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ACHE NATIONAL NEWS ACHE WANTS YOUR INPUT ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN ACHE annually examines its strategic plan with a continuing focus on meeting the evolving needs of its membership and of the healthcare management field. Each year, proposed refinements to the strategic plan are reviewed and discussed at the Board of Governors meeting that takes place in June, with final revisions presented and approved in November. ARE YOU DUE TO RECERTIFY YOUR FACHE CREDENTIAL IN 2016? Demonstrate your continued dedication and commitment to lifelong learning by recertifying your FACHE®credential. Visit my.ache.org (login required) to learn when you are due to recertify. If you are required to recertify in 2016, you will see a link to your personalized online recertification application. Please submit this application no later than Dec. 31; include your Qualified Education credits and your community/ civic and healthcare activities. READ MORE READ MORE HEALTHCARE NEWS AN ETHICAL BASIS FOR MOVING FROM VOLUME TO VALUE: WHAT TO CONSIDER As financing models change, organizations merge and accountability takes onadded meaning, the role of ethics as a driver for healthcare will likely intensify. To stay ethically grounded during the transition to value- based care, healthcare executives will grapple with difficult questions: What are the components of an ethical organization in this new environment? How can healthcare leaders address those components? Can hospitals and health systems avoid ethical gaps during organizational upheaval? READ MORE BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL MEDICARE SHARED SAVINGS PROGRAM: LESSONS LEARNED What competencies are key to the success of Medicare accountable care organizations? Premier Inc., which studied organizations that performed well under the Medicare Shared Savings Program, identified 10 lessons learned from organizations that attained shared savings under the program by meeting required metrics. READ MORE