AMGA Consulting’s Annual Compensation & Operations Improvement Meeting is tailored for medical group physician and administrative leaders charged with driving operational efficiency and financial performance at their organization. Over two days, attendees will gain insights into the most current market trends around provider compensation, external market forces, and practice operations. Hear from peer organizations across the country about their strategies for performance improvement and walk away with real-world solutions to create and maintain a high performing physician enterprise.
Learning Objectives:
- Gain insight into the future of physician enterprises
- Learn how to leverage internal data and predictive modeling to mitigate no-shows
- Explore ways in which survey data is interrelated and can be used in various combinations to drive improvement
- Discover the latest political updates impacting medical groups and physicians/providers
- Understand the importance of legal safeguards in compensation models
- Gain insight into how physician compacts can create a winning culture
- Learn what to do, and what not to do, when negotiating risk-based contracts
- Explore ways to leverage a strategic framework towards reimagining APP compensation
- Discover best practices for prior authorization and contracting strategies
- Become equipped with the knowledge and tools to combat operational and finance issues brought on by the rise in partial FTE clinicians
This meeting is for a medical group audience only.
It is closed to AMGA Corporate Partners, other industry organizations, and consulting firms.
Keynote Speaker
David Carlson, DO
South King County CMO, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
David Carlson, DO is the South King County CMO for Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. He recently served as a medical director for Seamar Community Health Centers in Pierce and Thurston Counties.
Prior to joining VMFH, Dr. Carlson served as chief physician officer for Multicare, chief physician executive for Hospital Sisters Health System and chief medical officer for Conemaugh Health System in Johnstown, PA. Previous leadership roles also include Ochsner Clinic Foundation in Baton Rouge, LA; Summit Health System in Chambersburg, PA; and Lovelace Health Systems in Albuquerque, NM.
Dr. Carlson is a former chair and member of Physician Insurance Company, and has served on the boards of the Washington Healthcare Alliance, United Way Pierce County and Physicians of Southwest Washington.
Dr. Carlson is a board-certified family practice physician, with a subspecialty in geriatrics. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University, his medical degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, and his Master of Business Administration from Alvernia University.
Agenda Highlights
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Wednesday, September 11 (5:00 pm - 7:00 pm)
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Welcome Reception
Thursday, September 12 (8:00 am - 7:15 pm)
8:00 am – 9:00 am
Networking Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:30 am
Welcome and State of the Union
Fred Horton, president of AMGA Consulting, will deliver opening remarks to kick-off the meeting.
9:30 am – 10:15 am
Keynote Address
Dr. David Carlson, South King County CMO for Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, will reflect on where physician enterprises have been and what is in store for the future.
10:15 am – 11:00 am
A Patient-Centered Approach to Predicting and Mitigating No-Shows
Karen Hoskins, director of medical specialty operations, and Nolan Seithel, business relationship manager, of St. Elizabeth Physicians will share how their large medical group improved template utilization, provider satisfaction, and patient satisfaction by operationalizing an in-house, no-show predictive model with a patient-centered lens.
11:00 am – 11:15 am
Networking Break
11:15 am – 12:00 pm
Unpublished Insights: 2024 AMGA Surveys
AMGA surveys provide a wealth of benchmarks and insight, but not all findings make it into our published surveys. AMGA Consulting's senior director, Kelsi O’Brien, and director, Dr. Matt Wells, will share a number of findings that impact compensation and operations not previously discussed.
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
Policy Overview: The Latest Updates from Washington, D.C.
Darryl Drevna, AMGA's senior director of regulatory and public policy, will provide the latest legislative and regulatory updates impacting medical groups and physicians/providers.
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Networking Lunch
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Legal Safeguards: Integrating Legal Counsel Early and Often in Building Your Physician Compensation Models to Avoid Legal and Regulatory Pitfalls
Brandon Robinson, director of legal services at BJC Health System, will discuss how both in-house and outside legal counsel can guide key decisions in shaping compliant compensation models, emphasizing common areas of concern and offer strategies to effectively mitigate legal and regulatory risks.
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Transparency, Fairness and Physician Inclusion: Compacts and Cautionary Tales
In this interactive presentation, Dr. Mark Hallett, chief clinical officer at St. Charles Healthcare, will join Dr. Jack Silversin, president, and Mary Jane Kornacki, partner, of Jack Silversin Healthcare Consulting to explore how addressing physicians’ needs for transparency, fairness and inclusion via a physician-organization compact process can increase trust and build functional partnerships.
4:00 pm – 4:15 pm
Networking Break
4:15 pm – 5:00 pm
Trends in Managed Care Contracting Strategies
Richelle Marting, healthcare reimbursement attorney at Marting Law, LLC, will delve into the trends in managed care contracting strategies, using case studies and specific examples that can play a significant role in the success of a group’s arrangement with managed care plans.
5:00 pm – 5:15 pm
Day 1 Wrap-Up & Preview of Day 2
5:30 pm – 7:15 pm
Happy Hour Reception sponsored by Ludi Inc.
Friday, September 13 (7:30 am - 12:00 pm)
7:30 am – 8:30 am
Networking Breakfast
8:30 am – 9:30 am
Navigating Compensation Strategies for APPs: A Health System's Journey and Assessment
Lara West, assistant vice president of advanced clinical providers, and Stacey Rapacki, vice president and head of compensation, of Northwell Health will explore their system’s path through compensation strategy deployed to the APP workforce and lessons learned.
9:30 am – 10:00 am
Networking Break/Hotel Checkout
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Quality, Patient Experience and Eliminating Waste Reduction: Adventures in Payer Contracting
Matt Swafford, senior vice president and chief financial officer at St. Charles Health System, will describe how St. Charles used its own Cancer Service Line quality data to create an Instant Authorization process as a beginning to the continuous effort to reduce the wasteful practice of prior authorizations and denials, including lessons learned in the negotiating strategy and tactics, provider and community messaging and impact on patient care.
11:00 am – 11:45 am
Maximizing Efficiency: Understanding the Impact of Partial Clinical FTEs on Medical Groups
In today's healthcare landscape, optimizing resources and personnel allocation is essential for medical groups to thrive. AMGA Consulting's senior director, Will Holets, will share insights into how fractional FTEs affect operational efficiency, patient care quality, and financial viability within medical groups.
11:45 am – 12:00 pm
Final Comments & Adjourn
Questions?
Please email amgaevents@amga.org.
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