Newswise — WASHINGTON, DC—The American Medical Group Association is convening approximately 2,000 participants, representing the nation’s leading healthcare provider organizations, at its 2011 Annual Conference, April 13-16 at the Gaylord National. 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 your 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, and accountable care organizations (ACOs). 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 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. “The strength of the program and the brilliant faculty from our member groups presenting in our peer-to-peer breakout sessions attract the best and brightest in health care. 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.”
Noted author, researcher and leader Marcus Buckingham will discuss how to harness teams through capitalizing on their personal strengths, and physician and an award-broadcasting journalist Dr. David Hnida will share his experiences as trauma chief at a combat support hospital in Iraq. Also, Chris Matthews, political commentator and Washington insider, will offer his insight into American politics, including recent healthcare reform legislation and how it will affect medical groups. In addition, a panel of congressional representatives and physician leaders will discuss the recently proposed ACO regulations and other legislative issues affecting medical groups.
In addition to these dynamic keynote speakers, the conference will offer 33 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 every member of the leadership team with tangible strategies and tools to bring back and use in daily operations. Below are links to descriptions of these sessions and the extensive list of first-class presenters.
Presenting organizations include:Leadership and GovernanceCarle Physician Group, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Essentia Health, Iowa Health System, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic Health System, Mount Kisco Medical Group, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Patients First Health Care, Sharp Community Medical Group, Sutter Gould Medical Group, Sutter Medical Group
Information TechnologyBend Memorial Clinic, North Texas Specialty Physicians, Physician Associates, LLC, Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, St. Luke’s Physician Group, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Weill Cornell Physician Organization, Wenatchee Valley Medical Center
Practice ManagementThe Everett Clinic, Henry Ford Health System, Mercy Medical Group, Prevea Health, Spectrum Health Medical Group, Summa Health System, Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation, Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics
Care Process ImprovementAdvocate Medical Group, Allina Medical Clinic, Essentia Health, HealthPartners Medical Group, Mercy Clinics, St. John’s Clinic, SwedishAmerican Health System, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Wilmington Health
Further, over 25 hours will be dedicated to networking at the AMGA 2011 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 and AMGA’s annual golf tournament. In addition to the leadership of medical groups, 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. For a full list of contributors, visit www.amga.org.
The American Medical Group Association represents medical groups, including some of the nation’s largest, most prestigious medical practices, independent practice associations, and integrated healthcare delivery systems. AMGA’s mission is to improve health care for patients by supporting multispecialty medical groups and other organized systems of care. The members of AMGA deliver health care to approximately 110 million patients in 49 states, nearly 1 in 3 Americans. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, AMGA is the strategic partner for medical groups, providing a comprehensive package of benefits, including political advocacy, educational and networking programs and publications, benchmarking data services, and financial and operations assistance. www.amga.org
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