Vanguard Program

18 CME Credits - 3 Days (Live Program )

Non Member Price: $1075













Member Price: $925- You Save $150




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Live Program

Vanguard Program

Course Description

The “Must Attend” Meeting for Experienced Physician Executives.

The Vanguard Program is designed specifically for physician leaders whose educational level, management experience and stature in the College qualifies them for participation. Experienced physician executives who are Fellows, Certified Physician Executives or who hold advanced degrees in management are welcome. The topics are timely, the faculty superb and the audience will be at the right level for high-impact discussion and networking.

Roundtables - From Wall Street to Main Street
Take a seat for roundtable discussions of the real challenges that you and your colleagues face. You’ll play a role in a dynamic simulation where you determine the health outcomes for your community. Among the issues up for discussion: resource allocation, competition, paying for call, credentialing and physician compensation.

The Dynamic State of Physician-Hospital Alignment:
Practical Strategies to Ensure Your Success

Amy MacNulty, Noblis and Joel J. Reich, MD, Eastern Connecticut Health Network
Hospitals and physicians are both competing and collaborating for a shrinking pool of health care dollars. This session will report recent survey results on the growing numbers of employed physicians, the quality agenda, board involvement, and physician leadership development.

Credit Quality and Clinical Quality: What's the link?
Liz Sweeney, Standard & Poor's Credit Market Services
Wall Street has discovered quality. Bond rating agencies are increasingly focusing on clinical quality as evidence mounts that quality of care will increasingly impact payment rates, patient flow, and hospital costs. Discover the key factors that rating agencies review in determining bond ratings, and why clinical quality is playing a growing role.

Medical Tourism: Medical Tourism: Realities, Challenges and Opportunities
Michael D. Horowitz, MD, MBA
It is projected that six million Americans will go offshore for medical care in 2010. Will your patients be passing your hospital or ambulatory center on their way to the airport? Learn what’s happening and what it may mean to you. Explore the challenges and potential opportunities associated with medical tourism.

Election 2008: Getting your Voice Heard
Robert L Guyer, Esq., The Lobby School
Learn from an experienced lobbyist how to influence the political process. Starting at the local level and on up to national debates, lawmakers want to hear from physicians.

Building a Collaborative Workplace
David Maxfield, Vital Smarts
Join David Maxfield and the team from Maimonides Medical Center who have worked together to create a collaborative workplace in the OR. Find out the critical ingredients for a successful team: communication and accountability. You will take home the tools to create a collaborative workplace in your own organization.

Meeting of the Members
Elect your Board members and hear George Beauchamp MD author of Slaves to Medicine speak on the sweeping changes needed to fix America's health care system, including a 180-degree shift in the way we view the practice of medicine.

An Evening to Celebrate
ACPE/CCMM Induction Ceremony & Dinner (Included in Vanguard Registration)

Regina Herzlinger, the Nancy R. McPherson professor of business administration at the Harvard Business School will be inducted as an honorary fellow.
Dr. Herzlinger, author of Who Killed Health Care and listed on Modern Healthcare's list of the “100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare” widely recognized for her innovative research and predictions of the rise of consumer-driven health care will speak at the Induction Ceremony. The ceremony will be followed by a gala dinner.

CME

18 CME Credits


Delivery

Live Progam


Disclaimer

This program is offered annually at Spring Institute. The agenda and number of CME credits may vary from year to year.

Purchase

Non Member Price: $1075
Member Price: $925- You Save $150


There are currently no dates available.

 

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