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ACHE Congress is Sold Out for the First Time in History and CAHME will be There at these Events

Sunday, March 24, 2024

• 9:00 - 11:30 AM CST: Session #1: CAHME Core Learning Center Master Class

• 11:30 - 2:00 PM CST: CAHME Awards Ceremony Luncheon

• 2:30 - 3:30 PM CST: Session #2 CAHME Core Learning Center Master Class

• 3:30 - 4:30 PM CST: Standards Council Review

Monday, March 25 through Wednesday, March 27

• Stop by CAHME’ Exhibitor Booth (spot 121) to access CAHME resources and white papers, and learn about some of our new tools.

Limited Seats remain at CAHME Awards Ceremony: Ticket Sales close March 19

CAHME will welcome 120 attendees, with limited seats left, to witness the brilliance that defines excellence in healthcare management. Guests will have the opportunity to network with leaders in the field, hear from keynote speakers, celebrate the 2024 award recipients, and get insight on how to apply for the 2025 awards. A three-course lunch and refreshments will be served.

CAHME Core Learning Center Master Class at ACHE: Learn More to Become Better Prepared for the Rigors of Accreditation

CAHME Core Learning Center (CLC) subscribers are invited to attend the CAHME Master Class on Sunday, March, 24, 2024. CLC subscribers can attend this 5 hour course at no cost and receive a complimentary awards ceremony ticket as a part of their yearly subscription.

Course: “Pre-Work Makes the Dream Work”

Join Maureen Jones, CAHME Standards Council Chair, Director of Graduate Studies of the Master of Health Administration Program and Associate Professor at the University of Kentucky, Lynn T. Downs, Accreditation Council Member and Assistant Professor at the University of the Incarnate Word, and Forest Kim, PhD, CAHME immediate past Board Chair and Program Director at Baylor University for an insightful and interactive session to develop a plan to provide criterion evidence and discuss how to prepare for your next site visit.

• Session #1 - 9:00 - 11:30 AM CST: Led by Maureen Jones and Lynn T. Downs.

• Awards Ceremony Lunch - 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM CST: Network and celebrate leaders in the field of healthcare management education. Complimentary for CLC Subscribers.

• Session #2 - 2:30 PM CST - 3:30 PM CST: Course continues with Maureen and Lynn, with a focus on tools and checklists.

• Standards Review Discussion - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST: Led by Maureen and Forest Kim.

  
  

CLC Subscribers will receive personal instructions on how to register. If you are interested in becoming a CLC subscriber to attend this course at no cost, and receive access to a platform of exclusive educational materials and in-person events, contact Melissa Cross, CAHME Director of Education, at mcross@cahme.org.

Ripple Effect: The Impact of the CAHME Awards

The Ripple Effect: How the CAHME Awards Energize Future Healthcare Leaders discusses how the CAHME Awards impacted healthcare leadership education and graduates of CAHME Accredited/Certified programs. The 9 years of the CAHME awards brought to light best practices at CAHME Accredited/Certified programs, and the incredible commitment of faculty and graduates to make a difference.

The CAHME Awards garnered support from leading industry partners, corporations, foundations, and individual donors, and raised more than $1.4 million over its history.

The white paper sees the CAHME awards as generating “ripples” of lasting change to healthcare management education, the communities programs serve, and the ongoing work of graduates of programs.

A special thank you to Canon Solutions America for their long-term sponsorship of the CAHME/Canon Solutions America Award for Sustainability in Healthcare Management Education, and in underwriting the White Paper costs. Award ceremony attendees will receive a complimentary print version - updated with the newest winners!

Faculty Composition and Compensation Insights: CAHME Annual Faculty Editor

Since our last email, CAHME released the CAHME Annual Faculty Editor (CAFE v2.0) that expanded access to programs with larger faculty. The result was clear: more programs have participated. Detailed disaggregated demographic and faculty status information on half of all faculty that teach in CAHME accredited programs are available to participating programs. While compensation data is not available for all of this subset, the number of faculty with detailed compensation data has continued to increase in the month of February as more programs have signed on. 

About 1 of every 3 participating programs will be able to access comparative faculty compensation data. This means they will be able to develop their faculty compensation plan using a baseline of leading CAHME programs. Simply put, participating programs can better plan and be positioned to receive resources to attain the most important element of any program ... great faculty!

Here's an example of the power of this data.  Figure 1 shows that 53% of all faculty in healthcare management programs gathered in our annual reporting dataset (i.e., all accredited programs, certified programs, and those in candidacy) are in public universities.  Figure 2 drills down into the CAFÉ data for faculty of public universities to examine compensation distribution by full-time, Assistant Professors with a contract length of 12 months or greater.  The modal (cost of living adjusted) annual total compensation is $100,000-$109,999. Note that this information is preliminary based only on available programs and is subject to change with more programs participating.

To learn more, or to participate in CAFÉ, contact Michelle Petrucelli, CAHME’s Accreditation Coordinator, at mpetrucelli@cahme.org.

Figure 1: Faculty in Graduate Health Management Education Programs by Public vs Private University

Figure 2: Annual Total Compensation for Full Time Associate Professors in Graduate Healthcare Management Programs with Contracts of 12 Months or More

CAHME Advance Search Tool Introduces New Insights

CAHME’s publicly available Advance Search was reconfigured to allow searching for programs by state(s) under the Filter Location tab.  We want to thank Dr. Holly Hampe, the program director at Robert Morris University, who submitted this idea to our team. We will be updating the Regions and the Region map in the near future. To see the full power of CAHME’s Advance Search to view information on Accredited, Candidate, and Certified programs, go to https://advance.cahme.org/.

CAHME has instituted its first broad survey of faculty at accredited, certified, candidate, eligible, and all other healthcare management programs. Reminder to check your spam folders and respond at your earliest convenience.