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From the exchange to the state employee health plan, insurance leaders will share their perspective on the biggest issues facing the industry at the annual Wisconsin Health News Insurance CEO Roundtable Oct. 3 in Madison.

Register now for our Oct. 3 Newsmaker Series event.

Panelists:

• Terry Bolz, CEO, Quartz Health Solutions
• Frank Lucia, CEO, Dean Health Plan
• Cathy Mahaffey, CEO, Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative
• Michael Quist, CEO, WEA Trust

Former Members and Fellows suspended in 2017 for nonpayment of dues are eligible to reinstate their membership starting in September to receive membership benefits for the remainder of the year, plus all of 2018. That’s 16 months of membership for the price of 12!

Members can reinstate immediately and conveniently on their My ACHE page.

The kickoff keynote presentation will be on Physician Engagement and Alignment in the Face of Change by Jeff Bahr, MD, FACP, Executive Vice President, Aurora Healthcare, President, Aurora Health Care Medical Group. This presentation will review the measures necessary to align different medical group cultures.  Attendees will learn how to enhance physician engagement and well-being innovatively through relationships.  Attendees will also understand the steps taken to effectively improve clinical and service quality through clinician engagement.

Join us for this session and more at the ACHE-WI Annual Conference on September 18-20, 2017 at The Osthoff Resort in Elkhart Lake, WI. Rooms are available at The Osthoff Resort at the special rate of $169. To guarantee this rate, reservations must be made by August 28, 2017. To make a reservation, please call The Osthoff Resort at 800-876-3399 and request the American College of Healthcare Executives – Wisconsin Chapter room block.

Learn more and register here!

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Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. is pleased to announce that three attorneys in the firm’s Health Care Practice Group have been elected to leadership positions in the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA).

• Tom Shorter, a shareholder and chair of Godfrey & Kahn’s Health Care Practice Group was re-elected to the AHLA Board of Directors.
• Jed Roher, a shareholder in the Health Care Practice Group was appointed as a Vice Chair of the AHLA Business Law Group – Transactions Affinity Group.
• Tom O’Day, an attorney in the Labor & Employment and Health Care Practice Groups continues to serve as Vice Chair of AHLA’s Labor & Employment Law Practice Group.

Godfrey & Kahn’s Godfrey & Kahn’s Health Care Practice Group is organized around a core group of attorneys who provide legal services to clients in the health care industry. The team includes attorneys from the firm’s key business and litigation practice groups who provide our health care clients with a wide array of legal services that include: corporate and business transactions; tax and employee benefits; labor, employment and immigration; insurance; public finance; antitrust; litigation; white collar counseling and defense; real estate; political law; and intellectual property.

With more than 160 lawyers, Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. is one of Wisconsin’s leading business law firms. Founded in 1957, Godfrey & Kahn maintains offices in Milwaukee, Madison, Appleton, Green Bay and Waukesha, Wis.; and Washington, DC. For more information, please visit the firm’s website at www.gklaw.com.

The ACHE-WI Face-to-Face Madison Event brought together a group to discuss Reinventing Customer Service in Healthcare: Lessons Learned from the Best. Attendees learned the strategies that local healthcare leaders have used to improve internal and external customer service. They discovered new initiatives to achieve outstanding patient and staff satisfaction results, increase market share and decrease cost. They also discuss how to meet patient and provider needs in a faster, more cost-efficient way while excelling in safety and retention outcomes. This program was developed by ACHE-WI. The ACHE awarded 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face Education Credits to this program.

The program was led by moderator Wendy Horton, PharmD, MBA, FACHE, Vice President, Operations, UW Health at the American Center. Panelists included Kristin Baird, MHA, BSN, RN, President/CEO, Baird Group, Teresa Lindfors, FACHE, RN, CNO/VP Patient Services, Stoughton Hospital and John Sheehan, MHA, FACHE, President, UW Health at the American Center.

A special thank you UW Health at the American Center for hosting and our program committee members that planned the program.

• Vonda R. Shaw, MS, MPH, FACHE, Manager – Preventive Cardiology and Heart Station, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
• Crystal L. Warning, MPH, MSW, Program Analyst, Medical Service, Wm. S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital
• Heidi Skeppstrom Bolling, RN, ANP, NEA-BC, CNOR, Traveling Veteran Coordinator, William S. Middleton Memorial Hospital & Clinics