Quality BY AMY LYNN SORREL
Creating leaders
TMA’S ACCOUNTABLE CARE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM GRADUATES ITS FIRST CLASS
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TMA’s Accountable Care Leadership Program helped Dallas fellow Jessica Nguyen- Trong, MD, get up to speed on new business models and value-based care concepts not commonly taught in medical school. She says her newfound skills maker her “a stronger patient advocate knowing I have the ability to institute changes in my own organiza- tion to allow me to deliver better care to my patients.”
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hysicians say health care transformation should be led by the very ones who
are delivering the care: physicians. A group of doctors from all around the state are prepared to walk the talk this month as inaugural gradu- ates from the Texas Medical Asso- ciation’s Accountable Care Leader- ship Program. Participants in the 10-month certificate program get schooled in topics like communication skills, teamwork, and population health management, meant to help physi- cians adapt in a rapidly changing environment that demands more accountability and proof of value for the health care dollar. Already, payers are taking notice, with Unit- edHealthcare the first on board to sponsor the TMA course with a fi- nancial grant. The course is not meant for physicians looking for a formal,
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