This event was a win-win for all in attendance! The Rangers beat the Mariners 7-1, and HOSPAC members and their guests heard important updates on national health care reform efforts and an overview of legislative action occurring at the state level in Austin.
More than 50 Texas health care leaders were there, including: Michael Arvin, senior vice president/chief development officer, Methodist Health System; Joel Ballew, director of government affairs, Texas Health Resources; Anna Barber, director of regional services, Baylor Health Care System; Leslie Barden , senior vice president of planning and marketing, Methodist Health System; Charles Barnett, president/CEO, Seton Family of Hospitals; Michael Barnett, AIA, principal, Sterling Barnett Little; Barclay Berdan, FACHE, senior executive vice president, Texas Health Resources; Jim Blasingame, associate director of government relations, Parkland Health & Hospital System; Tucker Bonner, FACHE, senior consultant for public affairs, Community Hospital Corporation; Kellye Bowers, principal, Sterling Barnett Little; Steve Cobb, health care market leader, The Trane Company; Bradford Davis, vice president/chief medical officer, Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital; Keri Disney, director of government reimbursement, Parkland Health & Hospital System; Laurie English, president, Texas region, Texas HealthSouth Hospitals; Rex Everett, vice president, TeamHealth; Kirk King, president, Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital; Jessica Knox, chief executive officer, HealthSouth Hospital of Arlington; James Little, AIA, principal, Sterling Barnett Little; Steve Love, chief executive officer, Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council; Michael Manion, regional director of business development, TeamHealth; Brett McClung, FACHE, president, Texas Health Harris Methodist Southwest; Jon McPike, chief executive officer, HealthSouth Hospital of Fort Worth; Michelle Raczynski, communications director, Dallas Fort-Worth Hospital Council; David Tesmer, senior vice president of advocacy and community benefit, Texas Health Resources; Michael Waters, FACHE, senior health care consultant; Michael Williams, FACHE, president/CEO, Community Hospital Corporation; and many others.
| Keri Disney and Jim Blasingame of Parkland Health & Hospital System enjoy a birds’ eye view of the game during HOSPAC’s May 12 Leadership Reception at the Texas Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. |
