The ACHE-WI Leadership Development Program (LDP) participated in an Early Careerist Panel at UW-Milwaukee on April 20, 2017. Students learned from LDP early careerists who found success in professional careers. It was also an opportunity for LDP-UWM Future Healthcare Executives mentors and mentees to meet face-to-face.

LDP panel participants included:

• Adam Corrado, Purchasing Account Manager, Aurora Health Care
• Omar Knighton, Program Analyst, Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center
• Alicia Rizzo, Clinic Operations Manager, University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation
• Justin Saldutte, Supervisor of Clinic Operations, Aurora Health Care

Panelists explained their own leadership journey, including educational, career background, work experience and community involvement. Panelists gave advice about attending graduate school and how to select your own grad school and program. They also discussed fellowships, what to look for, and when and how to apply.

The LDP panelists discussed the benefits of joining a professional association such as ACHE. Panelists shared what that they wish they would have known as an undergraduate student and gave advice for future health care administrators.

ACHE-WI Leadership Development Co-Chairs
Teresa (Feidt) Lindfors, FACHE
Kathleen Olewinski, FACHE

Talent management and succession planning are important to the successful operation of every organization. Together, they constitute a systematic process for preparing people to meet an organization’s needs for talent over time. They are designed to ensure the continued effective performance of an organization by developing employees at all levels, while paying attention to the identification and training of high-potential candidates for managerial or leadership positions.

Talent management and succession planning enable an organization to meet its needs for leadership by assessing the competencies required for key positions, nurturing and developing the talents needed to fill those positions, and implementing procedures and protocols for managerial and leadership replacement when it becomes necessary.

We will discuss that and more with the Talent Management for Bench Strength Development panel at the next Face-to-Face Chapter event. This program has been developed by ACHE-WI. The ACHE has awarded 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face Education Credits to this program.

Moderator

• Cathy Pierzina, MSSW, Leadership and Organization Development Advisor, Mayo Clinic

Panelists

• Tim McKeough, MBA, President/Owner, Q Up Succes, LLC
• Michael Morrey, Chair of Administration, Mayo Clinic Health System – Northwest Wisconsin
• Ryan T. Neville, FACHE, President and CEO, Memorial Medical Center

May 19, 2017
7:30 – 9:30 am

Mayo Clinic Health System, Eau Claire Hospital
Eau Claire, WI

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The ACHE Overview and Year in Review videos are now available for viewing on ACHE’s YouTube channel. These video were shown during the recent Congress on Healthcare Leadership in March. The ACHE Overview describes the many ways ACHE has served members during the past year, and the Year in Review video was shown during the luncheons at the Congress.

ACHE is now accepting applications for the 2018 Thomas C. Dolan Executive Diversity Program. During this year-long program, scholars benefit from specialized curriculum opportunities to develop strategies for successful navigation of potential career challenges and enhance executive presence, one-on-one interaction with a specially selected mentor, and participation in formal leadership education and career assessments. Enhanced self-awareness, critical leadership skills and an expanded network of leaders will help prepare scholars to ascend to C-suite roles in hospitals, health systems and other healthcare organizations.

Visit http://ache.org/ExecutiveDiversity/ for more information or to apply. If you have questions about the program, please contact Cie Armstead, director, diversity and inclusion, at carmstead@ache.org or (312) 424-9306.

 

The 2017 Chapter Member Needs Survey will be sent May 8–26 via email to all ACHE members who have been chapter members for more than one year. The survey was developed and will be administered by ACHE’s Division of Member Services, Research. The 2017 survey asks about your familiarity and satisfaction with your chapter and also focuses on the chapter’s events and volunteer opportunities. We encourage members to respond to the survey so the results are as representative as possible.

Maximize your professional potential by earning the premier credential in healthcare management. When you become board certified in healthcare management as an ACHE Fellow (FACHE), you’ll have the knowledge, skills and confidence to succeed. Now is the perfect time to apply for Fellow status in ACHE. When you submit your completed application by June 30, 2017, along with the $250 application fee, we will waive the $200 Board of Governors Exam fee pending application approval. The waiver will be valid for six months after your application has been approved.

Board of Governors Exam Fee Waiver

Get the full story on the twists and turns of federal health reform and what it means for Wisconsin at this year’s Wisconsin Health News conference.

We are flying in a full slate of national speakers to provide in-depth perspective on the latest updates and developments. That includes:

• Avik Roy, a leading conservative thinker on health reform who served as a policy advisor to three Republican presidential candidates, including Mitt Romney in 2012.
• Julie Rovner, a Washington D.C.-based senior correspondent for Kaiser Health News and former reporter for NPR.

They will be joining vice presidents from the American Medical Association and America’s Health Insurance Plans, as well as influential experts from Wisconsin, including:

• State Medicaid Director Mike Heifetz
• Deputy Insurance Commissioner P. Wieske
• Wisconsin Hospital Association CEO Eric Borgerding
• Gundersen Health System CEO Scott Rathgaber
• Molina Healthcare of Wisconsin Plan President Scott Johnson
• UW Population Health Institute Program Manager Donna Friedsam
• Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality CEO Chris Queram
• Wisconsin Council on Children and Families Research Director Jon Peacock

We’ve also expanded network opportunities throughout the day and expect CEOs, executives and senior leaders from across the state to attend. This will be an event you don’t want to miss.

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Spring always brings new beginnings and new possibilities, and this is certainly so for many healthcare administration students from across the US – and particularly here in Wisconsin.  As students graduate and look to begin their blossoming careers as healthcare administrators, I am struck by the barriers new graduates face in entering the workplace. While true that the healthcare landscape and roles of leaders in healthcare continue to change faster than spring temperatures in Wisconsin, we as Wisconsin ACHE members could and should be doing so much more to foster the growth and development of new healthcare leaders.

Never was this more evident than the time I spent with my ACHE Regent colleagues and ACHE student members at the 2017 ACHE Congress. As Regents, I heard their ACHE membership began while in graduate school and their membership has been so valuable to their careers and career advancement. At the same time, much like our struggles to hire and retain talent in our organizations, I was also struck by recent ACHE studies that show ACHE is losing too many members in the first 2 years of membership. Likewise, I spoke with so many eager ACHE student members who are struggling to find internships and administrative fellowships opportunities. In fact, they struggle to even make contact with any current healthcare leaders who can coach and mentor them on their career path. All this leads them to question the value of their ACHE membership.

The students’ struggles were validated for me when our ACHE District 3 Regent-at-Large, Irita B. Matthews, JD, FACHE provided an update on ACHE’s partnership with the Institute for Diversity’s “Summer Enrichment Program.” While there were over 50 students who applied to participate in the Summer Enrichment Program, there are only 5 organizations who have signed up to take a student. And, of the 11 states representing ACHE’s District 3, only 3 organizations have committed to host a student this summer. Thankfully, 2 of those 3 organizations are here in Wisconsin. I am happy to share that I am, one of these 2 host sites – my second consecutive year hosting a student.

As all of our organizations commit to create a more diverse workforce and more diverse leadership teams, I am calling you to honor this commitment and the commitment you made to advance healthcare management excellence – as an ACHE member. Please follow the link below to sign up to be a host site. There are at least 40 students currently looking for summer internships. Let’s make Wisconsin the #1 host state for the Institute for Diversity’s Summer Enrichment Program!

Follow the hyperlink to the ACHE website for the Summer Enrichment Program, to learn more: http://www.ache.org/policy/IFD_Summer_Enrichment_Program.cfm

Follow the hyperlink to the Institute for Diversity in Healthcare Management website to register and become a host site: http://www.diversityconnection.org/diversityconnection/education/education-SEP-Program-Overview.jsp?fll=S4&sll=S40

 

Best Wishes!

Andrew M. Hillig, FACHE

Regent for Wisconsin

While Republicans may have walked away from the American Health Care Act, the healthcare debate is certain to continue. Will the Trump Administration fight to keep the Affordable Care Act afloat? Or will it use its power to hasten the law’s demise? Will lawmakers move left or right to forge a new deal?

In the meantime, Gov. Scott Walker is pushing ahead with Medicaid reforms that likely would not have been approved a year ago.  What does it mean for the program?

National and regional healthcare experts will tackle these questions and more at the 2017 Wisconsin Health News Conference, July 19 at the Monona Terrace in Madison.  Registration now open (link).

The silver tsunami is real. Wisconsin’s population is aging and healthcare care costs for the elderly and those needing long-term care are growing along with it. Gov. Walker’s budget increases Medicaid reimbursement for nursing homes and provides more money for direct care workers. Is it enough to address workforce shortages? And what’s next for Family Care? After pulling back its plans to overhaul the program, the administration is pushing forward with a statewide expansion. Will they incorporate other proposed program changes? Learn more at a Wisconsin Health News Panel Event May 2 in Madison.

​ Confirmed Panelists:

·      John Vander Meer, Executive Director, Wisconsin Health Care Association

·      Lynn Breedlove, Co-Chair, Wisconsin Long Term Care Coalition

​Register here