AMGA 2014 Annual Conference - Grapevine, TX
 
Pre-Conference Immersion Session:
Exploring High-Performing Health Systems
IQL Semi-Annual Meeting

Thursday, April 3, 2014

1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.

Welcome and Introductions

Jerry Penso, MD, Chief Medical and Quality Officer, American Medical Group Association

1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Pragmatism in a Time of Revolution

Jeffry James, Chief Executive Officer, Wilmington Health

The effort to achieve the definition of HPHS has required such an amount of change that it can only be adequately described as comprehensive, multifaceted, wholesale organizational transformation.  Compounding the issues during this time of chaotic, knowledge based learning is the forced practicality of change for our resource challenged independent, multispecialty group practice.

2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Engendering Medical Group Evolution

Bernadette Loftus, MD, Associate Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, PC

3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Refreshment Break

3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Embracing Patient-Centered Reforms Ahead of Payment Reform

Avrim R. Eden, MD, MBA, Medical Director, Quality and Utilization, Summit Medical Group

Presenter will show how a for-profit multispecialty medical group in a state among the slowest to adopt healthcare reform can embrace patient-centered reforms to become a high-performing health system with outcomes and cost savings similar to those of large integrated healthcare systems in states at the forefront of healthcare reform.

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Expanded Panel Discussion

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall