Host: Jim Venker, Industry Consultant, Venker Consulting, LLC.

Once routine capital expenditures are now receiving more scrutiny for senior leadership. Prioritizing projects, budgeting limited resources, and planning for unexpected expenses all add to the challenge of planning capital projects. With fluctuating funds and changing expectations, capital planning for the next 5 or 10 years is no easy feat. Join with your peers to better understand how capital projects planning is changing with value-based purchasing reimbursement initiatives, physician-hospital alignment, and mergers and acquisition.

Learning Objectives:
1. Identify the current changes to capital projects planning.
2. Describe the ways a hospital with limited resources can do more with less and incorporate flexibility in capital projects.
3. Analyze the shift towards accountable care and its impact on capital expenditures.
4. Discuss mergers and acquisitions and how they impact capital project planning.