Newswise — LAS VEGAS, NV—The American Medical Group Association is convening approximately 2,200 participants, representing the nation’s leading healthcare provider organizations, at its 2015 Annual Conference (AC2015), March 24-26 at Caesars Palace. The conference is setting attendance records for this dynamic, cutting-edge gathering, which has become the gold standard for leadership conferences in health care, primarily because of the caliber of presenting faculty and attending healthcare professionals. The conference provides one place to get a comprehensive view of what high-performing healthcare organizations are doing to confront today’s challenges―whether it’s coordinating care processes, clinically integrating, aligning physicians, refining governance and structure, or using technology to provide meaningful outcomes.
The conference will be attended by the C-Suite―including CEO, CAOs, CIOs, medical directors, physician board members, etc.―from large multispecialty medical groups, IPAs, integrated healthcare delivery systems, academic faculty practices, accountable care organizations (ACOs), and High-Performing Health Systems™. AMGA has designed this conference to broaden leaders’ strategic thinking and prepare them to meet the challenges of the new age of healthcare reform and the role they will play in leading the transformation of care delivery in this country. The program includes a very special lineup of keynote speakers, who will motivate and inspire attendees to achieve powerful leadership and transform their organization for future success.
“Each year this conference keeps getting bigger. It is a testament to the fact that this is the only national conference dedicated to addressing the issues faced by the leaders of multispecialty medical groups and other organized systems of care,” said Donald W. Fisher, Ph.D., CAE, AMGA’s president and chief executive officer. “In the face of the monumental shifts in the healthcare landscape, the AMGA Annual Conference has become essential for leaders as they navigate the transition to value-based care. The strength of the program and the brilliant faculty from our member groups presenting in peer-to-peer breakout sessions attract the best and brightest in the industry. AMGA is honored to be the host and facilitator of this event, and we will continue to provide strong educational programming and benefits and services to help our members become successful organizations, delivering the highest quality care to their patients.”
To kick off AC2015 on March 24, AMGA will assemble leaders from major payers to discuss where they see the market going and how they are positioning their institutions to prepare for this future. The following day, a panel of esteemed leaders from some of AMGA’s most prominent member organizations will share their visions of what will be the key competencies for succeeding in this new age of health care and provide provocative insights and reactions to the payer panel. Later that day, Gary Loveman, president and CEO of Caesars Entertainment, will draw on his experiences serving on the Business Roundtable’s Health and Retirement Committee to address why large employers need healthcare reform to succeed and how they are using data to drive consumer behavior. And, to close AC2015, Erik Wahl, author and performance artist, will challenge participants to re-think the habits that have made us successful in the past, disrupt conventional thinking, and find new and innovative solutions to timeless problems.
In addition to these dynamic keynote speakers, the conference will offer 35 peer-to-peer breakout sessions in which leaders from the nation’s top healthcare organizations share their insights and tactics for confronting the challenges they face in today’s volatile healthcare environment. The rich content of these sessions will provide leaders with tangible strategies and tools to bring back and use in daily operations. Organizations presenting in different tracks related to healthcare leadership include:
Population Health: Presenting groups include DuPage Medical Group, Essentia Health, Fairview Medical Group, Lahey Health, Ochsner Health System, PeaceHealth Medical Group, The Polyclinic, Southwest Medical Associates, Tulane University Medical Group, and Vanderbilt Medical Group.
Efficient Operations: Presenting groups include Carilion Clinic, Essentia Health, Henry Ford Medical Group, Novant Health, Regional Women’s Health Management, LLC, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and The Vancouver Clinic.
Governance and Strategic Planning: Presenting groups include Alegent Creighton Clinic, Lehigh Valley Health Network, St. Elizabeth Physicians, and UnityPoint Clinic.
Value-Based Care: Presenting groups include Carolina HealthCare System, Cornerstone Health Care, Memorial Hermann Physician Network, Ochsner Health System, ProHealth Physicians, Reliant Medical Group, and Wilmington Health.
Sustaining a Workforce: Presenting groups include Cleveland Clinic, Emory Clinic, and The Vancouver Clinic.
Further, ample time will be dedicated to networking at the AMGA 2015 Annual Conference so that attendees can interact with peers in the medical group community, as well as top leaders from other organized systems of care. The exhibit hall will host leading healthcare vendors and supporters whose products and services will be crucial to healthcare delivery organizations’ future success. Pre-conference activities include extended networking and idea exchanges at the information-packed Leadership Council meetings. In addition to the leadership of provider organizations, a host of healthcare vendors and supporters, whose products and services will be crucial to healthcare delivery organizations’ future success, provided educational grants to support the conference. Click here for a full list of contributors.
About American Medical Group AssociationThe American Medical Group Association (AMGA) represents medical groups and organized systems of care, including some of the nation’s largest, most prestigious integrated health care delivery systems. More than 160,000 physicians practice in AMGA member organizations, providing healthcare services for 120 million patients (nearly one in three Americans). Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, AMGA is the strategic partner for these organizations, providing a comprehensive package of benefits, including political advocacy, educational and networking programs, publications, benchmarking data services and financial and operations assistance. For more information, visit www.amga.org or call (703) 838-0033.
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