S A T U R D A Y   MAY 5

REGISTRATION

STATE AUXILIAN PRESIDENTS WELCOME RECEPTION
(by invitation only)

S U N D A Y    M A Y  6

REGISTRATION

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
Sponsored by the Catholic Health Association of the U.S.
(breakfast to follow)

STATE AUXILIAN PRESIDENTS MEETING
(by invitation only)

COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS

PAC APPRECIATION EVENT
(by invitation only)

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF HEALTHCARE EXECUTIVES (ACHE)
Practical Models for Successful Physician Integration and Employment

Health care reform initiatives, increased competition and the financial realities of bundled payment have intensified the need for stronger physician alignment strategies.  Organizations with the more mature and successful models of physician employment are utilizing approaches that provide long-term benefits and connect the interests of both parties. Join DANIEL K. ZISMER, chair and director of the Master of Healthcare Administration program at the University of Minnesota, for a realistic discussion surrounding the operational challenges of physician integration and employment. Drawing on outcomes from hospitals and multi-specialty group practices, participants will gain an appreciation for the pathways that have led to long-term, win-win relationships. This workshop will reveal the strategies behind these successful models and how to translate them to your setting. 

Participants will receive 1.5 Category I (ACHE education) credits for this session.  Register for the AHA Annual Membership Meeting and this ACHE session using the registration form.

How Does Your Board Stack Up? The State of Governance with Insights from the 2011 American Hospital Association Governance Survey      

John R. Combes,  M.D.	Barry S. Bader

The Center for Healthcare Governance and the Health Research & Educational Trust, with the support of the AHA and Health Forum, have analyzed the results of the 2011 AHA Governance Survey.  The survey, which was sent to all community hospital CEOs and board chairs, represents more than 1,500 respondents.  In this workshop, Center for Healthcare Governance President and COO JOHN R. COMBES, M.D., and BARRY S. BADER of Bader and Associates will walk participants through how their board and governance practices compare to those of their peers in such critical areas as board member selection, assessment, competencies and culture, and discuss the implications of the data for board performance in the emerging post-reform environment. 

Presented by the Center for Healthcare Governance

Special Briefing:  Small/Rural Members
A briefing on the most important issues affecting AHA small/rural hospitals.  This session is open to all members; please indicate on the registration form if you will attend.

Special Briefing:  Associate Members
(by invitation only)
A briefing for AHA Associate Members on issues facing the hospital field; please indicate on the registration form if you will attend.

Special Briefing for New Members/First-time Attendees
A briefing for new members and first-time annual meeting attendees.  This meeting is open to all members; please indicate on the registration form if you will attend.

ANNUAL MEETING OPENING CEREMONY AND INVESTITURE OF CHAIRMAN, AHA BOARD OF TRUSTEES

RECEPTION HONORING CHAIRMAN, AHA BOARD OF TRUSTEES

M O N D A Y  M A Y  7

HOSPITAL AWARDS FOR VOLUNTEER EXCELLENCE RECOGNITION BREAKFAST

The Return on Investment for Health IT Spending:  Lessons Learned 
While there are many benefits to investing in electronic health records, hospital leaders are still challenged by the loss in productivity, clinician resistance, vendor costs and the ever-growing complexity that can result when hospitals and health systems implement new health IT systems.  Join DANIEL L. GROSS, executive vice president of Sharp Healthcare in San Diego, as he leads a discussion of hospitals' efforts to capture the financial, clinical, productivity and quality and patient safety "returns" on investment from health IT spending featuring PAUL BROWNE, senior vice president, integration services, Trinity Health, Novi, MI, and MARGARET (PEGGY) NALEPPA, CEO, Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, MD.

Daniel L. Gross	Margaret Naleppa	Paul Browne

Reining in Costs by Improving Quality and Patient Satisfaction
Controlling costs through rooting out inefficiencies and variation has been job one for many hospital leaders.   At the same time, executives are driving quality and patient care improvements to respond to changing payment systems and market dynamics.  Join MARY STARMANN-HARRISON, president and CEO of Hospital Sisters Health System in Springfield, IL, as she leads a discussion of how hospitals are adapting to become more efficient and responsive to patient preferences featuring SALLYE LINER, chief clinical officer, Novant Health, Winston-Salem, NC; GARY A. MEYER, president and CEO, Schneck Medical Center, Seymour, IN; and NANCY SCHLICHTING,
president and CEO, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit.

Mary Starmann- Harrison	Sallye Liner	Gary A, Meyer	Nancy Schlichting

Health reform, economic challenges, payment reductions, government regulation and sanctions, clinical transformation - the challenges, risks, and tasks facing governance of hospitals and health care systems are monumental and difficult to overstate.  To survive in this environment, organizations must transform their delivery system to provide value, quality and safe care; they must eliminate waste and inefficiency; they must break-even or better at new Medicare reimbursement rates; and they must leverage clinical integration to do this.  How to do this is unclear but what is certain is that leaders must work very differently to transform their organizations.  In this presentation, JAMES E. ORLIKOFF, president, Orlikoff & Associates, Inc., will outline approaches to this type of transformative leadership and will provide examples of organizational transformation and the leadership that achieved it.

Presented by the Center for Healthcare Governance

AHA RECOGNITION LUNCHEON

12:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS OFFICERS NETWORK LUNCHEON 
(by invitation only)

2:30 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.

FEDERAL FORUM PLENARY 

During this interactive session, moderator  FRANK SESNO will engage former Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush KARL ROVE and former White House Press Secretary ROBERT GIBBS. Audience members will have an opportunity to ask questions.  In addition, we will honor this year's AHAPAC award winners.

Frank Sesno	Karl Rove	Robert Gibbs

T U E S D A Y  MAY  8

Hospital Partnerships with Insurers: Collision Course or Collaboration?  
For some time, providers and insurers have been adversaries across the contract negotiating table.  The new demands of today's environment are leading some providers and insurers to reassess that historic relationship and they have begun working together on a variety of fronts-especially on quality and care delivery improvements.  Join JAMES HINTON, president and CEO of Presbyterian Healthcare Services in Albuquerque, NM, as he leads a panel of hospital leaders who will describe emerging local relationships and share their experiences in overcoming distrust to develop mutually beneficial partnerships with insurers featuring MARK EUSTIS, president and CEO, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, and JIM SKOGSBERGH, president and CEO, Advocate Health Care, Oak Brook, IL.

James Hinton	Mark Eustis	Jim Skogsbergh

EXECUTIVE BRIEFING for HEALTH SYSTEM LEADERS
(by invitation only)    

Douglas Brown	Larry Prybil

Presented by the AHA's Center for Healthcare Governance

During this highly interactive session, attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and share their views with AHA leaders, including AHA President and CEO RICH UMBDENSTOCK, Chair TERI G. FONTENOT, Chairman-elect BENJAMIN K. CHU, M.D., and Immediate Past Chairman JOHN W. BLUFORD.

Rich Umbdenstock	Teri G. Fontenot	Benjamin K. Chu, M.D.	John W. Bluford

W E D N E S D A Y      M A Y 9