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Boards and Philanthropy: Developing the Next-Curve Revenue Source for Health Care
Health care governing board members confront a complex and changing financial landscape in their role as stewards of health care organizations. Hospitals and health systems have faced slim bottom lines for an extended period that have reduced available dollars to invest in organizational advancement and forced many to change strategy, forego acquisition of new technology, delay physical plant improvements, reduce services and streamline staff.
Board Quality and Safety Committee Orientation: Sample Agenda
How well boards govern is influenced by a number of factors, among them, the knowledge and skills board members bring to their work.
Key Action Steps for the Compensation Committee
Discover the benefits of shared performance goals at the system level and how to implement them in your executive compensation program with AHA's tips.
Board and Management Roles in Strategic Planning
Most boards and governance experts say boards should be meaningfully involved in shaping and ultimately approving the strategic plan and major decisions—but if they try to develop plans, they’re bordering on management. The tricky part is distinguishing meaningful involvement from development.
Redefining Health System Leadership
In this session, Aaron Sorensen, Ph.D., and John Putnam of SullivanCotter will examine how industry disruptions are reshaping the expectations, capabilities and attributes of future health system CEOs.
Asset Stewardship and the Board's 3 for Understanding and Improving Operational Efficiency
Asset stewardship has long been a key board responsibility. As fiduciaries of a health care organization’s assets, governing boards are required to act in the best interest of the organization, ensuring that resources are used in a reasonable, appropriate and legally accountable way to meet community health care needs.
5 Steps to Move from “Yes Boards” to “Best Boards”
One of the strongest predictors of health system performance is the quality of governance that shapes its response in an unstable environment.
Aligning Strategy and Philanthropy
Given how philanthropy deployment can significantly influence a health care organization’s ability to invest in future opportunities and outcomes, organizations should pursue alignment between strategy and philanthropy.
Aligning Executive Compensation with the New Health Care Paradigm
This monograph offers guidance on proactively considering best practices in executive pay, including the changing role of incentive compensation, good governance practices to mitigate risk and choosing appropriate peer comparison data to support the compensation decision-making process.
Agenda for the Executive Compensation Committee: A Guide for Minimizing Regulatory and Reputational Risk
This article outlines agenda items for the board’s Executive Compensation Committee. It is the first of several that will further explore many of the agenda items discussed below.