Larry James to receive DFWHC’s Distinguished Health Service Award

08/01/2017

Larry James, the chief executive officer of CitySquare, an inner-city non-profit that provides food and housing to the poverty stricken and homeless, was announced today as the 2017 recipient of the DFW Hospital Council’s (DFWHC) Distinguished Health Service Award to be presented during its 69th Annual Awards Luncheon on Tuesday, October 31 at the Arlington Convention Center. James has been … Read More

Ann Curry to serve as speaker at DFWHC’s Annual Awards Luncheon

07/31/2017

Ann Curry, the award-winning journalist, long-time NBC News reporter and former co-anchor of the Today show, will serve as the keynote speaker at the DFW Hospital Council’s (DFWHC) 69th Annual Awards Luncheon on Tuesday, October 31 in the main ballroom of the Arlington Convention Center. As the keynote speaker, Curry will discuss her 30-plus year career and her personal determination … Read More

Hall Render’s Kim details foreign employee recruitment for DFWHC members

07/27/2017

Michael Lee Kim, an attorney at Hall Render who specializes in immigration, served as the speaker during yesterday’s DFW Hospital Council complimentary educational meeting “Foreign Physician Recruitment and Green Card Options for Foreign Healthcare Employees” at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. The event was hosted in coordination with Hall Render and was the first of four events in the … Read More

DFWHC/Coker Group event details “Volume to Value”

07/21/2017

Great crowd turned out for this morning’s DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) “Hot Topic” event “Enabling the Successful Transition from Volume to Value” at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas. Co-hosted by DFWHC partner the Coker Group, speakers included Stefan Werdegar, vice president of leadership development/executive search at the Coker Group; Dr. Ron Strieker, principal at the Strieker Group, … Read More

Green Card – in today’s environment, a truly hot topic

07/21/2017

Green Card – in today’s environment, a truly hot topic. As demand for healthcare professionals continues to rise, more and more healthcare employers find themselves dealing with candidates for positions as physicians, nurses, therapists and other healthcare professionals who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. In order to deal with increasing employee shortages, hospital leaders have increasingly had to … Read More

DFWHC’s Love interviewed by FOX 4 on healthcare reform

07/20/2017

DFW Hospital Council President/CEO W. Stephen Love was interviewed this morning on the FOX 4 TV program “Good Day” to discuss the most recent updates on the lively topic of healthcare reform. Love was interviewed by anchor Tim Ryan. “Parts of Obamacare definitely need improvement,” Love said. “The one that is at a crisis stage is the health insurance marketplace. … Read More

Recruiting Foreign Healthcare Professionals – Lessons Learned

07/17/2017

As demand for healthcare professionals continues to rise, more and more healthcare employers find themselves dealing with candidates for positions as physicians, nurses, therapists and other healthcare professionals who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. In order to deal with increasing employee shortages, hospital leaders have increasingly had to develop policies for utilizing the immigration system to sponsor foreign … Read More

Healthcare revolution – DFWHC’s “Volume to Value” just one week away!

07/14/2017

It’s a revolution! The Volume-to-Value movement explores how the healthcare marketplace will be redesigned from the patient’s perspective — with an unrelenting focus on improving patient value. The DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) “Hot Topic” meeting “Enabling the Successful Transition from Volume to Value” is just one week away on Friday, July 21 from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Texas … Read More

Record crowd turns out for DFWHC’s summer Speed Networking

07/13/2017

Make contact! A record crowd of 60-plus attendees turned out for the DFW Hospital Council’s (DFWHC) summer edition of the Speed Networking event today at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas. A fun opportunity to meet and greet healthcare executives, the event included representatives from: • University of Texas Dallas; • Sterling Barnett Little, Inc.; • UnitedHealthcare; • … Read More

Brett Lee accepts new position, steps down as DFWHC Chair

07/13/2017

Brett Lee, chair of the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Board of Trustees and the chief executive officer of the North Texas markets of Tenet Healthcare Corporation overseeing five hospitals in a joint venture with Baylor Scott & White Health, will step down as DFWHC chair after accepting a position at Capital Senior Living Corporation effective August 14. One of the … Read More