2015 ADVOCACY DAY A Call to Action April 1, 2015 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. (Registration begins at 7:30 a.m.) The Cornhusker Marriott Hotel | Lincoln, NE A CALL TO ACTION NHA’s Advocacy Day is a Our influence is strongest when we speak together and in unison. Each NHA memberis called to be an active participant in our advocacy efforts. We can create great change – together – half-day workshop designed by speaking up, speaking out and speaking loudly. When we speak together, state legislators to provide hospital CEOs, must listen and must respond to the issues that impact our patients, our staff and our industry. advocacy team members, Together, we can educate, inform and motivate elected officials to make policy and funding decisions that make Nebraska a healthier, stronger state. trustees, key hospital staff, state senators and their staff, NHA’s Advocacy Day highlights the 2015 legislative issues impacting Nebraska hospitals and health systems and how they deliver quality and affordable care to their communities. leaders of HHS and other Additionally, Advocacy Day provides health care advocates and leaders with the opportunity state health care advocates to visit with and educate state senators about how health care legislation will affect them. with important information about state and federal YOUR PARTICIPATION IS IMPORTANT! legislative issues. Having a strong understanding of legislative issues and how they impact your hospital and community is critical for health care executives. Your knowledge of the legislative issues and state health care policy allows you to effectively be a voice and advocate. We will be the most successful when legislators and policymakers hear your grassroots stories describing the realities of health care in Nebraska. Please plan to join us on April 1, 2015, at The Cornhusker Marriott Hotel in Lincoln for the NHA 2015 Advocacy Day. HOW TO REGISTER NHA Advocacy Day registration is $60 per person. Complete the enclosed registration form and return it by March 23, 2015, to the Nebraska Hospital Association, ATTN: Vicky Pfeiffer, P.O. Box 82653, Lincoln, NE 68501-2653 or fax to (402) 742-8191. HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS Please make your reservation by calling The Cornhusker Marriott Hotel in Lincoln at (402) 474-7474. The rate is $109 plus tax for lodging the night of March 31. Reservations must be made by March 10, 2015, to guarantee the group rate. Be sure to tell them you are attending the NHA Advocacy Day event on April 1. NHA 2015 Advocacy Day is a pre-approved trustee certification event worth NHAREF Pre-approved trustee 2.5 hours that can be used education event toward obtaining trustee education certification. AGENDA SPONSORS 7:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast Platinum Sponsor 8:00 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks Kim Russel, FACHE, President & CEO Bryan Health, Lincoln Chair, NHA Board of Directors Champion Sponsors 8:15 a.m. 2015: A View From the Speaker’s Perspective Sen. Galen Hadley, Speaker of the Legislature 9:00 a.m. Keynote Address Ali S. Khan, (RET) MD, MPH, Dean College of Public Health-University of Nebraska Medical Center 9:45 a.m. American Hospital Association Update Paul Muraca, Regional Executive, Region 6 American Hospital Association 10:15 a.m. Break 10:30 a.m. The Economic Impact of Medicaid Expansion in Nebraska Allan Jenkins, PhD, Professor of Economics Ron Konecny, PhD, Professor of Management University of Nebraska - Kearney 11:00 a.m. NHA Political Action Committee Update and Awards Presentation Elisabeth Hurst, Director of Advocacy Advocate Sponsors Nebraska Hospital Association 2014 Advocacy Team of the Year Award Presentation Elisabeth Hurst, Director of Advocacy Nebraska Hospital Association 11:20 a.m. State Legislative Briefing Luncheon Table Sponsors Bruce Rieker, JD, Vice President, Advocacy Avera St. Anthony’s Hospital Nebraska Hospital Association CHI Health St. Elizabeth Children’s Hospital & Medical Center 12:00 p.m. Luncheon with State Senators Lutz Mary Lanning Healthcare 1:00 p.m. Adjourn Contributor Sponsors About the keynote speaker: Cada, Cada, Hoffman & Jewson Dr. Ali S. Khan is a former Assistant Surgeon General and current Dean of the College of Community Hospital, McCook Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Khan’s vision is for the FocusOne Solutions College to play an integral role in making Nebraska the healthiest state in the Union. Lexington Regional Health Center Dr. Khan’s professional career has focused on emerging infectious diseases, bioterrorism Memorial Community Hospital & Health System and global health security. He founded the Public Health Matters blog and has been Mueller Robak, LLC personally engaged in guinea worm and polio eradication activities. While directing Peetz & Company global infectious disease activities, he designed the laboratory component of the CDC’s field epidemiology and training program. He also helped design and implement the CDC Radcliffe & Associates component of the $1.2 billion, five-year President’s Malaria Initiative. He co-founded a novel Stinson Leonard Street, LLP center at the CDC to champion a one health strategy and ensure health security from a myriad of zoonotic, vector-borne and food-borne infectious diseases. Dr. Khan received his medical degree from Downstate Medical Center in his hometown of Brooklyn, NY, and completed a joint residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, before joining the CDC. 104th LEGISLATURE NEBRASKA SENATORS & LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS Dist. Senator Dist. Senator Dist. Senator Dist. 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Redoutey, FACHE, President www.nebraskahospitals.org Registration Form NHA 2015 ADVOCACY DAY April 1, 2015 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. (Registration begins at 7:30 a.m.) The Cornhusker Marriott Hotel Lincoln, Nebraska To register for NHA Advocacy Day, complete the form below and return it with payment by March 23, 2015, to Nebraska Hospital Association, ATTN: Vicky Pfeiffer, P.O. Box 82653, Lincoln, NE 68501-2653 or fax to (402) 742-8191. 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