Chief Financial Officers (CFO1)

Issues may include topics such as: 

• What are the key components of Health Care Reform?  How will each of the system's constituents be impacted?
• What are organizations doing internally with their hospitals, externally with the payor community, and politically within the states in response to Health Care Reform?
• How are organizations approaching their capital planning processes, given the future outlook?
• What are the Members doing around Accountable Care Organizations?
• What are the Members doing around Value Based Purchasing?
• What are the successful integration strategies and physician employment models being implemented across the country?
• Strategies used in physician employment decisions – criteria used to determine which ones to hire and which ones to pass on – compensation models, how are you bringing groups that have historically competed together in one organization, etc.?
  
• Managed care strategies, policing the payors, renegotiating contracts with major payors who contribute large percentages of one’s net revenue
• How are other hospitals controlling costs related to employee health insurance expense?
• Where does everyone stand on meaningful use readiness?  What kind of cost is being looked at to become compliant with meaningful use?
• Financing the high cost of Information Technology, including EMR, and the continuing effort to optimize benefit against cost
• Minimizing employed physician practice losses 
  
• Physician call coverage and payments
• Continuous improvement on the revenue cycle at all points in the system
• In light of the increased government scrutiny of executive compensation models, what action should hospitals be taking? 
  

The participants also enjoy the cross-pollination of ideas during Open Discussion sessions. Members are encouraged to present the issues/problems they are currently facing so that fellow Members can advise one another as peer consultants. During these interactive discussions, Members share new innovations and projects-in-process using a "grand rounds" format.

The Roundtable Dues, Attendance and Guest Policy
Tuitions at these meetings are covered by yearly membership dues. Meeting attendance must be a high priority. A Member is strongly encouraged to send an appropriate substitute in the event he or she is unable to attend a scheduled Roundtable Meeting.

A Member may bring one guest to any Meeting, particularly an individual who is considering membership. Guest registrations are made in advance (at no additional charge)--limited to four total per Roundtable Meeting.

In order to cover the costs of the semi-annual meetings, including speaker fees, appropriate research, and operating expenses, Members pay $2,995 for two consecutive meetings.