Pamela R. Knecht, President, ACCORD LIMITED
Given the intense focus on board performance, accountability, and transparency, it is now more important than ever for board members to understand their fiduciary duties and core responsibilities. This session provides an update on those topics and explores recent research from The Governance Institute on recommended practices for board.

Donald W. Seymour, President, Don Seymour & Associates
Get an update from the executive editor of this annual publication on what to expect in key areas such as healthcare reform, pay-for-performance, clinical innovation, physician supply and the electronic medical record.

Todd Sagin, M.D., J. D., Principal, HG Healthcare Consultants, LLC
Tighter monitoring of physician performance in recent years has revealed a growing number of medical staff members with problematic clinical skills or professional conduct. Most medical staffs and boards that undertake “corrective action” expose themselves unnecessarily to significant liability from lawsuits by aggrieved physicians. This session will show board members and physician leaders how to steer their organization through the landmines in this highly litigious territory.

Emily Friedman, Independent Health Policy & Ethics Analyst
The push for healthcare “reform” that captured the nation’s attention after the 2008 election has many facets. Among them are containing healthcare inflation, coverage of the uninsured and underinsured, improving quality of care, changing the rules for Medicare and Medicaid, and rethinking some basic traditions and infrastructures. How much of this is actually getting done? What are the consequences? And what does the future hold?

 

 

David B. Nash, M.D., M.B.A., FACP, Dean, Jefferson School of Population Health & The Dr. Raymond C. & Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy, Thomas Jefferson University
The board has ultimate responsibility for the quality of medical care delivered by the institution. Is your board ready to face this reality? Dr. Nash will discuss key models, suggestions for the future, and current national efforts to engage governance in the hard work of quality improvement and error reduction.

 

 

David B. Nash, M.D., M.B.A., FACP
This session will continue from Dr. Nash’s previous session, with a more hands-on approach, to further evaluate the governance dashboard for quality and safety. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own governance dashboard for discussion and evaluation.

 

 

Emily Friedman
Even if many healthcare “reform” aspirations are never realized, some aspects of these efforts are dead certainties: Greater scrutiny of what works (and does not) in healthcare; realizing the greatest cost-benefit ratio; and linking provider payment to treatment choices, outcomes, and cost-effectiveness. Welcome to the world of “comparative effectiveness” and the board’s growing responsibility for clinical outcomes.

 

 

Pamela R. Knecht
Without a core group of economically and clinically aligned physicians, hospitals will be hard pressed to improve quality and efficiency, earn pay-for-performance incentives, and compete with tightly integrated competitors. Drawing research from a Governance Institute white paper, learn what works when attempting to build trust and develop a customized alignment strategy with your physicians.

Lisa Goldstein, Senior Vice President/Team Leader, Not-for-Profit Healthcare Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service
Ms. Goldstein will present an overview of recent healthcare industry trends and the impact on hospital financial performance and bond ratings. A variety of topics will be discussed, including the importance of hospital governance and how governance factors into bond ratings. Lisa will also share recent hospital rating trends, Moody's national outlook on the hospital industry, the impact of healthcare reform on not-for-profit hospitals, and lessons learned from the 2008 credit crisis.

Lisa Goldstein
This session will outline hospital–physician integration strategies and their impact on hospital ratings. Lisa will examine some of the various integration strategies past and present, present a few actual case studies with rating histories, and be available for any questions or discussion points on this important topic.

Pamela R. Knecht & Sean Murphy, General Counsel, Solaris Health System
Boards cannot be successful without effective leadership. Yet the approach to identifying, developing, and selecting board leaders is often a haphazard, “seat of the pants” process. This session will examine the connection between effective board leadership and great governance, and review in detail the seven dimensions of a comprehensive board leadership succession plan.

Todd Sagin, M.D., J.D.
Hospitals are employing physicians in ever growing numbers. How can your institution avoid the pitfalls of past efforts at physician employment? This breakout will provide a roadmap for hospitals that have recently found themselves with a significant number of physicians on the payroll.

Kenneth Kaufman, Managing Partner, Kaufman, Hall & Associates, Inc.
2010 and beyond promises to be particularly challenging for America’s hospitals. Healthcare reform is at the forefront of the political agenda and no one can predict how it may impact hospitals’ long-term finances. Mr. Kaufman will reflect on challenges ahead and how to address capital positioning, financial planning, management of financial risk, capital structure, and their relationship to growth and scale.

Linda Galindo, Author, Speaker, & Educator, Galindo Consulting Inc.
Accountability for compliance with national, state, and local regulations as well as positive trend lines in surveys, management dashboards, and quality measures continue to increase the need for high-performing hospital and health system boards. Learn to eliminate frustrating and wasteful board practices and leave with immediately useful tools to ensure your board’s relevance and effectiveness.

 

 

Kenneth Kaufman
Mr. Kaufman will use case examples to describe “best practice“ preparation of a strategic financial plan and illustrate the importance of this first critical step in the application of corporate finance principles to hospital management.

Linda Galindo
A mindset of accountability for outcomes eludes most leadership groups, which leads to finger-pointing and blame when the time comes to answer for results. In this session, Linda Galindo will provide tools to increase accountability individually and collectively that can be used with any group where you intend to influence full utilization of everyone and eliminate low levels of accountability.

 

 

Susan A. Cejka, Managing Partner, Grant Cooper & Associates
Bundled payments, warranties, accountable healthcare: these and more are looming on the reimbursement landscape. Are you ready for the likely changes in the way your organization will be reimbursed by payors? This session will provide lessons learned from the healthcare organizations already engaged in the demonstration projects for the major changes in the method of reimbursement.

Susan A. Cejka
Given the sea of change in healthcare, it is inarguable that hospitals and physicians need to form true partnerships. Ms. Cejka will outline the compelling case for this integration as well as strategies to overcome the seemingly impenetrable barriers and bring physicians and hospitals together in a win-win partnership.

Julie Barnes, J.D., Deputy Director, Health Policy Program, New American Foundation
With the discussion of healthcare taking front and center stage, Ms. Barnes will present cutting-edge insight into what comes next. Learn how to prepare for potential changes to health information technology, quality standards, clinical education, workforce issues, and more.