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Advancing Health Care: A Combined Conference for BHAI, IAHQ and IONL


The Meadows Events & Conference Center, Altoona, Iowa  
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 8:15 AM - 3:45 PM   iCalendar

Leaders must adapt and respond to change as the health care environment evolves. This conference brings together health care leaders to collaborate, learn and network. Conference sessions will provide participants with research-based strategies, concepts and best practices for professional application and development.


Program Agenda
Wednesday, May 21st - The Meadows Events & Conference Center, Altoona, Iowa

7:45 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

8:15 a.m. Welcome

8:30 a.m. Shed or You're Dead® — How to Stay Alive and Thrive Amid Health Care Change; Kathy Dempsey, President, Keep Shedding, Scottsdale, Arizona

9:30 a.m. Awards and Business Meeting

10 a.m. Break and visit the exhibit hall

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

10:30 a.m. IONL - The Evolving Role of the Nurse Manager in the New World of Work; Rose Sherman, Ed.D, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Nursing Leadership Development Expert and Author, Florida

10:30 a.m. IAHQ  - Shattering the Status Quo: Transforming Patient Care Through Sustainable Improvement; Scott Burgmeyer, Founder and CEO, BecomeMore Group, Des Moines

10:30 a.m. BHAI - Redesigning Patient Care in Inpatient Behavioral Health Units; Carol Meade, MSW, LISW, Director of Behavioral Health, UnityPoint Health, Cedar Rapids; Megan L. Simpson, MSW, LISW, Director, Behavioral Health Services, UnityPoint Health, Des Moines

11:30 a.m. Lunch and visit the exhibit hall

12:30 p.m. IHA Advocacy Update; Erin Cubit, Vice President, Federal & Regulatory Affairs, Iowa Hospital Association, Des Moines, and Clare Kelly, Chief Government and External Affairs Officer, Iowa Hospital Association, Des Moines

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

1 p.m. IONL – Accountability and the Power of One: You Play a Bigger Role Than You Might Think!; Colleen McCrory, MBA, FACHE, Senior Director, International Speaker and Coach, Huron Consulting Group, Florida

1 p.m. IAHQ – Directed Payment Program Quality Measures and Your Role: A Panel Discussion; Moderator: Shawna Forst, IAHQ President, Performance Excellence, Quality and Risk Coordinator, MercyOne Newton Medical Center; Panelists: Ashlee Barnes, MHA, BSN, RN, Nursing Director, WB Women and Family Center & FM Birthplace, Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center, West Burlington, Angi Ellsworth, RN, BSN, CPPS, Director of Quality and Risk and Compliance Officer, Boone County Hospital, Boone; Lance Schmitt, RN, BSN, MBA, Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Nursing, Broadlawns Medical Center, Des Moines; Christin Pritchard, Vice President of Quality, Great River Health, West Burlington

1 p.m. BHAI – Implementing the New Behavioral Health and Disability Service System in Iowa; Jeni Hanselman, Chief Behavioral Health Officer, Iowa Primary Care Association; Zach Rhein, Division Director of Aging and Disability Services, Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Des Moines

2 p.m. Break and visit the exhibit hall

2:30 p.m. Prize drawings

2:45 p.m. Building Resilience to Cross Your Finish Line; Rebekah Gregory, Speaker, Founder of Rebekah's Angels Foundation and Public Speaking Coach, Florida

3:45 p.m. Adjourn

 

LODGING

Prairie Meadows Hotel

• King: $135 per night plus taxes

• Junior King Suite: $165 per night plus taxes

515-957-3000 or 800-325-9015

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Group code: IAHASS0525 

Password: 863000128

CONTINUING EDUCATION 
IHA (Iowa Board of Nursing provider No. 4) will award 4.5 Nursing contact hours. Contact hours will not be issued unless your Iowa license number is provided on the certificate completed the day of the conference. To receive contact hours or a certificate of attendance, you must attend the entire conference. No partial credit will be granted.

This program has been approved by the National Association for Healthcare Quality for a maximum of 4.5 CPHQ continuing education hours.

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Contact Autumn McGill with questions about this event.

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