Educational Programs
How do you keep abreast of the latest healthcare industry issues and trends in patient care and quality initiatives? Saint Francis HealthCare Partners (SFHCP) makes it easy for you to stay informed and to even earn credit through some of its workshops, seminars and conferences.
Annual Medical Conference
The Annual Medical Conference focuses on current helathcare trends and issues in a one-day, comprehensive session. Conference topics have included: "Practice Transformation and Quality": Bringing It Home, Health IT in the Physician's Office; Collaboration in Heathcare: Strange Bedfellows?; and Health Forum on Health Literacy and Racial Disparities.
Presented by SFHCP's Quality and Care Coordination unit, these informative events attract more than 200 SFHCP physician members, Hospital staff, payors and industry vendors.
The most recent conference, Medical Home, was held November 5, 2009 and was attended by more than 250 physicians, administrators, nurses, operations managers, public health professionals,
health educators, social workers, managed care personnel, and legislative staff.
Eleven notable speakers with varied backgrounds and experiences spoke about the Patient Centered Medical Home concept. Paul Grundy, MD, IBM's Global Director of Healthcare & Chairman of the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative, and Terry McGeeney, MD, MBA, President and CEO of TransforMED, were the keynote speakers.
View session one (PDF), view session two (PDF)
The Fall 2010 Medical Conference topic and date are to be announced.
Seminars
SFHCP has a commitment to educating its members. SFHCP provides educational sessions to offices on an ongoing basis. We offer both non-medical and medical programs for physicians and practice staff members. Seminars have focused on topics such as ICD-9 coding, payor plan updates revenue enhancement, quality clinical measures and human resources.
Managed Care Fair
The annual Managed Care Fair provides current information about payors’ plans, policies and procedures to Hospital administrators and practice staff. SFHCP’s contracted Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) and other non-contracted payors provide the latest plan updates. Breakout sessions provide a wide range of topics to the offices.
This year will mark the 14th annual Managed Care Fair. It will be held on Thursday, May 20 at Saint Francis Hospital Gengras Auditorium, 1000 Asylum Avenue, first floor from 8:00 am-2:00 pm.
For more information
Contact SFHCP to learn more about our educational programs.