HCE Conference Highlights Health Care Reform, Next Generation of Leaders
More than 250 people attended the recent HCE Annual Leadership Conference at The California Endowment on Dec. 4. Titled Executive Skills – Evolving for the Future, the conference hosted stellar representatives from Southern California’s health care community exploring what it takes to create and implement leadership under health care reform.
Among the topics at the day-long event:
- Economic Dynamics Affecting Health Care Reform
- Successful Physician-Hospital-Payer Strategies
- Health Care Delivery
- Leadership Skills
- Investment Capital in Health Care
In addition to leaders from local and national health care organizations, the conference also featured several HASC staff members. Jim Lott, executive vice president, presented “Navigating through Change,” a look at how to manage the changes being ushered in by health care reform.
George Mack, VP, Payer/Provider & Member Relations, participated in a networking session titled, “How Can Early Careerists Achieve Success in a Changing Environment?” providing upcoming leaders firsthand access to established health care executives. Joel Bergenfeld, CEO, Physicians for Healthy Hospitals; Mark Andrew, Sr. VP, Witt/Kieffer; and Michael Vestino, VP, Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, were among the executives in this small group.
The conference also featured David Belson, PhD, editor-in-chief of the HASC-affiliated Journal of the Society for Health Care Improvement Professionals, and his co-presenter Imran Chaudhry, Providence Health System. Their session—“How Will Health Care Reform Impact Reengineering Strategies to Transform Health Care Delivery?”—examined what some providers are doing and what others could do to improve productivity at their facilities.
The forward-thinking event was well received by attendees.
“The speakers were excellent, the organization was terrific and the networking was a big part of the value,” said Jim Barber, HASC president and CEO.
These comments were echoed by Mark Gamble, Sr. VP/COO: “All of the sessions were extremely timely and relevant. Each and every one of the panelists are proven leaders in the industry. Well done, HCE!”
Contact: George Mack
(213) 538-0717, gmack@hasc.org