September/October 2020

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

Resilience in the Shadow of the Pandemic
By Fred Horton, M.H.A., Elizabeth Siemsen, and Wayne Hartley, M.H.A.
AMGA 2020 Medical Group Compensation and Productivity Survey results
 

Trends

Can We Get There from Here?
By Shanah Tirado, M B.A., M.P.A., and Andrew Snyder, M.D.
Compensation models and the pandemic crisis
 

Best Practices

Some Assembly Required
Featuring Kelly Derbin, M.D., M.S.Ed., and Suzanne Golden-Riley, M.B.A.
Growing leaders and building culture from the ground up
 

Best Practices

The New Private Practice
By John D. Fanburg, Esq.
Attractive option for groups seeking to monetize their practices
 

Best Practices

Uncrossed Wires
By April Ward
Integrating communications across all patient settings in value-based care
 

Case Study

Not an Afterthought
By Richard P. Morel, M.D., M.M.M., FACP
High-quality, post-acute network reduces costs and adds revenue

Best Practices

The Fourth Aim
By Peter Kalina, M.D., M.B.A., FACR
Physically and emotionally healthy providers

Departments

Publisher’s Comment

COVID-19 Calls for Change
By Jerry Penso, M.D., M.B.A.
AMGA takes the lead as we reinvent how health care is delivered and financed
 

In Washington

Still Loading
By Emma Achola
Updates to clinician payment policies: CY 2021 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule
 

Foundation Cornerstone

A Critical Time
Chronic disease care during the pandemic
 

Thought Leaders

Leading During and After a Pandemic
By Scott Nygaard, M.D., M.B.A., and Venkat L. Prasad, M.D., M.B.A., M.H.A., CPE, FAAFP
Reflective questions for healthcare leaders confronting COVID-19