Exceptional organizations benefit from excellent board/CEO relationships, governed by trust, transparency, understanding and a thoughtful game plan. Bill Menner, board chair, Unity Point Health-Grinnell Regional Medical Center, and Todd Linden, president, Linden Consulting, and CEO Emeritus, Grinnell Regional Medical Center, will share their strategies for building strong board-CEO relationships through effective meetings, CEO evaluations and optimal role management.

Bill Menner	Todd Linden

Eligible AHAPAC members are invited to attend this appreciation luncheon featuring Spamilton: An American Parody, a musical lampoon of the hit Broadway show Hamilton. For more information on AHAPAC, contact Shari Dexter at (202) 626-2338.

Spamilton

Get the most from your AHA membership, meet new colleagues and maximize your Annual Meeting experience through this special welcome.

Learn strategies to lead for safety with Doug Salvador, M.D., chief quality officer for Baystate Health and chief medical officer, Baystate Medical Center. This session will provide health care leaders with methods and tools outlined in “Leading a Culture of Safety: A Blueprint for Success.” Leaders will learn practical strategies and tactics required by each organizational level to drive change and embed a culture of safety throughout the organization. A graduate of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Salvador is focused on the redesign of health care  delivery systems and fostering a culture of patient safety.

This fast-paced session will explore today’s key disruptors within the health care field, such as emergent technologies, regulatory pressures and consumerism. Seven hospital and health system leaders will share, in seven minutes or less, how their organizations are transforming to meet today’s key disruptors, challenges and opportunities. Moderator: Brian Gragnolati. Speakers: Joan Doyle, Executive Director, Penn Medicine at Home; Neil Gomes, Chief Digital Officer and Executive Vice President for Technology Innovation and Consumer Experience, Jefferson; Kevin Joyce, Vice President, Insurance Network Development, Atlantic Health System; Adam Myers, M.D., MHCM, FACHE, Chief of Population Health and Director of Cleveland Clinic Community Care; Gregory P. Poulsen, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Intermountain Healthcare, Civica RX; Rachelle Schultz, President/CEO, Winona Health; Anthony Slonim, President and CEO, Renown Health and Scott Rifkin, MD, founder and executive chairman, Real Time Medical Systems.
 

Brian Gragnolati	Joan Doyle	Neil Gomes	Kevin Joyce

Adam Myers	Gregory P. Poulsen	Rachelle Schultz	Anthony Slonim	Scott Rifkin, MD

Recent rural hospital closures underscore the need for policies to better support sustainable health care access. This session will describe the current landscape and explore ways to prepare for the future. Moderated by Peter J. Wright, AHA board member and president and CEO of Bridgton Hospital and Rumford Hospital. Speakers: George H. Pink, PhD, Humana Distinguished Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Deputy Director of the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program, and Senior Reseach Fellow at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; Janice Walters; Erin Dempsey, Deputy Director, Health Policy, Senate Finance Committee and Tom Morris, associate administrator for rural health policy in the Health Resources and Services Administration

Peter J. Wright	George H. Pink, PhD.	Janice Walters	Tom Morris

Join Michael W. Peregrine, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery for a discussion of how the board can be an informed, attentive partner to executive management in identifying and responding to disruptors and by re-positioning itself for potentially “radical” decision-making.

New approaches to post-discharge patient care. Moderator: James Prister, President & CEO: RML Specialty Hospital. Speakers: Philip Oravetz, M.D., MPH, MBA, Chief Population Health Officer: Oschner Health System; Amy Bassano, Deputy Director of CMS’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI); Josh Liao, M.D., M.Sc., University of Washington Associate Medical Director of Contracting and Value- Based Care and Assistant Professor of General Internal Medicine; and David Klementz, chief strategy and development officer, Encompass Health.
 

James Prister	Philip Oravetz, M.D.	Amy Bassano	Josh Liao, M.D.	David Klementz

The principles of diversity, inclusion and equity of care are potent forces in the health care field, driving discussions on policy, affordability and equal access to care. Be a part of this critical conversation as experts highlight best practices that are reducing disparities and promoting health equity. Moderator: AHA Board member, Delvecchio Finley, CEO, Alameda Health. Speakers:: Ninfa Saunders, CEO, Navicent Health; Ralph Waldo Emerson, Trustee, JPS Health Network; Rita Carreon, Deputy Vice President, Health, UnidosUS and Judson Robinson, III, President & CEO, Houston Area Urban League.
 

Delvecchio Finley	Ninfa Saunders	Ralph Waldo Emerson	Rita Carreon	Judson Robinson, III

 

A celebration of our field’s outstanding leadership. Hosted by AHA Immediate Past Chair Nancy Howell Agee, president CEO of Carilion Clinic, and featuring remarks by 2019 AHA Board Chair Brian A. Gragnolati, president and CEO of Atlantic Health System.

Nancy Howell Agee	Brian A. Gragnolati

 

Chuck Todd, moderator of NBC's Meet the Press and political director for NBC News, previews how the 116th Congress will impact politics and policy.

Join Rick Pollack, AHA president and CEO, as he outlines the AHA’s agenda in these transformative times. Guest Speakers Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) talks major health care issues on Capitol Hill, and HHS Deputy Secretary Eric D. Hargan offers the administration’s perspective. Then Tom Nickels, AHA executive vice president of government relations and public policy, and Frank Sesno, former Washington bureau chief, CNN, and director, George Washington University School of Media & Public Affairs, will share an informed analysis of the key issues affecting hospitals on Capitol Hill, and within the administration. We will also honor the 2019 AHA Distinguished Service Award winner.

Rick Pollack	Sen. Roy Blunt	Eric D. Hargan	Tom Nickels	Frank Sesno

A review of potential legislative and regulatory actions. Moderator: David Entwistle. Speakers: Kathleen Pawlicki, Beaumont Health; Ms. Grail Sipes, JD Deputy Center Director for Regulatory Policy, FDA.

David Entwistle	Kathleen Pawlicki, R.Ph.	Grail Sipes

Hospital leaders and a former Federal Trade Commission official discuss how the two might better communicate their perspectives to one another. Moderator: Melinda L. Estes, M.D., President and CEO, Saint Luke’s Health System, AHA Board Member. Panel: Marna P. Borgstrom, Chief Executive Officer, Yale New Haven Health; AHA Board Member; Wright L. Lassiter III, President and CEO, Henry Ford Health System, AHA Board Member; and Debbie Feinstein, Partner, Arnold & Porter and former Director of the Bureau of Competition, FTC.

Melinda L. Estes, M.D.	Marna P. Borgstrom	Wright L. Lassiter, III	Debbie Feinstein

Brian A. Gragnolati	Jack Hoadley, Ph.D.	Lauren Block	Matt Muhart

 

AHA 2019 Chair Brian Gragnolati and Judy Woodruff, anchor and managing editor of the PBS NewsHour, will honor the outstanding recipients of the AHA’s 2019 leadership awards. Woodruff has covered politics and other news for more than three decades at CNN, NBC and PBS.

Few reporters spend more time with government officials than Robert Costa, national political reporter at The Washington Post and the moderator of PBS’s Washington Week. Join Costa as he shares his insights.

Featuring Adam Boehler deputy administrator for innovation and quality and director of CMMI, talks payment models, technology and other innovations with Ashley Thompson, AHA senior vice president of public policy analysis and development. Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winner Jon Meacham reflects on politics, religion and current affairs, bringing historical context to issues and events impacting our daily lives. We’ll also honor the 2018 AHAPAC winners.

Adam Boehler	Jon Meacham	Ashley Thompson

For more information on this invitation-only event, please contact Shari Dexter at (202) 626-2338.

Enjoy coffee and conversation with ACHE colleagues and the opportunity to absorb perspectives on health care and leadership from ACHE Chair Heather J. Rohan, FACHE, president, HCA TriStar Division.

BBC World News America anchor Katty Kay shares her political observations for 2019. Kay also appears weekly on NBC News in Morning Joe

Retired four-star General Colin Powell joins us for this closing session. His decades of service to the nation include appointments as Secretary of State, National Security Advisor and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Featuring Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means; Mike Allen, executive editor of Axios and former POLITICO White House correspondent; Rep. Michael Burgess, M.D. (R-Texas), Republican leader of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, and Rep Donna Shalala (D-Fla.), former HHS Secretary. We will also honor the recipients of the AHA’s Federal Awards and the Foster G. McGaw Prize.

Colin Powell	Rep. Richard Neal	Mike Allen	Rep Donna Shalala

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will share insights on the 116th Congress and her legislative priorities for health care as the Democrats now control the gavel in the House.

This luncheon, hosted by The Baxter International Foundation, honors the 2018 Foster G. McGaw Prize winner and finalists. The award is jointly sponsored by The Baxter International Foundation, AHA and Health Research & Educational Trust.
 

Please contact your state hospital association for Capitol Hill visit details.