Thank You, Attendees

The 2013 HASC Annual Meeting wrapped up May 10 at St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort. More than 530 members, guests and sponsors were on hand to meet and learn from top leaders from the health care industry.

A packed agenda kept attendees informed and engaged during the three-day event. Presenting variations on this year’s theme, Making Innovation Happen, were Chris Trimble, innovation expert for large and small organizations worldwide; political strategist David Gergen and astronaut Captain Mark Kelly who addressed the importance of leadership and perseverance through turbulent times; and CHA President Duane Dauner, who provided an overview of the changing legislative climate in Washington, D.C. and Sacramento.

Always a must-attend event, this year’s Annual Meeting marked several milestones for both the organization and its membership.  With the roll out of health care reform, hospitals and health systems are facing new challenges. Several breakout topics for 2013 included ways in which the membership can effectively meet those challenges, and remain agile enough to overcome organizational and industry-based barriers to change.

Leading models from HASC members and regional physician organizations were presented at six sessions:

• A Tale of Two Systems moderated by Duane Dauner, CHA president/CEO with Richard Afable, MD, president/CEO, Covenant Health Network; CR Burke, president/CEO, St. Joseph Heritage Healthcare; Michael Hunn, senior vice president/regional chief executive, Providence Health & Services – Southern California; and Bill Gil, CEO, Facey Medical Foundation.
• California Healthcare Exchange and How it Will Change our Business featured Jack Gilbertson, Esq., SNR Denton, and Anne McLeod, Senior Vice President, Health Policy, California Hospital Association.
• A Case Study On Engaging Physicians as Partners in Shared Data Analytics and Decision-Making was presented by Tracy Bennett, Director, Quality Management, Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center; David Stenerson, CFO, Saint Anthony Medical Center, Rockford, IL; and John Whittlesey, Vice President, iVantage Health. 
• The panel for Three Models of Physician Organizations Leading Integration was moderated by Donald Crane, President/CEO, CAPG, and featured Leigh Hutchins, President/COO, North American Medical Management; John Jenrette, MD, CEO, Sharp Community Medical Group; and Richard Lipeles, COO, Heritage Provider Network.
• Engaging Physicians to Lead Patient Experience Improvement was presented by Mark Rudolph, MD, Vice President, Patient Experience, Sound Physicians and Gary Wilde, President / CEO, Community Memorial Health System.
• And Jennifer Wortham, DrPH, President, Society for Healthcare Improvement Professionals, moderated How Operations Affect Hospital Access to Care, Quality and Revenue: A Whole Hospital Research Approach with James Broyles, PhD, Associate Operations Researcher, RAND Corporation; and Thomas Salerno, President/CEO, St. Mary Medical Center- Long Beach. 

2013 is also the 90th anniversary of HASC’s service to the industry. Over the years, HASC, in association with CHA, has demonstrated continued leadership in advocacy and the development of innovative initiatives that help improve the operating environment of the membership. In honor of the 90th year of its founding, a commemorative journal was released (a digital edition is also available online), and the traditional strolling dinner and sponsor reception included a Roaring ’20s theme. Attendees were encouraged to dress up in their favorite costume from the era.

Thank you to the many sponsors who helped make this year special for everyone who attended; see you April 2-4, 2014, at La Quinta Resort & Club.

Sports Winners

GOLF WINNERS

• Pelican Flight—Low Gross Men: Bob Minken (67)
• Pelican Flight—Low Gross Ladies: Donna Maga (95)
• Pelican Flight—Runner Up Low Gross Men: Dale Adams (69)
• Calloway Flight—1st Place Men: Tom Priselac (57)
• Pelican Flight—Runner Up Low Gross Ladies: Anne Grey (97)
• Team Low Cumulative Gross: Dale Adams, Jason Burch, Greg Schwarz, Fred Meyer
• Runner Up Team Low Cumulative Gross: Dick Swan, Sandy Haskins, Bob Minken, Kurt Kruger
• Closest to the Pen Hole # 2: Fred Meyer
• Closest to the Pen Hole #6: Bob Minken
• Closest to the Pen Hole #16: Donna Maga
• Long Drive Men: Trahan Whitten
• Long Drive Ladies: Donna Maga
• Calloway Flight Runner Up Men: Dick Swan
• Calloway Flight Runner Up Ladies: Anne Foster

TENNIS WINNERS

• Men: Peter Yen
• Women: Deborah Chanen
• Teams: Phil Cohen and Ed King

​RUNNERS

• Men: Bryan Macaulay (25:51)
• Women: Leslie Gold (29:48)

WALKING CHALLENGE  WINNER

• Chris Aldworth