January/February 2020
Providing solutions to physician executives, physicians, and administrators at every medical group in the country
The flagship publication of AMGA, the Group Practice Journal offers dynamic business solutions to physician leaders and administrators at medical groups around the world.
Penned by healthcare professionals, articles give a view from the trenches of modern medicine on a wide variety of topics. For over 60 years, the Group Practice Journal has been helping medical groups become financially successful while delivering the highest quality health care to their communities.
Features
What’s the Prognosis?
By Fred Horton, M.H.A.
10 trends to watch in 2020
Partners for Life
Featuring Mark Mantei, M.H.S.A., FACHE, and Catherine Field
Vancouver Clinic and Humana join forces to provide better care for their shared Medicare population.
Once More into the Breach
By Sean Nobles, M.B.A., OSCP
Preserving your practice’s cybersecurity can be a Herculean task. Slay these eight myths about cybersecurity first.
Cloudy Forecast
By Niko Skievaski
How to create an interoperable app ecosystem
Prisoners of Paperwork
By Charles Stellar
Facing up to true interoperability of healthcare data, payments
It’s All Too Much
By Corinne Proctor Boudreau
New tools personalize the EHR experience
Departments
Publisher’s Comment
The Challenges of Innovation
By Jerry Penso, M.D., M.B.A.
AMGA opens the floor for members’ innovation stories
In Washington
2020 Vision
By Sarah Skirmont and Christina Lavoie, J.D.
Legislative priorities on Capitol Hill in the next year
Industry Insights
The Wrong Side of the Meds
Paying for prescriptions drugs hard to swallow
Foundation Cornerstone
Closing the Book on 2019
Thank you for a banner year
Thought Leader
Resistance to Change: Don’t Take It Personally
An interview with Privia Medical Group – North Texas CEO Larry Tatum, M.D.