LHC Highlights

• Nashville Delegation in D.C. Brings Health Care Leaders Together (MD News)

  Thursday, April 14, 2011

  By Jessica Grogan

  Health care leaders from Nashville recently attended the 2011 Leadership Health Care Delegation to Washington, D.C.

  The Nashville Health Care Council founded Leadership Health Care (LHC) nine years ago in order to nurture the talents of emerging leaders in Nashville’s health care industry.

  A key activity of LHC has been an annual trip for a delegation of 100 LHC members to Washington, D.C.

  “The main objective of the delegation is to familiarize the next generation of health care leaders with the health care policy environment and to encourage them to participate in the policymaking process,” says Caroline ...

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• Meanwhile, outside Nashville's health care bubble... (Nashville Post)

  Wednesday, April 06, 2011

  By Erin Lawley

  Last week a delegation of nearly 100 Leadership Health Care members visited Washington, D.C., to meet with policymakers about all things health care. The two hottest topics were, of course, accountable care organizations and health care IT, according to LHC Director Judith Byrd. But the various speakers and panelists touched on an array of issues around implementing the health care reform legislation how it will shape the nation's health care delivery system.

  One of the most valuable aspects of the trip was the fact that, because the same group of people attended every session together, the conversation ...

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