Increasingly, physicians clamor for seats on the hospital board. This session will explore that trend; look at pros and cons, risks, and opportunities of physicians serving as trustees; and highlight a series of practices likely to assure that your hospital’s experience with physician trustees is indeed a positive one.

Mr. Bader 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. Bader will describe trends and best board practices for transparency, community benefit, oversight of executive compensation, audit oversight, and board ethics, including conflict of interest.

After disastrous losses associated with physician employment in the 1980s and 1990s, many hospitals are uncomfortable with a return to employment. Yet increasingly, physicians are demanding employment. Dr. Lister will discuss the board’s role and some solutions to consider.

Hospital boards are mandated to create a quality oversight process that satisfies legal, regulatory, Joint Commission, payer, and missionoriented expectations. Mr. Peters will discuss fiduciary duties and recommend ways to implement a “real world,” systemic compliance model designed to achieve the quality oversight mandate.