Thought Leaders 
Leaders from AMGA, member groups, and industry stakeholders offer their perspectives on the most pressing issues in health care.
Topics: Digital Health | Leadership | Operations and Finance | Population Health | Value-Based Care | Workforce Issues
Digital Health
AMGA Member |
Bots of Gold: Using AI to Reach Marginalized Communities Marijka Grey, MD, MBA, FACP, and Brisa Urquieta de Hernandez, PhD |
AMGA Member |
Are You Ready for the Digital Darkness? Nassar Nizami, M.B.A., Oren Guttman, M.D., M.B.A., and Jonathan Gleason, M.D. |
AMGA Member |
Game Changer: Virtual Transformation Daniel Passerman, D.O., |
AMGA Member |
Making the Rounds: Jane Weldon on Telehealth 2.0 Jane Weldon, |
AMGA Member |
Making the Rounds: Jane Weldon on Telehealth’s Role in Serving the Community Jane Weldon, |
AMGA Member |
Julia Garbee, Karen Patel, RN, M.S.N., |
AMGA Member |
Making the Rounds: Dr. Larry Tatum on Telehealth Larry Tatum, M.D., |
Industry Voice |
Peter Diamandis, M.D., |
Leadership
AMGA Member |
Tim Weir, M.H.A., M.B.A., FACHE |
AMGA Member |
Making the Rounds: Linda Gifford on Women in Leadership Linda Gifford |
AMGA Member |
Some Assembly Required: Growing Leaders, Building Culture Kelly Derbin, M.D., M.S.Ed., and Suzanne Golden-Riley, M.B.A., |
AMGA Member |
Resistance to Change: Don’t Take It Personally Larry Tatum, M.D., |
AMGA Member |
Stephen Jones, M.D. |
AMGA Member |
Finding Optimism in Times of Crisis Tim Weir, M.H.A., M.B.A., FACHE, |
Operations and Finance
AMGA Leader |
Elizabeth Siemsen; Fred Horton, MHA; and Mike Coppola, MBA |
AMGA Leader |
The Rules of the Code: Hospital-Based E/M Codes in 2023 Kelsi O’Brien, MHSA |
AMGA Member |
Growth Spurt: Comprehensive Operational and Financial Gap Analysis Assessment Melinda Cannon and Wendi Fish, |
AMGA Leader |
Rose Wagner, RN, M.H.S., FACMPE, |
Population Health
AMGA Leader |
Pain Points: Identifying Chronic Opioid Abuse at the Point of Care Jeff Mohl, PhD, and Elizabeth L. Ciemins, PhD, MPH, MA |
AMGA Leader |
Closing the Gap: Health Equity Challenges and Solutions for Managing COVID-19 Vaccinations Elizabeth Ruvalcaba, MSPH; Alicia Rooney, MPH, MSW; and Elizabeth L. Ciemins, PhD, MPH, MA |
AMGA Member |
Bots of Gold: Using AI to Reach Marginalized Communities Marijka Grey, MD, MBA, FACP, and Brisa Urquieta de Hernandez, PhD |
AMGA Member |
Keith A. “Tony” Jones, MD |
AMGA Member |
Population Health and Measurement Katherine Flynn Henry, JD |
AMGA Member |
Elizabeth M. Stambaugh, MD, MMM |
AMGA Member |
Making the Rounds: Frank Colangelo on Addressing Equity in Adult Immunizations Frank Colangelo, M.D., FACP, M.S.-HQS |
AMGA Member |
Making the Rounds: Linda Gifford on Health Equity Linda Gifford |
AMGA Member |
Making the Rounds: Frank Colangelo on Improving Adult Immunizations Frank Colangelo, M.D., FACP, M.S.-HQS |
AMGA Member |
Making the Rounds: Dr. Beth Averbeck on Population Health Beth Averbeck, M.D., |
AMGA Leader |
Elizabeth Ciemins, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.A., |
AMGA Member |
Breaking Barriers: Addressing Care Disparities Lydia Cook, M.D., |
AMGA Member |
Be It Ever So Humble: Advanced Care at Home Mary Jo Williamson, |
AMGA Member |
Food for Thought: Addressing Food Insecurity Susan Hawkins, M.B.A., FACHE, |
Industry Voice |
Toyin Ajayi, M.D., |
Value-Based Care
AMGA Leader |
Time to Reboot: Progress on the Journey to Value Kevin McCune, MD |
AMGA Member |
On the Whole: Joining Operational and Clinical Lenses in a Value-Based World Stacy Brummel, RN, MBA, and Kevin McCune, MD |
AMGA Leader |
An Inside Look at Compensation: What Pay-for-Performance Can Teach Us about VBC Kevin McCune, MD and Fred Horton, MHA |
AMGA Member |
Value on the Bayou: Strategies for Population Health and VBC Philip M. Oravetz, MD, MPH, MBA |
AMGA Member |
Francis Colangelo, MD, FACP, MS-HQS, and Mark DeRubeis, MBA |
AMGA Member |
By Kevin McCune, MD, and Scott Barlow |
AMGA Member |
Challenges of Value-Based Care Scott D. Barlow, MBA |
AMGA Member |
Jacob J. Bast |
AMGA Leader |
Increasing the Speed of the Move to Value Jerry Penso, MD, MBA |
AMGA Member |
Karyn Springer, MD, William Daines, MD, and Dave Henriksen, MHA, |
AMGA Leader |
Kevin McCune, MD |
AMGA Member |
Imelda Dacones, MD |
AMGA Member |
Health Equity: Work Worth Doing Deanna Minus-Vincent, MPA |
AMGA Leader |
Kevin McCune, M.D. |
AMGA Leader |
Comprehensive Compensation Redesign in a Value-Based World Fred Horton, M.H.A., |
AMGA Leader |
Will the Move to Value Accelerate the Move to Health Equity? Jerry Penso, M.D., M.B.A., |
AMGA Member |
Reversing the Hub-and-Spoke: New Models in Value-Based Care for Rural Practices Scott Fowler, M.D., FACOG, |
Workforce Issues
AMGA Member |
Standard Issues: Don’t Let Gender Be the Measure of Success Elisabeth Stambaugh, MD, MMM; Keren Rosenblum, MD, FACOG; and Keith (Tony) Jones, MD |
AMGA Leader |
Fill in the Blanks: Trends in Clinic Staffing Elizabeth Siemsen and Mike Coppola, MBA |
AMGA Member |
Keith Fernandez, MD |
AMGA Leader |
A Cure for Retention Deficit Disorder Fred Horton, M.H.A., |
AMGA Leader |
Fred Horton, M.H.A. |
AMGA Member |
Michael Michetti, Esq., |
AMGA Member |
Joanne Mather Conroy, M.D., |
AMGA Member |
Making the Rounds: Dr. Larry Tatum on Workforce Challenges Affecting Medical Groups Larry Tatum, M.D., |
AMGA Leader |
The Calculus of Addition: Adding APPs Rose Wagner, RN, M.H.S., FACMPE, |
AMGA Leader |
To Fill a Seat: Recruiting a Diverse Talent Pool Rose Wagner, RN, M.H.S., FACMPE, |
AMGA Leader |
Going for the Gold: 5 Steps to Finding the Right Executive for Your Medical Group Rose Wagner, RN, M.H.S., FACMPE, |
