Webinar Archives
AMGA Impact Series
Stay informed with the latest updates from our Consulting, HPPE Program, Population Health Initiatives, Public Policy, and Research & Analytics experts.
Corporate Partner Sponsored Series
Explore solutions to some of your pressing challenges through medical group-led content sponsored by one of AMGA’s Corporate Partners.
Member Spotlight Series
Discover the “must-know” efforts, successes and ground-breaking projects of AMGA members.
ValuePathways Series
Learn about the challenges to implementing value-based care (VBC) and how significant the potential benefits can be. All content is eligible for Continuing Education Credit for up to one year.
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AMGA Impact Series
February 13, 2024 |
Unlocking Insights 2024: A New Path for AMGA Surveys Embark on a transformative journey with the AMGA team as we unveil our new strategy and detailed survey plans for the upcoming year in our exclusive webinar, "Unlocking Insights 2024." As a valued member of AMGA, your participation is not just encouraged; it is integral to the success of our annual surveys. |
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November 29, 2023 |
CY 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program Final Rule Overview The webinar covers the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule, including changes to the conversion factor and Medicare Economic Index, along with updates to the Quality Payment Program and Medicare Shared Savings Program. |
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October 24, 2023 |
2023 AMGA Medical Group Operations and Finance Survey Overview Hear the latest results from the AMGA Medical Group Operations and Finance Survey. This survey provides key performance metrics from financial benchmarks, to access metrics, revenue cycle, and more. The AMGA Consulting team shares the key learnings and trends from the latest market data. They also highlight how you can leverage it to help your organization. |
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August 22, 2023 |
AMGA Compensation and Productivity Survey: 2023 Survey Results Learn the trends uncovered from the results of AMGA's 2023 Medical Group Compensation and Productivity Survey, including which specialties saw the largest increases, findings on value-based incentives and sign-on, retention, and relocation bonuses, and Compensation for medical directorship, executive, and other leadership roles. |
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August 1, 2023 | 2024 Medicare Fee Schedule Proposed Rule Overview Darryl Drevna, Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs, AMGA Martre Lind, Coordinator, Regulatory Affairs, AMGA Learn about the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule, including changes to the conversion factor and Medicare Economic Index, and updates to the Quality Payment Program and Medicare Shared Savings Program. Download the full recording/presentation |
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June 13, 2023 |
AMGA Operations and Finance Survey: What you need to know for 2023 Learn how easy it is to participate in AMGA's 2023 Medical Group Operations and Finance Survey — the most trusted source for medical group benchmarks on the market. Download the full recording/presentation |
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May 25, 2023 |
AMGA Clinic Staffing Survey Results: The Latest Data and Key Learnings Learn the trends uncovered from the results of AMGA’s 2023 Clinic Staffing Survey. Topics include benchmarks for staffing by clinic role and clinic specialty, staffing ratios per provider and per 10,000 wRVUs, APC-per-physician ratios, and trends in strategies and tactics to address the current workforce challenges. Download the full recording/presentation |
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April 27, 2023 |
2024 Medicare Advantage (MA) Final Rate Announcement & CY 2024 MA Policy and Technical Changes Final Rule The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued final policies that will impact the Medicare Advantage (MA), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, and Medicare Cost Plan Program for 2024. Download the full recording/presentation |
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March 8, 2023 |
AMGA Compensation and Productivity Survey: What you need to know for 2023 Learn how to use AMGA’s wRVU converter tool to complete the Compensation and Productivity Survey, along with other changes for 2023. Download the full recording/presentation |
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March 1, 2023 |
CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Proposed Rule Webinar Learn about the various new regulatory changes proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) concerning interoperability and prior authorization in Medicare Advantage state Medicaid managed care plans. Topics include streamlining the prior authorization process, implementing electronic prior authorization for MIPS eligible providers, require data exchange with patient consent when changing health plans, and required inclusion of prior authorization in patient and provider APIs. Download the full recording/presentation |
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February 15, 2023 |
Trends/Analysis from the 2022 Medical Group Operations & Finance Survey Results Learn the latest key trends uncovered from the results of AMGA’s 2022 Medical Group and Operations Survey. Focus areas include clinic staffing, revenue and expense, operational support staffing, patient access and revenue cycle benchmarks. Explore the different benchmark applications and how they can be leveraged to identify improvement opportunities to achieve your 2023 targets. Download the full recording/presentation |
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February 8, 2023 |
2024 MA Proposed Rule and Advance Notice Webinar |
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January 17, 2023 |
Partnering with AMGA's Policy Team to Make an Impact Learn how impactful lobbying is for medical groups and how medical group leaders can become more involved in public policy activities, such as Capitol Hill Day, our public policy committee, and GR council and grass roots lobbying. Panelists share their personal and professional experiences interacting with AMGA’s policy department and encourage you to participate more in 2023. |
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December 20, 2022 |
Achieving the Quadruple Aim through AMGA’s HPPE Program Improving population health, reducing cost of care, improving care team well-being, and enhancing the patient experience each require the physician enterprise to operate at an optimal level of performance across the entire organization. |
Corporate Partner Sponsored Series
March 19, 2024 | How Dr. Crudup Reduced PriviaNT’s Referral Cost 45% & Improved ACO Outcomes Travis Crudup, MD, Medical Director-Specialty Programs, Privia North Texas Robert Harris, CEO, ReferralPoint Matt Cheatham, VP of Client Success, ReferralPoint Sponsored by: ReferralPoint, LLC Dr. Travis Crudup from Privia North Texas and representatives from ReferralPoint discuss fee-for-service and value-based care strategies that use data and automation to transform patient referrals. Learn how clients are reducing leakage by 75%, unnecessary costs by 10%, and admin time by more than 50% while enhancing patient satisfaction, all by gaining control and visibility on patient referrals from within their EHR. Download the full recording/presentation |
March 6, 2024 | Solving Underdetection & Care Gaps in Cognitive Disease Feyza Marouf, MD, Geriatric Psychiatrist, Executive Medical Director, Author Health Marcy Bergeron-Noa, DNP, RN, ANP-BC, Chief Clinical Officer, Harmonic Health Parag Bharadwaj, MD FAAHPM, Medical Director, MemorialCare Medical Group Sponsored by: Neurotrack Explore solutions to the under detection of cognitive disease. We’ll talk about the role of routine cognitive screening and new innovations that aid in accurate and timely assessment. We’ll highlight cognitive screening workflows for in-clinic or virtual care. We’ll discuss ways to overcome common barriers to detection, including some of the pain points raised by healthcare leaders at the AMGA Fall Council Summit (e.g. staffing and retention). We’ll also touch on reimbursement, ROI, and related developments in Medicare V28 and the new CMS GUIDE Model. Download the full recording/presentation |
February 21, 2024 | Current Challenges in Medication Adherence Elizabeth Ciemins, PhD, MPH, MA, Senior VP, Research & Analytics, AMGA Jeff Mohl, PhD, Director, Research & Analytics, AMGA Liz Ruvalcaba, MSPH, Senior Research Lead, Research & Analytics, AMGA Sponsored by: Janssen Scientific Affairs Consistent adherence to prescribed medications is crucial for the management of many chronic and acute diseases. Unfortunately, rates of adherence are stubbornly low across many medication classes, particularly when treating chronic conditions where as few as 50% of patients may be reliably receiving medication on the prescribed schedule. In this webinar, the AMGA Research & Analytics team will provide an up-to-date survey of challenges associated with medication adherence, including presenting preliminary results from recent AMGA-led studies on this topic. This webinar will set the stage for an upcoming workshop to take place at AMGA's 2024 Annual Conference on April 11, 1:30-3:30 P.M. in Orlando, FL, where members and experts in the field will convene to discuss these challenges and collaborate to develop solutions for improving medication adherence. Download the full recording/presentation |
February 15, 2024 | Creating a Virtuous Cycle: Proactive Care Improves Outcomes & Staff Satisfaction Carla Beckerle, DNP, ARPN-BC, Vice President of Clinical Programs, Esse Health Shelley Davis, Vice President of Clinical Strategy, Lightbeam Health Solutions Sponsored by: Lightbeam Health Solutions Provider organizations across the U.S face a conundrum, how can we improve staff satisfaction and reduce burnout while also asking care managers to support larger value-based care patients? Esse Health's leaders will describe how they deployed technology to proactively pinpoint patients needing support which enables its care teams to work at the top of their clinical licenses. With better patient targeting, the care team experienced a predictable and manageable workload averaging 1-2% of patients in their panel which resulted in greater care team satisfaction. Learn how Esse's focus on proactive care led to a virtuous cycle yielding reduced CHF and COPD ED utilization, better chronic disease management, and staff satisfaction. Download the full recording/presentation |
February 13, 2024 | Healthcare Reimbursement, Reinvented Mayank Pant, SVP, Outcome Excellence & Product Innovation, IKS Health Daryn Keeney, Director, Revenue Cycle Management, Galen Medical Group Sponsored by: IKS Health Traditional RCM is too reactive - it addresses issues after they arise. It is labor intensive and often uses outdated technology to automate tasks. What if you had a full-cycle autonomous solution which anticipates and prevents issues before they occur? A preactive process instead of a reactive one - that continuously learns and adapts based on patient behavior, claims data and uses real-time insights to drive the right interventions at the right time. Attend this thought-provoking discussion on how leading health organizations are transforming their reimbursement infrastructure. Download the full recording/presentation |
February 7, 2024 | Bridge to Better Care: The Power of Connectivity in a Value-Based World Nicole Sunder, Director, Health Plan Solutions Jose Galinato, State Director Sponsored by: PointClickCare In this session, the speakers will share examples from other forward-thinking organizations on how data sharing is in place and already making an impact. An analysis of pre and post COVID discharge trends will set the table for the audience to understand why data sharing is at the root of how we all return to normal. |
January 31, 2024 | Personalized Medicine & Genomics: What Your Medical Group Needs to Know Aldo Carmona, MD, Senior Vice President, Clinical Integration, St. Luke's University Health Network Cassie Hajek, MD, FACP, FACMG, Medical Director, Helix Sponsored by: Helix In terms of the neurobiology of OUD, this webinar will define addiction, the risk factors, stages of the addiction cycle and neuroadaptations. We will review the statistics in terms of overdose deaths, rises in the opioid overdoses, health - related quality of life and chronic diseases. Stigma plays a large role in OUD and this webinar will explore how words matter and how the terminology surrounding OUD is evolving. As we move into the treatment landscape, we explore related association recommendations, history of treatments, pharmacology and different types of medications that can be used to treat opioid use disorder. Download the full recording/presentation |
January 17, 2024 | Digital Care Pathway to Improve Management of MDD in Primary Care David Kemp, MD, Medical Director, Behavioral Health I,L Advocate Health Rasha Khatib, PHD, MHS, Research Scientist, Advocate Aurora Research Institute (AARI), Advocate Health Gina M. Schueneman, DO, Vice Chair, Family Medicine, Advocate Health Moderator: Jill Erickson, MPH, RD, Head, Strategic Alliances, Takeda Sponsored by: Takeda Takeda, Lundbeck, and Advocate Health Care (large US ACO), have collaborated to develop digital care pathway comprised of a patient-facing mobile health app, HCP-facing EHR integration and educational resources. The Pathway Platform is aimed at improving patient-provider engagement for patients diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD) and to demonstrate the value of an appropriate MDD clinical care pathway in a high impact health care system. The implementation of the Pathway Platform app in Advocate Health's PCP network increased patient-provider engagement during a MDD episode, demonstrating the feasibility and benefits of using a Mobile Health Platform for MDD management, measurement-based care (MBC), and shared decision-making (SDM) in patients with MDD and potential applicability in other conditions. Download the full recording/presentation |
December 13, 2023 | Importance of Prioritizing & Standardizing the Management of Migraine Jeff Groves, MD, Department Chair, Neurology, Revere Health Vanessa Beard-Ely, PA-C, Department of Neurology, Revere Health Jedidiah Oldham, DO, Department of Family Medicine, Revere Health Sponsored by: Pfizer Hear a peer-to-peer presentation about how Revere Health has approached the lack of consistency in migraine care management. A neurologist, physician assistant and primary care provider discuss the importance of prioritizing migraine management in their health system, the patient journey, and their approach to standardization of care management for patients with migraines. Download the full recording/presentation |
December 6, 2023 | From Burden to Buy-In: Elevating Clinician Engagement in a Value-Based World Dana McCalley, VP of Value-Based Care, Navina R. Emmet Kenney, MD, PhD, Medical Director, Day Medical Center Ronen Gordon, MD, Head of Medical Product, Navina Sponsored by: Navina The goal of value-based care is to deliver better care, and clinicians are at the core of any successful value-based program. Clinical and administrative leadership must make clinician engagement and alignment a top priority when designing value-based initiatives. With the growing administrative burden, increased burnout rates, and staff shortages, it will take more than just financial compensation to keep clinicians motivated and engaged. Hear experts deep dive into the complex world of value-based care through the critical lens of both the clinician and the administrative leadership. They share their proven strategies for maintaining high clinician engagement throughout the value-based journey, setting up your practice for a successful transition, and getting alignment across your organization. This webinar is designed for clinical and administrative leadership in healthcare organizations, regardless of where they are in their value-based journey. Download the full recording/presentation |
November 1, 2023 | 2023 Medical Group Benefits Survey: Data Insights and Talent Strategies Tim Kelly, Managing Director, Group Physician Advisory Services, The Partners Group Elizabeth Siemsen, Director, AMGA Consulting Sponsored by: The Partners Group This insightful webinar delves into the wealth of data extracted from the 2023 Medical Group Benefits Survey conducted in partnership between AMGA and The Partners Group. In this engaging presentation, the speakers not only unveil the latest benchmarking statistics but also explore the foremost challenges faced by medical groups today. Moreover, they uncover innovative strategies employed by leading organizations to not only attract top-tier talent but also retain them effectively. Don't miss this opportunity to gain unparalleled insights that can transform your medical group's approach to talent management. Download the full recording/presentation |
October 31, 2023 | Navigating MA Risk Adjustment Model Changes and Impact: 6 Keys to Success Erin Page, President, Government Value Based Care, Lightbeam Health Solutions Jonathan Smykal, Manager of Quality Metrics, Lightbeam Health Solutions Sponsored by: Lightbeam Health Solutions The healthcare industry is currently experiencing a paradigm shift. HCC Version 28 fundamentally changes how healthcare organizations adjust for risk, and organizations should begin the transition now to be ready for next year. Hear experts from Lightbeam Health Solutions delve into the pivotal CMS HCC v28 model changes, outline the impacts across the entire enterprise, and explore strategies to proactively engage providers at the point of care. Download the full recording/presentation |
October 18, 2023 |
Implementing New RSV Immunizations: Inova Health’s Innovative Approach Immunizing infants for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an important population health initiative. Health systems and medical groups are beginning to work through implementing and operationalizing recent advancements in the RSV prevention space. Learn how Inova Health has been utilizing their learnings from past implementation efforts to overcome challenges and streamlining the use of people, process, and technology. |
October 17, 2023 | Opioid Use Disorder- A Chronic, Treatable Brain Disease Tom Cargiulo, PharmD, Medical Science Liaison, Indivior Sponsored by: Indivior In terms of the neurobiology of opioid use disorder (OUD), this webinar defines addiction, the risk factors, stages of the addiction cycle and neuroadaptations. Learn about the statistics in terms of overdose deaths, rises in the opioid overdoses, health-related quality of life, and chronic diseases. Stigma plays a large role in OUD and this webinar explores how words matter and how the terminology surrounding OUD is evolving. As we move into the treatment landscape, related association recommendations, history of treatments, pharmacology and different types of medications that can be used to treat opioid use disorder are explained. Download the full recording/presentation |
August 23, 2023 |
How Medical Groups with VBC Are Reducing Referral Costs by 45% |
August 8, 2023 |
Improving Immunization Rates: Sanford Health's Team-Based Approach |
July 12, 2023 |
The Benefit of Dexcom G7 with the New Expanded CGM Medicare Coverage to Help Reduce Hypoglycemia Learn more about the impact of hypoglycemia in older adults along with the use of RT-CGM, including its features, benefits and clinical evidence that supported the new Medicare expanded CGM coverage. For older adults with diabetes, Dexcom RT-CGM is clinically proven to reduce hypoglycemia and improve overall glycemic outcomes.1-5 It can also provide valuable information to caregivers and healthcare providers about the individual’s glucose patterns, which can inform treatment decisions. |
June 27, 2023 |
Cracking the Code: How WellSpan is Building a Genomics Strategy for Growth Learn how WellSpan Health has built and implemented an enterprise-wide genomics strategy to accelerate the pathway to providing more targeted care and is transforming patient care by broadening access, digitizing genetic information and accelerating genomic research. |
June 14, 2023 |
How SSM Health Leverages AI Technology to Combat Clinician Burnout Clinician burnout is a significant problem in healthcare. The COVID-19 pandemic and staffing shortages have only exacerbated the problem. Few would argue that future of care delivery exists at the intersection of clinicians and technology. Modern technological capabilities that optimize clinicians time and talent also improve clinical outcomes and patient safety, boost patient satisfaction, and streamline access to care and services. This webinar discusses the challenges of physician burnout and why it is so damaging to providers, patients, and staff, and how they overcome it through AI technology. |
May 17, 2023 |
Preparing for an Evolving Alzheimer’s Treatment Landscape: Patient and Thought Leader Insights Learn real patient perspectives on the current state of dementia prevention, detection, and treatment. Explore key findings from a new cognitive health-focused survey of 1,000 US adults 65+ and their implications for health systems and primary care practices. |
May 3, 2023 |
How Privia NT Reduced Referral Costs by 45% and Improved ACO + MIPS Outcomes Learn about ReferralPoint’s fee-for-service and value-based care strategies that use data and automation to transform patient referrals. Discover how their clients are reducing leakage by 75%, unnecessary costs by 10%, and admin time by more than 50% while enhancing patient satisfaction, all by gaining control and visibility on patient referrals from within their EHR. |
February 22, 2023 |
How Carle Health’s Automated Population Health Workflows Improve Staff Capacity With provider organizations managing larger value-based care populations but with fewer available staff resources, population health leaders are challenged with how to grow care management in a financially sustainable way. Hear Carle Health's process for creating workflows that combine automated technology and staff. These workflows can be easily scaled up or down as patient population sizes change, ensuring patient needs are met and health outcomes are improved. |
Member Spotlight Series
February 29, 2024 |
Spotlight on CDTM: The Clinical Pharmacist’s ROI in a Large Healthcare Organization CDTM expands the role of the clinical pharmacist in a team-based practice. Founded on published data demonstrating the significance of CP-based care on chronic disease management, CDTM in most states allows clinical pharmacist to prescribe for specific disease states to initiate, monitor, modify or discontinue drug therapy. CDTM Clinic in our organization has been established for the clinical pharmacists to manage a variety of conditions including diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, behavioral health diseases, pain, thrombosis, and oncologic conditions. We have successfully incorporated CDTM into a portfolio of all that clinical pharmacists can do at top-of-license, while demonstrating significant contributions to ROI with a hybrid of services provided and clinical outcomes. Download the full recording/presentation |
November 8, 2023 |
Diabetes Partnership: Engaging Patients and Addressing SDOH with Multidisciplinary Teams Engaging vulnerable patient populations can improve health, decrease costs, and ensure healthcare equity. Learn how the Diabetes Health Partnership at Atlantic Medical Group (one of AMGA’s 2023 Acclaim Award finalists) uses a team-based population health model to reduce disparities in care for vulnerable populations by addressing medical and social challenges through diabetes education, social service, community health workers, and pharmacy support. Download the full recording/presentation |
October 12, 2023 |
Novant Health Nourishes: Assessing and Addressing Food Insecurity Through Novant Health Nourishes, multiple teams collaborated to implement a multi-pronged, system-wide food insecurity screening and intervention strategy among their patient population. This session provides key insights, operational best practices and lessons learned from the Novant Health Nourishes program, including:
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July 27, 2023 |
Transforming Access: Leveraging Innovation to Improve the Patient Experience Learn about the journey the System Access Team at Houston Methodist (one of AMGA’s 2023 Acclaim Award finalists) has been on to improve access to care and push boundaries beyond the status quo, using lessons learned in technology and patient experience to shift access strategies for provider scheduling. |
July 20, 2023 |
The Patient Partnership Model - An Intentional Pivot: Reimagining Care Models Learn how Lehigh Valley Physician Group (one of AMGA’s 2023 Acclaim Award finalists) created an innovative model to leverage a regional remote workforce to foster patient-centric care through enhanced personalization, appointment triage, system navigation, and documentation support. |
June 6, 2023 |
Leveraging Technology to Address Health-Related Social Needs at the Point of Care Learn how Minnesota-based Allina Health (one of AMGA’s 2023 Acclaim Award finalists) overcame numerous challenges in screening and referring patients to appropriate community resources in developing its health-related social needs (HRSN) program, including best practices and strategies for supporting their model’s development. |
ValuePathways Series
February 8, 2024 |
Developing a Group Culture in Support of Value-Based Health Care Discover the insights and lessons learned from Samaritan Medical Group’s journey in developing an organizational culture that ensures success in value-based health care, including:
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October 4, 2023 |
Governance, Leadership, and the Road to Value-Based Healthcare Hear an interactive discussion between leaders from Revere Health and Scripps Health to learn:
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July 11, 2023 |
The Road to Value: Let’s Start with the 'Why?' Discover the learnings from Ochsner's journey to value-based care (VBC), including:
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