AGENDA

 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2008  -  DAY 1

10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Conference Sign-In and On-Site Registration Open
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Board of Directors Meeting
1:00p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Opening Session with briefings from Miguel McInnis, CEO of MACHC, State and Federal Legislative and Policy Updates. 
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Tracks 1 & 2: Concurrent Training Sessions
3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. -  4:45 p.m. Tracks 1 & 2: Concurrent Training Sessions
6:30 p.m. Annual Dinner and Reception
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2008  -  DAY 2
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast and Registration open.
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Keynote Speaker, Dr. Michelle Gourdine, Deputy Secretary of Public Helath Services, MD DHMH
10:00 a.m. - 10:55 a.m. Track 1-3: Concurrent Sessions
10:55 a.m. - 11:05 a.m. Break
11:05 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Track 1-3: Concurrent Sessions
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Lunch with presentation from Rhonda Mundhenk, JD, MPH, Director of Business Operations, University of Illinois Medical Center.  Public Housing and pUblic Health: THe link needed to transform communities. 
1:15 p.m. - 1:25 p.m. Break
1:25 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. Track 1-3: Concurrent Sessions
2:20 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Track 1-3: Concurrent Sessions
3:45 p.m. Adjourn

 

EXHIBITORS

 

 

Exhibits will be open between all sessions, including registration periods and meals. Exhibitors include MERCK Pharmaceuticals, RSM Gladrey Healthcare Services, Unitedhealthcare, SunRx, Sanofi Pasteur, and Sage Software. Friday only, PreventFirst, a comprehensive 

health assessment and risk evaluation organization will be conducting screeinigns for participants throughout the day. 

 

SESSION INFORMATION

 TRACK 1: CLINICAL
DAY 1
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Activating Patients : Turning Challenges into Opportunities to Improve Patient Outcomes
An informed and activated patient understands the disease process, and realizes his/her role as the daily self manager in their health care. The provider is seen as a guide on the side, not the sage on the stage. This session will focus on the challenges health care providers face in activating patients in their health care sharing specific areas of challenge and how to turn those challenges into opportunities to improve patient outcomes.
Speaker: Dr. Marie Savard M.D.
DAY 1
3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

PBRN: Where Practice and Research Meet

PBRNs (Practice-Based Research Networks) are groups of primary care clinicians and practices working together to answer community-based health care questions and translate research findings into practice. This session will focus on the work of MaRC (Maryland Research Collaborative) whose mission is to improve quality of care and patient outcomes as well as address health disparities by promoting primary care research in Community Health Center practice settings, in partnership with University of Maryland School of Medicine academic researchers.
Speaker: Dr. David L. Stewart, MD, MPH. Associate Professor & Chair, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Family & Community Medicine.
DAY 2
10:00 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.
Mobilizing Community Support to Assist CHC’s in Patient Care
DHOW (Maryland Department of Health) and DHSS (Delaware Health and Social Services) have proven to maintain long-standing partners in the community and Community Health Centers. This session will focus on some of the partnering opportunities for health centers using the services of their local department of health.
Speaker: Kathy Stroh, MS, RD, CDE, Diabetes Prevention and Control Program, Delaware Division of Public Health. Maria Prince, MD, MPH Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
DAY 2
11:05 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

FQHC’s and Using a Contract Pharmacy
There is a national shortage of Pharmacists, and competing with the big chains to get them is a challenge for in-house pharmacies.  The alternative of using a contract pharmacy to deliver 340B drugs is also a challenge, but with the right systems and tools you can overcome them and succeed in the contract pharmacy model.  This session will focus on case studies of successes and failures in the contract pharmacy model.  It will review 340B regulations, proposed new legislation and the impact of the pharmacy system on patient safety. 
Speakers: Gary Rice, Chief Operating Officer SunRx

DAY 2
1:25 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.

Immunization Updates / Conversations Maps in Treating DM Patients
This is a dual-clinical update session. The first part of this session will focus on the June 30, 2005 the CDCs Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) updated recommendations for the routine use of Tdap vaccines in adolescents aged 11–18 years. A portion of this session will focus on strategies to support proper patient immunization.
The second half of this session will introduce the use of Conversation Maps, a diabetes education program. This program is designed to enlighten, inspire and empower patients by helping them make the necessary lifestyle modifications leading to improve self management care for their diabetes.
Speaker: Kathleen Moore Biological Products Specialist and Steve Pearce, Deputy Director Public Health US, Sanofi Pasteur
DAY 2
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
UDS/HDC: Making the Connection Between What is Required and Improving Patient Outcomes
Many changes have occurred regarding requirements of CHC’s in their clinical quality programs. This session will focus on the work of the health disparities collaborative and the integration of that work into the work of CQI focusing on the new UDS clinical measures. Updates to UDS changes will be reviewed as well as strategies to improve on the measures collected.
Speaker: Kathie Baldwin, Director of Clinical Quality, MACHC, National Qulaity Faculty, HRSA

TRACK 2: OPERATIONS & LEADERSHIP

DAY 1
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Effective Board Governance Strategies
This presentation focuses on enhancing participant’s knowledge of Board Governance Strategies to advance their organization’s Board Development. Moreover, it will assist Boards Members in setting clear strategies that support the organization’s most important goals. The session will also explore strategies to foster more effective communications between Executive Directors and Board Members. Please join us for this exciting session that will create more effective dialogue between and amongst your Board Members and your Team.
Speaker: H. Duane Taylor, Chief Operating Officer MACHC
DAY 1
3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Accountability: Linking Daily Work to Strategic Intent
The achievement of any ambitious organization demands accountability but very few organizations can figure out exactly what it means and how to make it work. This session will help the participants to understand the importance of accountability and the connection between the organization’s mission, vision, and values to their daily work.
Speaker: H. Duane Taylor, Chief Operating Officer MACHC
DAY 2
10:00 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.
Workforce Development- Creating New Methods for Recruitment
This session will focus on new methodologies being explored throughout the state of Maryland in workforce development, specifically as it relates to recruitment and retention. The University of Maryland AHEC’s program will share some of their techniques of developing a strong workforce development program to recruit the brightest and the best in a competitive market place.
Speaker: Meseret Bezuneh, MS, Ed. Acting Deputy Director, Maryland AHEC Program
DAY 2
11:05 a.m. - 3:30 p.m

 Revenue Maximization for Community Health Centers: A Practical Approach
Measuring and managing productivity in your organization is critical to assuring sufficient revenue generation. Moreover, understanding how to maximize your revenue and creating a compelling business case is crucial to advancing your organization. This seminar provides tools and techniques that will support your efforts to ensure that billing and collections procedures will result in acquiring all revenues due for services provided in your health centers. This session is specifically designed for your billing and finance team.
Speaker Michael (Mike) Holton, RSM McGladrey Healthcare Services Practice
Due to the nature of the material being presented, this session will span Sessions 2, 3 & 4.
TRACK 3: CFO NETWORK
DAY 2
10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
CFO Workgroup – Evaluating Financial Systems
As part of our ongoing CFO Workgroup exercise series, this session is designed to allow our CFO’s the opportunity to share lessons learned and strategies with one another about improving financial systems and performance. We will utilize this session to discuss the UDS financial measures that are required in FY 2009 as well as assess our financial metrics.
Speaker/Facilitator: Susan Naylor-Adams, Naylor-Adams Consultants

The CFO workgroup will be a full day session, specially designed for health center Chief Financial Officers Please join us for this exciting full day session!