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Agenda
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Sunday, September 14, 2008
| 12-1:30pm |
Registration Registration
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| 1:30-4pm |
Concurrent Sessions Concurrent Sessions
Board Basics for New & Experienced Board Members Edward A. Kazemek, Chairman & CEO, ACCORD LIMITED
This session covers everything from clarifying the board’s basic fiduciary duties and core responsibilities to exploring best practices of high-performing boards. Accountability, transparency, and conflicts of interest will also be reviewed. Attributes of High-Performing Boards Thomas C. Dolan, Ph.D., FACHE, CAE, President & CEO, American College of Healthcare Executives
Recent Governance Institute research has isolated a series of essential structures and behaviors of high-performing hospital and health system boards. Dr. Dolan will discuss these strategies and how your organization can best explore their application in your situation. Physician Leadership at The Tipping Point 101 Brian D. Wong, M.D., M.P.H., & Lawrence R. McEvoy, M.D., FACEP , Cofounders, The Bedside Project, LLC
When the entire team shares basic values and communicates effectively, healthcare organizations can provide quality, safety, service, and efficiency at a much higher level. Drs. Wong and McEvoy will show attendees how to create that environment of shared commitment and cooperation. |
| 4:30-6pm |
General Session General Session
Courage: The Backbone of Leadership Gus Lee, Author, The Backbone of Leadership
Working across 50 industries, Gus Lee has experienced leadership as an enduring test of our moral centeredness and courage. Mentored by H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Mr. Lee advocates a courage-based healthcare leadership model, and will present the learnable behaviors of courage for bold application to the greatest leadership challenges. |
| 6-7pm |
Reception Reception
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Monday, September 15, 2008
| 7-8am |
Continental Breakfast
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| 8-9:30am |
General Session
Leading Transformational Change Joseph S. Bujak, M.D., FACP, Vice President of Medical Affairs, Kootenai Medical Center
How do today’s healthcare leaders position their organizations for future success? Dr. Bujak will explore the essentials of transformational leadership and describe an approach to managing healthcare organizations that is more appropriate to today’s rapidly changing environment. |
| 9:45-10:45am |
Concurrent Sessions
Challenges Specific to Physician Leadership Joseph S. Bujak, M.D., FACP
Healthcare organizations are beginning to pay physicians to help lead and manage organizational performance. Dr. Bujak will describe the internal and external barriers that confront physicians in their attempts to effectively lead and manage within healthcare organizations, and suggest specific approaches that will enhance their effectiveness. Creating a Physician Advisory Leadership Program in Your Community 201 Brian D. Wong, M.D., M.P.H. & Lawrence R. McEvoy, M.D., FACEP
This session will introduce the proven concept of a “Physician Advisory Leader Program” (PAL). PAL is a small, select group of physician leaders who develop the capability and the capacity to lead an entire organization in a positive direction. Learn how to implement such a program within your organization. Creating a Sustainable Physician Strategy Jay C. Warden, Senior Vice President, Kaufman, Hall & Associates, Inc.
Successful development and implementation of physician-related strategies have become critical success factors for hospitals in today’s competitive and credit-tight market. This session will focus on six non-negotiable “must-do” strategies in 2008/2009 for healthcare trustees and executives, and will provide a proactive approach hospitals can use for strategy development and execution. |
| 11am-12:30pm |
General Session
Too Many Projects: Not Enough Capital Marian C. Jennings, M.B.A., President, M. Jennings Consulting, Inc.
Leaders of hospitals and health systems have a seemingly never-ending list of capital needs. This session will focus on the role of the board in establishing strategic, financial, and capital policies to support long-term strategic and financial success. |
| 12:30-1:30pm |
Lunch
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| 1:30-3pm |
Concurrent Sessions
Financing Healthcare: Who Will Pay the Bill & How? Marian C. Jennings, M.B.A.
Consumer-driven health plans. Medicare reform. State-led reform initiatives. Will these fundamentally change hospital payment, and if so, how? This interactive session will examine the economics and politics behind a potential payment revolution and the likely impact on hospitals. The Heat is Still On: Institutional Integrity Trends for 2008 Edward A. Kazemek
Mr. Kazemek will examine the growing public and government pressures on not-for-profit boards to prove they deserve their tax-exempt status and the community’s trust. Drawing on the results of recent Governance Institute surveys, Mr. Kazemek will describe trends and best board practices for transparency, community benefit, oversight of executive compensation, audit oversight, and board ethics, including conflict of interest. Collaborative Conversations from the Bedside to the Boardroom 301 Brian D. Wong, M.D., M.P.H. & Lawrence R. McEvoy, M.D., FACEP
Quality of care is our highest priority. What do we do when we don’t follow up our words with our actions? Drs. Wong and McEvoy will teach you how to have “collaborative conversations” that address troublesome issues politely, respectfully, and effectively. |
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
| 7-8am |
Continental Breakfast
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| 8-9:30am |
General Session
Leadership for Quality & Safety: Getting the Board on Board David B. Nash, M.D., M.B.A., FACP, The Dr. Raymond C. & Doris N. Grandon Professor & Chair, Department of Health Policy, Jefferson Medical College
The board has ultimate responsibility for the quality of medical care delivered by the institution. Is your board ready to confront this reality? Dr. Nash will review current national efforts to engage governance in the hard work of quality improvement and error reduction. Key models will be discussed, as well as suggestions for the future. |
| 9:45-11:15am |
General Session
The Medical Arms Race: How Can We Negotiate Peace? Brian J. Silverstein, M.D., Senior Vice President, The Camden Group
Technology is responsible for advances in clinical care. Along with the benefits, clinical practices and technology have served as flashpoints in local battles between hospitals and physicians. How can a hospital board and executive team determine which clinical practices have merit for your community? This session will explore the drivers behind the medical arms race and present strategies and tactics to meet the needs in your community. |
| 11:30am-12:30pm |
Concurrent Sessions
Leadership for Quality & Safety: Case Studies & More Details David B. Nash, M.D., M.B.A., FACP
This session will continue from Dr. Nash’s earlier session, and offer a hands-on opportunity to further evaluate the governance dashboard for quality and safety. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own governance dashboard. Personalized & Preventive Medicine: Today’s Strategic Planning for Tomorrow’s Care Delivery Brian J. Silverstein, M.D.
Personalized medicine describes a future model of care delivery, customizing diagnostics and treatment to each patient. The concept supports a paradigm shift in care delivery. Dr. Silverstein will discuss the promise of personalized medicine and ways to plan for such complex scenarios. Bullet-Proofing Your Big Deal: How Non-Profit Boards & Management Can Keep Regulators & Stakeholders Happy Monte I. Dube, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, LLP
With ever-increasing frequency, marketplace dynamics are requiring non-profit hospitals and health systems to undertake strategically crucial mergers, affiliations, and joint ventures with competing hospitals and physician entrepreneurs. This session will use case study examples of how non-profits have successfully reduced, if not eliminated, key regulatory and public relations risks associated with doing the “big deals.” |
| 1pm |
Golf Tournament
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
| 7-8am |
Continental Breakfast
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| 8-9:30am |
General Session
The Hospital-Owned Group: The Future of Medicine Todd Sagin, M.D., J.D.
Hospitals are employing physicians in growing numbers, but are they doomed to repeat past mistakes? The hospital-owned integrated group practice will be a key tool for transforming dysfunctional health systems. Learn how to guide the process and assure success. |
| 10-11:30am |
General Session
More Story to Tell & More Scrutiny for Non-Profits: The IRS “New & Improved” Form 990 Monte I. Dube
Directors of non-profit hospitals are under scrutiny like never before, at the same time when many non-profit hospitals are under financial stress. Mr. Dube will discuss recent developments and emerging trends, such as the evolving standard of care when a hospital nears the “zone of insolvency.” |
| 11:30am |
Adjourn
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