2023 GHA Annual Summer Meeting

Online Registration

Onsite GHA member rate - $795

Onsite Guest rate - $295 (must be accompanied by a registered attendee)

The cancellation deadline has passed, only attendee replacements will be accepted.

Hotel Information

The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island

4750 Amelia Island Pkwy

Fernandina Beach, FL 32034 904-277-1100

If you have any hotel changes, please contact the hotel directly or reach out to Leigh Beakley at Lbeakley@gha.org.

Resort casual attire is appropriate for the entire meeting, including all evening functions.

Learning Objectives

• Describe why health care organizations should prioritize having a vision statement.

• Articulate what role the vision statement plays in the strategic planning process.

• Discuss how vision and market scanning influence longer-term health care strategy.

• Identify the key benefits to a holistic health system approach.

• Outline the general qualities and effectiveness of a focused solution.

• Convey the foundation of compassionate care: human presence.

• Demonstrate an understanding of individual patient and family needs in a clinical setting.

• Implement best practices in patient communication.

• Review the current state of the Georgia health care regulatory environment

• Characterize the ongoing financial impact of COVID-19 on hospitals and discuss how it continues to drive costs associated with workforce, non-labor costs, and drug costs.

• Define “political determinants of health” and their relationship to social determinants of health.

• Provide examples of policies that can cause health disparities.

• Examine how we can mobilize political determinants to improve health outcomes in our community.

Continuing Education

ACHE Face to Face:

By attending the panel discussion, It’s All About Vision: The Role Vision Plays In Your Strategic Planning Process, participants may earn 1.5 Face-to-Face Education Credits toward initial certification or recertification of the Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) designation.

ACHE Qualified Education:

By attending the 2023 Annual Summer Meeting offered by Georgia Hospital Association, participants may earn up to 3.5 ACHE Qualified Education Hours toward initial certification or recertification of the Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) designation.

Hospital Leadership Training Program:

This activity has been approved by the Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center to qualify for up to 5.0 recertification units for registered participants in the GHA and Georgia Southern University Hospital Leadership Training Program.

Nursing Home Administrators:

The Georgia Hospital Association Research & Education Foundation is an approved provider of nursing home administrator credits as a professional trade association in long-term care under Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 393-13-.02, (1) (a). Approved for 5.0 contact hours.

Schedule at a Glance

Monday, June 26

Tuesday, June 27

It’s All About Vision: The Role Vision Plays In Your Strategic Planning Process

Katie Bell, Senior Client Partner, Global Account Lead, Healthcare Korn Ferry

Russel Carlson, Chief Health Policy Officer

Georgia Department of Community Health

Eric Lisle, President and CEO

Southeast Primary Care Partners, LLC

Moderated by Gina Tipton, RN, BSN, MBA, FACHE, CRRN, CSSBB, Chief Administrative Officer

Atrium Health Navicent Rehabilitation Hospital

Vice President of Rehabilitation Services

Atrium Health Navicent

Educational Session

State of the State Update

Rep. Butch Parrish, Chairman, Special Committee on Healthcare

Anna Adams, MBA, Executive Vice President, External Affairs

Keri Conley, General Counsel & Executive Vice President, Health Care Policy

Georgia Hospital Association

Tuesday, June 27 cont.

11-11:45 a.m. Educational Session

Winning the Race: How to Accelerate Revenue Gains Faster Than Rising Operational/Workforce Costs

John Crongeyer, MD, JD, Chief Executive Officer ModusOne Health

11:45 a.m.-noon

Noon-1 p.m. Keynote Session

Leveraging the New Determinants of Health to Improve Patient Outcomes

Daniel Dawes

8-9:30 p.m. After Dinner Totally Tubular 80’s Party

Wednesday, June 28

The Other End of the Stethoscope

Marcus Engel, M.S., CPXP, CSP

Speakers & Session Descriptions

Tuesday, June 27, 8:15-9:45 a.m.

Breakfast Session

It’s All About Vision: The Role Vision Plays in Your Strategic Planning Process

Katie Bell, Senior Client Partner, Global Account Lead, Healthcare, Korn Ferry Russel Carlson, Chief Health Policy Officer, Georgia Department of Community Health Eric Lisle, President and CEO, Southeast Primary Care Partners, LLC

Moderated by Gina Tipton, RN, BSN, MBA, FACHE, CRRN, CSSBB, Chief Administrative Officer, Atrium Health Navicent Rehabilitation Hospital and Vice President of Rehabilitation Services, Atrium Health Navicent

What is vision? Why is it important to a health care organization and what role does it play in the strategic planning process? In this session, our expert panelists will look at the available means of developing a new vision as well as the magnitude of efforts required. They’ll also discuss the difficulties of developing a longer-term vision in health care and the benefits of having a comprehensive vision versus a single sentence or tagline.

Panelists will focus on identifying the stakeholders who help shape the strategic vision and the process of translating it across the organization to ensure the vision is understood and implemented.

For over 25 years Katie Bell has served as a human capital consultant to preeminent health care organizations. Currently serving on the Korn Ferry Healthcare Leadership Team, she oversees global accounts to ensure best practice partnerships.

She holds extensive human capital management consulting experience with a focus on organizational development, talent management, and workforce wellness. As the co-founder of a groundbreaking health initiative, she led a 200-person global team to create a database of population health and well-being data that government, business, and health care leaders still use today to measure the health, wellness, and prevention needs of U.S. and global populations.

Ms. Bell holds a Bachelor of Science in business education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and has completed executive education coursework at Harvard University in Cambridge. She is an advisory board member for WBL (Women Business Leaders in the Healthcare Industry) and the University of Nebraska College of Business. She is a published author and frequent guest speaker.

Russel Carlson leads DCH’s health policy initiatives and provides oversight to the Medicaid and State Health Benefit Plan programs, helping ensure effective approaches across the agency. Carlson brings years of both state government and health care experience and has fostered and maintained strong relationships with key agency stakeholders. He has also been instrumental in providing strategic direction and leadership during the implementation of DCH’s key priorities. He formerly served as the highest-ranking civilian in the Department of Defense as the Deputy Adjutant General where he provided leadership and oversight for all administrative functions and more than 550 employees. Additionally, he has held numerous other roles where he led policy, budget, and administrative functions within complex state government organizations.

Eric Lisle is co-founder and chief executive officer at Southeast Primary Care Partners (SPCP), a primary care-focused management services organization dedicated to achieving true value-based care everywhere. With a history of executive leadership roles at some of the country’s largest and most influential health care organizations, Eric has a finger on the pulse of the industry and an understanding of what’s needed next and how to get there. Under his leadership, SPCP has expanded its footprint across the Southeast, growing to 125 providers and 588 employees, and ending 2022 with over 300,000 patient visits and a total of 18,000 value-based lives.

Prior to co-founding Southeast Primary Care Partners, Eric was executive vice president of development at Optum, where he implemented strategies to address rising costs and oversaw Q&A, strategic partnerships and both ACO and CIN initiatives. Eric was also a chief executive officer of PA Health & Wellness (Centene Corporation). Before joining Centene, he held leadership roles at Highmark Health and Humana (Tricare). Eric served his country as a Medical Service Corps Officer in the U.S. Air Force for more than 20 years.

Gina Tipton, RN, BSN, MBA, FACHE, CRRN, CSSBB, has extensive experience in health care operations, quality, revenue cycle, compliance, and community partnership. She is active member of AMRPA, Rotary, AHA, GHA, and GAHE. Gina is co-vice chair of GAHE’s program committee and chair of the GHA Rehab Council. She is an advisory board member for the non-profit healthcarediversion.org. Gina firmly believes in advocating for our patients and our industry across the full continuum. She is focused on building people up individually and in cultivating a positive team culture. Gina’s clinical background as a BSN launched her dedication to serving patients and communities. She earned a Master of Business Administration and is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt as well as a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Tuesday, June 27, 10-10:45 a.m.

Educational Session

State of the State Update

Rep. Butch Parrish, Chairman, Special Committee on Healthcare

Anna Adams, MBA, Executive Vice President, External Affairs

Keri

Conley, General Counsel & Executive Vice President, Health Care Policy Georgia Hospital Association

Our panelists will provide an overview of the state of health care in Georgia, including current and future statewide initiatives and focus areas.

Tuesday, June 27, 11-11:45 a.m.

Educational Session

Winning the Race: How to Accelerate Revenue Gains Faster Than Rising Operational/Workforce Costs

John Crongeyer, MD, JD, Chief Executive Officer ModusOne Health

This session will provide a focused solution to help hospitals effectively overcome challenges related to personnel shortages, increasing labor and workforce costs, inflation, and loss of COVID subsidies.

Dr. John Crongeyer is a physician, attorney, and entrepreneur who brings a unique leadership and vision to ModusOne Health. He is one of the company’s founders and has served as CEO since its inception. Prior to that, he served as chief legal counsel and director of strategic growth for the company’s predecessor. Crongeyer’s unique perspective comes from his experience within all areas of the health care industry — the hospital, the boardroom, and the courtroom. His work has been cited in the media, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Atlanta Business Chronicle, ABC Primetime, and Good Morning America.

Tuesday, June 27, noon-1 p.m. Keynote Session

Leveraging the New Determinants of Health to Improve Patient Outcomes

Daniel Dawes

As a passionate advocate for underserved communities, Daniel Dawes has become a national thought leader on utilizing data on the social determinants of health to identify and eliminate health care disparities. He looks beyond social determinants to examine how the behavioral, community, and even political determinants of health can decrease the risk factors contributing to the poor health pandemic. In this dynamic presentation, Dawes looks at multiple factors affecting health and takes audience members further upstream to understand the root causes of disparities. He shows how to effectively disrupt the silos and engage in strategic partnerships to advance a more equitable and inclusive health system. Providing real life examples, he challenges audiences to look at determinants and data in a whole new way. He also provides practical applications that can immediately be put into action.

Daniel E. Dawes, J.D., is a widely respected health care and public health leader, health equity and policy expert, educator, and researcher who currently serves as senior vice president, global health & executive director of the Global Health Equity Institute at Meharry Medical College. He is also founding dean of the School of Global Public Health at Meharry Medical College, the first school of public health at a historically black institution. A trailblazer and nationally respected voice in the health equity movement, his framework of innovative political determinants of health have resulted in increased policies and laws prioritizing health equity. By tackling upstream determinants of health, he has helped change the course of domestic and global policies for the better.

Tuesday, June 27, 8-9:30 p.m.

Reception

After Dinner Totally Tubular 80’s Party

Join us after dinner for some gnarly desserts with rad jams as we enjoy a nightcap together!

Wednesday, June 28, 8-8:45 a.m.

The John S. Bowling Prayer Breakfast

Praise and Worship Music

Musicial Guest John Glosson

Join us at our annual John S. Bowling Prayer Breakfast. Back by popular demand, you will be entertained with music from Georgia’s own contemporary Christian artist John Glosson.

After making it to Hollywood on “American Idol,” John Glosson finished as the runner-up on ABC’s “Duets” with the amazing and talented Jennifer Nettles.

Wednesday, June 28, 9-10 a.m. Closing Keynote

The Other End of the Stethoscope

Marcus Engel, M.S., CPXP, CSP, Certified Speaking Professional & Author

Marcus Engel’s touching tale of trauma, hospitalization, and healing will provide insight from ‘the other end of the stethoscope.’ The value of excellent skills and the remarkable impact of health care professionals is honored and recognized. Heartwarming and hilarious, this presentation will remind health care professionals why they do what they do and will inspire dedication to excellence in patient care.

Blending personal narratives with evidence-based research, Marcus helps put an unforgettable name and face to the patient experience movement. As a college freshman, Marcus Engel was blinded and nearly killed after being struck by a drunk driver. Through two years of rehab, over 350 hours of reconstructive facial surgery, and adaptation through a multitude of life changes, Marcus witnessed the good, the bad and the profound in patient care. His messages provide insight and offer strategies for excellent patient care. He has authored four books that are used in scores of nursing and allied health programs to teach the basic foundations of caregiving.

Marcus holds a Bachelor of Science in sociology from Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri and a Master of Science in narrative medicine from Columbia University in New York City. In 2017, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, where he teaches pre-med students the art of “being with.” More information can be found at www.MarcusEngel.com.

Thank You To Our Sponsors!

Platinum Sponsors

Draffin Tucker

GHHS

HCIR/Gallagher

Morris, Manning & Martin

Qualivis

South GA Radiology Associates

Gold Sponsors

Arnall Golden Gregory

Brasfield & Gorrie

Coker Group

Gresham Smith

Humana Healthy Horizons

Hoar Construction

King & Spalding

Labcorp

Moss Adams

Parrish Construction Group

Paymerang

PYA

Signify Health

US Acute Care Solutions

Silver Sponsors

AmeriPro Health

Batson-Cook Construction

Corebridge Financial

Core Management Resources Group

Development Solutions

HKS

JE Dunn Construction

May Architecture

Bronze Sponsors

Advance Rehabilitation Management Group

AMN Healthcare

ApolloMD

Art Plumbing Contractors

BenCura Rehabilitation Services

Carolina IAQ

Divurgent

Earl Architects

Hospital Rehab Solutions

HSG Advisors

Innovative Therapy Concepts

Insight Global Health

LifeLink of Georgia

MCG Health

McKenney’s Milner

Pacific Companies

Peach State Health Plan

PharmD on Demand

Pinnacle Health Group

Robins & Morton

Sound Physicians

TeamHealth

US Anesthesia Partners

Vituity