HomeWhat's New TransforMED and MGMA Join Forces to Educate Primary Care Physician Leaders on Components of the Patient Centered Medical Home

TransforMED and MGMA Join Forces to Educate Primary Care Physician Leaders on Components of the Patient Centered Medical Home

07/24/2009

TransforMED, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), an association committed to continually improving the performance of medical group practice professionals, will host their first National Conference together on the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) at the Fort Worth Hilton in Fort Worth, Texas from November 12-14, 2009. 

The conference, jointly led by prominent PCMH experts from TransforMED and MGMA, will help educate physicians, administrators and practice leaders on the essential components of PCMH and the reasons why PCMH is important to primary care practices. 

"This is a conference of national importance with the leader in medical practice management and the leader in patient centered medical home and practice transformation partnering to provide a one of a kind conference," said Terry McGeeney, CEO and President of TransforMED. "It's also a valuable step for physician leaders to gain the critical knowledge they need to transform to a PCMH and become a high-performing primary care practice," said McGeeney.

Primary care practice leaders will also benefit from hearing first hand from others' experiences as they begin to examine the barriers and challenges associated with implementing the patient-centered medical home.

Other areas of interest:

• How to relate the PCMH to the emerging changes in the health care system in your practice
• Ways to identify patient engagement strategies to optimize self management abilities
• How to maximize your financial viability by learning how to improve your practice's financial performance
• Opportunities to improve the operational efficiencies of your team
• How to manage the change process and sustain the transformation

Physicians, Administrators, and Primary Care Practice leaders who are interested in further education on areas such as access to care, practice based team care, quality and safety, care management, and health information technology should visit www.mgma.com/pcmh for complete details including speakers and registration information. 

About MGMA
MGMA is the premier membership association for professional administrators and leaders of medical group practices. Since 1926, MGMA has delivered networking, professional education and resources, and political advocacy for medical practice management.  Today, MGMA's 22,500 members lead 13,700 organizations nationwide in which some 275,000 physicians provide more than 40 percent of the health care services delivered in the United States. MGMA's mission is to continually improve the performance of medical group practice professionals and the organizations they represent. MGMA promotes the group practice model as the optimal framework for health care delivery, assisting group practices in providing efficient, safe, patient-focused and affordable care. MGMA is headquartered in Englewood, Colo., and maintains a government affairs office in Washington, D.C.

About TransforMED

The Leawood, Kan.-based TransforMED LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Established in 2005, TransforMED provides ongoing consultation and support to physicians looking to transform their practices to a new model of care that is based on the concept of a patient-centered medical home. TransforMED is an active member of primary care communities and recognizes and supports the unique value that primary care offers to patients and the health care system. TransforMED shares and supports the idealism and altruism of primary care physicians and the strong commitment to their communities and patients through continuing patient relationships and independent decision making. TransforMED offers practices both products and services, including consultation and advice on implementing the patient centered medical home model. To learn more about TransforMED, visit www.transformed.com.