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SUMMARY:NDHA’s 2026 Leadership Conference
DESCRIPTION:\n\n \n\n\n\n\nDate:  April 1-2, 2026 | Bismarck, ND\n \nNDHA Members: Registration fee for this conference is $275 for the 1st registrant, and $175 for each additional registrant. NDHA education vouchers can be applied. Each voucher has a value of $225. Contact Pam at pcook@ndha.org ( mailto:pcook@ndha.org ) if you have questions about the vouchers.\nNon-Members: Registration fee for this conference is $375 for the 1st registrant, and $275 for each additional registrant.\nHotel Accommodations: \nA room block under ND Hospital Association is available for the night of 4/1/26 at the Radisson, 605 E. Broadway Ave, for $119+ tax per room. Call 701-255-6000 to make your reservations.\nPrintable Agenda ( https://ndha.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2026-Leadership-Conference_.pdf )\nThank you to the following sponsors for their support of this event:\n\nWednesday, April 1, 2026\nLunch on your own.\n12:15 p.m.\nCheck-in Desk Open | Bismarck Event Center \n \n1:15 – 2:15 p.m.\nDatasphere: Building the Intelligence Backbone for North Dakota Hospitals\nPresented by: Aaron Brennan, NDHA | HSI\nA strategic overview of NDHA’s statewide data platform providing hospital leaders with real time insight into financial performance, workforce pressures, utilization trends, and policy impact. DataSphere enhances decision making, strengthens benchmarking, and positions North Dakota hospitals to protect access and sustain long term success.\n2:30 – 3:30 p.m.\nWhen Every Role is Critical: Building A Culture That Survives Staffing Shortages and Turnover\nPresented by: Jen Bertsch, Leadwell Consulting\nIn rural hospitals where a single vacancy can half a service line, this session examines how leadership alignment, clear communication norms, and psychological safety reduce disruption when teams are stretched thin.\n3:45 – 4:45 p.m.\nThe Modern Hospital Operations Blueprint: The Operating System Most Hospitals Are Missing\nPresented by: Cory Geffre, Operational Performance Partners\nMost hospitals don’t fail because of bad strategy. They fail because they try to optimize before they stabilize. This session introduces a modern operational blueprint (with tools) that fixes problems in the only order that actually works, beginning with staffing stability and decision clarity, then progressing toward sustainable performance. This blueprint has worked in hospitals of all sizes.\n5:30 – 8:00 p.m.\nMembership Mixer!\nJoin us for a relaxed evening at 5th Underground Theme Bar & Lounge following the conference. Unwind with colleagues, enjoy food and drinks (alcoholic & non-alcoholic available), and connect with our event sponsors in a casual, social setting. One block west of Radisson Hotel on Main Street & 5th Street (basement of Peacock Alley).\n \nThursday, April 2, 2026\n7:00 a.m.\nRegistration Open | Breakfast\nBismarck Event Center\n \n8:30 – 9:30 a.m.\nAHA Federal Update\nPresented by Liz Summy, AHA\nThis session will provide an update on AHA legislative and regulatory priorities and an overview of key AHA initiatives including patient safety, workforce, and rural health care.\n9:45 – 10:30 a.m.\n\nState Legislative Update\nPresented by Tim Blasl, President, and Melissa Hauer, VP/General Counsel, NDHA\nThis session will provide an overview of the important health care-related studies being conducted by legislative committees during the 2025-26 interim, key legislative priorities for the 2027 legislative session, and NDHA’s proposed Rural Health Transformation Program projects.\n10:45 a.m. – Noon\nPanel with State Legislators\nPresented by Tim Blasl, President, NDHA\nPanel: Senator Sean Cleary, Senator Kristin Roers, and Representative Greg Stemen.\nThis panel presentation is being provided to share information and discuss ideas for addressing healthcare issues, all with the aim of serving the needs of North Dakota communities.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n
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