Healthcare Quality Management

ACHE-Minnesota 

Presents  

A Breakfast Briefing on Healthcare Quality Management

Monday November 2, 2015

7:30-9:30am

University of St. Thomas

1000 LaSalle Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403

Terrence Murphy Hall #252 

Engage with a panel of experts for an educational discussion on the topic of healthcare quality. Join Greg Hanley, Director of Quality Management for UCare, Patrick J. Kelly, Director of the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and Dr. Phillip Kibort, Vice President of Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota as they discuss the opportunities and challenges of developing a comprehensive approach to healthcare quality in an era of pay-for-performance. Participants will learn about the elements necessary to develop and implement a successful quality management system. Geoff Kaufmann, Vice President for Patient Services for the American Red Cross Biomedical Services, will serve as moderator for this discussion. 

This event has been approved by the American College of Healthcare Executives for 1.5 Face to Face education credits.

Agenda:

7:30-8am Light Breakfast and Networking

8-9:30 Panel Session with Q&A 

Cost: Members: $30. Non-members: $60.   Current MHA Students and Faculty: No Charge

Bios:

Our Moderator:

Geoff Kaufmann, FACHE, is the Vice President for Patient Services for the American Red Cross Biomedical Services. He has held senior level strategic planning and operational positions with Stillwater Medical Group (CAO), Center for Diagnostic Imaging, Arizant Healthcare, Park Nicollet Health System, the University of Minnesota Hospital & Clinic and Hamilton KSA, a national health care consulting company. Mr. Kaufmann has over 39 years of experience in operations, business development, strategic planning, marketing, and physician relations. He speaks frequently at national healthcare forums and also serves as adjunct faculty at the University of Minnesota in the Master’s Program in Health Care Administration, the University of St. Thomas and the College of St. Scholastica. He is a past president of the Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development and is active in National Healthcare Associations and corporate boards. Geoff received his undergraduate degree from St. Olaf College and his Masters from the University of Chicago. Geoff is currently the ACHE Regent for the State of Minnesota. In his spare time he enjoys playing and recording music (rock and roll), mountain climbing, and most seasonal sports.

Panel

Greg Hanley, CPHQ, FACHE, is the Director of Quality Management for UCare. Before joining UCare in 2013, Greg was the Regional Quality Improvement Director for the Midwest for Coventry Health Care. Greg has experience in Health Plan Quality Management, Delegation Oversight, Health Plan Accreditation, Provider Credentialing, and Medicare Stars.

Greg is a Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives and a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality. He serves on the board of the ACHE-MN Chapter as the Chair of the Education Committee. Greg received his undergraduate degree from St. Cloud State University, an MBA from Portland State University and a Masters in Theological Studies from Liberty University.

Patrick J. Kelly, Captain, US Navy (retired) became the Director of the Minneapolis VA Health Care System on June 16, 2013. Mr. Kelly received his BA degree in 1979 from Creighton University, Omaha, NE. He received a Master of Public Health Degree in 1982 from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. He was commissioned a Lieutenant (junior grade) in 1983.  

Following graduation from Officer Indoctrination School, he was assigned as the Medical Administrative Officer, Branch Medical Clinic, NAS Miramar, San Diego, CA. In August 1985 he transferred to Naval Dental Center, Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines as Fiscal and Supply Officer. He was ordered to Naval Hospital Oak Harbor, WA in 1987 and served as the Fiscal and Supply Officer until April 1990 when he transferred to the 3d Medical Battalion, Okinawa, Japan where he served as the Battalion Executive Officer. 

In 1993 he matriculated at the Naval War College, Newport, RI, receiving a Masters in Arts Degree in National Security and Strategic Studies. He then served with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs), Washington, DC as a Senior Policy Analyst. He subsequently was Director for Administration, Naval Hospital, Pensacola, FL from June 1997 – May 2000. 

He served one year as the Senior Health Care Administration Assignment Officer, Bureau of Navy Personnel, Millington, TN before reporting to Bremerton, WA where he served as Executive Officer of the Naval Hospital and Commanding Officer of the Fleet Hospital. He was Commanding Officer of Fleet Hospital Eight, deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Rota, Spain from February – July 2003 and Naval Health Care New England from July 2004 – August 2005. He was then ordered to the Navy’s Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Washington, DC as the Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations from September 2005 – July 2007. He was the Chief of Staff, Navy Medicine West from July 2007 – June 2011, when he retired from the Navy. Prior to reporting to Minneapolis, he served as the Director of the VA Health Care System from July 2011 – June 2013. Mr. Kelly is married and has two sons.

Phillip Kibort, MD, MBA, became vice president system advancement at Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota in 1996 and he became Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Medical Affairs in 2002. Dr. Kibort was a pediatric gastroenterologist at Minnesota Gastroenterology from 1982 to 1994. He has written and published on issues of management and quality in healthcare and teaches on medical quality to healthcare professionals at the University of St. Thomas in the Twin Cities.   He is a member of the American College of Physician Executives and a fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Kibort has served on the boards of Ronald McDonald House Charities, Way to Grow and now Memorial Blood Center.   He was President of Temple of Aaron from 2003-2005.