Editorial Calendar

The Group Practice Journal offers strategies and best practices from the leading medical groups in the country. Penned by healthcare professionals, articles offer dynamic, real-world business solutions to physician leaders and administrators at medical groups nationwide. Readers look to the publication to learn strategies and solutions from peers in the profession, healthcare thought leaders, and industry experts. Topics range from financial operations, contracting strategies, and compensation issues to regulatory compliance, groundbreaking technology, and innovative disease management.

2012

January 2012: Technology
New technology is giving medical groups new tools to help physicians deliver cost-efficient quality care. This issue will focus on ways groups are implementing technological solutions to clinical and operational challenges.
Submission Deadline: November 14, 2011
Bonus Distribution: HIMSS and Pri-Med South

February 2012: Leadership
Medical groups all face the challenges of effectively leading in times of crisis, as well as developing leaders within their organizations. This issue will feature exemplary leadership that has revitalized organizations as well as recruitment and retention strategies.
Submission Deadline: December 2, 2011
Bonus Distribution: 2012 Annual Conference: Learning from the Best and Pri-Med Southwest

March 2012: Change Management
In the evolving world of health care, medical groups must constantly reinvent themselves to remain successful. This issue will explore operational strategies for anticipating and managing change.
Submission Deadline: January 6, 2012
Bonus Distribution: Pri-Med West

April 2012: Quality and Outcomes
Medical groups must balance sophisticated outcomes measurements with traditional physician-patient relationships to consistently deliver quality care. This issue will explore how groups are managing risk as they struggle to deliver the best care to their patients and will highlight best practices in quality care.
Submission Deadline: February 10, 2010
Bonus Service: AMGA Industry Partner Directory

May 2012: Reimbursement and Revenue Enhancement
New reimbursement models are being developed that redefine the responsibilities in insurance and health care delivery. This issue will study ways that medical groups can maximize reimbursement and enhance the revenue cycle.
Submission Deadline: March 9, 2012
Bonus Distribution: Pri-Med New York

June 2012: Health Law
Medical group leaders need to be knowledgeable about the evolving laws governing health care. This issue will examine some of the laws and regulations that will have an impact on medical groups and the way they operate in the coming years.
Submission Deadline: April 6, 2012
Bonus Distribution: Pri-Med Mid-Atlantic
Bonus Service: Readex Ad Perception Study

July/August 2012: Connectivity
With new services and technology along with the rise of consumerism, medical groups must find new ways to connect with the various stakeholders in health care. This issue will investigate aspects of this challenge and various stakeholders—vendors, insurers, employers, and patients.
Submission Deadline: May 25, 2012
Bonus Distribution: AMGA’s Institute for Quality Leadership Annual Conference

September 2012: Compensation
Medical group leaders nationwide are searching for the “right” formula for physician compensation. This issue will explore effective compensation models that have worked for other groups and provide analysis of trends found in AMGA’s 2012 Medical Group Compensation and Financial Survey.
Submission Deadline: July 13, 2012 Bonus Distribution: MGMA’s annual conference and Pri-Med East

October 2012: Finance
How do you sustain a financially successful medical group in an age of dwindling reimbursement? This issue explores operational strategies and options for tapping into various sources of capital and for streamlining processes.
Submission Deadline: August 10, 2012
Bonus Distribution: Pri-Med Midwest

November/December 2012: Operations
In the face of dwindling reimbursement, creative operational solutions are needed. This issue will examine how groups have been able to save money or find new sources of revenue by focusing on their operations, while maintaining quality care.
Submission Deadline: September 28, 2012

Story Ideas? Contact Tom Flatt, (703) 838-0033, ext. 328, (703) 548-1890 fax, tflatt@amga.org

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