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Thrive as healthcare changes Enhance your network, knowledge and skills with MMGMA Join more than 500 of your clinic management colleagues, from supervisors to CEOs, in one of the nation's largest and most active state professional associations. As part of Minnesota Medical Group Management Association (MMGMA), enjoy: Meet new friends and colleagues. Visit www.mmgma.org and join today! • legislative representation • professional and personal development • job board • salary survey information • committees ranging from government affairs to education to communication and more This year's MMGMA President, Sandra Rutherford, Chief Operating Officer, Kaleidoscope (left), is shown with Mary Brainerd, CEO, HealthPartners (center), and Darla Morris- Preble, Chief Administrative Officer, Center for Reproductive Medicine, and immediate past president of MMGMA. Douglas Wood, MD, Medical Director, Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation, spoke on "Trends in Health Care and Implications for the Future: A View from the Mayo Clinic." On Wednesday, Mar y Brainerd, Chief Executive Oƒcer, HealthPartners, was the keynote speaker, sharing her thoughts on "The Future of Hea lth Care in Minnesota and Beyond." At tendees a lso hea rd from Tim Johnson, Ju lia Rei la nd and Jesse Berg from Gray Plant Mooty on "Land of 10,000 Barriers: Tips and Tools for Exchanging Hea lth Information in Minnesota." Brea kout sessions that a f ternoon focused on a "Qua lity Payment Program" and "Malpractice Risks in the New Health Care World." Closing the day was Joanne Stadnik, Executive Director, North Clinic, asking attendees, "The Thrill is Gone … Or is It?" Founded in 1951, the MMGM A is one of the largest state associations in the United States, o™ering advocacy, education, information and representation to its membership. Members include medica l practice executives throughout Minnesota. The MMGMA's mission is to enable medical practice execu- tives and their organizations to recognize and improve the hea lth status of the communit y of patients they ser ve by promoting and delivering the physician/administrative team approach to health care and medical group management. The MMGMA also focuses on enhancing a member's professional role, knowledge and skills. T he MMGM A's Summer Conference is scheduled from July 26 to 28 at Breezy Point Resort in Pequot Lakes, Minn. For more information on the MMGMA , including additional photos from the Winter Conference, or to join the organization, visit mmgma.org. ■ M D N E W S .C O M /// M D N E W S M I N N E S O TA ■ 2 017 1 5

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