September/October 2023

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

Primary Colors
By Elizabeth Siemsen; Fred Horton, MHA; and Mike Coppola, MBA 
The latest trends in provider compensation and productivity from the AMGA 2023 Medical Group Compensation and Productivity Survey

Trends

An Inside Look at Compensation
By Kevin McCune, MD
What pay-for-performance can teach us about VBC 

Case Study

Living on Tulsa Time
2023 Acclaim Award Honoree Utica Park Clinic improves health equity for marginalized communities

Trends

Performing with a Net
By T.J. Redington, MD, MBA, FACP 
With the pivot from fee-for-service to fee-for-value underway, hospitals must learn how to accept risk-based contracts 

Best Practices

Shut the Revolving Door 
By Akanksha Karwar, MPH 
Three keys to improve patient outcomes and how major hospitals are driving results 

Trends

When a Diagnosis Becomes an Odyssey 
By Andy Szczotka, PharmD
Improving access to new gene therapies and therapeutic options for potential cures

Departments

Publisher’s Comment

Primary Care Compensation: On the Rise
By Jerry Penso, MD, MBA
Positive trends from the AMGA 2023 Medical Group Compensation and Productivity Survey 

In Washington

Hill Seekers
By Jamie Miller, MBA
AMGA’s 16th Annual Capitol Hill Day

Industry Insights

Under Pressure
By Alicia Rooney, MPH, MSW; Jeff Mohl, PhD; and Elizabeth L. Ciemins, PhD, MPH, MA
A qualitative look at resistant hypertension

Foundation Cornerstone

Foundation Cornerstone
Top Table
Save the date for our Fall Chronic Care Roundtable