FACH 2022 Planning Meeting
Sept. 8 & 9, 2022 – Orlando, FL
Please use the tabs below for meeting information, including directions, parking and transportation services, hotel accommodations, agenda, and meeting materials.
If you have any questions, please email kstowell@flchildrenshospitals.org
- Meeting Location, Parking, Hotel Accommodations
- Campus Map & Driving Directions
- Meeting Agenda & Materials Sept. 8, 2022
- Meeting Agenda & Materials Sept. 9, 2022
- Know Before You Go (In Person and Virtual)
Meeting Location:
Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
92 W. Miller St, Orlando FL 32806
(Building “3” on Campus Map)
Parking / For those driving:
Self-Parking located in the Visitors’ Parking Deck adjacent to Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children (“B” on Campus Map).
Valet Parking located at the Main Entrance to Arnold Palmer Hospital (on Miller Street).
Parking will be validated with voucher.
Upon arriving to the main lobby of Arnold Palmer Hospital, you will be greeted by a hospital representative and given a special visitors badge.
Meeting Room/Virtual Information:
The meeting will be held in the Classrooms at Arnold Palmer Hospital.
Virtual attendance will be available and access information will be provided prior to the meeting for those who have indicated they will attend virtually.
Transportation Services:
Members who would like a private transportation option can schedule in advance with MCO Transfers. The owner is Newton Goncalez. Their current rate is $75 each way, to and from the Orlando Airport to the Orlando Health campus. This includes meet and greet services at the airport. Members should contact Mr. Goncalez directly to arrange.
Mr. Newton Goncalez
MCO Transfers
359 Streamview Way, Winter Springs, FL 32708
Phone: 407-679-9080
Email: newgo@aol.com
Hotel Accommodations:
Two hotels are near Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital campus (0.5 miles). When making reservations, members should state they are “with Orlando Health” to secure the hospital’s rate.
Hampton Inn & Suites
43 Columbia St., Orlando FL 32806
407-270-6460
Orlando Health Rate: $135.00 + tax per night
Towne Place Suites by Marriott Orlando Downtown
51 Columbia St., Orlando, FL 32806
407-601-5100
Orlando Health Rate: $149.00 + tax per night
For those staying at either of these two hotels, the hospital will provide campus shuttle service each day of the meeting with a designated pick-up time in the morning to bring to Arnold Palmer Hospital and will provide shuttle transport back to the hotel at the end of each meeting.
Reception and Dinner Sept. 8 will be at Delaney’s Tavern
THURSDAY, SEPT. 8
CALL TO ORDER – CARY D’ORTONA
3:00 p.m. FEDERAL ISSUES OVERVIEW
Overview of children’s coverage and issues (Joan Alker & Anne Dwyer, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families)
- Federal Medicaid and CHIP overview
- Looking ahead to the unwinding of the public health emergency
- Children’s mental health landscape
PPT: Child Health and Federal Medicaid/CHIP Activities
Children’s Hospital Association Priorities and Next Steps (Aimee Ossman & Elizabeth Brown, Children’s Hospital Association)
- Children’s mental health
- Medicaid and CHIP
- CHGME, GME and workforce
PPT: CHA Federal Update
Q&A – All
5:45 p.m. Reception with Senator Jason Brodeur
6:30 p.m. Dinner – Delaney’s Tavern, 1315 S Orange Ave, Orlando
FRIDAY, SEPT. 9, 2022
CALL TO ORDER – CARY D’ORTONA
STATE ISSUES
8:15 a.m Florida Environment – Legislative Leadership and Economic Forecast – Mike Cusick & Tony Carvalho
PDF: Florida General Election Candidates
8:30 a.m. Data Analysis – Casey Perkins, Genevieve Carroll, Tony Carvalho
Excel Spreadsheet: FACH Hospitals Inpatient Stays and Outpatient Visits
PDF: FACH Hospitals Survey Data
10:00 a.m. Discussion of 2022 FACH State and Federal Legislative Priorities
PDF Draft FACH Federal Advocacy Priorities 2022-2023
PDF Draft FACH State Advocacy Priorities 2022-2023
〉ACE Kids Act – State participation – Michael Aubin
〉Care Eligibility Expansion and Updated Enrollment Benefits – Melanie Hall
〉Reimbursement Issues – Tony Carvalho
〉Mental and Behavioral Health Legislation and Funding – Dr. Daniel Armstrong, Mike Cusick and members
PPT: Funding for Behavioral Health Services in Florida
〉Genetic Services/Study Update – Dr. Paul Pitel, Michael Aubin
〉Pediatric Training/Workforce Issues
PDF: Florida’s Physician Workforce Adequacy & Graduate Medical Education Programs
〉Pediatric Rehabilitation
11:30 a.m. – Organizational Issues
〉Research, Safety Quality (SPS) – Dr. Ron Ford
PPT: Solutions for Patient Safety: Florida Region Update
〉Future Meeting Schedule
Here are a few details that will be useful for the meeting.
We are meeting at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
92 W. Miller St, Orlando FL 32806
(Building 3 on Campus Map)
Meeting Details
The meeting will be held in the Classrooms at Arnold Palmer Hospital. When you arrive, someone will greet you and provide you with a visitor’s badge.
To present or attend virtually on Thursday, please use the following information:
Microsoft Teams meeting
Passcode: FQTj6W
To present or attend virtually on Friday, please use the following information:
Microsoft Teams meeting
Join on your computer, mobile app or room device
Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 242 332 919 252
Passcode: CtpRLE
Download Teams | Join on the web
Or call in (audio only)
+1 321-430-1061,,80899567# United States, Orlando
Phone Conference ID: 808 995 67#
Find a local number | Reset PIN
The agenda and background materials are available online here. Or visit www.flchildrenshospitals.org and use the 2022 Annual Meeting link under the Member Pages heading at the bottom of the page. Some meeting materials will be provided as printed copies at the meeting.
Meeting attire is business casual.
Special Notes
Senator Jason Brodeur will be joining us for the Thursday evening reception. The dinner following also will be an opportunity to congratulate Michael Aubin as he leaves Wolfson.
Please plan to have breakfast Friday at your hotel. Due to the meeting location, we will not provide breakfast at the hospital.
Transportation
Private transportation to and from the airport can be individually arranged with MCO Transfers by contacting owner Newton Goncalez at 407-679-9080 or newgo@aol.com.
A courtesy shuttle from the hospital will be available for meeting participants on Sept. 8-9 at the following times and location:
September 8
2:30 pm – Pick-up @ Columbia St. hotels and transport to APH Miller St. Entrance (Meeting starts at 3:00 pm)
5:00 pm – Pick-up @ APH Miller St. Entrance and transport to Columbia St. hotels
5:30 pm – Pick up @ Columbia St. hotels and transport to Delaney’s Tavern (1315 S. Orange Ave. for 5:45 pm reception and 6:30 pm dinner)
8:45 pm – Pick up @ Delaney’s Tavern and transport to Columbia St. hotels
September 9
7:30 am – Pick-up @ Columbia St. hotels and transport to APH Miller St. Entrance (Meeting starts at 8:00 pm)
12:15/12:30 pm – Pick-up @ APH Miller St. Entrance and transport to Columbia St. hotels
Self-parking is located in the Visitors’ Parking Deck adjacent to Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children (“B” on Campus Map). Valet Parking is located at the Main Entrance to Arnold Palmer Hospital (on Miller Street) and will be validated.
Contacts
Should you have questions or concerns while traveling or on virtual attendance on Thursday or Friday, please feel free to contact any of the following who will be onsite:
Dana Ferrell Birchfield, FACH Executive Director, 904-910-8050
Sandi Poreda, FACH Communications Consultant, 850-766-1906
Lisa Felice, Administrative Assistant to Cary D’Ortona, 321-843-9873
Not onsite but available to answer questions: Kate Stowell, FACH, 863-651-8445