September 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

Trends

Please Don’t Squeeze the Profits
By AMGA Consulting
AMGA 2019 Compensation and Productivity Survey results

 
Operations

Top Down
By Paul Essleman
Physician leaders of the future: updated titles for tomorrow’s change-makers

Operations

Balancing Act
By Elizabeth Ripley, M.D., M.S., RAC, Darrell Griffith, Thomas Yackel, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., M.B.A., and Peter Buckley, M.D.
Key themes in developing clinical faculty compensation

Operations

The ‘H’ of the Storm
By Mike Hilleary
Disaster preparation for healthcare organizations

Case Study

Meet the New Carrot
Featuring Kevin Gebke, M.D.
Reexamining incentives for primary care

Tech Talk

Healing the Bottom Line
By Samantha Meyer
Integrated revenue cycle management is key to sustaining success

Voices

Waiting By the Phone
By Steven L. Delaveris, D.O.
The future of health care called—we didn’t answer

Trends

About That Claim…
By Kristine Burnaska, Ph.D.
Despite declining volumes, cost savings opportunity remains strong
 

Departments

Publisher’s Comment

Benchmarking Success
By Jerry Penso, M.D., M.B.A.
AMGA conducts multiple surveys that enable members to benchmark and improve

In Washington

A Red Tapectomy
By Emma Achola
Reducing regulatory burden on providers and the healthcare system

Industry Insights

Focus on Operations
New finance and operations survey identifies trends in the move to value

Foundation Cornerstone

Partners for Life
Medical groups join forces for a healthier America