Season 2, Ep #29 – Willing and Able

Lauren and Darryl unpack one of the more consequential conversations AMGA has had in recent memory: CMMI Director Abe Sutton's meeting with AMGA's Board of Directors. Darryl breaks down Sutton's priorities — a push for downside risk, longer and more stable model designs like the new LEAD model, and a genuine interest in using AI as a workforce extender in the face of a looming clinician shortage. Lauren draws the comparison to Adam Boehler's tenure and asks what's really different this time. The bottom line: Sutton heard AMGA's years of feedback on predictability and stability, and he said so directly. Now it's on AMGA and its members to show up, share what's working, and help shape what comes next — because as Lauren puts it, Sutton appears to be “willing and able” to do exactly that.