AMGA’s Board of Directors has approved its 2019 Executive Committee and appointed 4 new members to its 11-member Board. Appointments are effective on January 1, 2019.
“AMGA’s Board represents the nation’s highest-performing medical groups and integrated systems of care, who understand how optimizing care delivery improves patient outcomes and supports a value-based care system,” said Jerry Penso, M.D., M.B.A. AMGA President and Chief Executive Officer. “Their expertise will be instrumental to AMGA in its mission to help members improve population health, lower costs and improve care quality.”
Christopher J. Sclafani, PE, M.B.A., Chief Operating Officer of CareMount Medical, P.C., will serve as AMGA’s Board Chair in 2019. A renowned workforce development strategist and innovator, Sclafani has been actively involved with AMGA for well over a decade. He succeeds Ashok Rai, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Prevea Health, who will remain on the Board’s Executive Committee as Immediate Past Chair.
“The U.S. healthcare system is going through a major transformation, and it’s during times like these that organizations such as my own look to AMGA for advocacy, best-practices and peer-to-peer learning,” Sclafani said. “I am honored to serve alongside a group as accomplished as AMGA’s Board to enhance the organization’s value to members and advance high-performance health.”
AMGA Board appointments, including its Executive Committee, represent the breadth and diversity of AMGA’s membership. The full 2019 Executive Committee includes:
Christopher J. Sclafani, PE, M.B.A. (Chair)
Chief Operating Officer,
CareMount Medical, P.C.
Grace Emerson Terrell, M.D., M.M.M., FACP, FACPE (Chair-Elect)
Chief Executive Officer,
Envision Genomics
General Internist,
Wake Forest Baptist Healthcare Cornerstone Internal Medicine
Aric Sharp, M.H.A., CMPE, FACHE (Secretary)
Managing Director, Enterprise and Government Ventures,
UnityPoint Health
Tim Weir, M.H.A., M.B.A., FACHE (Treasurer)
Chief Executive Officer,
Olmsted Medical Center
Stephen Jones, M.D. (At Large Member)
Chief Executive Officer,
Inova Health System
Ashok Rai, M.D. (Immediate Past Chair)
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Prevea Health
Jerry Penso, M.D., M.B.A. (AMGA President and Chief Executive Officer)
President and Chief Executive Officer,
AMGA
The new Board appointments for 2019 are:
Carol Brockmiller, CMPE
Chief Executive Officer,
Quincy Medical Group
Richard S. Isaacs, M.D., FACS
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director,
The Permanente Medical Group, Inc.
President and Chief Executive Officer,
The Mid‐Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, P.C. Kaiser Permanente
Kim Sherbrooke, M.H.A., FACMPE
Vice President,
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Chief Operating Officer,
Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians
Mary Jo Williamson
Vice President, Clinic Administration
Mayo Clinic Health System
Seven individuals will continue their Board service in 2019:
Beth Averbeck, M.D.
Senior Medical Director, Primary Care
HealthPartners Medical Group
Mark Briesacher, M.D.
Senior Vice President, Chief Physician Executive,
Intermountain Healthcare
President,
Intermountain Medical Group
Mark DeRubeis, M.B.A.
Chief Executive Officer,
Premier Medical Associates
Scott Hines, M.D.
Chief Quality Officer and Medical Director,
Crystal Run Healthcare
John E. Jenrette, M.D.
Executive Vice President,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Network
Larry Tatum, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer,
Privia Medical Group North Texas
Karen Weiner, M.D, M.M.M., CPE
Chief Executive Officer,
Oregon Medical Group
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About AMGA
AMGA is a trade association leading the transformation of health care in America. Representing multispecialty medical groups and integrated systems of care, we advocate, educate, innovate, and empower our members to deliver the next level of high-performance health. AMGA is the national voice promoting awareness of our members’ recognized excellence in the delivery of coordinated, high quality, high-value care. More than 175,000 physicians practice in our member organizations, delivering care to one in three Americans. For more information, visit amga.org