AMGA Integration Summit: Aligning for Health System Success

This Summit will feature breakout sessions organized into five strategic tracks, each built around the realities of today’s integrated health systems. Sessions will be designed to provide tactical takeaways and high-level engagement.

You’ll gain insights and practical solutions in:

• System-Wide Care Coordination & Population Health Management
• Digital Integration & Workflow Optimization
• Provider Alignment & Compensation Models
• Financial Integration to Enhance System Performance
• Workforce Strategy & Operational Performance

Opening Keynote: Leading the Integrated System of the Future: Alignment That Actually Works

In today’s rapidly shifting environment, the biggest threat to an integrated health system isn’t financial pressure or workforce shortages—it’s misalignment. When hospitals and physician groups operate in silos, communication breaks down, culture fractures, and system-wide performance stalls. This high-energy keynote dives into what the most innovative health systems are doing to bridge the divide.

Learn how a top-performing organization is rethinking inpatient–ambulatory communication, building real trust between administrators and clinicians, and creating a unified culture that accelerates quality, efficiency, and growth. You’ll hear real stories of systems that have cracked the code through shared governance, data transparency, empowered physician leadership, and next-generation communication models. Designed for C-suite leaders of medical groups and integrated delivery systems, this session delivers actionable strategies to overcome entrenched cultural barriers and lead with alignment, clarity, and purpose. Walk away with a blueprint for what true integration looks like—and how your organization can get there.

General Session Panel: Integration Strategies for Financial Resilience to Survive Financial Headwinds

With significant Medicaid payment reductions projected for 2027, health systems will face a critical financial inflection point, one that will disproportionately impact medical groups, safety-net services, and high-utilization populations. This fireside chat brings together leaders to discuss how integrated delivery systems can prepare now by redesigning care models, improving operational efficiency, strengthening hospital–physician alignment, and using digital tools that meaningfully reduce cost.

Through candid dialogue, leaders will explore what the cuts really mean for margins, where systems are most vulnerable, and which strategies deliver the strongest financial returns without compromising quality or access. Topics include team-based care, scheduling and template optimization, ED and inpatient utilization reduction, virtual care models, AI-enabled efficiencies, centralized functions, and unified quality and cost governance across the enterprise. Designed for executive leaders of integrated systems and physician enterprises, this session delivers a realistic, actionable playbook for navigating the 2027 Medicaid landscape with stability, clarity, and innovation.

General Session: Building a High-Performance APP Culture

Many organizations deploy APPs tactically, but few integrate them strategically. This session features a high-impact view from a leading integrated system that will walk through the journey from fragmented utilization to a unified APP strategy grounded in culture, clarity, and clinical partnership. Through real examples, attendees will explore how intentional alignment between physicians and APPs drives workforce stability, care model innovation, provider satisfaction, and system-wide performance.

General Session: What Leaders Need to Know Ahead of Mid-Term Elections

The 2026 midterm elections will reshape the federal policy landscape at a pivotal moment for healthcare. With debates intensifying around Medicare payment stability, Medicaid financing, workforce shortages, site-of-care shifts, value-based care, and regulatory reform, medical groups face both uncertainty and opportunity. The decisions made in Washington over the next two years will directly influence care delivery, reimbursement, integration strategies, and the economics of physician enterprise operations.

In this AMGA-led general session, speakers will break down the key drivers shaping the pre-election environment and what medical groups should be doing now to prepare. This conversation will explore the emerging legislative priorities, expected regulatory pressure points, and the bipartisan issues that remain in play regardless of election outcomes. Attendees will gain clear, actionable insight into how to strengthen organizational readiness, position their medical group for policy shifts, and engage proactively in advocacy efforts that support sustainable, high-quality care. Designed for C-suite and senior physician enterprise leaders, this session provides an indispensable roadmap for navigating the policy implications of the 2026 election cycle with confidence, clarity, and strategic foresight.

We are currently finalizing venue details, registration packages, and hotel options for the 2026 AMGA Integration Summit. Additional information will be posted here as soon as it’s available.

Plan Your Travel

• Arrive by Sunday if you intend to participate in the AMGA Consulting Compensation and Operations Workshop.

• Depart after 4:00 pm on Wednesday: The conference will close with a legislative update, plus AMGA key councils will assemble for strategic planning.