mexico Organizational Learning and Instructional Technologies degree program. \nJim earned his Bachelor of Arts in Education from Thiel College in Greenville\, PA\, and his Masters of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix in Albuquerque\, NM. Jim holds numerous certifications related to Learning and Organizational Development\, including Ken Blanchard’s Situational Leadership II\, Fierce Conversations\, Main Event Management – ModelNetics\, The ROI Institute\, HumanEx Ventures Selection Processes\, and The Birkman Method. \nJim currently serves as an Executive Sponsor for the Ardent Diversity & Inclusion Council and Women @ Ardent program.  Jim leads with a Heart-Mind approach and prides himself on building and maintaining strong\, trusting relationships with his stakeholders. Jim’s current work portfolio includes Performance Management\, Employee Engagement\, Leadership Development\, Diversity & Inclusion\, and Service Excellence”. \nJim resides in Franklin\, TN\, with his wife of 20 years. \n  \nRegister Here
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/practical-strategies-to-encourage-diverse-work-environments-jim-hughes-vice-president-of-org-development-ardent-health-services/
LOCATION:TX
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SUMMARY:COVID-19: What We Learned: Staffing/People Resources
DESCRIPTION:Approved for 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face Credits\n\n\n\n\n\nEmergency management requires precise identification and allocation of staff to align capabilities and capacity with the need to effectively deliver care for the community. The COVID-19 outbreak caused a substantial shift in the availability of staff and resources\, and the accessibility of timely delivery of care. In response to the evolving needs\, organizations have shifted staff in a variety of ways to ensure they were able to effectively screen\, triage and care for patients. This panel will provide strategies and tactics of how their organizations adjusted their staffing structure to ensure that the most appropriate level of care is delivered during a medical surge such as the COVID-19.\n\n\nDate:  Wednesday\, March 3\nTime:  12-1:30pm \nModerator: Jim Wiederhold \n\n\nPresident and Founder\nWiederhold & Associates \nPanelists: \nGia Milo-Slagle\nDirector of Product Management and Development\nHealthStream \nAjith Pai\, PharmD\, FACHE\nPresident\nTexas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne \nShawn Salter\nChief Administrative Officer\nCHRISTUS EMS & Flight For Life \nShelly Welch\, MBA\, BSN\, RN\, NEA-BC\nChief Nursing Officer\nCHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Tyler\, CHRISTUS Louis and Peaches Owens Heart Hospital\, & CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-South Tyler \nRegister Here\nSpeakers Bios: \n  \nAs a 30-year veteran in Healthcare Technology\, Gia Milo-Slagle has held numerous positions during her tenure with HealthStream\, formerly at McKesson and most recently\, as part of the acquisition into HealthStream\, all specializing in Workforce Productivity Management and Staffing Optimization. \nAs the Director of Product Management and Development within the Capacity suite\, she leads the design\, development and research efforts for our market leading ANSOS ™ Staff Scheduling and ANSOS Time and Attendance solutions. \nWith over 300+ facilities within the U.S.\, Canada and Australia/New Zealand\, our development is highly customer-driven\, with the sole focus on clinical relevance. \nGia chairs the Customer Steering Committee and manages the Reference Program for the Workforce teams and participates in Customer-led events\, User Groups and Forums. \nGia has her Bachelors’ Degree in Business Management from California Coast University. Most recently\, Gia served on the ANA vendor panel with a focus on Acuity and Workforce Optimization. \nPrior to her career in the Healthcare sector\, Gia held previous positions in Technology\, beginning in 1986 with Digital Equipment/HP and IBM in their Business Office Information Systems (BOIS) Division\, within Market Development and Sales Training. \n  \nAjith Pai\, PharmD\, FACHE\, has served as President of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne since 2018. \nIn the role of president\, Ajith oversees day to day operations\, works to advance physician engagement and promote effective employee\, governance\, and community relations. Ajith is responsible for ensuring the achievement of the hospital’s goals for patient safety\, clinical and non-clinical quality\, operational performance and patient\, physician\, and employee engagement. \nIn Washington Monthly’s 2020 inaugural list of Top 20 Best Hospitals for America\, Texas Health Cleburne ranked #18 based on patient outcomes\, civic leadership\, and value of care. Texas Health Cleburne is part of the non-profit health system Texas Health Resources (THR) based in North Texas and is annually recognized as a national leader for engagement and workplace culture. THR ranked #1 nationally in Fortune magazine’s Great Place to Work list for Health Care & Biopharma in 2018\, 2019\, and 2020. \nAjith began his career with Texas Health Resources\, at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital HEB in 1999 as a certified pharmacy technician. In 2011\, he became the director of Pharmacy at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Kaufman where he oversaw the day to day operations and championed safe\, quality-driven care through the implementation of best practices and improved clinical monitoring. In 2014\, his leadership continued as he served as the professional and support services officer\, administratively overseeing the non-nursing departments and working closely within the Texas Health Kaufman executive leadership team to meet system and entity goals. \nAjith received his Doctorate of Pharmacy (PharmD) from Texas Tech School of Pharmacy and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Dallas. Additionally\, he is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE). \nAjith enjoys spending time with his family which includes his wife of 13 years\, Myriam\, their five-year-old daughter\, Elyse\, and their recently welcomed son Nikhil. He’s also an avid runner and has participated in more than 15 marathons throughout the country and remains involved in the community through memberships on various committees. Ajith is a member of the Texas Health Huguley Community Board\, Texas Health Surgery Center Cleburne Board of Managers\, Texas Health Supply Chain Services Board\, and is a past Director of the City of Cleburne Chamber of Commerce. Additionally\, Ajith is proud to serve as the 2020 chairperson of the ACHE Asian Healthcare Leaders Forum\, is the current Chair of the ACHE North Texas chapter Advancement Committee\, is an inaugural member of the UNTHSC MHA Executives in Residence initiative\, is a 2019 Texas Hospital Association (THA) Leadership Fellow graduate\, a THA HOSPAC Board member\, and is a past graduate of Leadership North Texas. \n  \nShawn Salter is currently the Chief Administrative Officer of CHRISTUS EMS & Flight For Life\, a 501(c)3 charitable organization which serves the emergency healthcare and transportation needs of citizens and hospitals throughout northeast Texas. Mr. Salter has more than 35-years of healthcare experience as a Paramedic and Registered Nurse having previously served as a clinician with both rural and urban EMS systems\, Surgical ICU Nurse and as a critical-care Flight Nurse. As an administrator\, he has held the positions of EMS Executive Director of Llano County EMS\, Chief Operating Officer and\, later\, CEO of San Antonio AirLIFE\, and as Regional Vice-President with Air Methods Corporation. Shawn previously served two-terms as the Region IV Director with the Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) where he served on their Executive Committee and as Chair of the Standards Committee. Shawn has been an active participant in local\, regional\, state and national organizations to improve the safety and delivery of emergency care during transport. He currently serves as the President of the Texas Association of Air Medical Services (TAAMS) and as an appointee of Texas Governor Greg Abbott on his Governor’s EMS & Trauma Advisory Council. Shawn is a native Texan and is married to his beautiful wife\, Tiffany\, and they are the proud parents of one daughter named Abigail. \n  \nShelly Welch\, MBA\, BSN\, RN\, NEA-BC is the Chief Nursing Officer for CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Tyler\, CHRISTUS Louis and Peaches Owens Heart Hospital\, and CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-South Tyler. \nShe has over 25 years of leadership and nursing experience with her prior position as Chief Clinical Officer of North Oaks Health System and Chief Nursing Officer at CHRISTUS St. Patrick Hospital. She has responsibility for nursing and clinical services\, patient experience\, professional development and accreditation across the health system for both acute and outpatient service areas. \nShelly received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree from McNeese State University in Lake Charles\, Louisiana. She received her Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Regis University in Denver\, Colorado. She also holds a Nurse Executive Advanced-Board Certification. \n  \nJim Wiederhold is the President and Founder of Wiederhold & Associates. \nFor the past 27 years\, Jim has assisted over 1\,800 Vice President\, Senior Vice President and C-level executives to successfully transition to the next level with enhanced skills and behaviors. Working with so many executives over this span of years has afforded Jim the unique insight into how the industry has evolved and changed and how executives need to adapt in order to continue their success. That experience\, coupled with his experience in a broad spectrum of industries\, including banking\, insurance\, healthcare\, retail and manufacturing\, has helped Jim build a successful company. \nJim and his team of dedicated professionals provide customized programs designed with each client’s particular needs in mind. From career coaching\, onboarding\, network expansion\, external and internal transition to Emotional Intelligence and Executive Coaching\, with an emphasis on a partnership approach. The focus of Jim’s programs is to achieve balance between business and personal goals/desires as well as share honest and constructive feedback that so many leaders want but aren’t getting. \nJim has a B.A. in Economics from Colby College in Waterville\, Maine and has done graduate work at Adelphia University. He has authored numerous articles on transition and is certified in the Hogan assessment as well as The Leadership Profile 360. Outside of work\, Jim enjoys his family\, staying and living healthy\, and constantly learning on a personal and professional level. Jim believes that successful people are all in some level of transition leading to transformation all the time. \n\nRegister Here
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/covid-19-what-we-learned-staffing-people-resources-2/
LOCATION:TX
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SUMMARY:Beyond Burnout: Supporting Clinician Wellness Through the Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:  \nWe are excited to present the first in our new East Texas ACHE Forum program series\, Brain Food: Lunch & Learn events – right in the middle of the day for your convenience. \nDate:  Wednesday\, February 10\nTime:  12-1:00pm \nThis virtual event will be held via Zoom. \nPresented by: Andrea Ellis\, MD\nChief Physician Wellness Officer\nCHRISTUS Trinity Clinic \nEven before COVID-19\, burnout among clinicians and nurses has been a growing problem with far-reaching impacts on patient care\, employee engagement and the bottom line. As a family physician and Chief Physician Wellness Officer for CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic\, Dr. Ellis will share what support clinicians need most during the pandemic and what leaders and organizations can do to help create a culture of wellness and engagement. \nDr. Ellis is Board-Certified in Family medicine and has been working as a Family Physician at CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic since 2011\, where she’s also been the Chief Physician Wellness Officer since 2020. She was honored with the clinic’s Excellence in Leadership Award in 2019\, as well as the Patients’ Choice Award in both 2019 and 2020. Dr. Ellis is on the Tyler School of Medicine Steering Committee and is a physician volunteer at Bethesda Clinic. Her past presentations on Caregiver Burnout and Support have been timely and well-received. We are so glad to have her with us for this event to discuss what can be done to help replace caregiver burnout with caregiver wellness and engagement. \n  \nRegister Here
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/beyond-burnout-supporting-clinician-wellness-through-the-pandemic/
LOCATION:TX
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SUMMARY:General Membership Meeting - An Evening with Kirk A. Calhoun\, MD\, FACP
DESCRIPTION:A Special Evening with Dr. Kirk Calhoun \n\n\n\n\nThe East Texas ACHE Forum invites you to join us for our annual General Membership Meeting – with this year’s special guest speaker\, Kirk A. Calhoun\, MD\, FACP\, President at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler and Chairman of the Board at UT Health East Texas\, LLC.\n\n\nDr. Calhoun will be talking about the new medical school in Tyler\, sharing his insights on how this school is going to be impacting healthcare in East Texas and how this will be impacting Tyler and the immediate region. \nDate:  Thursday\, December 3\, 2020\nTime:  7-8:15pm\nThis virtual event will be held through Zoom \nSpace is limited\, so tickets are available on a first-come/first-served basis. \nA quote from our East Texas ACHE Forum President\, John G. Self: “The decision to build a medical school in Tyler is one of the most significant developments in this community’s history. The impact on Tyler and northeast Texas will be transformative\, economically\, and in shaping the future of healthcare delivery in our region. \nThe launch of a medical school will have a significant economic impact on the city. The trickle-down effect on all aspects of the economy is substantial as faculty and support staff members arrive and attract a host of new ancillary companies that will support the medical school’s mission.” \n\n\n\n \nKirk A. Calhoun\, MD\, FACP\nPresident\nThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler\nChairman of the Board\nUT Health East Texas\, LLC \nDr. Calhoun earned a BS degree in Biology from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an MD degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine. Following a residency in internal medicine at Northwestern University\, he completed a fellowship in Clinical Nephrology\, Hypertension\, and Metabolism at the University of Chicago. Following a very successful career in private practice\, Dr. Calhoun aggressively pursued his passion in academic medicine. After academic leadership positions at the University of Missouri Kansas City\, he served 10 years at the UT Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) as an Associate Professor of Medicine and Corporate Medical Director of UTMB HealthCare Systems. He then became simultaneously the Senior Vice President at Parkland Hospital and the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at the UTSW Medical School. \nIn 2002\, Dr. Calhoun became a Professor of Medicine and was chosen as President of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler. He is currently a Board Member and Chair-Elect for the American Association of Medical Colleges Board of Directors. He is on the Executive Committee and is Immediate Past-Chair of the AAMC Council of Teaching Hospitals. Dr. Calhoun is the only individual to serve two terms as Chairman of America’s Essential Hospitals\, formally the National Association of Public Hospitals. He served two terms on the DSHS Council (the Texas State Board of Health) and he currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Teaching Hospitals of Texas. \nDr. Calhoun is Chairman of the Board of UT Health East Texas Health System\, created in March 2018. This newly formed health system owns and operates 10 hospitals\, 50-plus clinics\, emergency transport services\, a home health agency\, and other health related enterprises. UT System Board of Regents recently voted for the approval for the new UT Tyler School of Medicine\, a recognition of the healthcare vision for East Texas by Dr. Calhoun. The UT System Board of Regents has announced Kirk Calhoun as the intended president of the combined UT institutions in Tyler occurring in early 2021. This consolidates the leadership of the UT presence in Tyler. Dr. Calhoun has received numerous awards for his work in healthcare\, public health\, higher education delivery\, and community service. \nRegister Here
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/general-membership-meeting-an-evening-with-kirk-a-calhoun-md-facp/
LOCATION:TX
ORGANIZER;CN="ACHE of East Texas":MAILTO:info@acheetx.org
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SUMMARY:COVID19: What We Learned: Supply Chain
DESCRIPTION:A multi-chapter event offered by the East TX\, North Texas and TX Midwest ACHE Chapters.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\nThis panel has been approved by ACHE National to qualify for 1.5 Face-to-Face virtual credits. \nPlease note we are required to restrict this event to a maximum of 50 participants – limiting it to 16 per hosting chapter. Please register early to reserve your spot. \n  \nModerator: Patrick Brown\nVP/Chief Operating Officer\nMethodist Mansfield Medical Center \nPanelists: \nAndy Brailo\nChief Customer Officer\nPremier\, Inc. \nCharles (Charlie) Cobb\nAssociate Vice President for Supply Chain Management\nUT Southwestern Medical Center \nKito Gary\nDirector\, Supply Chain\nTexas Health Resources \nSpeakers Bios: \nIn his role as Chief Customer Officer\, Andy Brailo oversees overall growth and service delivery of Premier. He leads the Premier field service delivery team\, which is charged with helping Premier’s members find solutions to improve cost and quality. \nWith more than 20 years of experience\, Brailo has a diverse background in sales\, training and development\, operations\, process management\, and customer service delivery working with Comcast Inc.\, medibuy.com and C.R. Bard Inc. During his Premier tenure\, Brailo has successfully partnered with members\, suppliers and staff to develop and design customized and scalable solutions to quickly meet evolving needs in a dynamic healthcare industry. \nPrior to serving as senior vice president\, Brailo was vice president of strategic accounts\, providing leadership for the mid-Atlantic and Southeast field teams\, including contract analysts and managers\, region directors and region vice presidents. He led the strategic contract portfolio responsible for greater than 30 percent of Premier’s more than $56 billion in member purchasing volume and greater than 50 percent of member validated savings. Over the last several years\, Brailo has been dedicated to managing field staff who serve Premier’s alliance members in the east charged with driving the integration of our supply chain\, quality\, safety and operational tools and staff to benefit the membership. \nIn February 2001\, Brailo joined Premier Health Exchange\, an earlier division of Premier prior to its formation\, and has since been responsible for multiple teams and projects including e-commerce operations\, the Premier Solution Center\, field training and development\, contract launch\, development of the clinical and technical field specialist team\, and the QUEST®Comparative Innovation Program. He also contributed to Premier’s 2006 award-winning Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award application. \nBrailo holds a bachelor’s degree from Kutztown University. \n  \nPatrick Brown is the VP/Chief Operating Officer of Methodist Mansfield Medical Center and oversees the daily operations of the 254 bed hospital that has over 1\,200 employees and over 900 physicians. While at MMMC\, Patrick has helped guide the organization to a Leapfrog A rating and a recently acquired 5 Star Quality rating through CMS. He is also involved in the local community by participating in the 2019/2020 class of Leadership Mansfield and now serves as a board member for the Mansfield ISD Foundation. Prior to joining Methodist Health System\, Mr. Brown was with Texas Health Resources where he served as COO/Professional & Support Services Officer for Texas Health Allen. While at Texas Health Allen\, Mr. Brown oversaw daily operations of several ancillary departments and was in charge of the business development of the cardiovascular and general surgery service lines. He also served on the system’s Heart and Vascular Committee and served on the Allen ISD District Improvement Planning Committee. \nPrior to his time at Texas Health Resources\, Patrick worked at Tenet Healthcare serving as the Chief Strategy Officer over multiple hospitals in Tenet’s Phoenix market. His responsibility included service line development\, physician recruitment\, and narrow network enhancements with the market’s accountable care organization\, Arizona Care Network. \nWith nearly 15 years of progressive healthcare leadership experience in operations\, human resources\, supply chain\, and business development roles across Georgia\, Texas and Arizona\, Patrick is committed to servant leadership\, service excellence\, and always doing the right thing\, at the right time for patients. \nPatrick earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach\, FL and an MBA degree from Mercer University in Macon\, Georgia. He is also a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and Vice President for the DFW Chapter of the National Association of Health Service Executives. \n  \nCharlie Cobb is the Associate Vice President of Supply Chain Management and Chief Procurement Office for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center\, one of the country’s leading academic medical centers\, dedicated to medical education and training\, research\, and patient care. \nCharlie is focused on creating an integrated Supply Chain Management infrastructure ensuring outstanding customer service and leveraging system-wide opportunities. As a leading Academic Medical Center\, we must provide an uninterrupted flow of goods and services at best value by utilizing market leading technologies\, performance metrics\, optimized processes\, and strategic partnerships. \nPrior to joining UTSW\, Mr. Cobb was the Director\, Materials Management at the University of Arizona Health Network and spent 2.5 years helping rebuild their supply chain prior to the Banner Health acquisition. He also previously served as an Strategic Account Vice President for Cardinal Health\, a Fortune 20 health care services company dedicated to improving the cost-effectiveness of health care. He joined Cardinal Health in 1999 where he spent 14 years holding positions of increasing responsibility including Region Director\, Director of Logistics\, Surgical Products Representative\, and Operations Manager. \nPrior to joining Cardinal Health\, Mr. Cobb served in the U.S. Air Force where he also earned his Associates Degree in Logistics. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Information and Operations Management from Texas A&M University and completed his MBA from the University of Arizona. He also is a Certified Texas Procurement Manager (CTPM). \nCharlie serves as a member of ACHE and AHRMM and actively participates in the local chapters. He and his wife\, Shannon\, have two children\, Cael (16) and Brooke (14). In his leisure time\, he enjoys playing golf\, basketball\, and spending time with his family and friends. \n  \nKito Gary serves as Director\, Supply Chain for Texas Health Resources\, which is comprised of 14 acute-care hospitals serving the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.  Prior to joint Texas Health\, Kito was a Sourcing Executive for Vizient Inc.\, a Group Purchasing Organization that specializes in bolstering members’ supply chain initiatives.  As a Sourcing Executive\, he worked with strategic member accounts supply chain team to identify\, implement and manage their businesses purchasing requirements. Prior to Vizient\, his 10-year professional experience spans across industries\, which includes Xerox\, New York Life\, Legatum Aviation\, Northrop Grumman and Vought Aircraft Industries. Kito earned a Master of Business (Management) degree from Dallas Baptist University.  He earned his BA in Sociology from Wake Forest University\, where he competed as a scholarship-athlete on the football team. Kito lives in the Grand Prairie area; and is married to Stephanie Gary.  They have two children\, (Isaiah and Corinne). Kito and Stephanie are passionate about sports\, education\, travel\, family and financial investments. \n  \n\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/covid19-what-we-learned-supply-chain/
LOCATION:TX
ORGANIZER;CN="ACHE of East Texas":MAILTO:info@acheetx.org
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SUMMARY:Sustainability of Healthcare Organizations: A Plan of Action
DESCRIPTION:A multi-chapter event offered by the East TX\, North Texas and TX Midwest ACHE Chapters.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\nThis panel has been approved by ACHE National to qualify for 1.5 Face-to-Face virtual credits. \nPlease note we are required to restrict this event to a maximum of 50 participants – limiting it to 16 per hosting chapter. Please register early to reserve your spot. \nModerator: Kevin Barnes\nDirector of Finance\nSouthwest Transplant Alliance \nPanelists: \nChristina Haxton\nFounder and CEO\nCenter for Sustainable Strategies (CFSS) \nArmida Klute\nExecutive Director of Managed Care and Financial Clearance\nDell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin \nAjith Pai\, PharmD\, FACHE\nPresident\nTexas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne \n  \nSpeakers Bios: \nKevin Barnes joined STA as Controller in July of 2014 and was promoted to Director of Finance in January of 2016. He is responsible for the management oversight of the finance department including budgeting\, payroll and financial reporting. Prior to joining STA\, Kevin was the Director of Finance and Information Systems at Indiana Organ Procurement Organization (IOPO) from 2006 to 2014. As the highest-ranking financial leader in the organization\, he helped lead revenue growth by more than 50 percent from 2006 to 2012. Kevin has more than 19 years of financial leadership experience in the organ procurement industry\, is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives\, and has served on the board examination committee. Kevin earned a Bachelor of Science in biology from Purdue University\, a Masters in Healthcare Administration from Indiana University\, and has a Master’s in Accounting from the University of Texas at Dallas. \n  \n  \nAs Founder and CEO of the Center for Sustainable Strategies (CFSS)\, Christina Haxton has spent the last two decades helping leaders from Fortune 1000 companies\, mid-market companies and government agencies dramatically boost their strategic execution results. Ms. Haxton is a nationally recognized author\, speaker and thought leader on the topic of disruptive yet practical approaches to strategic execution\, leadership development and organizational change. She brings a unique perspective with 20 years of experience as a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and credentialed executive & business coach and strategic advisor supporting closely held\, small to mid-market enterprises\, family-owned businesses & business partnerships. Ms. Haxton specializes in developing essential leadership skills for visionary founder/CEOs of fast-growth companies whose executives and leadership teams are responsible for sustainable results. \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\n\n\nArmida Klute is Managed Care Executive with over 15 years of progressive experience leading international and domestic payor strategies for insurance carriers and providers including hospital systems. Recognized for excellence in commercial contracting\, business development\, network strategy\, alternative payment models\, financial management and ACOs. Ms. Klute currently serves as the Executive Director/ VP of Managed Care and Financial Clearance at the University of Texas Dell Medical School where she is responsible for overall payor strategies including setting strategic direction and implementing plans to provide leading-edge alternative payment models that are critical to the Institution’s mission and financial sustainability by ensuring operational compliance with all contractual agreements. \nPrior to Dell Medical School\, Ms. Klute served as System Director of International Commercial Contracting at CHRISTUS Health where she was responsible for maximizing hospital revenue opportunities through effective contract management\, negotiations and business development. Prior to CHRISTUS Health\, Ms. Klute held leadership positions at Western Behavioral Health Network\, FirstCare Health Plans\, Oregon Health Systems\, ACE Group and the Texas Department of Insurance. Ms. Klute holds a BHA in Healthcare Administration from Texas State University in San Marcos\, Tx. \n  \nAjith Pai serves as president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne\, on the Boards of HOS PAC – Texas Hospital Association\, the Texas Health Surgery Center Clybourn\, Texas Health Huguhley and the Cleburne Chamber of Commerce. He serves on the Asian Healthcare Leaders Forum Committee of ACHE and has provided leadership on the ACHE North Texas Advancement Committee. Before his role at Cleburne\, Ajith held management positions at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Kaufman and Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital HEB. Ajith earned his Pharm.D. from Texas Tech University and his MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas. He is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. \n\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/sustainability-of-healthcare-organizations-a-plan-of-action/
LOCATION:TX
ORGANIZER;CN="ACHE of East Texas":MAILTO:info@acheetx.org
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SUMMARY:COVID-19: What We Learned: Staffing/People Resources
DESCRIPTION:A multi-chapter event offered by the East TX\, North Texas and TX Midwest ACHE Chapters.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\nThis panel has been approved by ACHE National to qualify for 1.5 Face-to-Face virtual credits.\n\n\nPlease note we are required to restrict this event to a maximum of 50 participants – limiting it to 16 per hosting chapter. Please register early to reserve your spot. \n  \nModerator: Victoria O. Sanders\, FACHE\nSenior Vice President of Specialty & Ancillary Operations\nUSMD-Optum \nPanelists: \nKyle Cavin\, FACHE\nAssistant Administrator\nPatient Services at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children \nDeb Chelette\, RN\, BSN\, MHA\nVice President of Operations\nCHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances in Tyler\, Texas \nHolly Hrabik\nDirector of Operations\nMethodist Medical Group\, with Methodist Health System in Dallas \n  \nSpeakers Bios: \nFor more than 14 years\, Kyle Cavin has been at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. Currently\, he serves as an Assistant Administrator directing teams to accomplish quality outcomes through integrity\, vision and relationships. He is a certified fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and was recognized as an Outstanding Young Graduate by his alma mater in 2011. Kyle graduated from Howard Payne University in 2002 and received his MBA from Dallas Baptist University in 2003. Kyle is active in his community of Rockwall along with his wife\, Kelley\, and their two sons\, whom he coaches in sports and life. \n  \nDeb Chelette\, RN\, BSN\, MHA serves as Vice President of Operations at CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances in Tyler\, Texas. She has been with CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances since 2008 and has held previous roles including Divisional Director\, Chief Nursing Officer\, and Associate Vice President of the CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Louis & Peaches Owen Heart Hospital. Prior to that\, Deb served in Cardiology leadership roles with Methodist Health System in Dallas and at St. David’s Medical Center in Austin\, Texas. Deb holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Texas Austin and a Masters in Healthcare Administration from the University of Mary Hardin Baylor. Deb has a special passion for developing models that support physician engagement and for increasing awareness of women’s heart disease. \n  \nHolly Hrabik is currently the Director of Operations at Methodist Medical Group\, with Methodist Health System in Dallas. She serves as the lead operator for the north Dallas primary care practices\, neuroscience outpatient service line\, and cardiology practices in Dallas- Richardson. This includes oversight of financial performance\, patient experience\, physician and staff engagement to ensure health system\, medical group\, and physician success. Holly has enjoyed living and working in Dallas for the last year and a half with Methodist. \nHolly was previously with CHRISTUS Health\, based in Irving\, leading ambulatory and physician practices for almost four years. Her scope included primary care\, surgical specialties\, and oversight of the urgent care service line throughout the state of Texas. She started with CHRISTUS in San Antonio in 2015 after completing her Master of Health Administration at Texas A&M University in 2014. During her time in College Station at Texas A&M\, Holly worked at HealthPoint Community Health Centers\, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) network\, that serves communities throughout the Brazos Valley in medical\, dental\, behavioral health\, and pharmacy services. Here\, her work focused on quality improvement of clinic operational processes and development and implementation of manager and staff training programs. \nOriginally from Kansas\, Holly attended Texas A&M directly after undergraduate school at Pittbsurg State University in Pittsburg\, Kansas where she received a Bachelor of Science in Biology\, with double minor in Chemistry and Public Health in 2012. She is currently completing the professional Master of Business Administration program with an emphasis in International Business at Pittsburg State University\, expecting to graduate in the spring of 2021. Holly remains active with her graduate program\, serving on the Professional Advisory Committee for the MHA graduate program at Texas A&M University (Gig ‘em!). She also serves as the Chapter Advisor for the Epsilon Kappa chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority at Pittsburg State University. \nVictoria O. Sanders\, FACHE is a faithful leader with a commitment to mission guided work and a reputation for efficiency\, building and rewarding effective teams\, and achieving exemplary results. She obtained her BS from Emory University in Atlanta\, GA then joined Tarheel Nation by completing her MHA at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Since that time\, she has been privileged to lead a career filled with diverse experiences in academic\, for-profit\, joint venture\, & government healthcare environments with financial\, operational\, and business development responsibilities. Mrs. Sanders currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Specialty & Ancillary Operations for USMD-Optum with accountability for all specialty ambulatory\, imaging\, and laboratory strategy across the DFW market. As the benefactor of extraordinary mentorship – Victoria’s greatest professional accomplishments have been each opportunity she has had to provide the same level of unconditional guidance and support that she so greatly benefitted from. As a native Texan\, Victoria is grateful to reside in Lewisville\, Texas with her husband\, 2 year old\, & 3 month old sons. \n\nRegister Here
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/covid-19-what-we-learned-staffing-people-resources/
LOCATION:TX
ORGANIZER;CN="ACHE of East Texas":MAILTO:info@acheetx.org
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SUMMARY:Telemedicine in the Healthcare Delivery System
DESCRIPTION:A multi-chapter event offered by the East TX\, North Texas and TX Midwest ACHE Chapters.\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\nThis panel has been approved by ACHE National to qualify for 1.5 Face-to-Face virtual credits. \nPlease note we are required to restrict this event to a maximum of 50 participants – limiting it to 16 per hosting chapter. Please register early to reserve your spot. \n  \nModerator: Richard G. Greenhill\, DHA\, PMP\, FACHE\nAsst Program Dir/Assistant Professor\nDept of Healthcare Management & Leadership\nTTUHSC School of Health Professions \nPanelists: \nLeonard “Lenny” Christo\nPatient Experience Specialist\nShannon Health \nChristopher M. Roquemore\nVP of Operations & Data Management\nAdjunct Professor\, Liberty University \nJosé F Flórez-Arango MD PhD\nAssociate Professor\nCollege of Medicine\, Texas A&M University \nSpeakers Bios: \n  \nDr. Richard Greenhill joined Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) as Assistant Program Director\, Bachelor of Science Healthcare Management and Assistant Professor on the tenure-track in the Dept. Healthcare Management and Leadership – School of Health Professions. He teaches courses in both the BS Healthcare Management and MS Health Administration as well as the TTU Rawls College of Business. His teaching courses include Healthcare Data Informatics\, Leadership\, Strategy\, Organizational Behavior\, and Six Sigma DMAIC. \nA recognized leader in healthcare quality\, he brings more than 27 years of experience as a highly skilled practitioner with prior roles including executive leadership in healthcare operations\, strategy\, quality\, and project management. His most recent role was as Chief Quality Officer at the Edward Hines VA Hospital and its affiliated organizations in Chicagoland. He was responsible for implementation and optimization of strategic initiatives that included infection control\, workflow optimizations\, and telehealth services. \nDr. Greenhill is an honorably retired U.S. Navy Veteran. He is a seasoned Lean Six Sigma Black Belt practitioner\, Project Management Professional\, Change Acceleration Process facilitator; maintains Board Certification in Healthcare Management and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE). \n  \nLeonard “Lenny” Christo is the Patient Experience Specialist for Shannon Health located in San Angelo Texas. He has served in this role since April of 2018. Lenny graduated in 2002 with a B.A. in Economics from Bentley University and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Air Force where he became an Intelligence Officer and Systems Engineer. In 2010 he was stationed at Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo Texas where he led the development of the air force analysis and advanced analysis courses. Lenny has served in Iraq\, Afghanistan\, and Korea culminating his 10-year military career as the Counter-terrorism Team Lead\, South Asia Division for Pacific Command. He is married to the former Morgan May\, and is father to Caroline and Hunter Christo. He is a 2013 Graduate of Leadership San Angelo\, 2015 San Angelo Standard Times 20-under-40 awardee\, Howard College Foundation Board Member\, Superintendent for San Angelo Stock Show in Rodeo Junior Robotics Competition\, and ACHE member. He has a M.B.A in Finance from Touro University\, a Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Management and a M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction from Angelo State University. Lenny is an active multi-sport endurance athlete\, Crossfitter\, Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner\, and lean process improvement advocate. \n  \nChristopher M. Roquemore is currently Vice President of Operations with over a decade of senior leadership within the healthcare industry. He has served in various roles throughout his tenure\, including Area Operations Director\, Program Director Operations & Data Management (Analytics)\, and National Executive Director of Operations & Process Improvement. Christopher has a Master of Business Administration from the University of the Incarnate Word\, San Antonio\, TX. and is a Doctor of Health Sciences (Candidate) from A.T. Still University of Health Sciences\, Kirksville\, MO. He is currently a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and Adjunct Professor for Liberty University. \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n\nJosé F Flórez-Arango MD PhD: Colombian physician and health informatician with more than 20 years of experience as clinician\, educator\, researcher\, opinion leader\, innovator and entrepreneur. His purpose is to contribute his knowledge and experience to help develop skills for innovative\, creative\, flexible\, compassionate 21st century health care providers capable to deliver high quality patient-centered care in resource-constrained environments. His clinical experience is in emergency medicine\, with special training in prehospital care\, and disaster planning\, and management. As educator\, he is interested in curricular innovation\, development\, implementation and evaluation. His research explores the use of information and communication technologies for delivering humanized clinical encounters experience to patients and providers. His leadership expands from academic and clinical institutions\, transiting by membership organizations\, to voluntary organizations. \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/telemedicine-in-the-healthcare-delivery-system/
LOCATION:TX
ORGANIZER;CN="ACHE of East Texas":MAILTO:info@acheetx.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200323T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200326T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T095940
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SUMMARY:Cancelled - 2020 Congress on Healthcare Leadership
DESCRIPTION:After much discussion and consideration\, the ACHE Board of Governors and leadership team have decided to cancel the 2020 Congress on Healthcare Leadership as healthcare organizations are actively managing the response to coronavirus (COVID-19) in their communities. \nThey have compiled an initial list of cancellation FAQs and will continue to update their site as new information becomes available. \n\nIf you have questions or concerns\, the ACHE Customer Service Center is available Monday through Friday\, 8am to 5pm Central Time at 312-424-9400 or contact@ache.org. \n 
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/2020-congress-on-healthcare-leadership/
LOCATION:Hyatt Regency – Chicago
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191204T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191204T210000
DTSTAMP:20260606T095940
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SUMMARY:2019 Annual Membership Dinner
DESCRIPTION:An evening filled with great education\, networking and fun!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCome an join us for our first-ever annual ACHE of East Texas General Membership Dinner. Gather\, Eat and Be Cheerful!\nRegister Here\n\n\nThe evening’s agenda will be as follows: \n6:00-7:00pm – Social Hour\n7:00-8:00pm – Dinner and Chapter Business and Elections\n8:00-8:30pm – Feature Presentation\n8:30-9:00pm – Networking \nThe presentation will include a special interview of Chris Karam\, FACHE – CEO and President\, CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Health System; with the interview being conducted by Dan Nielsen\, LFACHE – Speaker\, Publisher\, and Author and Founder/CEO\, America’s Healthcare Leaders. \nSpeakers Bios: \n\n\n\nChris Karam\, FACHE – CEO and President\, CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Health System \nKaram has over 35 years of experience in health care\, 32 of which were spent with a number of CHRISTUS facilities in Shreveport\, La.\, Alexandria\, La. and Beaumont\, Texas. He has served as president and CEO of CHRISTUS St. Michael since 2003\, during which time the hospital has earned numerous accolades and awards\, including U.S. News & World Report naming it Best Hospital in Texas in 2016 and 2017. It was also named one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare four times\, one of the 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare by Becker’s Hospital Review and in the top 15 percent in the nation for outstanding patient experience in 2017 and 2018 by HealthGrades. The hospital earned Magnet recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center in 2012\, the most prestigious distinction a health care organization can receive for nursing excellence. In addition\, Karam led the negotiations that brought CHRISTUS St. Michael Hospital – Atlanta into the CHRISTUS system in 2013. As the CEO of CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Health System\, Karam has oversight all the system’s ministries in Louisiana and Southeast Texas\, including CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini\, CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System\, CHRISTUS Southwestern Louisiana Health System and CHRISTUS Southeast Texas Health System. \n\n\n\nDan Nielsen\, LFACHE – Speaker\, Publisher\, and Author and Founder/CEO\, America’s Healthcare Leaders \nA Lifetime Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (LFACHE)\, over the course of his career Mr. Nielsen has served as a hospital CEO\, a senior leader and innovator of national healthcare education and networking programs\, and a faculty member at four universities. Mr. Nielsen has launched several successful businesses. He is the author of two books on leadership—“Be An Inspirational Leader: Engage\, Inspire\, Empower” (2017)\, and “Presidential Leadership: Learning from United States Presidential Libraries & Museums” (2013). Mr. Nielsen have launched several successful businesses. I am the author of two books on leadership offer’s keynotes\, workshops\, and team leadership development across America and is frequently consulted as a leadership mentor and coach. Mr. Nielsen is passionate about helping others develop leadership excellence and achieve greater success—personally\, professionally\, and organizationally. His current businesses\, America’s Healthcare Leaders and the Dan Nielsen Company\, were both created to do just that. By leveraging his unique life experiences and his gift for writing and public speaking\, it is his mission to provide healthcare leaders and people from all industries and walks of life the resources they need to leverage their strengths and achieve greater success. America’s Healthcare Leaders (AHL) is an online platform and resource for healthcare leaders seeking to improve their leadership and advance in their careers. Through the AHL website\, AHL offer free access to in-depth video interviews featuring many of the most respected and successful healthcare executives in America\, with a focus on strategies\, results\, and lessons learned. \n\nRegister Here
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/2019-annual-membership-dinner/
LOCATION:Willow Brook Country Club\, 3205 West Erwin Street\, Tyler\, TX\, 75702
ORGANIZER;CN="ACHE of East Texas":MAILTO:info@acheetx.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191009T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191009T200000
DTSTAMP:20260606T095940
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SUMMARY:“You Got This!” Refining the Concept of Entrustable Professional Activities
DESCRIPTION:In graduate medical education\, Entrustable Professional Activities are what graduating medical students should be able to do without direct supervision on day one of residency. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler is partnering with ACHE of East Texas to extend that concept to what everyone should expect their program’s graduates to be able to do independently upon graduation. This will include a short presentation by Michael H. Kennedy\, PhD\, MHA\, FACHE and Kate Starnes\, JD\, MEd\, focusing on Entrustable Professional Activities – which will be followed by a focus group to brainstorm what healthcare administration Entrustable Professional Activities might be. \nAppetizers will be provided. \nAttendees will be asked to sign consent forms before participating in the focus group session. \nRegister Now\nSpeaker Bios: \nMichael H. Kennedy\, PhD\, MHA\, FACHE \nDr. Kennedy is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Healthcare Policy\, Economics and Management in the School of Community and Rural Health at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler. He has 40-plus years’ experience in teaching and health services administration that have been divided between academic positions and operational assignments in the military health system culminating as the Chief Operating Officer of a small military hospital. He is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. \nKate Starnes\, JD\, MEd \nKate Starnes currently serves as the Associate Vice President for Practice Plan Administration at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler (UTHSCT). In addition\, she is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Healthcare Policy\, Economics and Management. Previously\, Kate was the Executive Director for The Northeast Texas Center for Rural Community Health where she oversaw all Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) activities and managed the day-to-day operations of the Center. \nRegister Now
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/you-got-this-refining-the-concept-of-entrustable-professional-activities/
LOCATION:The School of Community and Rural Health\, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler\, 11937 U.S. Hwy. 271\, Tyler\, TX\, 75708
ORGANIZER;CN="ACHE of East Texas":MAILTO:info@acheetx.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190926T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190926T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T095940
CREATED:20190813T232955Z
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SUMMARY:Multi-Chapter Education Event
DESCRIPTION:For the second year in a row\, the below four ACHE chapters are joining forces to offer an incredible education event. Offering up to 6.0 approved Face-to-Face credits\, it’s a great opportunity to learn\, meet new colleagues and network — all close to home and at an extremely reasonable rate! \nHosted by the following ACHE Chapters: \nACHE of East Texas\nACHE of North Texas\nSooner Healthcare Executives\nTexas Midwest Healthcare Executives \nRegister Now\nAgenda \n7:30-8:30am – Registration \n8:30-9am – Networking \n9-10:30am – Panel #1: Financial Management: Walking the Public Reporting Systems Minefield (USNWR\, CMS Star Ratings) \nModerator: Nick Kagal\, FACHE\nSenior Director\nPremier Inc. \nPanelists:\nDavid Nilasena\, MD\nChief Medical Officer\, Region VI\nCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services \nMarisa Valdes\nDirector\, STEEP Analytics\, Strategy\, Operations\nBaylor Scott & White Health \nKellie Webb\nDirector of Federal Affairs\nPremier Inc. \nSheri Winsper\nChief Quality Officer\nTexas Health Resources \n10:30am-10:45am – Break \n10:45am-12:15pm – Panel #2: Law/Regulatory: Stark Implications and Other Concerns in the Changing Sphere of Physician-Owned Medical Office Buildings \nModerator: Chris Whybrew\, FACHE\nPrincipal\nWhybrew Medical Management\, LLC \nPanelists:\nDarrell Armer\nPartner\, Healthcare Attorney\nGray Reed Attorneys & Counselors \nElise Brennan\nPartner & Healthcare Operations Attorney\nConner & Winters \nHeidi Matancsi\nDirector of Business Development\nBoldt Company \nDarin Miller\nChief Executive Officer\nMiller Architects Inc. \n12:15-1:15pm – Lunch \n1:15-2:45pm – Panel #3: Quality/Patient Safety: Leading a Culture of Safety: A Blueprint for Success Lead and Reward a Just Culture and Establish Organizational Behavior Expectations \nModerator: Brian Bessent\, FACHE\nVice President\nHenrick Health System \nPanelists:\nBen Ikard\nDirector of strategy & Innovation\nStephenson Cancer Center \nAjith Pai\, FACHE\nPresident\nTexas Health Cleburne \nLorie Thibodeaux\nQuality Improvement Manager\nParkland Health & Hospital System \nLaura Weber\nVice President Clinical Effectiveness & Patient Safety\nMethodist Health \n2:45-3pm – Break \n3-4:30pm – Panel #4: Leadership: Strategies to Create Meaningful Executive Alignment with Physicians and Organizational Financial Goals \nModerator: Ken Hutchenrider\, FACHE\nPresident\nMethodist Richardson Medical Center \nPanelists:\nSam Bagchi\nChief Clinical Officer\nCHRISTUS Health \nFraser Hay\, FACHE\nPresident\nTexas Health Hurst-Euless-Bedford \nNeil Pithadia\nSenior Director\nBaylor Scott & White Health \nA special thanks to our venue host\, Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital-Plano\, and to Aramark for providing us our lunch! \n  \nRegister Now\nSpeakers Bios: \n \nDarrell Armer is a Partner at Gray Reed Attorneys & Counselors. An experienced dealmaker and strategic advisor for a diverse group of healthcare clients\, Darrell Armer focuses his practice on structuring complex commercial transactions that not only achieve his clients’ business goals\, but also minimize risk within strict regulatory frameworks. Leader of the Healthcare Transactions Practice Group\, he has over 20 years of experience managing all aspects of the organization\, reorganization\, funding\, operation and merger/acquisition of a variety of providers\, including hospitals\, ambulatory surgery centers\, physical therapy companies\, diagnostic imaging centers\, medical and dental practices\, and home health agencies\, as well as various provider networks. He is Board Certified in Health Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. \nDarrell has negotiated and structured numerous mergers and acquisitions of healthcare providers on behalf of both sellers and buyers. This unique experience working on both sides of the deal helps Darrell anticipate many issues that typically arise and resolve them proactively before they can impede negotiations or break the deal altogether. Darrell also serves as outside general counsel for many of his clients\, guiding them through a variety of operational and administrative matters\, including Medicare/Medicaid and other third-party reimbursement and appeals\, licensure issues with state boards\, cyber security and related breaches\, vendor contracts plus much more. \nKeeping clients out of trouble is also a substantial part of Darrell’s practice. He helps clients maintain compliance with all federal and state regulations that impact entity structuring\, commercial transactions and day-to-day operations\, particularly the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute\, HIPAA and other privacy laws\, and antitrust considerations. Darrell also plays a significant role in protecting clients when they’re facing potential civil or criminal liability in government investigations or litigation involving alleged fraud or other regulatory violations. He works hand-in-hand with the firm’s white-collar lawyers\, providing valuable insight on the substantive regulatory issues involved to ensure that clients achieve the best outcome possible. \nBrian Bessent\, FACHE\, is the Vice President\, Coordinated and Quality Care at Hendrick Health System. Brian received his Bachelor of Science in Speech-Language Pathology from Hardin Simmons University in 1996 and Master of Science in 1998 from the University of North Texas. He began working at Hendrick in 1999 and served as Director of Rehabilitation and Director of Transitional Services until he was promoted to Vice President in 2013. Brian is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He oversees Quality\, Performance Improvement and Accreditation\, Rehabilitation Services\, Pharmacy\, Pulmonary Services\, Long-Term Acute Care\, Hendrick Medical Supply (DME)\, Hendrick Hospice Care\, Hendrick Housecalls Home Health\, Pathways Palliative Care program\, and Patient Engagement. \nBrian is on the Board of Directors of the Abilene Industrial Foundation\, Hardin-Simmons University Board of Development\, Dyess Air Force Base Military Affairs Committee\, the Institute of Healthcare Executives and Suppliers and the Texas Hospital Association\, Education Committee. He serves as an Honorary Commander for Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene and a Board Member for Junior Achievement of Abilene. \nSam Bagchi\, M.D. is an industry innovator and problem solver\, building a solid reputation for successful high-level informatics and quality initiatives in leading U.S. health systems. For more than a decade\, his quest to bring together clinical and quality strategies with the promise of health IT has consistently uncovered new best-practices—many now serving as a guide for other healthcare organizations navigating the industry’s shift to value-based care. \nDr. Bagchi currently serves as the Senior Vice President\, CMO and Chief Medical Information Officer of Christus Health (Irving\, Texas). In his dual role\, Dr. Bagchi oversees clinical operations\, quality control and informatics while also establishing strong working relationships with Christus’ 14\,000 physician leaders. He previously served as the senior vice president and CMO of Dallas-based Methodist Health System and chief medical and quality officer of Presence Health in Chicago. As the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Medical Informatics Officer at CHRISTUS Health\, Dr. Bagchi drove clinical and quality strategy by leading initiatives that advanced performance and practice standards across one of the largest and most progressive health networks in the US and Latin America. \nHe provided the vision and direction for a diverse list of system functions including system quality/risk\, care management\, clinical informatics\, telehealth\, hospitalists\, emergency medicine and clinical analytics. This broad area of focus equipped Dr. Bagchi with uncommon insights into the challenges and opportunities facing today’s health systems as they move towards highly reliable care delivery. \nA board certified internal medicine physician\, Dr. Bagchi previously served as Senior Vice President\, Chief Medical Officer for Methodist Health System\, a seven-hospital health system in Texas. He was recruited to Methodist to build a clinical informatics platform and department around the organization’s quality and patient safety initiatives. Dr. Bagchi earned his medical degree from Indiana University and completed the Internal Medicine residency program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center\, where he served as a Harvard teaching fellow. His insights have appeared in numerous trade publications\, and he is sought after regularly to speak on informatics\, quality and performance excellence. In 2018\, Dr. Bagchi was named to the prestigious Becker’s Top 100 Health System Chief Medical Officers to know in the US. \nElise Dunitz Brennan has practiced healthcare law for over 30 years. Her practice concentrates on the general representation of healthcare systems\, including hospitals\, pharmaceutical and device companies\, and long-term care facilities. She specializes in operational and regulatory support\, compliance planning\, mergers and acquisitions\, HIPAA\, billing issues\, Medicare\, Antikickback and Stark\, EMTALA\, managed care\, physician recruitment\, physician medical staff issues\, licensure\, Certificate of Need and Change of Ownership\, peer review hearings\, fraud and abuse\, risk management and new service development. Recently\, her practice has included healthcare provider integration initiatives such as ACOs\, service line collaborations and non-clinical joint ventures\, and healthcare provider and payor contracting issues. She also serves as an Arbitrator on the Commercial and Healthcare Panel of the American Arbitration Association and as an Arbitrator\, Mediator and Trainer for the American Health Lawyers Association. Chambers USA\, the leading evaluator of attorneys\, referred to Ms. Brennan as “an outstanding healthcare lawyer with a strong suit in the representation of institutions and transactions.” Ms. Brennan is the only Oklahoma attorney elected as a Fellow of the American Health Lawyers Association. \nFraser Hay\, FACHE\, is the President of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford (THHEB)\, where he has served since the beginning of 2018. He has worked as an executive in progressive leadership roles within Texas Health Resources since 2010\, first at Texas Health Southwest Fort Worth and then Texas Health Plano\, before moving to THHEB. \nIn his current role\, Fraser oversees the daily operations\, strategic planning\, business development\, continuous improvement\, and hospital culture for the more than 1\,400 employees\, 200 volunteers\, and 800 active staff physicians and allied health professionals. \nThroughout his career\, Fraser has overseen more than $95 million in construction projects and has been known for his collaborative leadership style that focuses on building partnerships with physicians and hospital staff to collectively enhance the care provided. \nFraser received his BBA in Finance from the University of Oklahoma and then his Masters’ in Health Administration from Trinity University in San Antonio. He completed his residency with INTEGRIS Health in Oklahoma City. \nHe is a Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and was honored as the 2015 Young Healthcare Executive of the Year by the North Texas Chapter of ACHE\, and the 2017 Young Healthcare Executive of the Year by the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council. \nFraser is actively involved in his profession and community by serving on the Boards of the North Texas Chapter of ACHE\, HEB ISD Education Foundation\, and Good Shepherd Catholic Community’s Pastoral Advisory Committee. \nKen Hutchenrider\, Jr.\, FACHE\, joined Methodist Richardson Medical Center as President in July\, 2010. \nHe has more than 25 years of executive experience with a result oriented record of substantially increasing financial stability and strengthening team management to build a tradition of providing the best care possible to the communities served. \nDuring his tenure\, Ken administered the assimilation of the hospital into the Methodist Health System\, as well as the development of a $120M replacement hospital and its subsequent and ongoing expansions. Pam Stoyanoff\, Chief Operations Officer of Methodist Health System has said “Ken is an outstanding leader with a proven track record in operational excellence.” \nAdditional accomplishments include the establishment of a new wound care center\, recruitment and stabilization of the NICU physician group\, development of the Da Vinci surgical program\, and the successful recruitment/employment of new medical staff members. Under his direction\, Methodist Richardson has received accreditations as a Chest Pain Center\, a Stroke Center\, and achieved nursing Pathway to Excellence. Ken has recently accepted responsibility for Construction and Engineering for the Methodist Health System. \nPrior to July 2010\, Ken served as the Chief Executive Officer of Galesburg Cottage Hospital\, in Galesburg\, Illinois. There\, he successfully and effectively managed all facets of the 173 bed acute care facility\, including a skilled nursing unit\, inpatient psychiatric unit\, a joint venture outpatient therapy unit\, and a joint venture dialysis unit. \nPreviously in his career\, Ken served in executive roles including Chief Executive Officer of the Terre Haute Regional Hospital in Terre Haute\, Indiana and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Wesley Medical Center in Wichita\, Kansas. Ken started his career in a clinical position as a Paramedic Shift Supervisor in Pasadena\, Texas. \nHe holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas A&M University and a Masters of Healthcare Administration from the University of Houston\, Clear Lake. \nKen has received many accolades\, including the American Heart Association SOAR Award\, the Community Health System Outstanding Achievement Award\, and Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He is actively involved in the community and has served as the Chairman of the Richardson Chamber of Commerce and President of the Plano Independent School District Foundation. Ken is an enthusiastic supporter of the PISD Health Sciences Academy. Currently\, Ken serves as the Regent for Northern Texas for the American College of Healthcare Executives. Finally\, Ken has recently been elected to Richardson City Council as the Councilman for Place 5. \nOn a personal note\, Ken and his wife Melinda have two teenage daughters. When he’s not spending time with his family\, you are most likely to find Ken on the golf course. He is also a private pilot. \nBen Ikard serves as the Director of Strategy and Innovation at Oklahoma’s only NCI Designated Cancer Center. In his various previous roles at the Stephenson Cancer Center\, he has been instrumental in the expansion of services and implementation of protocols and technology\, allowing for safer administration and mixing of chemotherapy. He has served as the Director of Patient Financial Services\, managing the design\, implementation and governance of financial clearance and revenue cycle activities at Stephenson Cancer Center. Ben is an active member in his community and graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Masters in Business Administration and BBA in Entrepreneurship\, Venture Management\, and Finance and Accounting. \nNick Kagal\, FACHE\, is the Senior Director for Customer Success for the Western US with Premier Inc. He has over 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry\, and has held leadership roles with several major DFW provider organizations. In his role at Premier\, Nick has oversight for supporting Premier member hospitals achieve breakthroughs in operational & clinical process improvement and engagement in healthcare quality & safety collaborative efforts\, including QUEST and the Partnership for Patients initiative. \nNick has extensive experience working with multiple healthcare providers supporting their technology and informatics strategies. He has served as Vice President of Business Development for an EMR vendor and for a healthcare focused ERP organization. Nick received his BA in Biology & Psychology from Austin College and an MBA from the Texas A&M University. He is a Fellow in both ACHE & HIMSS. Nick is also a national reviewer\, presenter and moderator for the Annual HIMSS Global Conference & Exhibition education sessions. \n  \nHeidi Matancsi serves as the Director of Business Development for the Boldt Company’s healthcare real estate development and investment arm.  She assists health systems and hospitals nationwide to implement their real estate strategy through innovative financial offerings and unique lease structures.  Heidi has also served as a physician advocate and leasing manager for projects ranging from ambulatory care facilities to health and wellness campuses.  Boldt owns and develops outpatient facilities nationwide and has developed over $2.5 billion in healthcare real estate since 2000. \n  \nDarin Miller is the founder and current CEO of Miller Architects Inc. and the co-founder of Miller Neff Development.  He holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Oklahoma and attended Harvard University for graduate studies in future healthcare planning and design. Darin has over 30 years of experience in healthcare design\, development and construction\, having completed hundreds of healthcare projects across the United States. He is a licensed architect in 30 states and is a registered Interior Designer.  Mr. Miller continues to fund and develop healthcare facilities with a current ownership position in over a half million square feet of healthcare facilities. \nDr. David Nilasena is the Chief Medical Officer of the CMS Dallas Regional Office. He also serves as the regional lead for the agency’s Value-Based Purchasing initiatives and a lead contact for the HITECH Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program. Dr. Nilasena has been the CMS lead for national quality improvement efforts in Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)\, Heart Failure\, and Stroke. Dr. Nilasena is board certified in General Preventive Medicine/ Public Health and has Masters of Science degrees in both Public Health and Medical Informatics from the University of Utah. \n  \nAjith Pai\, Pharm.D.\, FACHE\, became president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne in September 2018. Before joining Texas Health Cleburne\, he was the professional and support services officer at Texas Health Kaufman. \nPai was born at Texas Health HEB and later began his career there in 1999 as a certified pharmacy technician. In 2011\, he became the director of pharmacy at Texas Health Kaufman\, where he oversaw the day-to-day operations and championed safe\, quality-driven patient care through the implementation of best practices and improved clinical monitoring. \nHe received his Doctorate of Pharmacy from Texas Tech School of Pharmacy and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Texas at Dallas. He is also a graduate of Texas Health’s Talent Acceleration Program. \nPai is involved in his community through memberships on various committees including the Chamber of Commerce\, Leadership North Texas\, ACHE North Texas\, and the ACHE Asian Healthcare Leaders Forum. \nIn his free time\, Pai enjoys spending time and traveling with his wife Myriam\, and their daughter\, Elyse. He’s also an avid runner and has participated in more than 15 marathons across the country. \nNeil Pithadia is a healthcare executive with 12 years of experience in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. As a Director of Baylor Scott & White (BS&W) Physician Services\, Neil has oversight of the physician medical group for hospital-based services across Northern Texas. Neil is currently working on a physician growth strategy including compensation changes towards value-based payments for intensivists and critical care-based services. BS&W is the largest non-profit healthcare system in Texas\, including 48 hospitals\, 662 primary care and specialty clinics and a health plan with more than 245\,000 members. \nPrior to this\, Neil was the Chief Strategy Officer at Tenet Healthcare Northern California. There he was responsible for driving top line growth to an inpatient care network of three hospitals including oversight of physician services. \nNeil started his healthcare career in Academic Medicine working at notable institutions like the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center where he ran outpatient and ambulatory surgical services. \nPrior to his healthcare career\, Neil worked as a research scientist for Pfizer\, Inc and also spent a year at the National Institute working as an associate in Bethesda\, MD. A trained Cellular\, Molecular Biologist and Medical Informaticist\, Neil has a unique perspective into the industry. \nNeil spends his free time in the start-up world. He launched a transportation business as an Undergrad at the University of Michigan and remains close to his start-up roots. Neil is educated at notable institutions such as Harvard Business School\, University of Michigan and Texas \nTech University. Neil holds an MBA\, an MS in Medical Informatics and BS in Cell\, Molecular Biology. He also holds certifications such as the FACHE\, FACMPE. \nLorie Thibodeaux\, MHA\, ITILv3\, HACP\, CPHQ is a Quality Improvement Leader who has demonstrated extensive experience in healthcare quality\, research\, process improvement\, and program development. She has shown exceptional leadership in various healthcare settings and management of high complex projects. She joined Parkland during the Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA) and led enterprise-wide projects\, executive project meetings with board of managers\, leadership\, department heads\, physicians\, providers\, and other clinicians to discuss strategic goals\, and work on process improvements and successfully closed the CIA. Building a safety culture and teamwork in high-risk environments is no easy task. During this time\, Lorie was instrumental on critical projects to the success and sustainability required through the journey towards building trust\, eliminating fear\, and examining close calls\, unsafe conditions\, and examining errors. An example of projects that received high recognition includes the enterprise-wide mislabeled specimen project: She worked to construct an outstanding turnaround plan to decrease labeling errors by more than 50%. As a Performance Improvement Manager\, Lorie shows strong motivation and leadership to help drive our organization into being a safer place. \nIn the fall of 2018\, Parkland received the Triennial Hospital Accreditation from the Joint Commission. \nLorie holds an MHA from University of Missouri-Columbia and hold certifications in Information Technology Infrastructure Library\, Health Accreditation Certification Program and Certified in Professional Health Quality. \nIn Lorie’s free time she enjoys making an impact to the Dallas community. She works actively with several charity organizations including the Young Texans against Cancer (YTAC) and serves as the Sponsorship Committee for the Junior Conservancy\, Vice President of the Junior Chamber of Commerce\, volunteer\, and mentors others in her free time. She is also an active member of ACHE (on Diversity and WHEN committee)\, NAHSE\, and founding the local chapter of NALHE. In addition to the committee and active roles that she plays in developing the Dallas and Parkland Community\, she has developed an Employee Resource Group for Women at Parkland Health & Hospital System. \nMarisa Valdes\, RN\, MSN\, CPHQ\, serves as Director of the Value-Based Quality & Regulatory Operations department. \nIn this role\, she is responsible for keeping the quality teams abreast of regulatory matters that affect the measurement and reporting of BSWH performance metrics; collaborating with BSWH service lines\, leaders and clinicians to develop reporting initiatives; overseeing specified facility and system surveys; establishing measure documentation protocols; and monitoring the BSWH data reported by external entities. \nMarisa also has an extensive background in the science of health care improvement and served as associate director at Parkland Health Care Systems in Dallas\, overseeing the performance improvement team and the public quality reporting programs. \nKellie Webb is the Director of Federal Affairs at Premier Inc. She has more than 10 years of progressive experience in managing top-tier policy and healthcare improvement projects with solutions focused on quality\, safety & data analytics. Kellie has expertise in driving both cost reduction and increases in positive patient outcomes. In her various roles at Premier she has led policy analysis\, research and development and has established herself as a national expert on healthcare quality\, payment and compliance policies that impact hospitals\, outpatient facilities and physicians. \nKellie has an MBA in Health Policy & Leadership from Baylor University and a BS in Biology from Stephen F. Austin University. \nLaura Weber serves as the system VP for quality & safety at Methodist Health System in Dallas\, Texas. Working in collaboration with hospital and corporate leadership and staff to advance patient safety culture and practice in an effort to “always be ready for our next patient\, rather than being ready for our next survey”. Laura has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare and began her career as a bed-side RN in critical care. Prior to joining MHS\, Laura served in several leadership roles focusing on performance improvement\, patient safety and quality improvement in both entity and system level positions. During her career\, Laura has led initiatives to reduce hospital-acquired conditions\, implementation of strategic quality improvement practices and transforming organizational culture to one of high reliability. \nLaura has spent several years on the board of examiners for the National Baldrige Program\, last serving as an alumni examiner in 2015. Laura also served on the Panel of Judges for the state-based Baldrige award program—Texas Award for Performance Excellence [TAPE] from 2013-2015. \nIn these roles\, Laura has functioned as an examiner team lead and worked with senior leaders in several organizations to implement the Baldrige Framework into their operating systems and organizational culture. \nLaura received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Texas at Arlington and holds a Master of Business Administration/Health Care Management degree from the University of Phoenix. Laura is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality [CPHQ]. \nWhen she isn’t working\, Laura enjoys spending time with her family in both the beautiful mountains of New Mexico and on the beaches of the Caribbean. \nChris Whybrew\, FACHE\, is a seasoned healthcare executive with over 20 years of experience serving for-profit health systems such as HCA\, Community Health Systems\, Vanguard Health System\, and Capella. Mr. Whybrew has also served independent not-for-profit hospitals. During his career\, Mr. Whybrew has served in executive roles ranging from Chief Development Officer\, Chief Operating Officer\, and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Whybrew has lead hospitals ranging from 60 bed community hospitals to 336 bed suburban regional referral centers. \nWhile serving as a senior executive\, Mr. Whybrew has led operational turn arounds\, improved customer service performance\, developed and implemented new clinical service lines\, developed\, integrated hospital employed physician practices\, and developed regional referral networks. Mr. Whybrew has also lead design and construction of clinical units and facilities. Most recently\, Mr. Whybrew lead the design team for an Emergency Center replacement at McAlester Regional Health Center\, which incorporated significant Lean/Six Sigma process improvement and Lean construction design concepts. \nPresently\, Mr. Whybrew owns a healthcare consulting firm\, Whybrew Medical Management\, LLC\, that serves physician groups\, small to medium size hospitals\, surgical hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. Mr. Whybrew’s primary services focus on strategic planning\, growth and development\, operations improvement\, as well as interim management services. \nMr. Whybrew is a native of Memphis and Nashville\, TN\, and currently lives in Tulsa\, OK. He is a Board certified healthcare executive with the American College of Healthcare Executives and is President of ACHE’s Oklahoma Chapter\, Sooner Healthcare Executives. He earned his Masters of Business Administration at The Jack Massey School of Business at Belmont University\, in Nashville\, TN. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management at Austin Peay State University. He is also an active member at Evergreen Baptist Church\, in Tulsa. \n  \nRegister Now
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/multi-chapter-education-event/
LOCATION:Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital – Plano\, 1100 Allied Drive\, Plano\, TX\, 75093
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SUMMARY:ACHE of East Texas Third Quarter Education Event
DESCRIPTION:Register Here\n  \n\nThis event has been approved for 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face Credits!\nSchedule of Events\n7:00pm – 7:30pm     Registration and Networking\n7:30pm – 9:00pm     Panel Topic: Career Positioning—Proactively Managing Your Professional Development     (Job Interviewing Skills Essential Communication Techniques for Career Management Success)\nCo-Presenter: John G. Self\nPresident\nJohnGSelf + Partners\, Inc.\n\nCo-Presenter: Debbie Splinter\, FACHE\nHR Director\nTexas Spine & Joint Hospital\n\n  \nSpeakers Bios: \nJohn Self \nMr. Self is Founder and President and Managing Partner of JohnGSelf + Partners\, Inc. He directs the firm’s executive search and career transition practices. \nFor more than 20 years in executive search\, Mr. Self has led numerous high profile engagements that have delivered exceptional results for his clients. He is recognized for his keen insights in candidate screening and selection and his ability to quickly master the needs and organizational culture of his clients. \nIn addition to his work in the continental U.S.\, Alaska\, and Hawaii\, Mr. Self has recruited internationally in Canada\, The Republic of the Philippines\, Australia\, and South Africa. He also has led searches for a client in Abu Dhabi\, the UAE. \nFor more than 20 years he has advised a wide range of senior leaders and executives on career management issues\, from job transitions to crisis career management events. He is a nationally recognized thought leader on the subject of interviewing skills. He is a faculty member for the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) annual Congress where he teaches the highly rated rate course on interviewing skills for senior executives. \nMr. Self is a member of ACHE. In 2010\, he was named the Senior Healthcare Leader of the Year in North Texas. He also received a national ACHE merit award for service to the College. He is Past President of ACHE\, North Texas chapter\, one of the nation’s largest. During his tenure as President\, Mr. Self played a key role in helping to expand chapter membership\, programming\, and services. He also is a former Chair of the Nominating Committee and a former member of the Regents Advisory Council for North Texas. \nPrior to entering the search industry at JohnMarch Partners in 1994\, Mr. Self served as Special Projects Manager for East Texas Medical Center Regional Healthcare System in Tyler. In that capacity\, he managed the successful repositioning of the System’s home infusion therapy business\, an assignment he began as an outside consultant. During his tenure\, top-line revenues and profits increased significantly. He subsequently joined the System as a member of the leadership team and was appointed Executive Director of East Texas Emergency Medical Services\, the state’s largest private ambulance company. During this time\, ETMC EMS was named Private Provider of the Year by the Texas Department of Health and underwent a major restructuring which integrated 12 separate county service agreements into a master regional network. \nAfter coordinating the search for his replacement at EMS\, Mr. Self reorganized the System’s international recruitment company\, successfully recruiting nurses and allied health professionals in four countries. \nPrior to joining the ETMC System\, Mr. Self served as principal with CitiHealth\, Inc.\, a consulting firm that provided interim management and marketing resources to community hospitals and affiliated businesses. \nFrom 1980 to 1987\, Mr. Self served as Senior Vice President and was the senior business development officer for Hermann Hospital’s Affiliated Hospital Systems\, one of the nation’s largest regional networks of managed and affiliated hospitals. In his role Mr. Self advised boards of directors regarding operational assessments\, marketing strategies and talent acquisition issues. \nMr. Self served as interim CEO of several rural and community hospitals with Hermann’s Affiliated Hospital Systems and CitiHealth. \nPrior to rejoining the Hermann System\, Mr. Self was the Regional Development Manager for new business development with LifeMark Corp\, a national hospital management firm. \nFrom 1977 to 1980\, Mr. Self served as the National Marketing Manager for the medical division of Rocky Mountain Helicopters (RMH) of Provo\, Utah. RMH was the largest provider of emergency helicopter transport systems in the United States. He also was involved in identifying and recruiting program directors\, pilots and support personnel for the proposed helicopter systems. \nFrom 1976 to 1977\, Mr. Self served as Director of Community Relations for Hermann Hospital and was appointed the first Director of Operations for Life Flight\, Hermann’s acclaimed emergency helicopter transport system. In this role\, Mr. Self coordinated the team that developed and implemented what is today one of the country’s largest and most successful of the hospital-based air transport systems. \nFrom 1970 to 1976\, Mr. Self served as an editor\, writer\, and reporter for newspapers in Tyler\, Lubbock\, and Houston\, Texas. In addition to writing about crime in Harris County for The Houston Post\, Mr. Self authored investigative stories on corruption and mismanagement within the Houston Police Department\, the Texas Department of Corrections\, and the rapid growth of heroin trafficking in Houston. \nMr. Self lectures on career management and recruitment issues at national\, regional\, and local meetings as well as several leading graduate schools. He has published articles on the recruiting process\, including candidate total integrated onboarding and leadership development. \nMr. Self holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Journalism from East Texas State University (Texas A & M Commerce). In 2012 Mr. Self was named a Distinguished Graduate of the Department of Journalism. He serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council for the College of Humanities and Arts. \nDebbie Splinter\, FACHE \nDebbie serves as the CHRO/Human Resource Director for Baylor Scott & White Texas Spine & Joint Hospital in Tyler\, Texas.  She has her Bachelors in Business Administration and her Master’s degree in Human Resources.  Debbie has over 28 years of HR experience in Healthcare.  Debbie is responsible for the administration of recruitment/retention strategies\, benefits\, compensation\, payroll\, training\, legal and regulatory compliance.  Her primary focus is to provide support and guidance to management in employee relations and leadership development.  Debbie serves as the President Elect for the Texas Society of Healthcare Human Resources and Education.  She is a Board Member and Chairs the Governance Committee for the East Texas American College of Healthcare Executives.  Locally she serves as the Chair for the TISD Health Science Advisory Committee\, is a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) and volunteers for the Smith County Animal Shelter. \n\nA special thanks to UT Tyler Soules College of Business\,\nExecutive MBA Healthcare Management\, for hosting this event!\n \n  \n\nRegister Here
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/ache-of-east-texas-third-quarter-education-event/
LOCATION:UT Tyler Soules College of Business  Executive MBA Healthcare Management\, 3900 University Blvd.\, Tyler\, TX\, 75799
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SUMMARY:Annual East Texas & North Texas Education Summit
DESCRIPTION:Come join us once again for the popular East Texas and North Texas ACHE chapters’ annual Education Summit.\nThis event has been approved for up to 6.0 Face-to-Face Credits (1.5 per panel). \n  \nRegister Now\nPanel 1: Ethical Challenges in Healthcare Leadership \nModerator:   \nHoward Shaw\, MD\, MBA\, FACOG\, CPE\, FACHE\nChief Medical Officer\nMedical City Denton \nPanelists: \nSarah Campbell\nPresident\nOnPoint Policy \nMary Findley\nCompliance\, Ethics and Governance Executive/Consultant \nBecket Gremmels\nSystem Director of Ethics\nCHRISTUS Health \nJennifer Markusic Wimberly\, MD\nVice Chair of Ethics\, Institutional Ethics Committee\nParkland Health & Hospital System \n  \nPanel 2: Closing Gaps in Patient Care Plans \nModerator: \nMatt Chance – FACHE\nSr. Vice President\, Operations\nTexas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children \nPanelists: \nAnn Bowers\, RN\, MSN\, CDE\nNursing Manager of Clinical Quality and Risk\nCHRISTUS Health \nDavid A. Helfer FACHE\, CMPE\, ACC\, BCC\nPresident\, Texas Institute for Surgery\nTexas Health Resources Presbyterian-Dallas \nPriti Jain\nDirector of Quality\, Patient Safety\, and Risk Management\nTexas Health Resources \nEkta Pathare FACHE\, MBA\, OTR\, CHT\nPresident\nCGAIT Global LLC \n  \nPanel 3: Leading Information Safety: Planning for Data Privacy and Security \nModerator: \nTim Pugsley\, MBA\, CPHIMS\, CHCIO\, FACHE\nChief Information Officer\nTitus Regional Medical Center \nPanelists: \nNancy Free\nChief Compliance & Data Privacy Officer\nArmor \nDea Gibson\nDirector of Health Information Management\nParallon \nLarry Schunder\nVice President and Chief Technical Officer/Chief Information Securities Officer\nArdent Health Service \n  \nPanel 4: Ensuring Your Community’s Emergency Preparedness \nModerator: \nKaitlyn Cross\, MS\, CEM\nEmergency Management & Business Continuity\nParkland Health & Hospital System \nPanelists: \nLeonard Deonarine\nDirector of Emergency Management\nTenet Healthcare \nRob Monaghan\, HEM\nNorth Texas Division Emergency Manager\nBaylor Scott & White Health \nKaysey Pollan\, CHSP\nDirector of Environmental Safety and Emergency Management\nCook Children’s Medical Center \n  \nA special thanks to Armor for being our host for this event!\nRegister Now\nSpeakers Bios: \n  \nAnn Bowers started her career as an RN on a surgical step down unit a large medical center. It was during this time\, she discovered that chronic health problems robbed people of their quality of life\, and their personal resources. This driving force moved Ann from providing direct patient care to becoming a leader in establishing evidence based workflows to focus on prevention and decrease the complications of diseases. \nAnn has continued this work adjusting to the cultural differences within organizations. She went on to earn her Masters in Nursing with an emphasis on informatics from Grand Canyon University. She has been successful as a facilitator in engaging the clinical team to identify the workflows in documenting quality care while reducing the burden of documentation. She was the first Christus Healthcare employee to receive recognition from the Christus Quality Risk Safety Credentialing Committee and the Chief Medical Officer for her work in motivating the clinical team to work collaboratively towards quality goals. \n  \nSarah Campbell is a highly qualified compliance executive with extensive experience advising healthcare institutions on operating procedures and business practices in compliance with organizational policies\, federal and state regulatory requirements\, and accreditation standards. Throughout her career\, she has applied a unique combination of legal knowledge\, business acumen\, and healthcare expertise\, and demonstrated influential leadership\, client relations\, and advocacy and consensus building to achieve results and mitigate risk. Service expertise includes: Corporate Policies\, Compliance Operations\, Customer Service\, Research\, Risk Assessment\, Leadership & Mentorship\, Policy Management\, and Training & Development. She is currently the President of OnPoint Policy consulting in compliance and regulatory management. She also holds an adjunct professorship with Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Sarah was director of Policies and Procedure Management at Tenet Health for over 10 years. Sarah has a JD from Saint Louis University School of Law\, Master of Health Administration from Saint Louis University and BA from Creighton University. \n  \nMatt Chance joined the staff of Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in 2015 as Senior Vice President of Operations.  In his role\, Matt has oversight of the clinical\, ancillary\, non-clinical support\, and IT aspects of the day-to-day operations of the hospital and works closely with the physicians and staff to ensure every patient and family receives clinical and service excellence. \nPrior to joining TSRHC\, Matt served as Chief Executive Officer of Baylor Medical Center at Uptown and held various operational roles at Children’s Medical Center Dallas and the Veterans Affairs North Texas Healthcare System. \nMatt earned his undergraduate degree from Austin College and a master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from Trinity University.  Matt is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and is a past President of the ACHE of North Texas chapter.  Matt has been married to his childhood friend\, Amanda\, for 22 years and they have two elementary aged daughters who keep them busy attending robotics competitions\, soccer games\, and dance recitals! \n  \nKaitlyn Cross is an experienced and service-oriented Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) who began her career in 2011\, while completing her Bachelors of Science in Emergency Administration and Disaster Planning from the University of North Texas. After completing several internships with local fire departments\, Kaitlyn moved to Tulsa\, OK and worked as a Warning & Communications Officer for the Tulsa Area Emergency Management Agency. After working several emergency events\, including some federally declared disasters\, Kaitlyn moved back home to take on a new emergency preparedness role with the North Central Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council (NCTTRAC). During this time\, Kaitlyn supervised the Hospital Preparedness Program for 19 counties in North Texas; which lead to expertise in regional coordination\, communication\, training and exercise\, and the Texas Emergency Medical Task Force (EMTF). She worked several large scale emergencies\, most notably serving in the Medical Division’s Operations Section Chief position during the 2014 Ebola event in Dallas. In 2015\, she was recruited to join Parkland Hospital’s disaster management team\, where she has been tasked with overseeing all emergency responses\, education initiatives\, and regulatory compliance. During this time\, she earned her Masters of Science in Leadership with Emphasis in Disaster Preparedness and Executive Fire Leadership from Grand Canyon University. Kaitlyn currently serves as the Dallas Medical Operations Center Vice Chair\, coordinating community-wide planning and response activities\, as well as playing an active role on EMTF’s Medical Incident Support Team. These positions led to leadership roles during the July 7th\, 2016 attack on Dallas Police Officers; as well as a lengthy deployment to the Texas coast during Hurricane Harvey\, where she assisted with several hospital evacuations and shelter operations. While the nature of this field is often coupled with overwhelming tragedy and chaos\, Kaitlyn finds a great sense of gratification in helping others learn from past events\, respond to immediate threats\, and ultimately grow a culture of preparedness and disaster readiness. \n  \nLeonard Deonarine serves as the director of emergency management for one of the largest U.S. Healthcare Corporations. For the past ten years\, he has been responsible for overseeing the preparation of plans and programs for the continuous safe operation of over 60 hospitals to mitigate\, prepare\, respond and recover from all types of emergencies. During times of crisis\, he serves as the designated incident commander for his company. Deonarine is a Certified Emergency Manager (CEM). \nPrior to accepting his current role\, Deonarine served as owner and president of a consulting company in New York\, which focused on health\, safety and fire protection. The company provided services to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security\, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and several large private-sector companies. While working for FEMA\, he helped to develop and deliver the Hospital Emergency Response Team training program. This led to him being awarded a U.S. Homeland Security achievement award. \nHe provided consulting services and incident management education to several healthcare companies prior to being invited to become a full time healthcare emergency management leader. Deonarine served over 20 years in the fire/rescue service spending the last ten years of his career as a Deputy Fire Chief managing large scale industrial emergencies such as refinery fires\, ship fires\, chemical plant disasters and train wrecks. \n  \nMary Findley is an experienced\, purpose-driven Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer with demonstrated ability to lead diverse people and functions in successfully creating a culture of ethics and compliance. Mary’s strengths include strategic problem solving within complex environments\, creating innovative and business-oriented compliance solutions\, excellent communication skills\, and strong board\, physician and regulator relationships. Established commitment to leadership based on honesty\, personal accountability\, trust\, teamwork and a passion for enabling individuals to achieve their full potential. Mary is currently consulting in the area of compliance\, ethics and governance. She served as SVP and Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer at Parkland Health and Hospital System and Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer at Baylor Health Care System. Mary has an MS in Tax Accounting and BA in Accounting from Texas Tech University. \n  \nNancy Free serves as the Chief Compliance & Data Privacy Officer at Armor. She is responsible for data protection and for the governance\, risk\, and compliance side of Armor’s security mission. With more than 20 years of experience in Information Technology and Internal Audit\, she is a trusted advisor to Armor prospects and customers on GDPR\, PCI\, HIPAA\, ISO-27001\, and financial services regulations\, helping them understand the impact of these standards on their businesses. Nancy has implemented GRC and ERM programs for Fortune 500 companies within the transportation\, energy\, and retail industries\, providing assurance against many regulatory and industry frameworks. Nancy is an active participant in local chapters of ISACA\, ISSA\, and ISSA Women in Security (WIS-SIG). \n  \nDea Gibson is the Health Information Director and Facility Privacy Official at Medical City Denton for Parallon Business Solutions. Dea is a graduate of Colorado State University\, where she received a BS in Healthcare Administration and Management. She also has an Associate’s degree in Health Information Management and an RHIT certification. \nIn her 9+ years with Parallon\, she has held multiple medical coding positions and has been the Health Information Director/Facility Privacy Official for several of HCA/Parallon’s DFW area hospitals. Dea has a passion for patient privacy and loves being in the hospital setting. In 2016 she received the Parallon Elite Service award and has been the recipient of multiple “Having a Heart” pins from Medical City Denton. In her free time\, she enjoys traveling with her husband of 14 years. \n  \nBecket Gremmels\, PhD\, is the System Director of Ethics for CHRISTUS Health based in Irving\, Texas. He has been with CHRISTUS since 2015. Before that\, he was the Executive Director of Ethics for Saint Thomas Health in Nashville and Saint Vincent’s Health Services in Birmingham. He received his doctorate in Health Care Ethics from the Albert Gnaegi (guh-NAY-ghee) Center for Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University. He wrote his dissertation on the moral limits of gene therapy. He has written articles in National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly\, Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics\, Ethics & Medics\, Journal of Moral Theology and Christian Bioethics. He has been married for twelve years; he and his wife have two sons\, ages 8 and 5\, and a daughter who is one year old. \n  \nDavid Helfer\, FACHE\, CMPE\, MS\, BA\, R-CVT\, EMT is currently the President of the Texas Institute for Surgery at Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas Hospital\, an acute care\, for-profit partnered entity between independent physicians and Texas Health Resources system. He owns a home and his family lives in Nichols\, SC and he commutes to his current role. Dave is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and holds a Master’s Degree in Adult Education and a Bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Sciences both earned at National-Louis University in Evanston\, IL. While Dave works in Dallas\, he commutes from his family and home who live in Nichols\, SC near Myrtle Beach. \nHe earned an Advance Leadership Certificate course at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. He is a Board Certified Executive\, Personal and Career Coach ( CCE) and an Associate Certified Coach ( International Coach Federation)  Dave has served as a mentor for the ACHE for many years both for individuals and groups and is often sought by colleagues to provide career counseling. He is a member of the University of Texas-Dallas Executive Healthcare Council. \nHe possesses an extensive clinical background as Emergency Medical Technician license in TX and VA\, is a Registered Cardiovascular Technologist\, Certified Pulmonary Technician and managed numerous clinical departments ranging from cardiovascular\, emergency and surgical services. \nDave has worked in healthcare for nearly thirty years as a clinician\, manager\, executive and consultant in small and large health systems throughout the US. Before his current position\, he was a Sr. Vice President with a physician owned consulting company and before that\, worked as a Divisional Sr. Vice President and Executive Director with CHI St. Luke’s Health in Houston building and operating the Woodlands Hospital\, Woodlands\, TX. At the same time\, he had executive responsibilities within the St. Luke’s Medical Center flagship hospital accounting for nearly $400 M in operational revenue leading nearly 1000 employees. \nDave has conducted private consultation throughout the US and has participated in numerous teaching and coaching relationships\, some under the purview of the ACHE and University of Texas\, Dallas as well as Arlington.   He is the President-Elect for the Rotary Club of Dallas-Uptown and held officer roles including Secretary. Dave has been named a Board member of the UTD Healthcare Executive Council. \nDave served in the US Army between 1973 and 1976 stationed in Fort Bragg\, 82nd Airborne Division and worked as a helicopter electrician. He was Honorably discharged as a Sergeant E-5. His first job in a hospital was as a phlebotomist drawing blood on patients working his way up to a President of a hospital. \n  \nA passionate healthcare leader with more than 14 years of experience\, Priti Jain\, MHA\, CPHQ\, has dedicated her career to driving change\, strengthening quality and safe patient care\, building strong relationships and improving the patient experience. Priti has been with Texas Health Resources for her entire healthcare career in various roles in the hospital and corporate environments. Priti started her career at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth managing regulatory readiness and performance improvement teams to enhance the quality improvement program. She then transitioned to THR corporate as Lean Six Sigma Project Manager while pursuing her Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Master Change Agent certifications. She utilized this advanced education to successfully lead Lean Six Sigma projects teams in the corporate and hospital environments\, teach Change Management classes and mentor students\, who were in THR pursuing their belts. While serving as a project lead at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth she was promoted to Director of Quality\, Patient Safety and Risk Management. Under Priti’s leadership\, her team and she developed and implemented a new quality\, patient safety and risk management program; some highlights include Performance Improvement (PI) classes\, PI project methodologies with Lean Six Sigma concepts and Performance Improvement program in all departments. Priti was once again promoted to the THR Corporate Transformation office where she led system wide initiatives to improve ‘affordability\, innovation and reliability’ to strongly position THR for future sustainability. However\, her love for hospital operations and desire for engagement with hospital leaders and front line staff called her back to Texas Health Southwest as the Director of Quality\, Patient Safety and Risk. Priti continues in that role today pursuing her passion of hospital performance improvements. Under her leadership and tenure THSW has been named on the list of Top 100 Hospitals (since 2016)\, CMS 5 Star Rating for Overall Quality\, received a Letter Grade of ‘A’ from Leapfrog and has successfully implemented High Reliability Organization processes and concepts. \nPriti is a member of NAHQ and ACHE. With North Texas ACHE\, she participates on the Membership and Networking committee. She treasures time with her family\, husband\, Suneel\, and two children\, Syra and Sohan\, playing sports\, cooking and reading with them. \n  \nRob Monaghan is an experienced Homeland Security and Emergency Management professional currently working for Baylor Scott & White Health as the North Texas Division Emergency Manager. He currently supports multiple hospital emergency management programs throughout North Texas. He earned his degree from the University of North Texas with a Bachelor’s degree in Emergency Administration and Planning. Rob’s former experience includes\, managing nationwide hazardous material spills and commercial construction. \n  \nA nationally and internationally renowned Healthcare Executive and Speaker with over 15 years of management and leadership experience\, Ekta Pathare\, FACHE currently serves as a Vice Practice Division Director and Member of the Board for the American Society of Hand Therapists with where she leads Advocacy and Public Policy\, State and Federal legislation and Practice projects and initiatives affecting the Practice of Hand Therapy. Ekta has proven experience in business startups. Turnaround\, Business development\, business analysis\, program development\, collaboration\, change management\, navigating the regulatory environments\, patients centered care strategies\, budgetary and regulatory compliance. She is currently working on a chapter publication on Evidence based medicine and Healthcare Policy affecting Practice of hand therapy to be published in 2020. \nEkta Received her MBA from the University of Dallas and her Bachelor of Science from the University of Mumbai. Ekta is also a Nationally Certified Hand Therapist and a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE). She serves as the Vice Chair for the education committee of ACHE of the education committee of ACHE North Texas. \n  \nKaysey Pollan\, CHSP is currently the Director of Environmental Safety and Emergency Management at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth\, Texas. She has been with Cook Children’s for over 5 years and is responsible for the development and oversight of the Environment of Care and Emergency Management programs for the Medical Center and 18 offsite facilities. Prior to her employment at Cook Children’s\, Kaysey spent time at the Medical Center of Plano as their Disaster Program Coordinator. Kaysey has also worked in the public sector emergency management field including positions at the South Plains Association of Governments and the City of Plano. She received her degree from the University of North Texas in Emergency Administration and Planning and will complete her Masters of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Tyler in the fall of 2019. Kaysey has been the recipient of the Regional Service Excellence “Hot Stuff Award” presented by the North Central Texas Council of Governments Department of Emergency Preparedness and the Cook Children’s Peak Performer Employee of the Year award. Kaysey has been actively involved in disaster preparedness and response for over 15 years and has had involvement in over 12 Presidential Declared disasters. \n  \nTim Pugsley joined Titus Regional Medical Center in 2015 and has twenty two years of experience in Information Technology with sixteen of those in Healthcare. His previous position was CIO at Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital\, a physician owned specialty hospital focused on the total care of the orthopaedic patient. Before being a member of the senior leadership team at NOH\, Mr. Pugsley was Director of Corporate Technologies with Student Resources\, a division of UICI\, a leading provider of insurance with annual revenues exceeding 2.1 Billion dollars. Prior to UICI\, Mr. Pugsley was Vice President of Information Technology and Client Services for i-Trax LLC\, a national telehealth nurse triage and disease management provider. He also has extensive experience in system design\, analytics\, and operations management. \nMr. Pugsley earned both his Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems and Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Bellevue University in Bellevue NE. \nHe is a Fellow with The American College of Healthcare Executives as well as holding certifications with College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHCIO\, FCHIME) and Health Information Management Systems Society (CPHIMS). \nMr. Pugsley is married to his wife of sixteen years\, Amanda Pugsley and they have three children\, Jordan\, Madelyn\, and Emma. His hobbies are focused primarily on outdoor sports including golf\, fishing\, boating\, and hunting. \nMr. Pugsley’s role at TRMC includes oversight for the corporate Digital Strategy and Development as well as Health Systems Support Services including Clinical Informatics\, PACS/CPACS\, Systems Management\, Biomed\, Information Systems\, Human Resources\, and Program Management. \nTitus Regional Medical Center is a 174-bed multi-specialty hospital with over $180 Million in Annual Revenues. The hospital is located in Mount Pleasant\, Texas and serves over 50\,000 lives within 5 counties. TRMC is Joint Commission certified and is recognized as a premier Stroke Center in North East Texas \n  \nHoward A. Shaw\, MD\, MBA\, FACOG\, FACHE\, CPE\, FAAPL\, is currently Chief Medical Officer at Medical City Denton in Denton\, Texas. Prior to arriving in Denton\, he served as Chief Medical Officer at Great Plains Health in North Platte Nebraska. He has served in multiple capacities in both community and academic hospitals. He has been Medical Director of Women’s and Children’s Services at Yale-New Haven Hospital\, St. Raphael Campus\, Chief Quality Officer at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford\, CT and multiple roles at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine\, Tulsa including\, Residency Program Director\, Medical Student Director and Vice-Chair of the Department of Ob/Gyn. \nDr. Shaw received his undergraduate degree in biochemistry and his MD degree at the University of Kansas. He is widely published in the world literature and has been an invited speaker regionally\, nationally and internationally. Dr. Shaw was inducted into the Mid-America Education Hall of Fame in November of 2013. He is a Certified Physician Executive and fellow of both the American Association for Physician Leadership and the American College of Healthcare Executives. \n  \nLarry Schunder is the Vice President and Chief Technical Officer/Chief Information Securities Officer for Ardent Health Services\, where he oversees the Technology and Information Security for 31 hospitals across 7 States. Prior to joining Ardent Health Services in January 2018\, he was with LHP Hospital Group as the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for almost 10 years. \nLarry has over 40 years’ of IT experience\, primarily focused in the banking and hospital industries\, throughout the United States as well as overseas. Previous experience prior to Ardent/LHP Hospital Group includes\, ACS\, EDS\, Price Waterhouse and as a founding partner of PHNS.  He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Data Processing and Analysis from The University of Texas\, Austin. \n  \nDr. Jennifer Markusic Wimberly is the Physician overseeing the Community-Oriented Primary Care Transgender Clinic at Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas\, Texas. Prior to that she was on the Faculty for the Program in Ethics in Science and Medicine and the Assistant Professor for the Department of Urology\, both at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center\, also in Dallas. Prior to moving to Texas\, Jennifer was the Attending Physician for the Department of Urology at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington\, DC. \nJennifer has won a number of awards\, including being named Active Teacher in Family Medicine by the American Academy of Family Physicians\, and Resident Teacher of the Year while at the Georgetown University Department of Urology.
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/save-the-date-east-texas-north-texas-ache-joint-education-summit/
LOCATION:First Baptist Church – Terrell\, 403 North Catherine Street\, Terrell\, TX\, 75160
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190502T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190502T163000
DTSTAMP:20260606T095940
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SUMMARY:Creating Exceptional Patient Experiences:  What Healthcare Can Learn from Disney
DESCRIPTION:The Sooner Healthcare Executives\, the ACHE chapter in Oklahoma\, invites you to attend a special event. \nJoin Oklahoma’s executive leadership for an exciting day of education and networking! This event is eligible to earn 6 Face-to-Face credits that can be used towards earning your FACHE. Breakfast\, lunch and parking are included in your registration cost. Register for the Free Pre-Summit Networking Reception. \nCreating Exceptional Patient Experiences: What Healthcare Can Learn From Disney\nAs a Disney leader for nearly two decades\, Jake Poore will share his insights into the secrets to Disney’s success\, and how it can be adapted to your competitive advantage. He will take you on a journey from Disney to healthcare\, sharing best practices and lessons learned from organizations known for their world-class service\, delivered consistently and seamlessly through the eyes of their customers. \nLocation Information\nThe Samis Education Center is located on the OU Medicine Oklahoma City campus and is home to beautiful and functional meeting spaces. The main event will be held in the Samis Auditorium and lunch will be served in a separate space on the Lower Level. Parking instructions for the event will be emailed to all attendees at least 7 days in advance. \nVendors\nThe planning committee is opening the event to a limited number of vendors and sponsors to provide educational materials to attendees. Please contact Rizan Mohsin if you are interested in becoming a vendor. \nClick here for more details or to register.
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/creating-exceptional-patient-experiences-what-healthcare-can-learn-from-disney/
LOCATION:Oklahoma University Children’s Hospital – Samis Education Center\, 1200 Children's Avenue\, Oklahoma City\, OK\, 73104
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190430T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190430T110000
DTSTAMP:20260606T095940
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SUMMARY:ACHE of East Texas Education Event
DESCRIPTION:Both panels are approved for 1.50 Face-to-Face credits each (Total – 3.0)\n\nDate: April 30\, 2018\nTime: 7:00am – 11:00am\nLocation: CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Institute for Healthy Living\n3133 Good Shepherd Way Longview\, TX 75605 \nRegister Now!\n  \nMaster of Ceremonies: Gurinder Singh\, Programming Chair\, ACHE East Texas \nSchedule of Events \n7:00am – 7:30am Registration/Welcome/Announcements \n7:30am – 9:00am Panel 1: Accountability for the Care We Provide \nModerator: \nMary Elizabeth Jackson\nVice President\nCHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System \nPanelists: \nAnthony Brooks\, MBA\nChief Executive Officer at Azalea\nOrthopedics & Sports Medicine \nErich Koch\, FACHE\nChief Financial Officer\nTyler Family Circle of Care \nRon Short\, MBA\, FACHE\nChief Operating Officer\nCare Systems\, Inc. \n9:00am – 9:15am Break \n9:15am – 10:45am Panel 2: Healthcare Executives Role in the Opioid Crisis \nModerator: \nKaty Nustad\, FACHE\nAdministrative Officer\nLongview Veteran Affair Clinic \nPanelists: \nLynn Jennings\, MD\nStaff Physician\nLongview VA Clinic in Longview\, TX  \nSushma Sharma\, PhD\nDirector Community\, Public and Population\nDallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation \nCandy Still\, PharmD\, BCPS\nAcademic Detailing Clinical Pharmacy Specialist\nVeterans Health Administration in VISN16 \nBrad Walsh\nProject Administrator\nParkland Hospital \n10:45pm – 11:00am Master of Ceremonies’ Closing Remarks and Adjourn \nSpeakers Bios: \nAnthony Brooks\, MBA\, currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Azalea Orthopedics & Sports Medicine in Tyler\, TX. He joined the practice in February of 2018 after serving as the Chief Operating Officer at Longview Regional Medical Center for two years. Prior to his work at Longview Regional Medical Center\, Anthony served in multiple roles with increasing responsibility including Chief Financial Officer at Sparks Medical Center and Assistant Chief Financial Officer at Dallas Regional Medical Center. Anthony has a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Webster University and a Bachelors in Business Administration with a focus in accounting from Texas State University. In his spare time\, Anthony enjoys spending time with his family and traveling. \nMary Elizabeth Jackson currently serves as the Vice President of Governmental Affairs and Community Relations in Tyler\, Texas. Expanding the communication lines between rural service areas\, local community leaders\, and the health system’s leadership is a prime focus her current position. \nPrior to coming to CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances\, Mary Elizabeth owned a communication-consulting firm\, offering services ranging from fund raising\, message development\, strategic planning\, community organization\, media relations\, public relations development\, and mediation. Her clients included public policy organizations\, not-for-profit groups\, and public elected officials. She has worked for the Texas Attorney General as communication director and statewide director of Volunteer Services\, the State Comptroller’s Office Regional Economic Development\, and for the Texas House of Representatives. \nMary Elizabeth has worked in the public policy field helping entities to formulate policy\, work on strategic planning\, and to deal with conflict resolution in-group settings. With over 30 years of experience in advocacy work\, she is now a volunteer for many organizations in developing communication plans and message development. \nJackson holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Texas at Tyler. She has completed additional graduate studies at the University of Oklahoma and Southwestern Oklahoma State University. She has also completed the required course of study in mediation and mediation for family law. \nAs a community volunteer\, she has served as a consumer member of the State Board of Nurse Examiners (RN) where she was elected chair (first consumer elected)\, former Council member for the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the State Bar of Texas\, Leadership Texas\, Robert Woods Johnson Foundation Governance Council for the Southern Rural Access Project for Texas\, and past chair of the Tyler-Smith County Area Chamber of Commerce. She is currently on the Texas Association Board of Directors. \nShe and her husband\, Alan\, reside in Tyler and attend Marvin United Methodist Church. They have two children Austin Reeve a graduate of Texas Tech Law School who lives in Tyler with his wife\, Laura. They are the proud parents two daughters\, Maryellen (3) and Allison (22 months). Ashley Elizabeth\, who is a graduate of Texas A&M\, lives in San Antonio with her husband\, Brent\, and their two girls\, Addison (11) and Katherine (9) and son\, Tyler (7). \nDr. Lynn Jennings currently serves as a Staff Physician at the Longview VA Clinic in Longview\, TX that is affiliated with the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center. Since serving at the Longview VA Clinic\, Dr. Jennings has served in various leadership roles including more recently as a champion of the opioid communication strategy at the facility. Dr. Jennings obtained her medical degree at the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Science in Memphis\, Tennessee. She completed an Anesthesiology residency at the University of Tennessee in Memphis and a second residency in Family Practice at the North Central Texas Medical Foundation affiliated with University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Family Medicine. Dr. Jennings has over 33 years of healthcare experience with special interest in opioids. Dr. Jennings resides in Tatum\, TX (city) with her husband. \n  \nErich Koch\, FACHE\, is the Chief Financial Officer of Tyler Family Circle of Care which is a 5 location\, $17 million dollar FQHC serving over 21\,000 unique patients for over 70\,000 visits. Prior to assuming this role\, Erich served for almost 3 years as Chief Financial Officer of Robeson Health Care Corporation located in Pembroke\, NC\, during which time he helped lead the organization through a turnaround. Before Erich got there\, the company lost $900K\, and after Erich left\, the company had a profit of over $800K. \nErich has more than 18 years of combined healthcare financial management and general accounting experience. Prior to joining Family Circle of Care in Tyler\, Erich also served as a Chief Financial Officer or Controller for a Critical Access Hospital\, Psychiatric Hospital\, Acute Care Hospital\, FQHC\, and FQHC look-a-like. Erich specializes in FQHC’s and FQHC look-a-likes. \nErich is actively involved with the Health Financial Management Association (HFMA)\, the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)\, and The Texas Association for Healthcare Financial Administration (TAHFA). Erich is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). \nErich is a graduate of Heriot-Watt University (MBA\, November 2005)\, and Lakehead University (BA Administration\, May 1998). Erich is also a Fellow with ACHE (FACHE)\, a Fellow with HFMA (FHFMA)\, a Certified Public Accountant from North Dakota (CPA – ND)\, and a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator from Alaska (NHA – AK). \n  \nKaty Nustad\, MHA\, FACHE\, is the Administrative Officer at the Longview VA Clinic in Longview\, TX and an East Texas native. She is responsible for daily outpatient operations serving nearly 7\,000 East Texas Veterans as part of the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center in Shreveport\, LA. She has served in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) in three health systems in four states over the past 10 years and held various leadership roles including Executive Officer to the Director/CEO\, Administrative Officer of Medicine Service\, and Administrative Fellow. She holds a Masters of Health Administration from Texas A&M University and is an active member of the Junior League of Longview\, the East Texas Chapter of American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)\, the Longview Chamber of Commerce\, and the First United Methodist Church of Longview. Ms. Nustad is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and is board certified in healthcare management. She currently resides in Longview\, TX with her husband and two children. \nSushma Sharma\, PhD\, is the Director Community\, Public and Population Health at the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation (DFWHCF)\, Irving\, TX. \nDr. Sharma manages public health research initiatives in her current role at DFWHCF. She serves as the North Texas Community Health Collaborative (CHC) leader\, which has membership of more than 45 organizations\, including 11 area health systems and 96 hospitals. \nDr. Sharma is a scientific executive with over 15 years of post-doctoral experience in scientific research and management. She has extensive experience in conducting and managing research and community programs. She has published over 60 peer-reviewed publications in international journals\, serves on the editorial board of international journals\, and is an invitee reviewer for several journals. She has won several awards\, most recent being the Dr. Ron J. Anderson Thinking Progressively for Health and Innovation Award-Texas Public Health Association 2017. \nDr Sharma’s work has taken her all over the world. In her previous role\, she worked as a Senior scientist at the University of California Berkeley\, Berkeley\, CA. She was a Senior scientist and lab manager at the University of Highlands and Islands in Scotland\, UK. She completed her post-doctoral research fellowship from the British Heart Foundation UK\, after earning her PhD from India. \nDr. Sharma’s ongoing community initiatives: \n\naddressing behavioral health (mental health and substance abuse) related disparities in 16 North Texas Counties\,\ntraining 10\,000 North Texans in Mental Health First Aid (10\,000 lives initiative)\nstandardizing domestic violence reporting and promoting data sharing among North Texas hospitals to facilitate early intervention and prevention of domestic violence\nthe SAMHSA-funded Dallas County ReJuvenATE (Revitalize Juveniles through Acknowledgement\, Training and Empowerment) program to assist high-risk youth and families and promote resilience and equity in communities that have recently faced civil unrest (reference: Dallas shooting in 2016).\n\nRon Short\, MBA\, FACHE\nChief Operating Officer\nCare Systems\, Inc. \n  \n  \nDr. Candy Still received her Doctorate of Pharmacy degree at Harding University College of Pharmacy in Searcy\, AR. She completed her PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks in Fayetteville\, AR. Dr. Still is currently serving as an Academic Detailing Clinical Pharmacy Specialist for the Veterans Health Administration in VISN16 as the Opioid Safety Initiative Lead.  Prior to her career in pharmacy\, Dr. Still was in the field of Physical Therapy and has over 24 years of healthcare experience.  Dr. Still lives in Bentonville\, AR with her husband and two children. \n  \n  \nBrad Walsh is a Project Administrator at Parkland Hospital in Dallas.  He has served as chair of the HEI survey team for the past six years\, which has earned Parkland the highest marks on the Human Rights Campaign’s annual hospital survey each year.  Brad is trained as an epidemiologist\, with research and community work which includes transgender health and LGBTQ community needs assessment projects.  Brad has a Masters of Public Health from the UT Health Science Center. \n  \nRegister Now!\n  \nA special thanks to\nCHRISTUS Good Shepherd Institute for Healthy Living\nfor hosting this event!
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/ache-of-east-texas-education-event/
LOCATION:CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Institute for Healthy Living\, 3133 Good Shepherd Way\, Longview\, TX\, 75605
ORGANIZER;CN="ACHE of East Texas":MAILTO:info@acheetx.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190315T073000
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED:  ACHE of East Texas/HFMA Lone Star Chapter Tyler Roadshow
DESCRIPTION:ACHE of East Texas/HFMA Lone Star Chapter Tyler Roadshow\nNavigating Healthcare Finance\nDue to unforeseen circumstances\, this event has been postponed.  We will let you know once it has been rescheduled.
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/ache-of-east-texas-hfma-lone-star-chapter-tyler-roadshow/
LOCATION:The University of Texas at Tyler\, 3402 Old Omen Road\, Tyler\, 75707\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190220T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190220T200000
DTSTAMP:20260606T095940
CREATED:20190121T200054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190121T200054Z
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SUMMARY:East Texas First Quarter Networking Event
DESCRIPTION:Featured Speaker\nJason Rounds\nPresident\nCHRISTUS St. Michael Health System\nAgenda:\n6:00-6:15 pm – Registration and Opening Remarks\n6:15-6:45 pm – Featured Speaker: Jason Rounds\, President\, CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System\n6:45 . . . Networking \n  \nClick Here to Register
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/east-texas-first-quarter-networking-event/
LOCATION:Twisted Fork Grill & Bar\, 5522 Summerhill Road\, Texarkana\, TX\, 75503\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20181214T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20181214T210000
DTSTAMP:20260606T095940
CREATED:20181203T210822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181210T184752Z
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SUMMARY:East Texas ACHE Forum - Holiday After Hours Networking Event
DESCRIPTION:Benefiting the Marine Corps Toys for Tots Program of East Texas\nREGISTER NOW!\nCome and join us for our final East Texas ACHE After Hours Networking Event of the year\, being held at Brewster’s (Formerly Coaches and Cowboys). Catch up with your fellow ACHE members and friends and make new friends and connections as well. Karaoke\, dancing\, pool\, darts\, you name it. You won’t want to miss this special time of conversation and networking! \nRegistration for this event is free\, but if you would like to make a donation to the Marine Corps Toys for Tots Program of East Texas\, please feel free to do so when registering for this event. After the program\, we will cut a check from the chapter for all proceeds received for this event. \nSchedule of Events \n7:00pm Registration and Opening Remarks\n7:00pm – 7:30pm (1.0 hr) Networking\n7:30pm – 9:00pm (1.5 hour) Karaoke\n9:00pm Randall King (https://www.randallkingmusic.com) @ Cowboys \nREGISTER NOW!
URL:https://acheetx.org/event/east-texas-ache-forum-holiday-after-hours-networking-event/
LOCATION:Brewster’s Bar And Grill (formerly Coaches and Cowboys)\, 8380 Paluxy Drive\, Tyler\, Texas\, 75703
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