Featured Speakers Announced for ANI: The HFMA National Institute
Six featured speakers at ANI: The HFMA National Institute, scheduled for June 24-27 in Las Vegas, Nev., will address topics ranging from cost-effective health care to disaster recovery.
George Halvorson, chairman and CEO at Kaiser Permanente, will discuss his vision and execution of successful strategies for increasing quality of care and reducing costs through care delivery supported by information technology.
Brent James, MD, MStat, is chief quality officer at Intermountain Healthcare and has pioneered the standardization of clinical care through data collection and analysis on a variety of treatment protocols and care processes. Dr. James will discuss how he has used quality improvement tools to better understand the cause-and-effect relationship between practice and environment factors.
Simon Stevens, executive vice president, UnitedHealth Group, will provide insight on delivery system reform and payment policy. He will discuss how UnitedHealth and other purchasers will be leading payment and delivery reform changes and the implications of those changes for providers.
James LeBuhn, senior director, health care and higher education at Fitch Ratings, will review recent healthcare trends, Fitch’s outlook for the industry, and the impact on hospitals’ financial performance.
Gregory Meier, CPA, and Dottie Bringle, RN, both work at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., which suffered a direct hit from a powerful tornado. Meier, executive director of finance, and Bringle, chief operating officer and chief nursing officer, share their story and discuss lessons learned about disaster recovery.