Monday May 15, 2023

Executive Summit

The Executive Summit is an opportunity for healthcare HR executives and thought leaders to engage in critical education and open discussions on human resource trends, solutions and strategies.

ASHHRA Executive Summit

Savannah, Georgia

Session 1: Sept. 15 – 17, 2024
Session 2: Sept. 18 – 20, 2024

Summit attendees should plan to arrive by 3:00 p.m.
Each summit will adjourn on day three, after breakfast and concluding comments.

ASHHRA, along with our sponsors, host healthcare HR executives and thought leaders in this intimate event of up to 24 attendees. Each session includes education and open discussions on human resource trends, solutions and strategies. Selected participants are invited to attend one of the sessions and are provided with:

Complimentary registration
Travel reimbursement (up to $500)
Accommodations at 
The Alida, Savannah
All meals and entertainment
Opportunities to strategize and network with executive-level peers from across the country.

QUICK LINKS

Complete the Summit Interest Form below to be notified when the next Call for Participants opens:

About the Executive Summit

The inaugural ASHHRA Healthcare HR Executive Summit was held in October 2022, hosted in Savannah, Georgia. Comprised of healthcare HR executives from across the country, the intimate group of 22 participants engaged in education and open discussions on human resource trends, solutions and strategies, paired with networking opportunities with the support of generous sponsors.

The inaugural Executive Summit was a great success and yielded high attendee engagement. As a result, ASHHRA is holding two summits, allowing for twice the number of attendees to be able to participate.

The Executive Summit is by invitation only. The number of participants in each summit is limited in order to foster deeper discussions and connections. Attendees are considered for an invitation upon completion of the application.

CONTACTS

GENERAL SUMMIT QUESTIONS

Mary Platz
mary.platz@ashhra.org

SUMMIT SPONSORSHIP

Katy Lewis
katy.lewis@wearemci.com
410-584-1990

Attendees*

SUMMIT 1 (Sept. 15 - 17)

AdventHealth, Chief People Officer, Corporate Services

Baylor Scott & White Health, Vice President, Human Resources

Catholic Medical Center, Vice President, Human Resources

CommonSpirit Health, Division Director Employee & Labor Relations

Erickson Senior Living, CHRO

Esse Health, CHRO

GHS/Baton Rouge General, Senior Director Human Resources

Harris Health System, Executive Vice President & Chief People Officer

Intermountain Health, Desert Region, Region Vice President, Human Resources

Johns Hopkins Health System, Vice President of Talent Acquisition

Legacy Community Health, CHRO

Lexington Medical Center, Senior Vice President – Human Resources

Medical College of Wisconsin, Senior Vice President, Chief People Officer

Memorial Healthcare System, Vice President & Associate CHRO

OhioHealth, Director Total Rewards System Compensation

Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, Chief Talent Officer

Texas Health Resources, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and People & Culture Transformation

UCHealth, Vice President Total Rewards

UI Health, Associate CHRO

UK King’s Daughters, CHRO

University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Chief People and Culture Officer

Veterans’ Health Administration, Chief Nurse Executive

Washington Hospital Healthcare System, Chief Human Resources Officer

Wellstar Health System, Executive Director, HR Performance and Strategy

AdventHealth
BaylorScott&White
Catholic Medical Center
Erickson Senior Living
Esse Health
Johns Hopkins Health System
Memorial Healthcare System
OhioHealth
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
UI Health
UK King's Daughters
Washington Hospital Healthcare System
Wellstar Health System
SUMMIT 2 (Sept. 18 - 20)

Abound Health, CHRO

Acadia Healthcare, Group HR Director

AdventHealth, Senior Vice President/Assoc. Chief People Officer

AHS, Workforce Relations Director

Ballad Health, Market Director, Human Resources

Baptist Health Care, Executive Director, Human Resources

Broward Health, Interim Senior Vice President/CHRO

Carle Health, Vice President, Human Resources- Talent Relations

Children’s Hospital Colorado, Director, HR and People Strategy

Colorado West Healthcare System d/b/a Community Hospital, CHRO

Esse Health, CHRO

Henry Ford Health System, Vice President/HR Central Region

Inova, Vice President Talent Acquisition

Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center, Vice President, Human Resources

McLeod Health, Senior Vice President & CHRO

MUSC Health, Chief People Officer, Charleston Division

Nicklaus Children’s Health System, Director HR/Talent Acquisition

North Mississippi Health Services, Inc., CHRO

Presbyterian Homes & Services, CHRO

Trinity Health, CHRO

UNC Health Appalachian, CHRO

VCU Health System, Associate Vice President, Employee Relations

Williamson Health, CHRO

WVU Health System, Senior Vice President & CHRO

Abound Health
AdventHealth
Atlantic Health System (AHS)
Childrens Hospital Colorado
Esse Health
Henry Ford Health System
McLeod Health
MUSC
Nicklaus Children's Hospital
Presbyterian Homes & Services
Trinity Health
UNC Health Appalachian
VCU Health System
Williamson Health
WVU Health System

Schedules-at-a-Glance

PROGRAMS

Click below for each day’s agenda or download the PDF program booklet.

Summit 1

Sunday, Sept. 15

All events in Harper’s Gallery (located in the top floor of The Alida) unless otherwise indicated.

Welcome | Happy Hour
4:30 – 6:00 p.m.  |  The Alida: Trade Room (Lobby)

6:00 – 8:00 p.m. – Dinner

Monday, Sept. 16

8:30 –- 9:00 a.m. – Breakfast

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. – Education

Masterclass: The Correlation Between Hiring Velocity and Olympic Baton Passes

VettyThis is a PreBoarding Workflow Design Masterclass. We’re storytelling
the parallel tracks of Olympic relays, perfected baton passes, gold
medals, and the race you run daily: The Race to Final Clearance.

  • The first leg: We’ll come out of the blocks with ordering and
    consent strategies that get candidates to full-sprint fast using a “single envelope” methodology.
  • The second leg focuses on the critical elements of information collection, clinic preferences, and efficient management of medical history questionnaires.
  • The third leg: We’re teaching the importance of strategic, succinct, and waypoint candidate communications. This leg focuses on internal & external clinical and fingerprint scheduling workflows, the most significant risk of your race.
  • We’ll anchor it with cross-functional streamlined reviews and reporting criteria to make improvements & dial-in winning outcomes.
  • Through actionable insights and real-world examples, you’ll learn how to reduce bottlenecks and create a faster, more efficient hiring process, which will increase hiring velocity and win the Race to Final Clearance.

Objectives

  1. Three things you can do right now to increase hiring velocity.
  2. Why measuring TAT is bad advice, and the metric you should measure instead.
  3. A workflow design framework with benchmarks to Improve Start Date Accuracy & Happy Hiring Scores.

Presenters

  • Brad Heber
    Solution Strategist
    Vetty

     

  • Reddy Karri
    CEO
    Vetty

10:00 – 10:15 a.m. – Break

10:15 – 11:15 a.m. – Education

Impacting Lives and Increasing the Loyalty of Your Diverse Workforce

Lincoln Financial GroupAs a leader in the healthcare industry, we understand your continued focus around attracting and retaining talent within a diverse workforce, while also being faced with competing priorities, demands for doing more with less, unionization, and ensuring patient satisfaction results are higher than ever. This session will bring forward thought leadership and proven results with a focus on three key areas: culture, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), and holistic benefits education.

We will dive into an overview of our industry-known culture and standards, share best practices around a successful DEI program, and strategies you can implement to close gaps across your diverse workforce. In addition, we will share our approach and impact to overall benefits education and the impact it can have on employee engagement and satisfaction. We will then wrap up with a round table discussion and discuss how we can help partner together for your success!

Objectives

  1. Gather insights from an industry leader within the retirement and group benefits space on the benefits of a continued focus on culture and DEI in the workforce.
  2. Learn about the importance of benefits, employee understanding, and the direct impact education and personal support can have on your workforce retention.
  3. Learn how you can partner with Lincoln to help attract and retain talent and close gaps across your diverse workforce.

Presenters

  • Rachel Duncan
    Vice President, Relationship Management
    Lincoln Financial Group

  • Kameka Grady
    Vice President, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
    Lincoln Financial Group

11:15 – 11:30 a.m. – Break

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Education

Partnering with Your Onsite Pharmacy to Optimize Employee Health and Wellness

RxBenefitsPharmacy benefits don’t have to be a headache to manage. HR leaders already have enough on their minds: combating employee recruitment, retention, and burnout challenges; navigating benefit complexity; and maintaining competitive benefits against available budget. By partnering with your onsite pharmacy, you can ease the strain of skyrocketing high-cost pharmacy claims, focus on employee health and wellness, and uncover savings opportunities.

Join RxBenefits to discuss:

  • Actionable guidance for developing programs with your pharmacy resources, including MTM pharmacists and 340B programs.
  • Strategies to balance cost/benefit for GLP-1’s and other high-cost medications.
  • How a large health system built internal and external partnerships to maximize employee health and wellness.

Objectives

  1. Key strategies and programs for your pharmacy benefits.
  2. Pharmacy trends all HR leaders should be aware of.
  3. Building internal and external partnerships to maximize benefits and wellness.

Presenters

  • Kinjal Patel, PharmD, MBA
    Business Dev. Executive, Healthcare Markets
    RxBenefits
  • Rebecca Grant
    Vice President, Healthcare Markets
    RxBenefits

12:30 – 1:00 p.m.: Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 p.m. – Education

ACE: Your Solution to Education-Based Recruitment and Retention

American College of Education (ACE)The American College of Education (ACE) makes it easy to invest in your employees so they in turn invest in you. At ACE, we have a specialized Healthcare Solutions Team designed to create curated solutions to meet your organization’s diverse recruitment and retention needs from an education lens. In this session, you’ll learn about how we work with
you on pathways to career advancement keeping time and cost in mind. Flexible to your needs, our team will share how our already low-cost online programs taught by faculty with real-world experience can be stacked with partnership discount options to reduce cost. You’ll learn how our team prioritizes previous education credit evaluation to maximize the credits we can offer for an employee’s prior learning, potentially further reducing costs and time to completion.

Objectives

  1. Learn how ACE creates curated solutions to meet your organization’s diverse recruitment and retention needs.
  2. Learn about our approach to cost and time savings for you and your employees.
  3. Realize the positive benefits an education-based recruitment and retention strategy may have on your organization.

Presenters

  • Mike Rickart
    Senior Vice President, Healthcare Solutions
    American College of Education (ACE)
  • Monica Carson
    Chief Growth Officer
    American College of Education (ACE)

2:00 – 2:15 p.m. – Break

2:15 – 3:15 p.m. – Education

Transforming Supplemental Benefits with BeneRe

BeneReIn this focused session, we’ll dive into how BeneRe’s pioneering group captive insurance model is uniquely positioned to help you tackle the critical challenges facing healthcare organizations today. As the first in the industry, BeneRe was founded to revolutionize supplemental benefits, offering better coverage at lower premiums with complete financial transparency and the potential for year-end dividends. We’ll share our journey—BeneRe’s positive financial impact, who we serve, and how we’ve grown to support over 120 clients and 1.2 million+ employees (about the population of Montana).

We’ll also focus on the specific issues you’re grappling with—recruitment and retention, employee well-being, and managing compensation and financial pressures. You’ll learn how our innovative approach can enhance your benefits package, making it more attractive to both current employees and new talent, while also supporting their overall well-being and engagement. Additionally, we’ll discuss how our model provides cost-efficiency, allowing you to reinvest in your workforce and stay competitive in today’s challenging labor market. This session is designed to equip you with the insights and tools you need to build a more resilient and satisfied
workforce, all while ensuring your organization’s financial sustainability.

Objectives

  1. Gain a deeper understanding of how BeneRe’s group captive model can reduce costs while enhancing employee benefits, making your organization more attractive to top talent.
  2. Learn how financial transparency and BeneRe’s historical year-end dividends can be reinvested to improve employee well-being and engagement, leading to a more satisfied workforce.
  3. Leave with actionable insights on how BeneRe’s innovative model can help address the critical challenges of recruitment, retention, and compensation in today’s competitive labor market.

Presenters

  • Joe Sadik
    National Director, Captive Programs
    BeneRe
  • Mike Schaller
    Chief Client Offi cer
    BeneRe

3:15 – 3:30 p.m. – Break

3:30 – 4:00 p.m. – Debrief Topics, Open Forum

4:00 – 6:00 p.m. – Mental Refresh

6:00 p.m. – Walk to dinner venue | Meet at The Alida lobby

6:15 – 8:00 p.m. – Dinner | Vic’s on the River (Off-site)

Tuesday, Sept. 17

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. – Breakfast

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. – Roundtable Discussion

10:00 – 10:30 a.m. – Final Comments/Adjournment

Summit 2

All events in Harper’s Gallery (located in the top floor of The Alida) unless otherwise indicated.

Wednesday, Sept. 18

4:30 – 6:00 p.m. – Welcome | Happy Hour | The Alida: Trade Room (Lobby)

6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Dinner | Vic’s on the River

Thursday, Sept. 19

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. – Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. – Education

Modernizing Leave Programs in Healthcare

MarshMcLennan AgencyMarsh McLennan’s consulting practice is at the forefront of providing expert guidance to healthcare professionals on the complex landscape of time away from work programs and the evolving leave of absence regulations. In our presentation, we aim to equip the audience with comprehensive knowledge about the challenges and changes impacting health systems in this area. We understand the importance of balancing employee attraction and retention with managing employer expenses related to time off, absence, disability, and other paid and unpaid leave programs. Our team will delve into the intricacies of these topics, offering insights and strategies to navigate the ever-changing landscape. We strive to empower healthcare professionals to make informed decisions that optimize both employee well-being and organizational success.

Objectives

  1. Identify key trends in time away from work and leave of absence in healthcare.
  2. Develop meaningful and compliant leave programs while maintaining budget and patient care standards.
  3. Leverage data insights to drive enhancements in leave program modernization.

Presenters

  • Steve Cherok
    Sen. Vice President, Healthcare Practice Leader
    MarshMcLennan Agency 
  • Jim Jantz
    Chief Compliance Officer, Absence & Leave Practice
    MarshMcLennan Agency

10:00 – 10:15 a.m. – Break

10:15 – 11:15 a.m. – Education

A Bottoms-Up Approach to What’s Next in Total Rewards

Fidelity InvestmentsAs healthcare organizations continue to face challenges including mergers and acquisition, employee turnover and budget cuts, HR Leaders are challenged with many difficult decisions as it relates to benefits and total rewards. Leaders need to evaluate their total rewards program and determine how to best meet the varied needs of their diverse workforce while keeping costs in check. In this session, Fidelity experts will present an approach to total reward evaluation looking from the bottom up, best practices to consider and examples of how health systems have tackled this challenge.

Objectives

  1. Understand factors to consider when evaluating total rewards and key considerations when thinking about revising benefits offerings.
  2. Learn key tactics to evaluate your organization’s benefits offering including what to nurture, maintain and eliminate.

Presenters

  • Tim Ruggles, CRPS
    Sen. Vice President, Healthcare Practice Leader
    Fidelity Investments

     

  • Brian P. Murphy
    Senior Vice President, Workplace Consulting
    Fidelity Investments

11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Break

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Education

Talent Acquisition and Credentialing: Is a New Era on the Horizon?

KarmaCheck.comHealthcare systems require efficient talent acquisition and credentialing processes. However, many struggle to achieve this due to prolonged hiring timelines, high costs, and the complexity of credentialing. The profound impact of these challenges can bring organizations to a standstill, resulting in wasted resources and lost time.

This interactive session will uncover common hurdles that health system executives face in talent acquisition and credentialing. We’ll also dive into KarmaCheck’s vision for what the future of credentialing could look like and lead a discussion about which technology and process innovations could most benefit health systems.

Objectives

  1. Identify common challenges that healthcare systems navigate related to the talent acquisition and the credentialing process.
  2. Discover emerging trends and tools that can revolutionize and empower health systems with faster, more efficient credentialing capabilities.
  3. Discuss the potential implications of these advancements for the future of credentialing.

Presenters

  • Eric Ly
    CEO and Co-founder
    KarmaCheck.com

     

  • Erin McCarthy
    Senior Product Manager
    KarmaCheck.com

12:30 – 1:00 p.m. – Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 p.m. – Education

Transforming Supplemental Benefits with BeneRe

BeneReIn this focused session, we’ll dive into how BeneRe’s pioneering group captive insurance model is uniquely positioned to help you tackle the critical challenges facing healthcare organizations today. As the first in the industry, BeneRe was founded to revolutionize supplemental benefits, offering better coverage at lower premiums with complete financial transparency and the potential for year-end dividends. We’ll share our journey—BeneRe’s positive fi nancial impact, who we serve, and how we’ve grown to support over 120 clients and 1.2 million+ employees (about the population of Montana).

We’ll also focus on the specific issues you’re grappling with—recruitment and retention, employee well-being, and managing compensation and financial pressures. You’ll learn how our innovative approach can enhance your benefits package, making it more attractive to both current employees and new talent, while also supporting their overall well-being and engagement. Additionally, we’ll discuss how our model provides cost-efficiency, allowing you to reinvest in your workforce and stay competitive in today’s challenging labor market. This session is designed to equip you with the insights and tools you need to build a more resilient and satisfied workforce, all while ensuring your organization’s financial sustainability.

Objectives

  1. Gain a deeper understanding of how BeneRe’s group captive model can reduce costs while enhancing employee benefits, making your organization more attractive to top talent.
  2. Learn how financial transparency and BeneRe’s historical year-end dividends can be reinvested to improve employee well-being and engagement, leading to a more satisfied workforce.
  3. Leave with actionable insights on how BeneRe’s innovative model can help address the critical challenges of recruitment, retention, and compensation in today’s competitive labor market.

Presenters

  • Kyle Frigon
    Chief Commercial Officer
    BeneRe
  • Stacey Krings
    National Director, Captive Programs
    BeneRe

2:00 – 2:15 p.m. – Break

2:15 – 3:15 p.m. – Education

ASHHRASHRM

 
ASHHRA and SHRM: A Future of Partnership

An open discussion on how ASHHRA and SHRM are paving the way for collaboration between our organizations to meet the demands of healthcare human resource leaders. This discussion will focus on what ASHHRA and SHRM are doing today and what we hope to accomplish in the years to come. While both organizations are primarily individual membership associations, we recognize that leveraging economies of scale through enterprise partnerships may be beneficial to the healthcare industry.

Objectives

  1. To engage in open dialog about what ASHHRA and SHRM are doing right and what’s missing with our current offerings.
  2. Seek affirmation that the partnership path between ASHHRA and SHRM will bring value to our members and healthcare institutions
  3. Gain industry perspective on how enterprise-wide Joint membership can be leveraged to reduce training and consultancy costs for our healthcare partners.

Presenters

  • Sadlier, CHHR
    Executive Director
    ASHHRA
     
  • Syed Wasey
    Senior Director, Enterprise Solutions
    SHRM

3:15 – 3:30 p.m. – Break

3:30 – 4:00 p.m. – Debrief Topics, Open Forum

4:00 – 6:00 p.m. – Mental Refresh

6:00 p.m. – Walk to Dinner | Meet at The Alida lobby
6:15 – 8:00 p.m. – Dinner | Churchill’s on Bay (Off-site)

Friday, Sept. 20

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. – Breakfast

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. – Roundtable Discussion

10:00 – 10:30 a.m. – Final Comments/Adjournment

FAQs

All healthcare HR executives are encouraged to apply. ASHHRA receives many qualified applicants and expanded the summit into two sessions to accommodate as many leaders in the field as possible. ASHHRA’s goal is to diversify the attendee pool. Selection will be based on geographic location, system/organization, region/market, site/location and specialty. Preference will be given to ASHHRA members.

If you attended a previous summit, you have already been identified as a high-value healthcare HR executive. You are encouraged to apply to attend again and/or refer a colleague. However, given the limited number of available spots and our desire to engage as a diverse pool of executives and thought leaders, an invitation to attend is not guaranteed.

Yes, we encourage you to apply. Please note that your organization may have zero, one or two attendees selected. Should there be two attendees selected from the same organization, each person will be assigned to a different session.

Expect an intimate group of 20 to 24 of your fellow healthcare HR leaders. Attendees will be joined by ASHHRA staff and representatives from sponsoring companies.

Attendees will be hosted at the luxurious Alida Hotel in Savannah, Georgia, where much of the summit programming will also take place. The event will begin with a welcome reception on the first night, one followed by an educational dinner with one of our sponsors. Day two will consist of networking, roundtables, sponsored education with meals, and a social outing in the evening. The event will conclude on day three over breakfast at The Alida, to give attendees one more opportunity to connect with final discussions.

The summit is a unique opportunity to take a brief break from your daily routine while growing your professional connections in the historic city of Savannah. As an attendee last year put it, the summit is a “[g]reat opportunity to network with peers and truly problem solve with ideas for solutions back home.” 

ASHHRA will make reservations for all selected participants at The Alida and cover room and tax for two nights.

If you would like to extend your stay beyond the nights covered by ASHHRA, you may contact The Alida hotel’s Sales Coordinator, Omar Vazquez: 912-544-4598 | OVazquez@thealidahotel.com.

ASHHRA will make reservations for attendees at The Alida and cover  room and tax for two nights. All meals will be provided beginning with the welcome reception on the first day to the breakfast on the third day. Attendees will be provided with an expense reimbursement form for travel expenses, for which ASHHRA will cover up to $500 for airfare, ground transportation, parking, etc. Attendees will be responsible for all other incidentals beyond these covered expenses.

Yes, you have the option to extend your stay at The Alida. Each summit session is adjacent to a weekend, giving attendees an opportunity to extend their visit to Savanah before or after their session. The hotel will make every effort to accommodate these extensions, including offering the group rate, however, this is not guaranteed. If you would like to extend your stay beyond the two nights covered by ASHHRA, you may contact The Alida hotel.

Recommended attire is business casual along with comfortable walking shoes.