Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to identify key turnover benchmarks and retention trends as highlighted by the Cejka Search and AMGA 2010 Physician Retention Survey; describe how to favorably position and build their primary care model in an era of healthcare reform, physician shortages, intense competition, and generational shifts; implement techniques that will provide a competitive advantage in successfully recruiting and retain primary care physicians and advanced practitioners; and evaluate the incentives, compensation models, and practice structures that can are the pillars of a sustainable primary care enterprise.

Dr. Oravetz is Chief Medical Officer of Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Mills-Peninsula Division, where he is responsible for all medical management initiatives at MPMG and represents MPMG's clinical initiatives in the Sutter system, and throughout the state of California. He has been instrumental in developing the group practice model based on his extensive clinical and physician practice management experience, including application of information technology to physician decision support systems where he is responsible for all medical management initiatives at MPMG and represents MPMG's clinical initiatives in the Sutter system, and throughout the state of California. He has been instrumental in developing the group practice model based on his extensive clinical and physician practice management experience, including application of information technology to physician decision support systems.