ACHP 2012 25th Annual Boards of Directors Symposium

The 25th Annual ACHP Boards of Directors Symposium was held March 18-20, 2012 at the Loews Don CeSar Beach Resort, located on the island of St. Pete Beach, off the coast of St. Petersburg, Florida. The Symposium offers a unique opportunity for ACHP Board members and senior executive leaders from member plans to hear from experts and discuss recent developments in health plan governance, public policy, performance excellence and best business practices.

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The Symposium newsletter includes key takeways from the presentations and discussions. Other meeting materials, including an agenda and speaker presentations, can be found in the Attachments box on the right side of this page. You must log in as a member to view attachments. Contact Anna Helms for assistance logging in.

Confirmed Speakers, Topics and Panelists:

Denise E. Cavanaugh, partner at Cavanaugh, Hagan, Pierson & Mintz

Leading Symposium Participants in Exploring Their Role in Preparing for the Future

Rosemary Daszkiewicz, board member, Group Health Cooperative of Seattle
Larry Stroup, board member, Presbyterian Health Plan
Ann Wynia, board member, HealthPartners

 

Charlie Cook, editor and publisher of The Cook Political Report; columnist for the National Journal

The Political Environment and Election Forecasting

 

Madelyn Hochstein, owner, President and co-founder of DYG, Inc.

Trend Convergence: the Impact of Current Public Values on Health Care

 

Dennis McCullough, MD, author of My Mother, Your Mother and faculty member, Dartmouth Centers for Health and Aging, Dartmouth Medical School
Slow Medicine: When Less is More

 

Ian Morrison, author, consultant and futurist

The New Math: A Futurist Looks at Health Care

 

Nicolaas P. Pronk, PhD, FACSM, vice president for Health Management at HealthPartners

Why and How: Changing the Way We Think About Generating Health Among Individuals and Populations

 

A Panel of Member Plan Leaders
Affordable Health Care, Thriving Communities

David Howes, MD, President & CEO, Martin’s Point Health Care
Thomas Brinsko, President & CEO, YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities, and immediate past chair, HealthPartners board of directors
Jack Cochran, MD, Executive Director, The Permanente Federation of Kaiser Permanente
Michael Cropp, MD, President & CEO, Independent Health

Resources:

Two articles by Symposium speaker Ian Morrison, author, consultant and futurist, to stimulate your thinking about board leadership roles and future challenges in health care, in preparation for our Symposium governance session and Mr. Morrison’s presentation.

The Median and the Edge  - “We need to distinguish between the future that’s arrived and the future that may never come.”

The Five Pillars of Leadership  - “Health care at all levels, from presidential policy to bedside decisions, is overmanaged and underled.”

Board compensation is a perennial question in the nonprofit world.  The articles listed below provide insights on the topic, as mentioned during the governance session at the 2012 Symposium.

Nonprofit Governance in the United States: Findings on Performance and Accountability from the First National Representative Study by the Urban Institute, Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, p. 11.

Compensating Foundation Directors? Philanthropy Roundtable.

Should Board Members of Nonprofit Organizations Be Compensated? ASAE, The Center for Association Leadership.

Redirecting the Outrage. The Boston Globe.

Nonprofit Board Compensation Continues to Spur Debate. Philanthropy News Digest.

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