March 2019
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
Operations
A Stranger Comes to Town
By Peter Kalina, M.D., M.B.A., FACR
Leadership, culture, and organizational change in health care
Case Study
Pressure Relief
Featuring John Cuddeback, M.D., Ph.D.; Jill Powelson, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., M.B.A., R.N., CPC; Jennifer Obenrader, Pharm.D., CDE; Frank Colangelo, M.D., M.S.-HQS, FACP; and Rose Peacock, B.A.
Quality improvement and the Together 2 Goal® bundle
Case Study
Empowered by Data
By Andrea Cichra
Enterprise data warehouse is key to clinic’s MSSP success
Tech Talk
Auto Pilot
By Rick Halton
Cut costs using care traffic control
Trends
Scoring Position
By Gene Rondenet and Lucy Zielinski
Patient risk scores: the key to value-based payment
Case Study
Everything in Its Place
By Justine Vieu
How 5S organizing and custom standardization transformed our practice
Departments
Publisher’s Comment
Roadmap to Value
By Jerry Penso, M.D., M.B.A.
Looking to Congress to help us successfully transition to value-based care
In Washington
The Legislative Labyrinth
By James J. Miller, M.B.A.
AMGA’s 2019 priorities and recommendations to Congress
Industry Insights
Bridging the Gaps
From diabetes screening to diagnosis to treatment
Foundation Cornerstone
The Right Track
Donor Spotlight: Boehringer Ingelheim’s Elisabeth Whalen
Thought Leader
It Takes a Team
An interview with Olmsted Medical Center’s Tim Weir