2025 Annual Conference

Darryl Drevna, MA, Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs; Jamie Miller, MBA, Senior Director, Government Relations; and Lauren Lattany, MPS, Director, Government Relations, AMGA
Moderator: Scott Hines, MD, Chief Quality Officer, Optum Tristate, Chief of Quality and Clinical Standards, Optum Health East, Crystal Run Health – Health Transformation and Healthcare

AMGA’s public policy experts will discuss the legislative and regulatory environment in Washington, DC, post-election, with a special emphasis on AMGA’s efforts to stop the cuts to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. The AMGA team will brief you on the healthcare agenda for Congress, the administration, and regulatory agencies, as well as AMGA’s work to ensure your voices and concerns are heard. 

Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:

• Describe current legislative and regulatory issues that will affect medical groups and participate in AMGA’s legislative activities and outreach

In this session, AMGA’s 2025 Acclaim Award recipient will share the details of their award-winning initiative through which their organization is sustainably and equitably achieving the Quadruple Aim.

Fred Horton, MHA, Managing Principal, AMGA's High-Performing Physician Enterprise Program (HPPE); Kelsi O’Brien, MHSA, Principal AMGA's High-Performing Physician Enterprise Program (HPPE), Richard Green, Senior Vice President, Meritas Health Corporation, Patrick Burton, Senior Vice President, Lightbeam Health Solutions

This case study from a current AMGA learning collaborative presents how a large medical group is utilizing learnings from a comprehensive assessment in order to drive key components of their annual review process with a successful focus on value-based care arrangements. Hear how Meritas Medical Group has improved in the short term using key data points and uses this comprehensive report to measure and guide improvement.   

Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:

• List domains of medical group performance and describe the relevance of each domain

• Articulate performance indicators for productivity, compensation, and staffing

• Describe strategic recommendations that an AMGA member group is adopting to survive and thrive during uncertain times