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PRECONFERENCE UNIVERSITIES
FD1 Secrets of Successful Chief Operating
Officers
Room: Milano 1
This all-day deep dive for COOs distills the lessons from
years of experience in the trenches. Learn how to balance
realization of the CEO’s visionary goals with the practical
challenges and day-to-day responsibilities of running a
complex healthcare organization. Nurture skills for engaging,
mediating, and negotiating with employees; leading
mergers and acquisitions; building stronger relationships
with CEOs; and adding organizational value.
Track: Workforce, Management, and Leadership
Nate Bennett, Robinson College of Business, Georgia
State University; Eileen Durkin, Community Counseling
Centers of Chicago (C4); Jeff Richardson, Mosaic Community
Services, Inc.
FD2 Health Reform Toughens Up on
Compliance: Prepare Now
Room: Milano 2
The Affordable Care Act broadens the definition of
fraud, increases financial penalties, and establishes
new government audit programs. For the first time,
compliance programs are mandatory conditions of enrollment
in Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP — and this
corporate compliance boot camp fully prepares you.
Experts outline emerging enforcement strategies and
examine the impact on your organization, identifying
your areas of exposure and detailing the steps you
must take to protect yourself.
Track: Finance
PRECONFERENCE UNIVERSITIES Sunday, April 7, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Carrie Bill, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP; Adam
Falcone, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP
FD3 Strategic Unions: Mergers and
Affiliations Workshop
Room: Milano 5
David Guth, author of Strategic Unions: A Marriage
Guide to Healthy Not-for-Profit Mergers, leads CEOs,
board members, and other leaders through exercises
and discussions on the complete process — from initial
exploration and partner identification to completion
of a successful merger. Discover how to make
good assessments and choices, plan and communicate
carefully, and get both parties’ strengths, people,
and assets to merge as seamlessly as possible.
Track: Workforce, Management, and Leadership
David Guth, Jr., Centerstone of America; Introduction
by Joseph Rutherford, Mental Health Care, Inc.
FD4 Serving Our Veterans: Clinical and
Cultural Competencies
Room: Milano 4
Civilian mental health providers gain an overview of
military culture, language, and structure in this indepth
session. Acquire greater competency in meeting
the mental health and addictions treatment needs
of veterans by understanding how military culture impacts
their behaviors and perspectives. Plus, learn all
about PTSD — how it’s caused and what type of evidence-based
treatments you can apply.
Track: Clinical Practices
David Riggs, Center for Deployment Psychology, Dept
of Medical and Clinical Psychology
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