Chief Medical Officers

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:

How do we bridge the chasm between hospital administration and practicing physicians? Will we ever be able to align the incentives of both parties? Is this a resolvable issue?

What are the hospital's options as the physician-owned specialty facilities continue to reduce the hospital’s remaining profitable services?

Physician/Hospital Joint Ventures & Employment Models

• What are the trends in successful models?
• What is currently working from a strategic standpoint?
• A legal standpoint?

Have we done our best to instill a competitive attitude among the docs, with the ultimate goal being to eat each other's lunch and that of the hospital?

How is your organization responding to the demands of medical staff for payment for physician leadership, administrative & call coverage services?

For example, how do you develop effective physician leadership for operational and for clinical quality initiatives in key areas: 

• Cardiovascular 
• Anesthesiology/Surgery 
• Oncology 
• Radiology

Disinterested Docs: How do we deal not only with the discourteous, sardonic poor-citizen type physician but also the individual who is uncooperative regarding critical hospital initiatives?

What methods/techniques are used to involve medical staff physicians in the decision-making processes associated with curbing costs, evaluating services provided, and organizational redesign as the institution copes with financial restraints?

Implementation of CPOE: How do you introduce this basic culture change to the medical staff and deal with the very uncomfortable situation where only part of the chart is electronic?

How can the CMO most effectively contribute to the Board of Directors' education in a world of increasing technical medical complexity, which continually challenges the financial model du jour?

What are the current credentialing issues? What processes and procedures have been established to identify and deal with critical behavioral variances? How do we successfully deal with the disruptive/impaired physician?

What are the most important considerations around a quality-based compensation program for medical delivery providers, and what other types of incentives should be blended into the total pay package?

Workforce shortages: What can physicians do to alleviate the nursing and other health professional shortages in the areas of recruitment and retention?


How do we get accurate updates and impact predictions on the new technologies driving and shaping our industry?

How do we re-design our systems to ensure quality on a corporate-wide basis? How can we be sensitive to the increasing expectation among consumers and purchasers that they will have meaningful outcomes data made available to them?

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.