Registration is Open for Friday, October 18 Symposium “Leading Together: The Transformation to Population Health”
Presented by the Griffith Leadership Center in the Department of Health Management & Policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, this symposium will address how we leverage leadership skills to achieve excellence in the new era of accountable care. The symposium will be held at the Sheraton Ann Arbor Hotel, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. Registration is now open.
“We invite our AUPHA colleagues to join us for this exciting event and offer a reduced registration for faculty members,” says GLC Director and HMP Associate Professor Christy Harris Lemak. “The symposium will focus on the difficult but important work of leading together to improve the health of our communities. We have invited leaders who have demonstrated early success in their organizations and communities to share their experiences and challenges overcome as they work across organizations and break down barriers to achieve the goals of improved health, lower costs, and outstanding patient experience.”
Presenters for the day-long symposium include:
Mayra Alvarez (invited)
Director of Public Health Policy, Office of Health Reform
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Ron Copeland, MD, FACS
Senior Vice President, National Diversity Strategy and Policy,
and Chief Diversity Officer
Kaiser-Permanente
Dan Edmonds-Waters
Vice President, National Sales, Operations and Performance
Kaiser-Permanente
Emily Friedman
Independent health policy and ethics analyst
Mark Herzog
President and Chief Executive Officer
Holy Family Memorial Hospital
Elliot Joseph
President and Chief Executive Officer
Hartford HealthCare
Nina Nashif
Chief Executive Officer
Healthbox
Steven Nelson
Chief Executive Officer
United HealthCare Community & State
Ram Raju, MD
Chief Executive Officer
Cook County Health and Hospitals System
Jay Rosen
President
Health Management Associates
Amir Dan Rubin
President and Chief Executive Officer
Stanford Hospital & Clinics
Jeff Selberg
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Herbert Smitherman, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer
Health Centers Detroit Medical Group
Kimberlydawn Wisdom, MD, MS
Vice President, Community Health Education and Wellness
Henry Ford Health System
2013-2014 RWJ Scholars in Health Policy Research Program Named at U-M HMP
The Robert Wood Johnson Scholars in Health Policy Research Program at the University of Michigan Department of Health Management & Policy has announced the 2013-2014 scholars. They are: Colleen Carey (PhD, economics, John Hopkins University); S. Michael Gaddis (PhD, sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), and Robert McGrath (PhD, political science, University of Iowa).
The Scholars in Health Policy Research Program, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is a two-year post-doctoral fellowship program dedicated to training economists, political scientists, and sociologists in health policy research. Recent graduates of doctoral programs in economics, political science, and sociology are eligible to participate in the program at one of three sites: The University of Michigan, Department of Health Management & Policy; University of California, Berkeley/San Francisco; and Harvard University. The U-M HMP program is directed by HMP Professor Edward C. Norton.
Participating scholars undertake cutting-edge research relevant to health policy using the tools and perspectives of their discipline:
Colleen Carey’s research focuses on federal regulation of health insurance markets. Her dissertation analyzed how risk adjustment in Medicare Part D affects the strategic behavior of insurers and pharmaceutical firms. Colleen served as a staff economist at the Council of Economic Advisers in 2011 and 2012. After completing the Scholars Program, she will join the Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University as an assistant professor.
S. Michael Gaddis’s primary research interests include the sociology of education, education policy, higher education, and racial/ethnic inequality. His dissertation examined the effects of educational credentials and prevalence of discrimination in the labor market using an experimental research design known as an audit study. As a Scholar, he will study mental health and academic achievement among college students with a particular focus on the effects of institutional factors and policies. After completing the program, he will join the Department of Sociology at the Pennsylvania State University as an assistant professor.
Robert McGrath is currently on leave from George Mason University, where he is an assistant professor of government and politics in the Department of Public and International Affairs. Dr. McGrath is generally interested in how the structure of formal governmental institutions serves to constrain and shape policy choices by key actors. In particular, he is currently interested in issues related to inter-branch bargaining between executives and legislatures, such as policy-motivated legislative oversight of bureaucracy and the politics of budget formation at the state and national levels.
HMP Executive Master’s Program Expands
For the first time, the HMP Executive Master’s Program will run two cohorts simultaneously when incoming students (Cohort 23) begin their two-year program this month while the current students (Cohort 22) head into their second and final year of the program. Previously, new cohorts were started biennially. This expansion reflects both increased demand for, and awareness of, the program, says HMP Associate Professor David Mendez, director, who notes that the program now has more than 500 physicians, administrators, public health program directors, policy analysts, dentists, and nurses among its alumni.
Begun in 1972, the Executive Master’s program allows professionals to continue working full-time while pursuing the Master of Health Services Administration (MHSA.) or the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree. It combines e-learning/distance learning and face-to-face interactions with professors and other Executive Master's students. Twice a week, instructors create a live classroom experience through internet video conferencing that allows students to interact with instructors and other classmates regardless of their geographic location. Additionally, some materials, such as taped lectures, can be viewed online or listened to via podcasts.
The program is similar to a traditional MBA program, except that each course is designed to meet the needs of future managers, analysts, and leaders in the health field. Many professionals who attend the program are shifting in a new direction, such as from clinical work to management or to health policy.
HMP Health Services Research Training Program Awarded AHRQ Five-Year Grant Renewal
Under the direction of HMP Professor and Associate Chair Richard A. Hirth, The Health Services Research Training Program at the University of Michigan has received a five-year grant (2013-2018) renewal from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The training program, with both pre-doctoral and post-doctoral components, is a partnership between HMP in the School of Public Health and the Center for Healthcare Outcomes & Policy (CHOP) in the U-M Medical School. This marks the 22nd year that this program has received AHRQ funding.
Interview with Wayne M. Lerner, DrPH, FACHE featured in current issue of the Journal of Healthcare Management
Dr. Wayne M. Lerner, HMP alumnus (MHA ’73, DrPH ’88), past president and chief executive officer of Holy Cross Hospital in Chicago, and the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) 2013 Gold Medal Award recipient is interviewed in the July/August 2013 issue of the Journal of Healthcare Management. Dr. Lerner chairs the Griffith Leadership Center Advisory Board in HMP.