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      AMGA Consulting Immersion Session at the AMGA Integration Summit

      Today’s physician enterprise leaders are navigating serious operational headwinds — and the path to high performance is clearer when you’re not navigating it alone. This intensive pre-conference session is designed to tackle major challenges as well as provide practitioner-informed strategies to resolve them.
      National
      October 4 – October 5
      The Westin DC Downtown, 999 9th Street, NW, Washington, DC
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      Today’s physician enterprise leaders are navigating serious operational headwinds — and the path to high performance is clearer when you’re not navigating it alone. This intensive pre-conference session is designed to tackle major challenges as well as provide practitioner-informed strategies to resolve them. Subject matter experts from AMGA Consulting, partnering with key physician enterprise leaders, will provide insights into current leading practices for crucial performance areas, including operations, finance, provider compensation, fair market value, culture, governance, and provider engagement. Attaining high performance in these areas is key to surviving and thriving in the current environment.  Grounded in AMGA’s industry-leading pre-conference format, this is not a surface-level overview, but instead an immersive working session built to equip you with solutions you can implement the moment you return home.

      Who Should Attend: This session is built for C-suite executives, physician enterprise leaders, and operational and finance leaders within integrated medical groups and health systems — those who are directly accountable for the performance, financial sustainability, and culture of their physician organization.

      Why Should You Attend:  Whether you are refining a strategy already in motion or confronting new challenges, join our team Monday, October 5th to gain valuable insights from AMGA Consulting and healthcare organization leaders nationwide as we share strategies for meaningful performance improvement. Leave equipped with actionable solutions to build and sustain your high-performing physician enterprise.

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      AGENDA – AMGA Consulting's Immersion Session
      5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

      Immersion Session Welcome Mixer & Registration
      7:00 am - 8:00 am

      Networking Breakfast & Registration
      8:00 am - 9:00 am The Fallacy of a Breakeven Medical Group 
      Fred Horton, MHA, CMPE, President, AMGA Consulting

      For three decades, integrated medical groups have chased “breakeven” as the ultimate financial target. Over that period of time, “breakeven” performance has continued to get further and further away. What if the target itself is the problem? In this session, Fred Horton, President of AMGA Consulting and former medical group CEO will challenge the assumptions behind breakeven, and show why it doesn’t reflect the realities of how integrated medical groups create meaningful value. This session will level-set on how we got here, discuss financial models and realities, and recommend an improved and more culturally aligned manner of measuring performance. 
      9:00 am - 10:00 am

      Affiliation Options: Deep Dive
      Kelsi O’Brien, MHSA, Vice President, AMGA Consulting

      Integration between hospitals/health systems and physicians takes many forms. While “employment” through a system-owned medical group has been the prominent model of affiliation for the past few decades, it isn’t the only model, and it may not be the best one for your organization. In this session, Kelsi O’Brien, Vice President at AMGA Consulting will walk through the full range of affiliation models, including: PSA’s, MSA’s, Medical Directorships, and more. You’ll come away with an understanding of the benefits and disadvantages of the various models, details of how they are typically funded and compensated, and considerations for implementation. 
      10:00 am - 10:15 am Refreshment Break
      10:15 am - 11:15 am Provider Compensation and Productivity – An Updated Market Perspective with Emphasis on Access
      Matthew Wells, PhD, Senior Director, AMGA Consulting 

      Do we see trends in current market data that support improved access for medical groups who are part of an integrated system? What do provider compensation trends within integrated health systems look like? Improved access is a critical focal point for integrated systems of care, and in this session Matt Wells, PhD, Senior Director at AMGA Consulting will unpack the latest market data to uncover key findings related to access. Topics will include insights into pay and productivity trends, patient access (based on patient visit counts by provider), and specialty composition of a typical medical group. Attendees will learn about current data from AMGA’s 2026 Medical Group Compensation and Productivity Survey and investigate these and other trends, to see how their group compares with other integrated groups across the country. 
      11:15 am - 12:00 pm Building Organizational Culture via a Compensation Committee

      Provider Compensation Committees are one of the single most important governance components to an organization and are one of the biggest opportunities to drive organizational culture in an integrated medical group. They represent an intersection of culture building, strategy, financial acumen, recruitment, retention and more. This session traces the journey that compensation committees travel as they go through various phases and address common compensation issues. You will leave with a practical framework for strengthening your own committee, and uncover insights related to how these governance committees are essential to provider pay programs. 
      12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

      Networking Lunch
      1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

      Interactive Case Studies
      This is where the day’s concepts get tested against real scenarios. Working at your table alongside AMGA Consulting faculty and peers from other organizations, you’ll tackle a case study built around the financial, productivity, compensation, and staffing challenges integrated medical groups face every day. Utilizing a case study framework, AMGA Consulting will develop the story line and together you will work to address various scenarios that we often see in the market.  Come prepared for a fun, interactive session where you will learn from AMGA Consulting leaders and from your peers.
      2:30 pm - 2:45 pm Networking Break
      2:45 pm - 3:45 pm The Intersection of Fair Market Value and Sustainability
      Matthew Wells, PhD, Senior Director, AMGA Consulting 

      Is paying towards the upper-end of a fair market compensation range reasonable and sustainable, or a liability in the making? Fair Market Value is one of the most misunderstood concepts in provider compensation. In this session, attendees will learn about recent fair-market value litigation with a lens on applicability to compensation plans and will go through an example of a compensation plan, learning about the steps involved and pitfalls to watch for. You’ll walk away with a firm grasp on the role that on-call coverage, administrative services, and compensation play within fair market value and sustainability, with tangible examples for how to approach fair market value and fiscal sustainability. 
      3:45 pm - 4:45 pm Five Performance Accelerators You Should Be Tracking
      Beth Pittman, MBA, Senior Director, AMGA Consulting

      Most healthcare organizations aren’t short on data — they’re drowning in it. In this session, Beth Pittman, MBA, Senior Director at AMGA Consulting, cuts through the noise with five specific metrics she’s seen drive fast, measurable improvement across medical groups: the “performance accelerators.” You’ll leave with a focused, practical scorecard you can start tracking immediately, instead of another dashboard full of numbers that don’t move the needle.
      4:45 pm - 5:00 pm Wrap-up and Adjournment 
      Fred Horton, MHA, CMPE, President, AMGA Consulting
      5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

      AMGA Integration Summit Welcome Reception
      Immersion session attendees are invited to attend the opening welcome reception for the AMGA Integration Summit. If you would like to attend the Integration Summit, October 6-7, you can view the agenda here and register with your immersion session registration link.
      7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

      Women in Leadership Dinner Event ($)
      AMGA female leaders are invited to an exclusive dinner presentation and networking event. Registration fee applies, medical group/health system attendees only.

      Lauren on Lauren: A Candid Conversation with Lauren Aronson
      Join the Women in Leadership Council for an intimate, interview-style conversation between AMGA's Lauren Lattany and health policy strategist Lauren Aronson, Partner at Mehlman Consulting. 

      Aronson brings a rare insider's view of Washington, shaped by roles in the Obama White House during the passage of the Affordable Care Act, on Capitol Hill with the House Ways and Means Committee, and as Director of the Office of Legislation at CMS. Today she leads two major health care coalitions, Keep Americans Covered and the Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing, and advises clients on navigating policy and politics at the highest levels. 

      In this small-group conversation, Aronson will share her career path, her perspective on the shifting health care landscape, and her read on the upcoming midterm elections and what they could mean for our industry. Expect a candid, unscripted exchange, with plenty of room for member questions.

      Hotel/Meeting Venue and Travel Information

      The Westin DC Downtown
      999 9th Street, NW
      Washington, DC 20001

      After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to reserve your hotel room. For assistance, please email amgaevents@amga.org.

      • Room Rate: $319 per night, plus state and local taxes
      • Hotel Deadline: Friday, September 4. The discounted rate and availability cannot be guaranteed after this date.
      • Daily Self Parking is $48; Valet Parking is $72
      • Complimentary In-Room Wifi for Marriott Bonvoy Members
      • Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) is the closest and is located approximately 5 miles from the hotel

      Check-in is 4:00 pm and checkout is 11:00 am.

      Plan Your Travel

      • Arrive by Sunday, October 4 if you intend to participate in the AMGA Consulting Immersion.
      • Depart after 4:00 pm on Wednesday, October 7 if you intend to register for the full AMGA Integration Summit. The summit will close with a legislative update, plus AMGA key councils will assemble for strategic planning after lunch.

      Policies

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      AMGA is committed to making each of its educational activities accessible to all participants. If you have special physical, dietary, or communication needs that require auxiliary aids or services identified in the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact us at registrations@amga.org so we may work with you to accommodate reasonable requests.

      To ensure the safety, comfort, and accessibility of all attendees, animals are not permitted at any AMGA meeting, conference or event with the exception of service animals as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Service animals are welcome and permitted in all conference areas. Under the ADA, a service animal is defined as a dog (or in some cases, a miniature horse) that has been individually trained to do work or perform tasks for an individual with a disability. The following are not considered service animals under this policy: emotional support animals, therapy animals, companion animals and/or pets of any kind.

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      Unable to travel to our event after you’ve sent in your registration? A cancellation request can be sent to AMGA in writing by August 24, for a refund less a $100 processing fee. Cancellations received between August 25 and September 25 will be provided a letter of credit for a future AMGA activity. For requests after September 26 and up to start of the event, AMGA will review these requests on a case-by-case basis to determine if a credit or refund can be made. If you are unable to attend, substitutions are welcome at no additional fee.