PhAMAS Hybrid Event: Healthcare and Higher Ed's "Triple Demographic Cliffs: Can these sectors help themselves while helping each other tackle the healthcare staffing crisis and tumbling higher education enrollment?"

Date: Thursday, November 2, 2023

Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Location: 

ZOOM or 

Ballard Spahr LLP

1735 Market Street, 48th Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Description:

 Healthcare and higher education leaders nationwide are grappling with operational challenges exacerbated by three demographic tidal waves:

• Healthcare institutions, already confronting severe labor shortages, are facing two colliding demographic shifts: increasing volumes from aging populations, just as their baby boomer nurses and other medical professionals flock to retirement.
• College and universities, many already dealing with dwindling populations of high school graduates to fill their classrooms and dormitories, must also contend with the prospects of another estimated 10% or more drop, 18 years after the Great Recession baby bust.

How are healthcare institutions meaningfully promoting increased labor capacity while managing the bottom line? What is the role of international students and staff in this picture?

Is growing medical programs at higher education institutions a solution for both sectors? With so many new nursing and allied health programs emerging at colleges, is there enough capacity, or too much?

What does it take for a higher education institution to successfully start or grow a medical program? What are some of the bottlenecks and issues to watch for in growing these programs?

Learn more with our PhAMAS panelists on November 2:

Panelists:

Nick Barcellona, Chief Financial Officer
WVU Medicine
https://wvumedicine.org/about/

With 3,000 licensed beds, the West Virginia University Health System (operating under the brand name WVU Medicine) is West Virginia’s largest private employer with 30,000 employees at 20 member hospitals and five institutes. Nick assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in July 2023 following roles as the CFO and Treasurer of Temple University Health System and in various leadership positions at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Nick was recognized in 2010 by Pittsburgh Magazine as one of Pittsburgh’s 40 under 40, and in 2021 as a CFO of the Year in the Rising Star category by the Philadelphia Business Journal.

Eva Thein, Senior Director
Healthcare Group, US Public Finance
Fitch Ratings, Inc.
https://www.fitchratings.com/us-public-finance

Fitch Ratings is a recognized thought-leader in U.S. Public Finance including the not-for-profit healthcare sector, publishing several recent analyses on healthcare labor costs and other market-useful peer studies. As a Senior Director in Fitch Ratings' Healthcare Group since 2008, Eva has analyzed and rated numerous acute care hospitals and life plan communities in the Fitch-rated portfolio.  Eva also has extensive prior experience in the hospital sector at MBIA and with the New York State Medical Care Facilities Agency.

Charles Ramos, Vice President, Graduate and Online Enrollment Management
Ruffalo Noel Levitz, Higher Education Enrollment and Fundraising Management Consultants
https://www.ruffalonl.com/about-ruffalo-noel-levitz/

As consultant to 1,900 college campuses and nonprofits annually, Ruffalo Noel Levitz (RNL) has helped institutions enroll the students they want, graduate more students into success, and build lifelong relationships with donors. At RNL, Charles has supported hundreds of institutions, including some of RNL's largest partnerships, across the United States and Canada. He has guided these institutions to increase enrollment and sustainably grow revenues in the undergraduate, graduate, online and non-traditional markets. Charles' 27+ year expertise in enrollment management started at Saint Louis University.

Robin L. Dole, PT, DPT, EdD, Board-Certified Pediatric Clinical Specialist (ABPTS), and Dean, College of Health and Human Services and
Linda Kiraly Gilbert, MBA, Vice President, Administration and Finance
Widener University
www.widener.edu

Recognized as one of the Philadelphia region’s leading universities, Widener University issued new money bonds in 2021 in part to renovate its Academic Tower North Building to house Widener's physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and physician's assistant programs. These programs are part of Widener's College of Health and Human Services for which Robin serves as Dean. Widener also operates a School of Nursing as one of eight total schools of the University. Linda's role as Widener's Vice President of Administration and Finance follows other higher education financial leadership roles including Assistant Vice President of Finance and Administration at LaSalle University and Director of Budget and Planning at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Moderator:

Akiko M. Mitsui, CFA, Director
Higher Education and Nonprofit Group, US Public Finance,
Fitch Ratings, Inc.

Cost:
$25 for members of PhAMAS/NFMA
$50 for non-Members
City/State/Nonprofit employees can attend for free - please contact Ted Molin at [email protected] to register.

Attendance by ZOOM is available for the same cost.

Registration:  CLICK HERE to register

Please contact Ted Molin at [email protected] with any questions.