Hakamer school of busiess Oe Bear Place #98003 Waco, TX 76798-8003 F A L L 2 0 1 4 N E W S L E T T E R V O L. 3, N O. 2 Flemig appoited to lead New Phd program D FOR INFORMATION OR TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM CONTACT US: Geeral Program Iformatio: Shao Johase, Admiistrative Associate 254-710-1447 or Shao_Johase@baylor.edu Program support, Admissios, Curriculum or Careers i Healthcare Admiistratio Iformatio: Scott Garer, Admiistrative Director 254-710-3072 or Scott_H_Garer@baylor.edu Residecy Preceptor Iformatio: Tom Haies, Preceptor Coordiator 254-710-4151 or Thomas_Haies@baylor.edu For other iformatio or to support the Program, visit our website at www.baylor.edu / busiess / healthpolicy r. Neil Flemig will lead the effort withi the Robbis Istitute to develop the PhD i Health Services Research program. The ew PhD program, approved by Baylor Uiversity s Board of Regets i May 2013, will advace the goals of Pro Futuris, Baylor s strategic visio, ad seek to trai studets through the highest scholarship to make a differece i their commuities health. Health care is far too complex for ay oe idividual to hope to solve its curret problems, Neil said. We eed to create the capacity i our ext geeratio of health services researcher for out-of-the-box thikig that ca provide isight ito mechaisms through which we ca improve care to the highest quality, while improvig affordability ad access. To achieve this goal, we eed to trai upcomig health researchers ot oly i their idividual skill sets, but i collaboratig across disciplies ad the academic, healthcare orgaizatio, ad idustry divisios. I this era of big data, which eables cliical ad fiacial data for a patiet to be liked across the cotiuum of care, health services researchers require more sophisticated skills. These iclude more capability to maage ad aalyze those data tha were BS i Mathematics, Buckell Uiversity PhD i Health Services Research, Vaderbilt Uiversity Former VP & COO of STEEEP Global Istitute Former VP for Health Care Research Former medical cosultat for Electroic Data Systems, Texas Medicaid Program Former Statisticia at US Ceters for Disease Cotrol s Natioal Ceter for Health Statistics Authored umerous articles & co-edited Achievig STEEEP Health Care: the Baylor Health Care System Story Dr. Neil S. Flemig, PhD Robbis Istitute Cliical Professor of Health Services Research VP of Quatitative Scieces, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas previously required i the disciplie. Such skills, applied to the wealth of data becomig available i the health care ad health services worlds, offer the opportuity to address may of the questios we curretly face; they will help iform how the health care system eeds to evolve. This is especially true i light of the icreasigly greater segmets of our populatio that are older, chroically ill, ad vulerable. The PhD program i health services research will trai studets with high levels of competecy i those requisite skills, equippig them for their quest i fidig the best ways to deliver effective ad efficiet health care. Aliged with the missio of the Robbis Istitute, this program will simultaeously trai researchers ad house faculty who are equipped for ad dedicated to rigorously creatig the evidece eeded to iform health policy makers ad leaders decisios ad strategies. These researchers will work from diverse places of employmet, icludig academic, govermet, ad private settigs; ad i diverse idustries such as pharmaceutical, medical device, ad healthcare delivery systems across Texas, throughout the atio, ad aroud the world.
Healthcare MBA Competes for Fourth Cosecutive Year i Birmigham the Class of 2015 The studets i the class of 2015 are makig sigificat cotributios i their residecies at leadig healthcare systems aroud the atio. jared brow Providece Health Network (Ascesio Health) Waco, Texas TINA BUI Baylor College of Medicie Housto, Texas Stephe CHadler Huro Valley-Siai Hospital (Teet Healthcare) Commerce Towship, Michiga Michael Faulkeberry Methodist Dallas Medical Ceter Dallas, Texas Nick Marshall Baylor All-Saits Medical Ceter (Baylor Scott & White) Fort Worth, Texas Kelsey o eill Baylor Scott & White Health Temple, Texas Justi pod Baylor Scott & White Hillcrest Medical Ceter Waco, Texas Haah reigel Mercy Hospital (Mercy Health System) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Wes rogers Metroplex Health System (Advetist Health System) Killee, Texas Eri Sigler Lake Poite Health Network (Teet Healthcare) Rowlett, Texas Riley Wyrick Texas Childre s Hospital Housto, Texas A team of studets from the Robbis MBA Healthcare Program joied 35 other CAHME-accredited programs at the 8th Aual Health Admiistratio Case Competitio i Birmigham, Alabama. The case competitio, coducted aually every February by the Uiversity of Alabama at Birmigham s Departmet of Health Services Admiistratio ad sposored by the UAB Health System, gives studets the opportuity to aalyze a real-world sceario, ad prepare ad preset solutios to a pael of judges comprised of seior healthcare executives. This year, Baylor was represeted by Sarah Carrell, Stephe Garer, ad Zahra Kasam. The team assumed the role of a exteral cosultig firm ad developed a strategy for Capital Carig, a ot-forprofit palliative care provider operatig i the Washigto, D.C., metropolita area. Their recommedatios focused o Capital Carig differetiatig itself by ehacig its use of proactive telemedicie techologies ad processes. This aual case competitio is extremely valuable as a opportuity for healthcare admiistratio graduate studets to apply the theoretical kowledge they have gaied to a real-world situatio. The studets also have the opportuity to etwork with fellow healthcare admiistratio studets ad faculty from other programs, as well as executives from healthcare orgaizatios across the coutry. Healthcare MBA Celebrates W TEN YEARS OF EXCELLENCE ith the graduatio of the Class of 2014, the Robbis MBA Healthcare program at Baylor Uiversity marked its teth year of producig highly traied, well-prepared future healthcare leaders. I respose to a growig eed i our atio for people who ca effectively maage complex medical systems, Baylor itroduced a healthcare admiistratio specializatio i the fall of 2003. With the Class of 2014, the program has graduated 104 studets. The program alumi hold sigificat healthcare leadership positios across the atio ad are makig importat cotributios durig this critical time i our atio s healthcare history. PROGRAM MISSION Academic Excellece Itellectual Activity Commuity Excellece The Robbis MBA Healthcare program s missio is to promote academic excellece through the educatio ad preparatio of medical admiistrative professioals, stimulate itellectual activity through the developmet of ew kowledge through research, ad promote commuity excellece through the applicatio of kowledge through service. The program is oe of more tha 80 healthcare admiistratio programs across the U.S. ad Caada that are accredited by the Commissio o Accreditatio of Healthcare Maagemet Educatio, ad oe of oly 16 MBA programs that has bee awarded accreditatio.
ROBBINS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY & LEADERSHIP Program Stats Average GMAT Score* 653 314 Average GRE score* Average Class Size 15 Completio Rate for Healthcare 97 % Specializato Completio Rate for MBA 100 % 84 % Graduatio Employmet at 90 Days After Employmet at 180 Days After Graduatio 97% Average startig salary $70,195 * Fall 2014 eterig class Last 3 eterig classes Last 3 graduatig classes Stephe Chadler Stephe Chadler is completig his residecy as a seior admiistrative fellow at Huro Valley-Siai Hospital i Commerce Towship, Mich. Huro Valley-Siai is a part of Detroit Medical Ceter, which is owed by Teet Healthcare, oe of the coutry s largest ivestor-owed hospital systems. Stephe s focus at Huro Valley-Siai is the creatio ad implemetatio of strategic growth iitiatives ad fiace-focused project aalysis. Stephe holds a BA i Political Sciece from Louisiaa State Uiversity. Stephe has several years of healthcare experiece, icludig a admiistrative residecy at Willis-Kighto Health System i Shreveport, La., ad three years as a policy adviser to members of Cogress o healthcare policy ad healthcare delivery system reform. Durig his time o Capitol Hill, Stephe gaied a i-depth uderstadig of prevetive healthcare, healthcare reimbursemet, ad the Affordable Care Act. He helped author legislatio to promote welless for seior citizes, a reflectio of his commitmet to improve the healthcare delivery system. Drive by the desire to merge his iterests ad experieces, Stephe bega lookig at graduate programs ad was attracted to the Robbis MBA Healthcare program at Baylor Uiversity s Hakamer School of Busiess. He kew that by combiig a emphasis o fiace, ecoomics, strategy, marketig ad operatios with a healthcare specializatio ad the faculty s access to leadig health facilities atiowide, he would secure the busiess kowledge eeded to be a leader i the healthcare idustry. Stephe was awarded the Brigadier Geeral Doald B. Wager ad Ja Wager Edowed Scholarship earlier this year ad has bee selected by the faculty to represet the Robbis program as a member of its case competitio team. For Tia Bui, workig i the healthcare idustry was ot always a part of the pla. After graduatig from New York Uiversity i 2008, Tia worked for several years as a paralegal i a law firm, ad later a Dutch bak i New York City. It was ot util her gradmother fell ill that Tia truly experieced the itricacies of the healthcare system. Havig see the persoal impact actors i the medical field ca have, Tia chose to pursue a path that gave her persoal satisfactio ad eabled her to make a tagible differece i the world ad o the people aroud her; Tia joied the Robbis MBA Healthcare program at Baylor Uiversity s Hakamer School of Busiess i the summer of 2013. Haah Reigel The program s focus o healthcare ad its locatio i her home state were big draws for Tia. Tia says the most valuable aspect of the program is the residecy, where she has the opportuity to test ad apply the theories ad istructio provided durig the didactic portio, to real world situatios. Curretly, Tia is completig her residecy at Baylor College of Medicie i Housto. She is workig o several projects, icludig idetifyig opportuities for growth ad aalyzig data to improve fiacial outcomes. STUDENT PROFILES Always oe to set the bar high, Haah Reigel completed her udergraduate educatio i just three years with a double major i ecoomics ad Spaish at the Uiversity of Wiscosi-La Crosse. After earig her degree, she spet four years workig for Humaa as a claims aalyst, focusig o fiacial recovery, ad orgaizatioal orietatio ad traiig of ew hires. To further her career i healthcare, Haah chose to cotiue her educatio with the Robbis MBA Healthcare program at Baylor Uiversity s Hakamer School of Busiess. She believes the collaborative studet eviromet is a asset to Baylor s MBA Healthcare program because it prepares studets to maage complex healthcare problems i a team eviromet. Tia Bui Earlier this year Haah was chose as the leader of Baylor s healthcare case competitio team. She will be competig i the studet case competitio sposored by the North Texas chapter of ACHE i November ad will represet Baylor at the Uiversity of Alabama-Birmigham s Healthcare Case Competitio i 2015. Haah is curretly i Oklahoma City completig her admiistrative residecy at Mercy Hospital. She describes her time there as a valuable ad uique experiece. She admires the hospital s extesive ivolvemet with the commuity ad is appreciative of the oce-i-a-lifetime ulimited access to seior leaders that this positio has provided. Haah is the 2014 recipiet of the AUPHA s Foster G. McGaw Scholarship.
Baylor Executive 2014 Scholarship recipiets BILL ad Doa Baker edowed scholarship Nick Marshall is this year s recipiet of the Baker Scholarship. Nick is from Sata Clarita, Califoria ad received a Bachelor of Sciece i Biology from Poit Loma Nazaree Uiversity i Sa Diego. Nick is curretly completig his residecy at Baylor All-Saits Medical Ceter i Fort Worth, Texas. J. WIley Gree scholarship Kelsey O Neill is the 2014 recipiet of the scholarship established by the family of J. Wiley Gree. Kelsey is a graduate of Baylor Uiversity, havig received a Bachelor of Sciece i Psychology. Kelsey is a ative of the Waco area ad is completig her residecy at Baylor Scott & White Health i Temple, Texas. Jim ad Debbie Greewood Edowed scholarship Michael Faulkeberry is awarded this year s Greewood Scholarship. Michael is completig his residecy at Methodist Dallas Medical Ceter i Dallas, Texas. Michael calls Paama City, Florida, home ad graduated from Baylor Uiversity with a Bachelor of Sciece i Biology. Brigadier Geeral Doald B. Wager ad Ja Wager Edowed scholarship MBA Program STAFF FOCUS Stephe Chadler is this year s recipiet of the Wager Scholarship. Stephe received a Bachelor of Arts i Political Sciece from Louisiaa State Uiversity ad is from Shreveport, Louisiaa. Stephe is completig his residecy at Huro ValleySiai Hospital i Commerce Towship, Michiga. Foster G. McGaw scholarship Haah Reigel is this year s Baylor recipiet of the AUPHA/McGaw Scholarship. The Foster G. McGaw Scholarship is admiistered by the Associatio of Uiversity Programs i Health Admiistratio. Haah is from Marshfield, Wis., ad is a graduate of Uiversity of Wiscosi-LaCrosse, where she eared a Bachelor of Arts i Ecoomics ad Spaish. Haah is completig her residecy at Mercy Hospital i Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Jeffrey K. ad Leslie S. Norma Family edowed scholarship Eri Sigler is awarded the 2014 Norma Scholarship. Eri is completig her residecy at Lake Poite Medical Ceter i Rowlett, Texas. Eri is from Cato, Ohio ad graduated from Rollis College i Witer Park, Florida, with a Bachelor of Arts i Biology. I 2012, the Baylor Executive MBA Program i Dallas became the first, ad remais the oly, EMBA program i the Dallas Fort Worth area to offer a healthcare specializatio. This year, the healthcare specializatio is beig offered at the Austi campus as well. A total of 16 studets, eight at each locatio, brig experiece as physicias, biomedical egieers, iformatio techology professioals, pharmacists, sales professioals, ad other professioals. The combied classes bega the 21-moth program at Baylor s mai campus i Waco the week of August 17th, with the aual i-residece boot camp. They cotiue their work at the Cooper Aerobics Ceter i Dallas ad i Oak Creek Plaza o the orth side of Austi. Baylor s Executive MBA program is raked 37th globally by Bloomberg Busiessweek ad 31st i the atio by Fiacial Times. DALLAS EMBA K. Voe Cotto, MD, PhD Presidet, BMW Aesthesiology Chief of Aesthesia, Medical City Dallas Hospital Ghazafar Haider Seior Iformatio Systems Coordiator, Dallas Couty Jimmy J. Kim, Pharm.D. Pharmacy Maager, America Custom Compoudig Pharmacy Raul Lemus Sales/Product Lie Maager, Redmed, Ic. Bart Loewe Hospice Executive Director, Getiva Health Services Tom Miles Area Vice Presidet, CareFusio Corporatio Laura J. Parsos-Yaez Maager, DFW Neuromoitorig Jeremy D. Wilmer Seior Healthcare Represetative, Chamberli, Edmods & Associates AUSTIN EMBA Georgia Bouto Assistat Director of Beefit Cotracts, Employees Retiremet System of Texas Matthew Orelas Market Materials Maager, HCA s Cetral ad West Texas Ambulatory Surgery Divisio Noel Peterso Ower/Practitioer, Austi Cliic of Homeopathy Wilbert Riddle Sales Aalyst, St. Jude Medical Aa Saders Quality Maager, Beaco Health Strategies Amada Schroeder Busiess Maager, Pro-Care Medical Ceter Stephe Sibbitt, MD, FACP Chief Medical Officer, Baylor Scott & White Health - Temple Regio Kristi Taouye Traiig Istructor (Biomedical Egieer), St. Jude Medical S hao Johase, Robbis Istitute for Health Policy ad Leadership s ow admiistrative associate, was selected to receive the Hakamer School of Busiess s Outstadig Staff Award for the academic year 2013 2014. Shao provides exceptioal support to the faculty ad studets withi the Robbis Istitute. She has eared a stellar reputatio across Baylor Uiversity as beig cheerful, professioal, courteous, ad dedicated. Cogratulatios, Shao!
Hakamer school of busiess Oe Bear Place #98003 Waco, TX 76798-8003 F A L L 2 0 1 4 N E W S L E T T E R V O L. 3, N O. 2 Flemig appoited to lead New Phd program D FOR INFORMATION OR TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM CONTACT US: Geeral Program Iformatio: Shao Johase, Admiistrative Associate 254-710-1447 or Shao_Johase@baylor.edu Program support, Admissios, Curriculum or Careers i Healthcare Admiistratio Iformatio: Scott Garer, Admiistrative Director 254-710-3072 or Scott_H_Garer@baylor.edu Residecy Preceptor Iformatio: Tom Haies, Preceptor Coordiator 254-710-4151 or Thomas_Haies@baylor.edu For other iformatio or to support the Program, visit our website at www.baylor.edu / busiess / healthpolicy r. Neil Flemig will lead the effort withi the Robbis Istitute to develop the PhD i Health Services Research program. The ew PhD program, approved by Baylor Uiversity s Board of Regets i May 2013, will advace the goals of Pro Futuris, Baylor s strategic visio, ad seek to trai studets through the highest scholarship to make a differece i their commuities health. Health care is far too complex for ay oe idividual to hope to solve its curret problems, Neil said. We eed to create the capacity i our ext geeratio of health services researcher for out-of-the-box thikig that ca provide isight ito mechaisms through which we ca improve care to the highest quality, while improvig affordability ad access. To achieve this goal, we eed to trai upcomig health researchers ot oly i their idividual skill sets, but i collaboratig across disciplies ad the academic, healthcare orgaizatio, ad idustry divisios. I this era of big data, which eables cliical ad fiacial data for a patiet to be liked across the cotiuum of care, health services researchers require more sophisticated skills. These iclude more capability to maage ad aalyze those data tha were BS i Mathematics, Buckell Uiversity PhD i Health Services Research, Vaderbilt Uiversity Former VP & COO of STEEEP Global Istitute Former VP for Health Care Research Former medical cosultat for Electroic Data Systems, Texas Medicaid Program Former Statisticia at US Ceters for Disease Cotrol s Natioal Ceter for Health Statistics Authored umerous articles & co-edited Achievig STEEEP Health Care: the Baylor Health Care System Story Dr. Neil S. Flemig, PhD Robbis Istitute Cliical Professor of Health Services Research VP of Quatitative Scieces, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas previously required i the disciplie. Such skills, applied to the wealth of data becomig available i the health care ad health services worlds, offer the opportuity to address may of the questios we curretly face; they will help iform how the health care system eeds to evolve. This is especially true i light of the icreasigly greater segmets of our populatio that are older, chroically ill, ad vulerable. The PhD program i health services research will trai studets with high levels of competecy i those requisite skills, equippig them for their quest i fidig the best ways to deliver effective ad efficiet health care. Aliged with the missio of the Robbis Istitute, this program will simultaeously trai researchers ad house faculty who are equipped for ad dedicated to rigorously creatig the evidece eeded to iform health policy makers ad leaders decisios ad strategies. These researchers will work from diverse places of employmet, icludig academic, govermet, ad private settigs; ad i diverse idustries such as pharmaceutical, medical device, ad healthcare delivery systems across Texas, throughout the atio, ad aroud the world.