We are pleased to offer members three free online communities for physician executives, Asian healthcare leaders and LGBTQ healthcare leaders. The communities’ platform makes it easier than ever for peers to connect in real time, tackle issues together and ask important career-related questions. Members can participate in discussion threads, share resources and best practices, and crowdsource innovative ideas and solutions.

To join, follow these steps:

1. Log in to my.ache.org.
2. Under “Helpful Links” on the right-hand side, click the last option, “My Communities.”
3. Click the “Add” button to choose the online communities you wish to join. An MD or DO degree is required to join the Physician Executive Community.
4. Watch your inbox for your welcome email and instructions to access your new community! The email will arrive within 24 hours.

We hope you will join these communities.

• The Gold Medal Award is the highest honor bestowed by ACHE on outstanding leaders who have made significant contributions to the healthcare profession. The 2022 winner is Michael J. Fosina, FACHE, ACHE’s 2021–2022 Immediate Past Chair.
• The Lifetime Service and Achievement Award recognizes Life Fellows and Retired Fellows who have made outstanding, nationally recognized contributions to advance the profession of healthcare management and ACHE. The 2022 winners are Zeff Ross, LFACHE, and Steven M. Saxe, LFACHE.
• The Robert S. Hudgens Memorial Award for Young Healthcare Executive of the Year recognizes early careerists for outstanding achievements in the field of healthcare management. The 2022 winner is Callie C. Andrews, FACHE, senior vice president/hospital COO, Wellstar Kennestone and Windy Hill Hospitals, Marietta, Ga.

Please visit the News and Awards section of ache.org for full details on the awards.

Please consider donating to the Fund for Healthcare Leadership in 2022. The Fund wholly supports the Thomas C. Dolan Executive Diversity Program and provides scholarships to talented individuals who lack the resources to acquire the skills and training needed to effectively lead through today’s challenges and into the future.

Make the most out of your personal brand and your organization’s brand in 2022 by completing the call for speakers for a spot in front of industry peers interested in the knowledge you can share at a local F2F event or at the ACHE-WI 2022 Annual Conference.

Local programs will be in Green Bay, Madison and Milwaukee. The Annual Conference will be at The Osthoff Resort in Elkhart Lake, WI on September 19-21. It is our largest event of the year and brings insights, connections and development into focus. As a speaker, you will be one of the few thought leaders with the platform to move the industry forward on a regionally recognized stage.

As a conference speaker, you receive:

• Direct access to healthcare professionals
• Waived one day conference fee
• Industry insights from conference content
• And the chance to impact healthcare in Wisconsin and beyond

If you or somebody you know is a great fit, view the call for speakers now!

Submit the call for speakers by the deadline on Friday, March 25.

Call for Speakers

Improve your visibility in the healthcare field and to build your professional brand by sharing career updates with ACHE. Have you started a new job or been promoted recently? Any chapter members planning to retire? Let ACHE know so you can possibly be listed in the “On the Move” section of Healthcare Executive magazine. All you have to do is email both your former and new job titles, organizations, locations and a high-resolution headshot to he-editor@ache.org.

We are pleased to offer members three new, free online communities for physician executives, Asian healthcare leaders and LGBTQ healthcare leaders. The communities’ platform makes it easier than ever for peers to connect in real time, tackle issues together and ask important career-related questions. Members can participate in discussion threads, share resources and best practices, and crowdsource innovative ideas and solutions.

To join, follow these steps:

1. Log in to my.ache.org.
2. Under “Helpful Links” on the right-hand side, click the last option, “My Communities.”
3. Click the “Add” button to choose the online communities you wish to join. An MD or DO degree is required to join the Physician Executive Community.
4. Watch your inbox for your welcome email and instructions to access your new community! The email will arrive within 24 hours.

Registration is open for the 2022 Congress on Healthcare Leadership, March 28–31. Congress features an unparalleled selection of specialized education sessions and so much more. Early bird registration ends March 21.

Visit ache.org/Congress to view the full agenda and plan your schedule.

You will also gain even more value by registering for the Virtual Leadership Symposium, April 11–12. Congress on Healthcare Leadership registrants receive a discounted registration for the symposium, with combined learning units from both events totaling 18+ ACHE Face-to-Face Education credits. Learn more.

Are you a leader in healthcare faced with the challenge of addressing important issues around social determinants of health within the communities you serve? In today’s episode, our host Janet Schulz discusses some non-healthcare topics with the Rural Wisconsin Healthcare Cooperative (RWHC) Director of Economic Development, Marie Barry. Born out of a need to create synergies between rural hospitals and rural communities, the RWHC launched a formal Community Economic Development program in 2021 and has experienced some early success in developing solutions around broadband, transportation, childcare, and housing issues, to name a few. Marie explains how the program acts as a “bridge” between the hospital and community, and works to insure that diverse representation is at the table when discussing economic development. Collaboration, community involvement, and courage to work in uncharted territory are all lessons learned that Marie shares for leaders looking to make a greater impact. We hope you enjoy!

ACHE is pleased to offer the annual Albert C. Dent and Foster G. McGaw Graduate Student Scholarships, which are awarded to outstanding students enrolled in health services administration graduate programs to help finance their education. Each scholarship is worth $5,000. Between the Dent and McGaw scholarships, ACHE awards up to 15 scholarships each year.

If students are eligible for both, they may apply for both. Students who identify as LGBTQ are now eligible for the Dent scholarship.

The application period is open from now until March 31. For more information, and to share with eligible students in your chapter, you may visit ache.org/scholarships.

Members have free online communities for physician executives, Asian healthcare leaders and LGBTQ healthcare leaders. The communities’ platform makes it easy for peers to connect in real time, tackle issues together and ask important career-related questions. Members can participate in discussion threads, share resources and best practices, and crowdsource innovative ideas and solutions.

To join, follow these steps:

1. Log in to my.ache.org.
2. Under “Helpful Links” on the right-hand side, click the last option, “My Communities.”
3. Click the “Add” button to choose the online communities you wish to join. An MD or DO degree is required to join the Physician Executive Community.
4. Watch your inbox for your welcome email and instructions to access your new community. The email will arrive within 24 hours.

We hope you will join these communities and participate in conversations.