January/February 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

What’s the Prognosis?

By Fred Horton, M.H.A.
10 trends to watch in 2020

Partners for Life

Featuring Mark Mantei, M.H.S.A., FACHE, and Catherine Field
Vancouver Clinic and Humana join forces to provide better care for their shared Medicare population. 

Once More into the Breach

By Sean Nobles, M.B.A., OSCP
Preserving your practice’s cybersecurity can be a Herculean task. Slay these eight myths about cybersecurity first. 

Cloudy Forecast

By Niko Skievaski
How to create an interoperable app ecosystem

Prisoners of Paperwork

By Charles Stellar
Facing up to true interoperability of healthcare data, payments 

It’s All Too Much

By Corinne Proctor Boudreau
New tools personalize the EHR experience
 

Departments

Publisher’s Comment

The Challenges of Innovation
By Jerry Penso, M.D., M.B.A.
AMGA opens the floor for members’ innovation stories

In Washington

2020 Vision
By Sarah Skirmont and Christina Lavoie, J.D.
Legislative priorities on Capitol Hill in the next year

Industry Insights

The Wrong Side of the Meds
Paying for prescriptions drugs hard to swallow

Foundation Cornerstone

Closing the Book on 2019
Thank you for a banner year

Thought Leader

Resistance to Change: Don’t Take It Personally
An interview with Privia Medical Group – North Texas CEO Larry Tatum, M.D.