Chief Financial Officers (CFO2)
The Meetings
The Members formally convene two
times per year, spring and fall, for a two-day interactive session.
Participants identify the issues they want to explore and the experts
they want to hear from. A typical two-day Roundtable seminar will
feature 3-5 speakers (outside speakers and/or Members themselves)
making presentations on recent trends and innovative projects.
Issues may include topics such as:
- What will Health Care Reform look like under the Obama Administration? How will each of the system's constituents be impacted?
- How
are hospitals responding to the economic downturn? What about the need
for capital to accomplish plans for new construction or renovation?
- What are the successful integration strategies, joint ventures, and
physician employment models being implemented across the country?
- Managed care strategies, policing the payors, renegotiating
contracts with major payors who contribute large percentages of one’s
net revenue.
- Minimizing employed physician practice losses
- Physician call coverage and payments
- Price transparency & defensible pricing methodologies – What if
your organization is the high-priced facility in a two-hospital town?
- Charity care and bad debt issues, pricing policies for the uninsured and underinsured
- Continuous improvement on the revenue cycle at all points in the system
- Shortage of skilled professionals, including physicians, nurses,
and many other kinds of essential technical staff. Managing the
accompanying salary & wage increases.
- In light of increased government scrutiny of executive compensation models, what action should hospitals be taking?
- Financing the high cost of Information Technology, including EMR, and the continuing effort to optimize benefit against cost

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.
All Roundtable Meetings are
skillfully facilitated to avoid wandering discussions and to promote
productive dialogue and the efficient use of time spent "around the
table." The "think tank" approach of the Roundtable provides a very
high quality educational experience one cannot easily find elsewhere.
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.
Scheduled Meetings for The Healthcare Roundtable for Chief Financial Officers (CFO2)
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October 27--29, 2010 Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Scottsdale, AZ
April 6--8, 2011 Location TBA
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“Roundtable membership has added tremendous value not only from a networking experience, but from a continuing education perspective. Due to the high quality of our membership, we get keynote worthy speakers to attend and present on an assortment of timely topics. Discussion by this smaller non-competitive (from a hospital competition perspective) roundtable always gives members more opportunities to get their own issues, questions and concerns to the floor!!!” --Rick Sheerin, VP & CFO, Floyd Medical Center, Rome, GA
"The CFO2 Roundtable has given me a chance to network with other hospital CFOs and talk about current and pressing issues without all the vendor interference that you get in other meeting settings. It is nice to have other CFOs to contact in between the semi-annual meetings that are willing to spend time when you want to run an idea by a peer." --Dale Hocking, CFO, Central Florida Health Alliance, Leesburg, FL

"My participation as a member of CFO2 has been extremely useful. It is an opportunity to hear about how CFOs are dealing with cutting edge issues. Since those participating are not competitors, there is great freedom in our discussions which allows me to pick up many helpful ideas. The membership fee is a bargain given the information that I obtain and the relationships I build." --Doug Long, Partner, Hall Render, Indianapolis, IN
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