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2025 Annual Conference

      2025 Annual Conference

      Gaylord Texan | Grapevine, TX
      March 26-29, 2025
      2025 Annual Conference

      Keynotes and General Sessions

      This year's featured speakers will discuss the value of the physician enterprise, developing a strong culture, and understanding your objectives to pave the way to success.

      Opening General Session Beyond Resilience: A New Path to a Strong Culture

      Friday, March 28 | 8:00 am – 9:30 am

      Daniel H. Pink New York Times bestselling author, The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward, and contributing editor at Fast Company and Wired

      In this provocative and practical presentation, #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Pink will draw on an unprecedented two-year study of our most misunderstood emotion: regret. He will show that ignoring or rejecting regrets is a colossal mistake. Instead, confronting regrets systematically can deliver an array of organizational benefits. It can sharpen leaders’ decisions, speed learning and development, and boost individual and team performance.  In particular, he will show how the four core regrets shared by people around world contain the seeds of a reimagined and more powerful corporate culture. By understanding what people regret the most, we can learn what they value the most—and that can help organizations of every kind attract top talent, deepen employee engagement, and strengthen loyalty and commitment.   


      The Dr. Scott Hayworth and the Honorable Dr. Nan Hayworth Lecture

      Navigating the Future: The Value of the Physician Enterprise

      Saturday, March 29 | 8:30 am – 10:30 am

      Maria Ansari, MD, CEO and Executive Director, The Permanente Medical Group, Co-CEO, The Permanente Federation

      Tomislav Mihaljevic, MD, Chief Executive Officer and President and Morton L. Mandel CEO Chair of the Cleveland Clinic Health System

      Wright Lassiter III, MHA, Chief Executive Officer, CommonSpirit

      J. Stephen Jones, MD, FACS, CEO, Inova Health System, and Immediate Past Chair of the Board, AMGA

      In the past decade, the percent of physicians practices owned by hospital and health systems has nearly tripled, now standing at almost 60%. Yet, many health systems struggle to maximize the value from this substantial investment. Health systems with employed physician enterprises/medical groups face a unique set of challenges and opportunities. This panel of prominent CEOs will highlight the critical issues impacting care delivery today from the integrated health system perspective, including financial sustainability, leadership and governance, AI and technology, value-based care, workforce shortages, culture and more. Through this engaging discussion, participants will gain valuable insights into overcoming current obstacles while capitalizing on emerging solutions to deliver high-quality, sustainable healthcare. Immediately following this panel, attendees will move into peer discussion groups based on organization type and size to further strategize with each other on how to tackle the most pressing challenges.

      Closing General Session Conquering Life’s Stage Fright

      Saturday, March 29 | 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

      Mark Schulman, Author of Conquering Stage Fright and Attitude Equation, World Renowned Drummer for P!NK, Cher, and Velvet Revolver

      Through engaging stories, compelling drum performances, and interactive processes, Mark Schulman will guide you in transforming fear into confidence—whether you're navigating a crisis or celebrating success. In this inspiring session, Mark breaks down performance into three powerful steps: Clarity, Capability, and Confidence. Discover how these universal concepts can propel you and your team to new heights. Mark shares his own journey, including a pivotal moment from his early career that taught him the importance of clarity in goal setting. He illustrates how understanding your objectives can help you identify the skills needed to achieve them, cutting through ambiguity to pave the way for success.

      Register Today!

      Join us at AC25 for peer-to-peer learning and networking with other medical group and health system executives from across the country.