1. American College
of Healthcare Executives
Your Partner in Career Success

2. ACHE Vision ACHE Mission
To be the premier professional society for healthcare executives dedicated to improving healthcare delivery.
ACHE Mission
To advance our members and healthcare management excellence.

3. Healthcare Management Association: The Massachusetts Chapter of ACHE
Your Career Partner in the Massachusetts

4. 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.

5. ACHE & HCMA
ACHE
Regent
for Massachusetts
HCMA

6. HCMA HCMA Board of Directors Early Careerists Nominating Sponsorship
Program
Student Board
Members
Ex officio

7. Publications & Newsletters
Healthcare Executive magazine
Journal of Healthcare Management or
Frontiers of Health Services Management
ACHe-news and Student Associate Newsletter
Student Associates receive twelve complimentary issues annually of ACHE’s top-notch publications and receive ed newsletters that keep students apprised of new ideas, trends, research, and solutions.
“You can get by on charm for 15 minutes.
After that you’d better know something”

8. 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

9. Join ACHE and pay $75 annual dues!
I’m graduating. Now what?
Soon after you graduate, transfer from Student Associate to full Member and start enjoying full Member benefits!
Students dues cover dues until the end of the year, even if they change to member status. All other new members need to pay dues upon joining.
Join ACHE and pay $75 annual dues!
Graduate!
Transfer to
Member Status 9

10. New Member Benefits
In your first six months as a new Member (not a Student Associate), you’re eligible to receive discounts on these career services:
Resume Review
Personal Assessments
Leadership Assessments
For more information on Career Services call ACHE and ask for the HECRC, Healthcare Executive Resource Center.
You can call it beginner’s luck…
except you don’t need the luck part 10

11. ACHE Student Associate
Join as a Student Associate for only $75 annually!
That’s $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!
It’s your choice…divide the 5 years among programs as you wish.
Example: 2 years at the bachelor’s level;
3 years at the master’s level.

12. ACHE Tomorrow
Our relationship is long-term.
ACHE provides resources for all career levels—from Early Careerists to CEOs to retired Affiliates.
You will establish relationships that can benefit you throughout your career

13. 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.

14. When should I begin my advancement?
Submit your FACHE application after you:
become a full Member
obtain a Master’s 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.

15. Leadership Mentoring Network
ACHE’s 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.

16. 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
ACHE offers Student Associates complimentary services to help launch their careers in healthcare management.
This searchable, online career development resource features the ACHE Job Bank and Resume Bank. The Job Bank lists current positions for healthcare executives in all areas of the field. ACHE affiliates can also post their resumes in the Resume Bank and instantly be accessible to a network of potential employers—ACHE affiliates and nonaffiliates alike—through the convenience of the Internet.

17. 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
Student Associates receive discounts on ACHE’s premier educational programs, recognized as the best in the field.
Student Associates may qualify for free Congress registration by participating as Program Assistants.
Learning doesn’t stop when class does

18. Student Associates are eligible to apply for:
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:
Student Associates are eligible to apply for scholarships offered by the Foundation of the American College of Healthcare Executives and compete in ACHE’s annual essay competition.
The scholarships are available to eligible graduate students who will be entering their final year. Applications accepted between 1/1 and 3/31. Each scholarship is $3,500.
ACHE invites eligible students to submit high quality essays with a focus on health management topics. Top winners in the graduate and undergraduate categories each receive $3,000; their programs receive $1,000. Second and third place winners in each category receive $2,000 and $1,000 respectively.
Stuart A. Wesbury, Jr., Postgraduate Fellowship
ACHE Minority Internship

19. 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.

20. 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

21. Past Programs Massachusetts Spring Student Symposium
HCMA Spring Conference Payment Reform in Massachusetts & Nationally Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 8:00 AM – Noon
Sheraton Boston Hotel, Boston, MA
Massachusetts Spring Student Symposium
April 5, 2010, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Massachusetts Hospital Association Conference Center 5 New England Executive Park, Burlington, MA
The 43rd Annual Massachusetts Hospital Association Mid-Winter Leadership Forum
January 29, 2010
Sheraton Framingham Hotel, Framingham, MA

22. Suffolk at ACHE Congress 2010

23. Upcoming Programs
Where’s the MONEY? Healthcare Hot Topics [that should be] on Your Agenda Wednesday, November 10, :30 am to 12:00 pm
Applied Management Systems 3 New England Executive Park Burlington, MA 01803
Early Careerist Networking Event Thursday, September 23rd 6:30 pm to 8:30pm Umbria Restorante Franklin Street, Boston, MA Boston, MA
Healthcare Reform: Responding to the Financial and Strategic Implications Monday, October 25, :00 AM – 12:45 PM (Lunch included following program.) The Conference Center at Waltham Woods 860 Winter Street, Waltham, MA
JudyAnn Bigby, M.D., Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
David Chin, M.D., Partner, US Healthcare Industries Advisory Practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Michael Collins, M.D., Chancellor, University of Massachusetts Medical School

24. 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

25. For more information…
ACHE Website:

26. For more information…
HCMA Website:

27. Thank You
Feel like getting involved? Please contact your Suffolk University ACHE Student Liaisons:
Jaclene Coit
Jenni Bendfeldt

28. “It behooves us to focus on the future because we are going to spend the rest of our lives there.” ~ Charles Kettering