2026 Spring Conference - Attendee

  • 04/15/2026
  • 8:00 AM
  • 04/17/2026
  • 12:00 PM
  • Marriott Chattanooga Downtown
  • 97

Registration

  • Must be a medical practice executive, administrator or manager and an Active member of MGMA
  • First 10 Mid-South MGMA members to register
  • Must be a medical practice executive, administrator, or manager
  • First time attending a TMGMA conference and a medical practice executive, administrator, or manager in TN
  • Must be a medical practice executive, administrator, or manager

Register


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Conference Location

Marriott Chattanooga Downtown, 2 Carter Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402. Book your group rate for Tennessee Medical Group Management Association.

Registration Fees
Active Member - $350
Non-member - $550 (practice executive, administrator or manager)

CONFERENCE AGENDA

Wednesday, April 15th

8:00-5:00pm Registration Open for Attendees & Business Partners

8:00-4:00pm                      
Practice University Bootcamp presented by SVMIC
Jackie Boswell, Michael Cash, Stephen Dickens, Rana McSpadden,
Gretchen Napier, Sheri Smith & Laura Watkins

1:00-4:00pm 
ACMPE Workshop
– Karen Bowman & Michelle Mainord

Driving Collaboration in Healthcare: Executive Roundtable Maddox Casey, Tim Dykema & Cal Marshall; Moderator: Eric Gibson

4:00-5:00pm Opening Reception & Networking with Business Partners

5:00-6:00pm General Session: Temperaments & Teamwork - Tracy Spears

6:00-9:00pm  TMGMA Family Game Night

Thursday, April 16th  

7:30-8:30am Breakfast with Business Partners

7:30-8:30am First Time Attendee Breakfast

8:30-8:45am  State Legislative Update – Jon Ewing

8:45-9:45am General Session: Sweet Data o’Mine: Where Do We Go? A Safe Space to Learn the Foundations of Data Driven Decisions – Francee Preston

9:45-10:30am Networking Break with Business Partners

10:30-11:30am Breakout Sessions

Create the Most Dynamic & Diversified Team – Mitzi Kent
Proactive RCM – Kristin Orlick
Independent Practice Round Table – Maddox Casey

11:30-12:30pm Lunch with Business Partners & TMGMA Award Presentation

12:45-1:45pm  Breakout Sessions

Kids in America, Adults in the Office: Bridging Generational Communication – Francee Preston 
Signs and Symptoms of Physician Illness and Impairment – Michael Baron 
Holding Insurers Accountable – Wayzen Lin

2:00-3:00pm Breakout Sessions

Leading Through Crisis – Jeff McPherson 
The Patient Journey: Modern Marketing for Medical Practices – Gavin Baker 
Responding to Ransomware and Cyber Incidents: A Practice Playbook for Medical Practices – Tommy Rainbolt

3:00-3:45pm  Dessert Break with Business Partners

3:45-4:45pm  General Session: Sweat the Small Stuff: Why Attention to Detail Helps You Create a Corporate of Culture that Rocks – Lisa Ryan

5:30-8:00pm  Dinner and Comedian Kelly Swanson

8:00-10:00pm  I the 80’s Glo Party

Friday, April 17th   

7:30-8:30am  Breakfast with Business Partners

8:30-9:00am Final Networking Break and Door prize Giveaways with Business Partners

9:00-10:00am  General Session: HR Hot Topics in Today’s Medical Practice – Emily Mack

10:30-11:30am  General Session: Stay Alive All Your Life - Harnessing the Extraordinary Power of Purpose - Michael Ivanov

11:30      Closing Remarks & Grand Prize Giveaway

OUR GOAL

To develop and equip our members to create dynamic, successful medical group practices.

OUR VISION

To be the recognized leader in defining and supporting the profession of medical practice management in Tennessee.

CONTACT US

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Birmingham, AL 35238
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205-616-5938


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