Published: June 22, 2010
Meetings on Groundbreaking Delivery System Reform Draws Medical Group Leaders in Salt Lake City
AMGA Nationwide Series of Successful Meetings on Groundbreaking Delivery System Reform Draws Medical Group Leaders in Salt Lake City
Meetings Feature "Real-World" Examples on How to Develop and Maintain Accountable Care Organizations
Newswise - The American Medical Group Association announced that the most recent in a series of regional meetings focused on accountable care organizations (ACOs), hosted by Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City, Utah, continued to build on the success of previous meetings in the series. The meetings are drawing healthcare leaders together to network in an intimate setting and to learn from leading medical groups and organized systems of care that are exemplars of the ACO model. AMGA and its members developed the ACO model based on the experiences of its members in the CMS Physician Group Practice Demonstration and the practice patterns of high-performing healthcare organizations.
"We're pleased that these meetings continue to strike a chord with healthcare leaders who see the patient care benefits of the ACO model," said Donald Fisher, Ph.D., CAE, President and CEO. "Our members are and will continue to be the unquestioned leaders in the ACO movement. AMGA is uniquely positioned to provide a framework for this necessary evolution in delivery system change. AMGA members are the foremost high-performing, healthcare delivery systems in the nation and their experiences will inform and enlighten other organizations as they embark on their own journey."
For many years, AMGA has pushed for reform efforts that foster the creation of community-based entities accountable for comprehensive healthcare servicesâ€
referred to as ACOs in the newly passed healthcare legislationâ€that promote accountability and build on the practice patterns of high-performing organizations. It provided guidance to congressional leaders on the appropriate language regarding ACOs and lobbied aggressively for its inclusion. As part of its continuing efforts, the association is hosting a series of meetings in 2010 that bring together the leaders of healthcare delivery systems to educate medical group leaders on how to develop, operate, and maintain high-performing ACOs. The meetings focus on physician-led, patient-centered ACOs and go beyond the theoretical by bringing together actual case studies presented by the medical group leaders with firsthand experience in providing accountable care to their patients. They will culminate in the fall at AMGA's Institute for Quality Leadership, subtitled the "AMGA National Summit on ACOs."
The previous meetings in the series took place in California and North Carolina on April 22-23, in Ohio on May 6-7, in Texas on May 13-14, and in Washington on June 4. The most recent meeting, hosted by Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City, Utah, took place June 17-18 and featured presentations by Billings Clinic, Intermountain Healthcare, and University of Utah Community Clinics, as well as expanded discussion and networking sessions. Groups in attendance included ABQ Health Partners, Central Utah Clinic, Centura Health, Colorado Springs Health Partners, District Medical Group, Front Range Center for Brain & Spine Surgery, Hannibal Clinic, Idaho Physicians Network, The Iowa Clinic. Lovelace Health Plan, Memorial Health System, Mountain View Medical Group, Neurological Associates, New Mexico Heart Institute, North Bend Medical Center, Ogden Clinic, Physician Health Partners, Poudre Valley Medical Group, Southwest Medical Associates, and Urology Center of the Rockies. Also in attendance were representatives from HealthInsight and Humedica. The meeting was supported by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and CodeRyte.
Future meetings in the series are listed below. For more information, visit www.amga.org. Please note that, due to space limitations, participation is limited to provider organizations (i.e., medical groups, integrated delivery systems, PHOs, hospitals, etc.) and the industry partner organization(s) sponsoring that particular meeting.
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In addition to the regional meetings and the national summit, AMGA is convening two collaboratives focused on ACO development: a Development Collaborative and an Implementation Collaborative. The collaboratives will offer access to content experts and provide a forum in which peer organizations can learn from one another as they begin to build and refine business and care processes to develop high-quality, efficient, and sustainable systems of care that provide high-value care to their patients and communities. For more information, visit www.amga.org.
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