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​460 Attendees! The Mega Healthcare Conference was big!
The Kalahari was the place to be at last week’s Mega Healthcare Conference as 80 vendors packed the exhibit hall with 26 speakers filling up 15 different breakout sessions along with a panel discussion on the future of healthcare in Wisconsin. The three keynote speakers, Joe Mull, Jerry Teplitz and David Glickman received rave reviews. If you didn’t attend, be there next time!

 
Do you know someone who may be interested in becoming a member of HFMA and they are interested in becoming certified as a CHFP?  If the answer is YES then forward or send this information to them to register for these CHFP coaching webinars.  
 
Six HFMA chapters have joined forces to present a joint certification coaching course to be presented as a 4 part series of webinars presented by Christoph Stauder. The six chapters are: CT, MA/RI, ME, NH/VT, SC and WI.

One webinar covers exam 1 and testing strategies. Three webinars will present two case studies from one of the three environments. These webinars will help you apply business judgement to case studies that describe various situations, opportunities and challenges that one might confront as a provider, payer or physician group.

How do you teach strategic thinking? We have Christoph Stauder to help develop business judgment by observing decisions of others and what would have been better or different.

We’ve offered this training to our members and we have a few spots left for guests.  There is no cost for the nonmember but this is a limited time offer and we will close registration on Monday, 1/29/18 (at 5 PM) or until we reach our capacity for the webinar series. 
 
Click here to check out the information for the webinar series and register.
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February 16 - Gundersen Lutheran
March 23 - Aurora Health Care - Summit
​April 20 - Bellin Health

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This event is a “must” for those starting in healthcare finance, or if you want to learn more about another area of finance.  Attendees will receive a well-rounded overview in each of three healthcare finance sessions.  As an attendee you will be able to expand your healthcare finance knowledge, which will benefit a wide range of roles that are involved in healthcare finance.  We look forward to seeing you at one of our sessions!  See the brochure for full details and registration.
 
There will be a networking event after each session and all members are invited to participate in them.  Please watch the weekly WI HFMA News and Events email for details regarding each session’s networking event. 
 
Brochure and Registration:  http://www.hfmawisconsin.com/healthcare-finance-101.html

​Join high-level investment and health care industry experts for a lively conversation on the main issues transforming the global economy and health care. Investment experts will discuss issues shaping the economy and financial markets. An insurer, provider, technology expert, and investor will discuss the future of health care funding and delivery, innovations and other critical drivers

​3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Miller High Life Theatre, 500 W. Kilbourn Ave., Milwaukee Networking reception to follow, and join fellow attendees at 7 p.m. for the UWM Men’s basketball game. For more information and to register, please visit lubar.uwm.edu/definingmarkets $65.00 includes center court basketball ticket | CFA Hours – 2.5 / Applied for 2 CFP and Wisconsin Insurance Credits 

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Six chapters have joined forces to present a joint certification coaching course to be presented as a 4 part series of webinars presented by Christoph Stauder. The six chapters are: CT, MA/RI, ME, NH/VT, SC and WI.

One webinar covers exam 1 and testing strategies. Three webinars will present two case studies from one of the three environments. These webinars will help you apply business judgement to case studies that describe various situations, opportunities and challenges that one might confront as a provider, payer or physician group.

How do you teach strategic thinking? We have Christoph Stauder to help develop business judgment by observing decisions of others and what would have been better or different.

The webinars are free for members. Please refer to the detailed described of each webinar below. Members must register for each webinar separately. Priority registration will close at 5 p.m. on 1/25/18. Registration is a two-step process: (1) register through Cvent; and (2) once your confirmation email is sent you will receive a link which requires you to register on GoToWebinar to obtain the unique link needed to participate in the webinar. Webinars will begin at noonand end at 1:00 pm EST. Links to each webinar are noted below:

2/1/2018 - CHFP Exam Series 1 - The Business of Health Care
2/8/2018 - CHFP Exam Series 2 - Preparing for the Operational Excellence Exam
3/1/2018 - CHFP Exam Series 3 - Preparing for the Operational Excellence Exam (continued)
3/29/2018 - CHFP Exam Series 4 - Preparing for the Operational Excellence Exam (conclusion)
The Business of Health Care - This webinar provides an overview of the content of HFMA’s 12- to 14-hour Business of Health Care online self-study program and its associated 90-minute exam by covering selected topics from each of the six BoH courses. The webinar will use sample screen prints and knowledge check questions from each of the six courses to illustrate what participants will learn in greater by taking the course and will be expected to know for the exam. The webinar will serve as a brief content review for people who have already begun preparing for the first exam.
Preparing for the Operational Excellence Exam - Since HFMA does not provide a study guide or online course for the Operational Excellence exam (the second of the two CHFP certification exams), this webinar, and the two that follow it, introduces participants to the strategic business skills required of CHFP candidates. Webinar 2 covers the healthcare business environment from the perspective of hospitals, webinars 3 and 4 from the perspective of health plans and physicians. In each of the three webinars, participants are introduced to two business cases illustrating the decisions that senior executives must make in today’s competitive, value-oriented healthcare marketplace. The first two case studies cover Hospital Cost Structure and Hospital Consolidation.
Preparing for the Operational Excellence Exam (continued) - This webinar looks at healthcare from the perspective of health plans by way of two business cases involving health plans and their interactions with other market participants. The webinar will discuss the some of the decisions senior executives at health plans must make in today’s competitive, value-oriented healthcare marketplace.
Preparing for the Operational Excellence Exam (conclusion) - This webinar looks at healthcare from the perspective of physicians by way of two business cases involving physicians and their interactions with other market participants. The webinar will discuss some of the decisions physician leaders must make in today’s competitive, value-oriented healthcare marketplace.
Your attendance may qualify for 1.2 hours of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits for each session. We have computed the education credits based on an equivalent of 50 minutes for each education credit hour. You are responsible for maintaining adequate records and determining if the content of this program meets the professional licensing requirements of your state.

​The Wisconsin Hospital Association is pleased to invite HFMA-Wisconsin members to attend its annual Advocacy Day event. WHA Advocacy Day is scheduled for Wednesday, March 21, 2018 in Madison at the Monona Terrace. Registration is now open at www.whareg4.org/2018AdvocacyDay andhttp://www.wha.org/advocacy-day.aspx.
Each year WHA Advocacy Day draws 1,100 hospital and health system advocates to Madison to learn and advocate. The 2018 morning keynote will be Mara Liasson, the national political correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR). She will be followed by a legislative panel discussion and Governor Walker has been invited again as the luncheon keynote. To continue to be as effective as we possibly can on issues, WHA’s yearly goal is to have as many attendees as possible participate in legislative meetings in the afternoon. An optional pre-event webinar will be offered closer to the date for those going on legislative visits, and a short issue briefing will happen at Advocacy Day as well.
While Advocacy Day is free, registration is necessary. Register today for Advocacy Day 2018 at www.whareg4.org/2018AdvocacyDay or http://www.wha.org/advocacy-day.aspx. If you have any questions, please contact WHA’s Jenny Boese at 608-268-1816 or jboese@wha.org.
You won’t want to miss this premier event. See you on March 21, 2018.

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Joint Coaching Certification Program
4 Webinars on Wednesdays in 2018
February 1, February 8, March 1 & March 29
11:00am-12:00 noon CST
 
 
We have joined forces with five other chapters as a joint certification coaching course to be presented as webinars by Christoph Stauder. The six chapters are: CT, MA/RI, ME, NH/VT, SC and WI.
 
One webinar covers exam 1 and testing strategies. Three webinars will present two case studies from one of the three environments. These webinars will help you apply business judgement to case studies that describe various situations, opportunities and challenges that one might confront as a provider, payer or physician group.
 
How do you teach strategic thinking? We have Christoph Stauder to help develop business judgment by observing decisions of others and what would have been better or different.
 
The course outline and registration information
will be distributed in January 2018!
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