Multi-Chapter Healthcare Forum - Transforming Healthcare

This two-day conference is being offered by ACHE of North Texas, ACHE of East Texas and Texas Midwest Healthcare Executives. The theme for this year's event is: Transforming Healthcare: Strategies for Internal and External Excellence.

Earn up to 7.5 approved ACHE In Person Education Credits!

Agenda

May 8th (Day 1)

7-8am - Breakfast

8-9am - Registration

9-9:15am - Opening

9:15-10:15am - Keynote Presentation

Edward W. Marx

Chief Operating Officer, Marx Advisory

Author of healthcare bestsellers including Voices of Innovation and Healthcare Digital Transformation

10:15-10:30am - Break

10:30am-12pm - First Breakout Sessions

Panel 1 Option: The Promise and Perils of Precision Medicine

Moderator: Ajith Pai, PharmD, FACHE, President, Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth & Texas Health Hospital Clearfork

Panelists:

Mark Kruzel, MD, Medical Director in Oncology, Quest Advanced Diagnostics

Steven Curley, MD, Medical Director, Precision Oncology

Panel 2 Option: Marketing and Money: Linking New Products, Services and ROI

Moderator: Darin Szilagyi, FACHE, FHFMA, Senior Vice President Marketing and Communications, Platinum Dermatology Partners

Panelists:

San Banerjee, MBA, Vice President Product Development- Health Services, CVS Health

Lance Lunsford, MBA, FACHE, Co-Founder/Senior Partner, Groundswell Health

12-1pm - Lunch

1-2:30pm - Second Breakout Sessions

Panel 1 Option: The State of Healthcare: Industry Leaders' Perspectives

Moderator: Crystal Brown, VP & COO, Methodist Mansfield

Panelists:

Allan Akinradewo, VP Talent Acquisition, Methodist Health System

Frances Dare, Senior Director, Provider Practice Lead, Cognizant

Lance Lunsford, MBA, FACHE, Co-Founder/Senior Partner, Groundswell Health

Panel 2 Option: Listening to Employers: How Health Systems Can Support Population Health Management

Moderator: David Friederichs, Managing Director, Innovacer

Panelists:

Brian Felty, Chief Market Payor and Financial Officer, Southwestern Health Resources

Shannon Huggins, SVP, Contract Strategy & Pop Health, Methodist Health System

William Scott Hurst, MBA, FACHE, President & CEO, Patient Physician Network

2:30-3pm - Break

3-4:30pm - Third Breakout Sessions

Panel 1 Option: Developing High Performing Teams

Moderator: Michael Belkin, FACHE, Executive Vice President, Pacific Companies

Panelists:

Patrick Crocker, Assistant General Counsel, Texas Health Resources

Audrianne Schneider, FACHE, Owner, J29 Marketing Group, LLC

Rebecca Tucker, SVP, Channel Integration, Texas Health Resources

Panel 2 Option: Financial Sustainability of Healthcare Organizations: A Plan of Action

Moderator: Sharon Hunt, PhD, FACHE, CHFP, Associate Professor, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Panelists:

Steve Love, President & CEO, Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council

Tammy Walsh, FHFMA, CRCR, CEO, Paramount Healthcare Solutions

May 9 (Day 2)

7-8am - Breakfast

8-9:30am - Fourth Breakout Sessions

Panel 1 Option: The Globalization of Healthcare

Moderator: Richard Greenhill, DHA, FACHE, Chief Transformation Officer, Quality Insights

Panelists:

Joe Longo, Senior Vice President/Chief Digital Information Officer, Parkland Health

David Vesquist, PhD, Director, Center for Medical Tourism Research, Incarnate Word University

Panel 2 Option: Implementing Strategic Plans for Successful Operations

Moderator: Corey Wilson, FACHE, COO, Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth

Panelists:

Felixia Colon, FACHE, Senior Vice President, SCP Health

Theresa Meadows, MS, RN, CHCIO, FHIMSS, CIO, Cook Children's

Don Taylor, MHA, Director, Alliance for Physician Leadership and Director of Practice, UTD

9:30-10am - Break

10-11:30am - Fifth Breakout Sessions

Panel 1 Option: Leading Through Mergers and Acquisitions

Moderator: Aaron Bujnowski, FACHE, Managing Director, Alvarez and Marsal

Panelists:

Chris Core, Chief Growth Officer, US Radiology Specialists

Lee Mathew, Administrator, USPI

Panel 2 Option: Winning the Battle for Markets and Share

Moderator: Jeff Stewart, FACHE, Vice President Strategic Marketing, CHRISTUS Health

Panelists:

Stacy Covitz, Chief Marketing & PR Officer, Methodist Health

Fernand "Fern" Fernandez, Chief Marketing Officer, Children's Health

Lindsey Nace, MBA, Marketing Program Director, Southwestern Health Resources

Thanks to Texas Woman's University-Dallas for hosting us on their beautiful campus!

Reference Speakers' Bios Here: https://s3-us-east-2.amazonaws.com/achentxwebsite/wp-media-folder-north-texas-chapter-of-the-american-college-of-healthcare-executives/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Multi-Chapter-Combined-Bios.pdf

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