The AMA Integrated Physicians Practice Section held its interim meeting on Friday, chaired by Thomas Eppes, Jr., MD, Central Virginia Family Physicians. The meeting consisted of a two-part education program focusing on the changing health care business and compensation model.
Part I featured Bruce Hamory, MD, Oliver Wyman; Susan Turney, MD, Marshfield Clinic; and Nayarana Murali, MD, Marshfield Clinic. Part II was presented in cooperation with the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) and featured Tom Dobosenski, AMGA; Rick Bone, MD, Advocate Health Care; and Lisa Blake, MD, Compass IPA.
The IPPS aspires to create a setting for peer-to-peer learning and networking in a variety of breakout sessions and a networking luncheon. Participants engaged in a policy discussion related to items in the House of Delegates handbook.
The IPPS seated a new House Delegate Susan Pike, MD, Baylor/Scott & White; and alternate House Delegate Michael Glenn, MD, Virginia Mason Medical Center.
For the first time, the IPPS featured a program on for members of the House titled, “How to integrate and remain independent.”
