Category Archives: Education and Events

April 29, 2021 | 5:00pm – 6:30pm | 1.5 F2F Credits

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Join us for another fantastic virtual event presented by the American College of Healthcare Executives – NJ Chapter.

The communities for which healthcare organizations operate are rapidly diversifying. Not only do they provide care for a diverse community of patients and families, but their workforce is also changing, and at times does not reflect the patient community. This diversity is exhibited in a number of ways, including ethnicity, race, religion, socioeconomic status, language, age, sexual orientation/gender identity, and physical ability.

The business implications and imperatives healthcare organizations face concerning diversity, equity, and inclusion are immense. Diverse communities often require different care needs, improved quality, new or modified operational processes and services, and strategic planning for a varied patient demographic. The continuum of care will need to be considered to best meet the needs of these communities.

It is incumbent on healthcare organizations and their leaders to both understand and embrace the needs of diverse populations. Leader’s abilities to respond to the needs and preferences of a broader customer base will be critical to their financial and operational success.

Speakers:

(Click on each speaker for their bio)

Charisse Fizer, RN, MSN, FACHE

Vice President of Clinical Services, and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer,

AtlantiCare

Armond Kinsey

Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer

Atlantic Health System

Trina Parks, MHA

Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer

RWJBarnabas Health

Chris T. Pernell, MD

Chief Strategic Integration and Health Equity Officer

University Hospital

Moderator:

Franck Nelson, MSN, RN

Corporate Health Equity Manager

RWJBarnabas Health

ACHE-NJ Qualified Credit / Accreditation Statement:

This program has been developed and is presented locally by ACHE-NJ. The American College of Healthcare Executives has awarded 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face Education Credits to this program.

April 15, 2021 | 5:00pm – 6:30pm | 1.5 F2F Credits

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Join us for this incredible virtual event presented by the American College of Healthcare Executives – NJ Chapter.

Disruptive innovation, a term coined by Harvard professor Clayton M. Christensen, is a transformative business model that leverages technology to help focus on making products and services more accessible and affordable. In healthcare delivery, disruptive innovations have the potential to decrease costs while improving both the quality and accessibility of care.

Disruptive innovations enable new applications and changes in behaviors. The current thinking with many innovators is a belief that a host of disruptive innovations would have wide implications for payers by shifting payment models to reward precision diagnostic tests and abilities of providers. Several current disruptive innovations like retail clinics, telemedicine, medical tourism, and point-of-care medical payments are making a major difference in how health care is delivered.

This panel will focus on the role of innovation in the medical marketplace and examples of disruptive innovations that will change lives in health care.

Speakers:
(Click on each speaker for their bio)

Tomas Gregorio
Chief Innovation and Technology Officer,
University Hospital

Benjamin Maisano
Vice President, Chief Digital & Innovation Officer,
Atlantic Health System

Andrew L. Pecora, MD, FACP, CPE
Chief Executive Officer,
Outcomes Matter Innovations (OMI)

Former President, Physician Enterprise and Chief Innovation Officer,
Hackensack Meridian Health

Moderator:

Tarun Kapoor, MD, MBA
SVP and Senior Digital Transformation Officer,
Virtua Health

ACHE-NJ Qualified Credit / Accreditation Statement:

This program has been developed and is presented locally by ACHE-NJ. The American College of Healthcare Executives has awarded 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face Education Credits to this program.

The Diversity and Membership Committees Presents Virtual Speed Networking with Healthcare Leaders

Please join us for our Third Annual ACHENJ Speed Networking Event where attendees will connect and engage with diverse healthcare leaders for short, focused conversations about personal and professional development. All are welcome!

Date And Time

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Aaron Hajart, MS, ATC
Chief Operations Officer/Senior Vice President, Strategy & Innovation
Bergen New Bridge Medical Center

Dr. Bridget Nash, LCSW
Host of the Therapy Show Podcast, Psychotherapist
Therapy Show LLC

Jill Anderson, MBA, LSSBB
Vice President, Patient Experience
RWJBarnabas Health System

Greg Merkle, MBA
Director, Ambulatory Operations
Atlantic Health System

Vincent Silvestri, RN, MSN, CPHQ, LSSBB
Director, Nursing Quality
New York Presbyterian Hospital

Anna Scalora
Director, Marketing and Public Relations
Atlantic Health System

Moreno Perugini, MBA, MHE
VP, Marketing and Commercial Operations
Aimmune Therapeutics

Melanie Franco
Director, Technical Training
Atlantic Health System

1.0 ACHE Qualified Credit Awarded

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The American College of Healthcare Executives, NJ Chapter cordially invites you to our annual CEO Roundtable program.

Join our live webinar to interact with our accomplished healthcare executives who plan to share progressive insights in leadership and their illustrious careers in healthcare management.

Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2020

Time: 6:00pm

Ticket Prices:

Student:              $10

Member:            $20

Non-Member:   $25

Format: Zoom Live Webinar

Panelists:

Leslie D. Hirsch, FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer
St. Peter’s Healthcare System

Kevin J. Slavin,
President and Chief Executive Officer
St. Joseph’s Health

Deborah Visconi, FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer
New Bridge Medical Center

Moderator:

Ruth K. Bash, FACHE
Vice President and Chief Cultural Officer
Children’s Specialized Hospital, RWJBarnabas Health

Special Note: Registration begins Monday February 8th. The zoom link is embedded in your order confirmation in the “Additional Information” section of your confirmation. You will also have the opportunity to submit questions to our panelists ahead of our live webinar during registration.

December 4^{th –} 5^th, 2020

**REGISTRATION INFO BELOW**

ACHENJ has planned a two-day Virtual Mini-Congress where we will be able to offer members face to face credit through webinars. These two days will be filled with opportunities to learn from a thought-provoking and inspiring group of leaders in NJ and from the Tri-state area.

[DAY ONE | DECEMBER 4th, 2020]
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

ACHE-NJ Annual Meeting
1.0 F2F Credits

Join ACHENJ in recognizing the chapter’s accomplishments for the prior year and learn about what we are planning for our year coming up!

Join us in congratulating our Regent Award winners for Early Careerist and Senior Careerist. ACHENJ will be congratulating this year’s Distinguished Service Award winner as well!

Keynote Speaker:
Amy B. Mansue
President & CEO, Inspira Health

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM

Topic: Telemedicine in the Healthcare Delivery System
1.5 F2F Credits

Moderator:

Harshal Shah, MHA, MBA
Digital Experience Manager,
RWJBarnabas Health

Speakers:

Andy Anderson, MD, MBA
Chief Executive Officer,
RWJBarnabas Health, Rutgers Medical Group

Corey Scurlock MD, MBA
Medical Director,
West Chester Medical Center

Kathy Wibberly, PhD.
Director of Research,
Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center,
University of Virginia

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Topic: Equity of care
1.5 F2F Credits:

Moderator:

Laura Montenegro, LCSW
Manager of Social Work for Care Coordination,
Atlantic Health System

Speakers:

Jackie Baras, MSN, MBA/HCS, RN
Director of Surgical Quality,
Clinical Anesthesia & LGBT Health Programs,
RWJBarnabas Health

Cristina Feliciano, Psy.D.
Chief Psychologist,
Federal Bureau of Prisons

[DAY TWO | DECEMBER 5th, 2020]

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Topic: Ethical Challenges in Healthcare Leadership
1.5 F2F Credits

Moderator:

Nikki Sumpter, SPHR, SCP
Chief Human Resources Officer,
Atlantic Health System

Speakers:

Caryn Parlavecchio
Chief Human Resource Officer,
Holy Name Medical Center

Pia House Walker, MSL
Chief Human Resource Officer,
St. Joseph’s Medical Center

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Topic: Sustainability of Healthcare Organizations
1.5 F2F Credits

Moderator:

Kenneth Sable, MD, MBA, FACEP
Regional President, Southern Market, Hackensack Meridian Health

Speakers:

Stacy M. Mack, MBA
Assistant Vice President,
Valley Health System

Tim O’Brien, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer,
Mountainside Medical Center,
Hackensack Meridian Health

Deborah Visconi, MHA
President and Chief Executive Officer,
New Bridge Medical Center

HOW TO REGISTER:

Step 1: REGISTER HERE through Eventbrite

ACHE-NJ Cares

November 10, 2020 | 5:30pm – 6:30pm | Register Here

Join us for the American College of Healthcare Executives – NJ Chapter’s Virtual Event presented in partnership with CohnReznick.

Virtually connect with colleagues across the state and region to learn from a thought-provoking and inspiring group of leaders selected for you. All are welcome! You can self-report this event for 1 ACHE Qualified Credit!

Today’s healthcare executives face many challenges such as workforce shortages, updating technology, making facility infrastructure improvements and providing safe high-quality patient care. The degree of financial impact from shifts in care delivery structure will vary from organization to organization, however all organizations will be affected.

This webinar has been designed to help educate our healthcare leaders about the financial impact to organizations as a result of this unprecedented time and will provide practical strategies for leveraging resources for financial stability.

Speakers:

Caroline Znaniec, MBA, MS
Managing Director, Healthcare
Revenue Cycle Leader,
CohnReznick, LLP

Rich Mirliss, MBA
Managing Member & Practice Leader,
CohnReznick Real Estate

Moderator:

Aparna Mekala, MHA
Director,
Healthcare Consulting Services, CohnReznick, LLP

Program Agenda:

5:30pm – Webinar Presentation

6:15pm – Q&A (15 mins)

ACHE-NJ Qualified Credit / Accreditation Statement:

This program has been developed and is presented locally by ACHE-NJ. The American College of Healthcare Executives has awarded 1.0 ACHE Face-to-Face Education Credits to this program.

In Partnership With:

October 1, 2020
5:30 – 7:30 PM

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1.5 F2F credits awarded

The registration deadline is 12:00pm on September 28, 2020.

This event will be capped at 50 participants so please register ASAP!

Join us for the American College of Healthcare Executives – NJ Chapter’s Virtual Event! Virtually connect with colleagues across the state and region to learn from a thought-provoking and inspiring group of leaders selected for you.

Public health and healthcare organizations operate in extremely complex environments that can be exacerbated in an emergency setting. The outbreak of COVID-19 presents a dynamic application of wide-scaled responses that requires decisive leadership activities and coordination.

This session will cover and provide a general debrief of the COVID-19 Pandemic response from a leadership perspective.

Speakers:

Mark Sparta, FACHE
President, Hackensack UMC

Tony Cava, MS, RPH, FACHE
President and CEO, RWJBarnabas Somerset

Lauren Yedvab, MHA
Chief Operating Officer, Overlook Medical Center

Moderator:

Sean Hopkins,
Senior Vice President, Center for Health Analytics, Research & Transformation, New Jersey Hospital Association

How to gain your Virtual F2F Credits:

This is our first webinar where face to face credit will be earned after the completion of the webinar. ACHE has adjusted their process for members to gain credit through webinars in response to the pandemic.

Please read the below information carefully. There is a series of events that need to take place in order for credit to be recorded on your ACHE Account.

1. Register for the program through the Eventbrite link (above)
2. Once payment is received, you will receive a confirmation from Eventbrite
3. ACHE-NJ will send you another email with a link to complete the registration process by signing in through your ache account.
4. You must register for the same course on the ACHE Learning Management System (LMS) to receive credit.
5. These instructions will be sent to you once the Eventbrite step is complete.
6. Once Registration is complete through the LMS system, a program link will be sent to you with further instructions on how to join the webinar.

Accreditation Statement:

This program has been developed and is presented locally by ACHE-NJ. The American College of Healthcare Executives has awarded 1.5 ACHE Face-to-Face Education Credits to this program.

September 26, 2020

Hello ACHENJ member!

As you may have heard, the Northern New Jersey Autism Speaks Walk on Wheels and Car Parade was recently cancelled, and will instead be a completely virtual event. With that said, our ACHE-NJ Chapter has decided to walk the 1.54 miles together as a team at a central location to show our dedication and support to the cause.

Event Details:

Who: ACHE-NJ Cares Team
When: Saturday, September 26, 2020
Where: Roosevelt Park – 151 Parsonage Rd, Edison, NJ 08837

Schedule:

9:30 a.m – ACHENJ Care Team arrives at Roosevelt Park
10:00 a.m – Autism Speaks Walk Opening Ceremony

(Click here to join via Zoom)
Meeting ID: 929 3378 6509
Passcode: 983207

10:30 a.m – Team Walk Begins

Click HERE to see our flyer, which includes all the necessary details!

Joining is easy!
Come along with the ACHENJ CARES Team as we participate in our walk at Roosevelt Park. You can also donate to the ACHENJ CARES Team and all money raised will go to fund research and lifelong supports and services to improve the lives of people with autism.

Join the ACHENJ CARES Team today by clicking HERE

*Option 2: Participate Virtually from home: Walk 1.54 miles with your family and friends (for the 1 in 54 U.S. kids with Autism).

If you have any questions about participating or joining the team at the last minute, please email Lmalfonso15@gmail.com and call at 201-953-9549

Sincerely,

Lina Maria Alfonso, MHA
Funso A. Olufade, PhD, MBA,
Shawn Ekwall, MBA
Louis Alerte, MS

Co-Chairs,
ACHE-NJ Diversity Committee

August 25, 2020 | 5:30PM EST | Register Here

Join us for our fifth installment of the American College of Healthcare Executives – NJ Chapter’s summer webinar series! This series of webinars has been designed to help educate our healthcare leaders and to stay current during this period of time that has proven to be unprecedented.

Virtually connect with colleagues across the state and region to learn from a thought-provoking and inspiring group of leaders selected for you. All are welcome!

You can self-report this event for 1 ACHE Qualified Credit!

TOPIC: “Telemedicine and the Healthcare Delivery System”

This webinar will present the current and future role of telemedicine in the delivery of healthcare. Many health systems leveraged on-demand virtual visits to triage patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, but they soon realized that virtual care would also play a large role in providing ongoing care to existing patients. The rapid expansion of telehealth has created new opportunities, but also a lot of questions. Participants will discuss changes to telehealth because of COVID-19.

Speaker:

John League, CFA
Senior Consultant, Research
Advisory Board

John League leads Advisory Board’s ongoing global research on health care technology, including analytics, artificial intelligence, digital strategy, electronic medical records, and telehealth.

John has also led research for Advisory Board’s Philanthropy Leadership Council. His philanthropy research developed new-in-kind, proprietary data sets to answer essential questions about grateful patient programs, philanthropy performance benchmarking, digital strategy, and fundraising campaigns.

Prior to joining Advisory Board, John worked as an editor of investment research for high-net-worth investors.

He holds degrees from the University of Louisville and the University of North Texas, and he has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

August 11, 2020 | 5:30PM EST | Register Here

Join us for our fourth installment of the American College of Healthcare Executives – NJ Chapter’s summer webinar series! This series of webinars has been designed to help educate our healthcare leaders and to stay current during this period of time that has proven to be unprecedented.

Virtually connect with colleagues across the state and region to learn from a thought-provoking and inspiring group of leaders selected for you. All are welcome!

You can self-report this event for 1 ACHE Qualified Credit!

“Behavioral Healthcare:
Approaches to Increase Value for the Organization and Meet Community Needs”

Historically, hospitals and health systems have not always embraced a role in meeting behavioral health needs in communities because managing behavioral healthcare and mental health is very complex. According to the National Alliance of Mental Illness approximately 1 in 5 adults in the U.S.—43.8 million, or 18.5%—experiences mental illness in a given year. The rate of youth with severe depression increased from 5.9% in 2012 to 8.2% in 2015. Nearly half (45 percent) of those with any mental disorder also meet criteria related to having a physical illness or substance abuse. Physical health and mental health issues occur together.

For example, people with diabetes or cardiac conditions often develop depression as well. Being able to receive treatment for both conditions through an integrated behavioral health and primary care setting can be especially helpful since how we live our lives (behave) and our physical and mental health all interact with each other in complex ways….

SPEAKER:

Anna M. (De Santis) Villani, LCSW, MPA
Division Administrator, Ambulatory and Community Psychiatry – NYC H+H / Bellevue Hospital
Adjunct Instructor – Lehman College of the City University of New York
Candidate – Fellow of American College of Healthcare Executives
Member – American College of Healthcare Executives; Healthcare Leaders of New York; Pi Alpha Alpha National Honor Society

Anna M. (De Santis) Villani, LCSW, MPA is the Administrative Director of Addiction Programs, which is made up of Opiate Treatment Program, Chemical Dependency Program, CATCH/ED Leads, Virtual Bupe Clinic and Ancillary Withdrawal Program at NYC H+H / Bellevue. After transforming services in Ambulatory and Community Psychiatry, which is made up of the Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic, Assertive Treatment Program and OnTrack NY and Mrs. Villani was recruited to transform Addiction Programs. Mrs. Villani is instrumental in the current transforming services from an inpatient detox program to ambulatory services while building up the medical and psychiatric component in the Addiction Programs.

As a first generation immigrant, Mrs. Villani has a particular interest in working with families of all cultural backgrounds. She understands the unique needs and challenges that families face, in particular the barriers and resulting dynamics that evolve between parents, children and care providers as families attempt to navigate systems and access care. Mrs. Villani graduated with a psychology degree from St. John’s University and began working with foster children performing emergency placements in the City of New York. Her passion in working for the families and children of New York City led her to pursue a Masters in Social Work. She subsequently worked as an Early Intervention Coordinator and Pediatric Social Worker.

Understanding the complexities that affect families and interested in making systems change that would better serve NYC families, she began working for the nation’s largest public health care system – NYC Health + Hospitals / Coney Island Hospital. She served as a program coordinator building a mental health peer counseling program, a recovery oriented program based in psychiatry, and later became the mental health ambulatory clinic director serving both as a clinical and administrative lead focusing on increasing access to mental health care and reducing hospital readmission while focusing on recovery in the ambulatory psychiatry setting.

Mrs. Villani was later recruited to NYC H+H / Bellevue to restructure ambulatory services with a focus transforming the system to a patient centered delivery of care with a focus on access. Applying her clinical and management acumen, Mrs. Villani was able to ensure the alignment of divisional goals with the overall strategic goals of the corporation. She is responsible for shaping strategies that ensure growth, access to care and success in the Division of Ambulatory and Community Psychiatry while promoting quality measures and management of organization risk.

With a demonstrated track record of transforming services, aligning programs with organization goals and improving fiscal performance, Mrs. Villani was then recruited to transform services and build the Addiction Programs. She applies her experience to teach and mentor the next generation of leaders, teaching Strategic Healthcare Management and serving as Field Instructor at The City University of New York (CUNY) / Lehman College