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The Changing Landscape +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ + +++ + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ HEALTHCARE UPDATE What do you see? When you look around your office … + Do you see exciting patient outcomes from the healthcare services you and the staff provide? + Do you see those patients coming to you in better shape than they did 10 years ago? Do you see a team of energized, engaged and educated healthcare providers? + Do you see a manageable workload for all departments? If you answered yes to each of those questions, congratulations! Your view of health care is one to be envied. But did you have to consider your response for a moment or recognize areas of concern? It may be time for you and key staff to take a day to hear nationally acclaimed leaders in health care bring your view into focus. Ma rk your ca lenda r for the last Friday in January to attend Healthcare Landscape 2015. This annual event has a long history of bringing current perspectives in healthcare to C-suite healthcare leaders, physicians, nurses and others. The keynote address will be given by Rulon F. Stacey, PhD, FACHE, President and CEO of Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, Minnesota. His message will be followed by "Challenges and Opportunities: Leadership in an Era of Reform," wherein Deborah J. Bowen, FACHE, CAE, President and CEO of the American College of Healthcare Executives, defines the environment and frames the view we see in health care today. Kari S. Cornicelli, FHFMA, CPA , C h a ir-elec t of t he nat iona l Healthcare Financial Management Association, will inspire the audience in "Leading the Change." Political updates from Megan Cundari, Senior Associate Director, Federal Relations at the American Hospital Association in Washington, and Ted Shaw, President and CEO of the Texas Hospital Association, will inform the audience of what to expect after the November 2014 elections. Two panel discussions will explore various perspectives. "New Healthcare Provider Business Strategies: Are There New Legal Risks?" will be moderated by Joseph Baar Topinka, JD, MBA, MHA, LLM, FACHE, FHFMA. Panelists will include James Gilman, General Counsel, Methodist Healthcare; Steven Sullivan, Vice President, Pearl Meyer & Partners; a n d D a v i d W. H i l g e r s , H u s c h Blackwell LLP. "Listening to Employers: How Health Systems Ca n Suppor t Popu lat ion Health Management" will be moder- ated by Mary A. Hogan, PhD, Clinical A s si s t a nt P rofe s s or, Te x a s St at e University. Panelists will be Joel T. Allison, FACHE, CEO, Baylor Scott & W hite Hea lth; Peter Wa ld, MD, MPH, Enterprise Medical Director, US A A ; C a r y Fox , R e g ion a l V ice President and Chief Administrative Officer, CHRISTUS Health; and Tess Coody-Anders, CEO, Resolute Health Hospital, New Braunfels. T his conference is a collaboration of the American College of Healthcare Executives – South Texas Chapter, the Healthcare Financ ial Manage me nt Association – South Texas Chapter, and the Greater San Antonio Healthcare Foundation. It will be held Jan. 30, 2015, at the St. George Maronite Center on Babcock Road in San Antonio. For more information, visit http://stc.ache.org or www.stxhf ma.org or call 512-926-6504. W hat do you see? W hat is on the hori- zon? What's ahead for health care? Attend Healthcare Landscape 2015. ■ Attend Healthcare Landscape 2015 M D N E W S . CO M ■ MD NEWS San Antonio | 9