Administration and Operations Committee

Aministration & Operations Leaders

Chair

Andrew Luo, MD, MBA

Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women's Hospital

Chair-Elect

Savannah Harshbarger, MD

Harvard (Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham & Women's Hospital)

Vice Chair

Puja Singh, MD

Mount Sinai Morningside West

Vice Chair

Jaskaran Bains, MD, MBA

University of California San Francisco

Vice Chair

Neha Gupta, MD

George Washington University Emergency Medicine 

Assistant Vice Chair

Richard Ngo, DMD

University of California San Francisco

Assistant Vice Chair

Josue Minaya, MD

Yale New Haven

Speaker of the Council

Michaela Banks, MD, MBA

Louisiana State University New Orleans
Health Science Center | New Orleans, LA
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Associate Editor

Nisha Lunia

Associate Editor
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Chair

Andrew Luo, MD, MBA

Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women's Hospital

Chair-Elect

Savannah Harshbarger, MD

Harvard (Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham & Women's Hospital)

Vice Chair

Puja Singh, MD

Mount Sinai Morningside West

Vice Chair

Jaskaran Bains, MD, MBA

University of California San Francisco

Vice Chair

Neha Gupta, MD

George Washington University Emergency Medicine 

Assistant Vice Chair

Richard Ngo, DMD

University of California San Francisco

Assistant Vice Chair

Josue Minaya, MD

Yale New Haven

Speaker of the Council

Michaela Banks, MD, MBA

Louisiana State University New Orleans
Health Science Center | New Orleans, LA
Contact Michaela

Associate Editor

Nisha Lunia

Associate Editor
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New Happenings 

NEW - Admin and Ops Literature Review

The literature is full of studies that can impact the operations of a health care system. This series examines recent papers and the potential implications for emergency medicine.

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Upcoming Events

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Committee Videos

Negotiations for the EM Physician | CORD 23 Programming

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Cracking the Code: Navigating the Changes in 2023 E/M Coding and Documentation

In early April EMRAs Administration & Operations Committee hosted a virtual talk covering the major changes in the E/M Coding and Documentation. Current Administration and Health Equity fellow at UCLA, Amy Yap, MD, led the lecture with cases and interactive content to help residents and providers better understand these changes and how to write an efficient and effective chart.

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Admin Ops Medicare for all/US Health Insurance System featured by Dr. Lugassy

Admin & Ops Committee on Thursday August 4th had an awesome talk on Medicare for All as well as any US health insurance-related topic of your interest. Our speaker was Dr. Daniel Lugassy, a toxicologist and expert on US health insurance. Come learn more about how the system shapes our lives and those of our patients, and how we can best make an impact.

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Health Policy + Admin/Ops  Committees | Leaders in EM Health Policy session with Dr. Gabe Kelen

Dr. Gabor Kelen. On January 5th, 2022, the Health Policy Committee and Administration+Operations Committee welcomed Dr. Gabor Kelen, Chair of Emergency Medicine at Johns Hopkins and ACEP board member, to share some of his insight about ongoing policy challenges facing the ED. He provided some background on the motivation behind his recent NEJM Catalyst article on ED crowding (accessible here: https://catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/CAT.21.0217 ) as well as broader lessons regarding this challenging policy issue in the thick of the ongoing Covid pandemic. If you were not able to join us, we hope that you will take time to listen to what was an inspiring session!

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EMRA Interview Prep Workshop

This Interview Prep Workshop is designed to help members polish up their Interview techniques in preparation for interviewing for residency, fellowship, or a job. Breakout rooms will be available specifically for each level of training.

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EMRA CV Workshop

EMRA's Administration and Operations Committee is partnering with the Education Committee to bring an interactive Workshop to polish off your CV and prepare it for the next stage of your career.

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EMRA Admin & Ops + Government Services Collaboration: June 2021

EMRA's Administration & Operations and Government Services Committees collaborate for a power session with Dr. Gillian Schmitz.

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EMRA Government Services Committee

Speakers

Dr. Gillian Schmitz, MD, FACEP
ACEP President-Elect

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The Future of Telehealth in Emergency Medicine

April 2021

EMRA's Informatics and Administration & Operations Committees held a panel discussion with Emily Hayden, MD, MHPE; Aditi Joshi, MD, MSc, FACEP; and Sari Lahham, MD, MBA, who will discuss the role of telehealth in Emergency Medicine. From current best practices to rapid deployment brought about by COVID-19, to future opportunities for expanded utilization, the conversation will be full of exciting ideas in this quickly growing field!

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Life After Residency: Contracts, Careers, Pay, and Policy

EMRA's Administration and Operations and Health Policy Committees power a session dedicated to preparing EM residents for their future careers after residency!

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ED of the Future: Is the Traditional Hospital-Based ED Outdated?

A futuristic conversation with Emergency Medicine Thought Leaders

EMRA Administration & Operations Committee
EMRA Health Policy Committee
ACEP Young Physicians’ Section

Speakers

Judd Hollander MD
SVP for Healthcare Delivery Innovation

Ricardo Martinez MD
CMO of Adeptus

Jesse Pines MD, MBA, MSCE
National Director for Clinical Innovation at USACS

Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP
Founder and Executive Editor of Policy Prescriptions®

Gillian Schmitz MD, FACEP
ACEP Vice President

Arjun Venkatesh MD, MBA, MHS
Chief of Administration Section at Yale

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Fireside Chat

Exchange dialouge with EMRA leaders about how to pursue hospital leadership opportunities during medical school, residency, and beyond.

Ynhi Thomas, MD, MPH, MSc
Baylor College of Medicine

Nick Cozzi, MD, MBA
Spectrum Health/Michigan State University

Phillip Tseng, MD, MBA
Ohio State University Medical Center

Nicholas Stark, MD, MBA
University of California San Francisco - San Francisco General Hospital

Jared Ditkowsky, MD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine - New York

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Operationalizing COVID Care : Tech and Healthcare Innovation

Christopher Peabody, MD, MPH
Founding Director, UCSF Acute Care Innovation Center

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Operationalizing COVID Care: NYC Response

Brendan Carr, MD
Chair of Emergency Medicine
Mount Sinai

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Operationalizing COVID Care: Ventilator Utilization Strategies

Anne Messman, MD
Vice Chair of Education
Wayne State University Dept of EM

Dr. Messman discusses Ventilator Utilization Strategies in the ED and tough decisions during COVID-19.

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Operationalizing COVID Care

Nida Degesys, MD 
Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine
University of California San Francisco

Dr. Degesys discusses the things that UCSF has been doing to accommodate COVID patients in the emergency department and many things that have to be considered for patient and provider safety.

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Once you join, you will receive an invitation to be part of the EMRA Committee Basecamp, which helps facilitate communication and collaboration.

Admin & Ops Committee Objectives:

  1. Create and disseminate educational resources in topics related to emergency department management, operations, and administration
  2. Interface with other major emergency medicine organizations and societies to drive the growth of operations and quality improvement research and practice
  3. Conduct administration and operations focused programming at EMRA conferences
  4. Develop tools to support emergency medicine residents pursuing careers in management and administration
  5. Support EMRA advocacy efforts in the areas of healthcare management and administration
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EMRA Fellowship Guide

Chapter 2 Administration/ED Operations/Patient Safety & Quality Improvement Fellowships

Successful physicians have long known that the practice of medicine is equal parts art and science, but today’s physicians also must be knowledgeable about the business of medicine. Administrative and operations fellowships in emergency medicine were designed to prepare residency graduates with the administrative, quality, health policy, patient safety, research, and operational skills necessary to lead an emergency department, hospital, or health care system, and to research the best approaches to ED operations. At some academic medical centers, institution-wide fellowships focused solely on patient safety and quality improvement have also been created.

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The Art of Negotiation: Workshop Reflections for the EM Physician

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Sustainability in Healthcare Q&A

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Nowhere to go: Addressing the Boarding crisis in the ED

Join EMRA's Admin and Ops and Health Policy Committees in Philadelphia at ACEP's Scientific Assembly. These committees are coming together for a joint meeting on the Boarding Crisis in the ED. This meeting will be on Tuesday, October 10 from 3p - 5p ET at The Downtown Marriott, Franklin 3/4.