Wednesday, May 2, 2012
All Education Sessions will take place in Ponce de Leon 6 3:30pm – 4:00pm – Welcome, Introductions
Glenn Van Ekeren, Chair, AHCA/NCAL Regional Multifacility Council; President,Vetter Health Services, Omaha, NE; and J. Emmett Reed, Executive Director, Florida Health Care Association, Tallahassee, FL.
4:00pm – 6:00pm – Peer-to-Peer Discussion
Jeff Call, President, Focus and Execute, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT.
This popular interactive session moves from Friday morning to Wednesday night to better facilitate networking and the sharing of inspired practices around key business issues.
Times TBD – Welcome Reception and Dinner
Join us aboard the luxurious Kathleen Windridge yacht to enjoy the breathtaking sights along the Intracoastal Waterway.
9:00pm – 11:00pm – After Dinner Lounge– on property
Thursday, May 3, 2012
All Education Sessions will take place in Ponce de Leon 6 8:00am – 8:30am – Breakfast
8:30am – 9:00am – Remarks from the AHCA Chair and NCAL Chair
Neil Pruitt, Jr., AHCA Chair and President/CEO of UHS-Pruitt Corporation, Norcross, GA; and Mike Shepard, NCAL Chair and President/CEO of the Shepard Group, Mena, AR.
9:00am – 9:15 am – Follow-up from Peer-to-Peer Discussion
9:15am – 10:00am – Topic #1: The Future of ACOs and How to Stay Ahead of the Game
Nancy Taylor, Co-Chair of the Health Care/FDA Practice at GreebergTraurig, Washington, DC.
10:00am – 11:30am – Leadership Update from Mark Parkinson and Long Term Care Landscape – Panel Presentation and Q&A
Sponsored by the AHCA/NCAL PAC Congressman Jim McCrery Partner, Capitol Counsel LLC, and 21 year member of the House of Representatives, Washington, DC; Governor Mark Parkinson, President/CEO, AHCA/NCAL, Washington, DC; and Dr. David Gifford, Senior Vice President, Quality and Regulatory Affairs, AHCA/NCAL, Washington, DC.
11:30am – Morning Sessions End – Transition to Afternoon Activities
Afternoon Activities
- 11:30am: Golf Outing – The Breakers Ocean Golf Course (On Property) with a Shotgun start at 12:30pm
- 1:00pm – 3:00pm: Wine Pairing Experience – The Breakers’ Wine Appreciation (On Property)
6:30pm – 8:00pm – Reception and Dinner – on property
8:00pm – 11:00pm – After Dinner Lounge – on property
Friday, May 4, 2011
All Education Sessions will take place in Ponce de Leon 6 8:00am – 8:45am – Breakfast
Bill Hartung, AHCA/NCAL’s Vice President of Research, Washington, DC.
Join Bill Hartung for a presentation and Q&A on key business issues and trends in reimbursement and quality. Session will begin at 8:00am so come a few minutes early to grab your breakfast.
8:45am – 9:45am – Practically Radical: Not-So-Crazy Ways to Transform Your Company, Shake Up Your Industry, and Challenge Yourself.
Bill Taylor, Cofounder and Founding Editor of Fast Company Magazine, Wellesley, MA.
As cofounder and founding editor of Fast Company, Bill launched a magazine that won countless awards, earned a passionate following among executives and entrepreneurs around the world—and became a legendary business success. In less than six years, an enterprise that took shape in some borrowed office space in Harvard Square sold for $340 million. Bill Taylor is an agenda-setting writer, speaker and entrepreneur who has shaped the global conversation about the best ways to compete, innovate and succeed.
9:45am – 10:45am – The Impact of ACO Relationships on Quality
10:45am – 11:45am – INTERACT: Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers
Important Note: For those conference attendees whose schedules permit, our regular, informal “post-conference debriefing” session will be held before breakfast from 7:30am – 8:00am. Your comments provide AHCA/NCAL staff with invaluable feedback in order to continually improve our conference’s program content and format.