American College

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American College of Healthcare Executives
Your Partner in Career Success
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ACHE Vision
To be the premier professional society for
healthcare executives dedicated to improving
healthcare delivery. ACHE Mission To advance
our members and healthcare management
excellence.
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Healthcare Management Association The
Massachusetts Chapter of ACHE

• Your Career Partner in the Massachusetts

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Mission of HCMA

• Our mission is to provide healthcare executives
  in New England an opportunity for professional
  growth and personal development through education
  programs and professional collegiality and to
  promote continued growth of the healthcare
  management profession through development of
  scholarship and similar opportunities.

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ACHE HCMA
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HCMA
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Publications Newsletters

• Healthcare Executive magazine
• Journal of Healthcare Management or
• Frontiers of Health Services Management
• ACHe-news and Student Associate Newsletter

You can get by on charm for 15 minutes. After
that youd better know something
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ACHE Student Associate
As a Student Associate you receive many
membership benefits, including

• Access to the Affiliates Only area of ache.org
• Career Services
• Publications and Newsletters
• Reduced fee for the Congress on Healthcare
  Leadership
• Financial Assistance
• Community and leadership opportunities through
  your local ACHE chapter
• Opportunities to network with current leaders in
  healthcare as well as fellow early careerists

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Im graduating. Now what?
Soon after you graduate, transfer from Student
Associate to full Member and start enjoying full
Member benefits!
Join ACHE and pay 75 annual dues!
Graduate!
Transfer to Member Status
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New Member Benefits

• In your first six months as a new Member (not a
  Student Associate), youre eligible to receive
  discounts on these career services
• Resume Review
• Personal Assessments
• Leadership Assessments

You can call it beginners luck except you
dont need the luck part
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ACHE Student Associate

• Join as a Student Associate for only 75
  annually!
• Thats 6.25/month or 1.44/week.
• Join in September and get 16 months for 75.
• Get up to 5 years of Student Associate
  membership!
• Its your choicedivide the 5 years among
  programs as you wish.
• Example 2 years at the bachelors level
• 3 years at the masters level.

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ACHE Tomorrow
Our relationship is long-term. ACHE provides
resources for all career levelsfrom Early
Careerists to CEOs to retired Affiliates.
You will establish relationships that can
benefit you throughout your career
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As your career progresses, consider earning the
distinction of board certification.
Fellow of the American College of Healthcare
Executives, FACHE
Becoming a Fellow demonstrates your competence,
dedication and commitment to lifelong learning.
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When should I begin my advancement?

• Submit your FACHE application after you
• become a full Member
• obtain a Masters or other advanced degree
• have two years healthcare management experience

If you are interested in beginning your
advancement to Fellow, you must do so as a full
Member. A Student Associate is not eligible to
submit a Fellow application. Visit ache.org for
specific details.
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Leadership Mentoring Network
ACHEs network helps to connect prospective
mentors with junior executives and provides
guidelines for the mentorship. The Healthcare
Management Association of Massachusetts (HCMA)
also offers Early Careerist Mentorship Program
here in Massachusetts.
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Career Support

• Resources for Student Associates
• Directory of Fellowships in Health Services
  Administration
• Compensation report on Fellowships
• Online Employment and Career Services
• (e.g. ACHE Job Bank Resume Bank)
• Career Counseling advice at Congress and year
  round

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Educational Opportunities

• Student track at the annual Congress on
• Healthcare Leadership
• National and local continuing education programs
• ACHe-Learning Satellite Programs, Audio
• Conferences, and Online Education Programs

Learning doesnt stop when class does
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Financial Assistance

• Foster G. McGaw Graduate Student Scholarships
• Albert W. Dent Graduate Student Scholarships
• (Minority students)
• Richard J Stull Student Essay Competition
• in Healthcare Management

Into the Future
Student Associates are eligible to apply for

• Stuart A. Wesbury, Jr., Postgraduate Fellowship
• ACHE Minority Internship

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Early Careerist Network
build career momentum
The ACHE Early Careerist Network is a package of
resources for executives in the early stages of
their careers, including an e-newsletter and a
coupon for services! The HCMA Early Careerist
Network offers educational, social, mentoring and
networking opportunities to early careerists in
Massachusetts.
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HCMA Programs

• Three Educational Programs a Year
• Student discount to make affordable accessible
• Student members on Board from MHA programs
• Early Careerist Program
• Mentoring Program
• Massachusetts Network of 600 colleagues
• Access to ACHE and its vast resources
• Job search
• Guidance

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Past Programs

• HCMA Spring ConferencePayment Reform in
  Massachusetts NationallyTuesday, May 4, 2010,
  800 AM Noon
• Sheraton Boston Hotel, Boston, MA
• Massachusetts Spring Student Symposium
• April 5, 2010, 930 1130 a.m.
• Massachusetts Hospital Association Conference
  Center5 New England Executive Park, Burlington,
  MA

• The 43rd Annual Massachusetts Hospital
  AssociationMid-Winter Leadership Forum
• January 29, 2010
• Sheraton Framingham Hotel, Framingham, MA

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Suffolk at ACHE Congress 2010
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Upcoming Programs

• Wheres the MONEY? Healthcare Hot Topicsthat
  should be on Your AgendaWednesday, November 10,
  2010830 am to 1200 pm
• Applied Management Systems3 New England
  Executive ParkBurlington, MA 01803

• Early Careerist Networking Event Thursday,
  September 23rd630 pm to 830pmUmbria
  Restorante - 295 Franklin Street, Boston, MA
  Boston, MA
• Healthcare Reform Responding to the Financial
  and Strategic Implications Monday, October 25,
  2010800 AM 1245 PM (Lunch included following
  program.) The Conference Center at Waltham Woods
  860 Winter Street, Waltham, MA

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ACHE at Suffolk

• Members meetings
• Opportunities to network with other students and
  healthcare professionals
• Great way to get to know each other on another
  level

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For more information

• ACHE Website www.ache.org

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For more information

• HCMA Website www.hcmalink.org

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Thank You

• Feel like getting involved? Please contact your
  Suffolk University ACHE Student Liaisons
• Jaclene Coit
• jfcoit_at_suffolk.edu
• 978-771-8828
• Jenni Bendfeldt
• jenni_bendfeldt_at_hotmail.com
• 308-390-4067

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It behooves us to focus on the future because we
are going to spend the rest of our lives there.



Charles Kettering