Experts discussed emerging relationships between large employers and integrated practices Nov.7 during the Integrated Physician Practice Section (IPPS) Interim Meeting, held in conjunction with the 2014 AMA Interim Meeting in Dallas.
Still a new AMA section, the AMA-IPPS enjoyed a 40 percent increase in attendance at this meeting.
Lukas Forney of Intel Corporation spoke about how his company’s culture of constant innovation and its goal to have the healthiest workforce on the planet drives innovation in its relationships with physicians and other health care providers. Consequently, Intel has direct contracts with integrated systems across its sites in western states.
Intel’s model focuses on medical neighborhoods with high-performing specialists, in which payment is tied to decreased cost, evidence-based medicine, access to care and patient satisfaction. This program was chaired by David Bronson, MD, of the Cleveland Clinic.
Members of the IPPS Governing Council co-led the break-out sessions with Forney and two other speakers: Michael Glenn, MD, chief medical officer of Virginia Mason Medical Center, and Bill Kramer of the Pacific Business Group on Health.
The afternoon program on engaging physicians in integrated care was presented in collaboration with the American Medical Group Association.
