Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) news and information

U.S. House of Representatives committee chairmen asked for guidance on replacing the sustainable growth-rate Medicare physician payment formula, and healthcare associations were happy to comply. The responses reflected the concerns of each responding association's constituency—particularly...
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The rates for on-call physicians vary greatly—anywhere from $75 to $2,400 in median daily compensation—depending on specialty. That's according to the MGMA Medical Directorship and On-Call Compensation Survey for 2013.
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Last June, MGMA-ACMPE released the results of a questionnaire that ranked members' most pressing practice management challenges. In this edition of "Practice Makes Perfect," we'll tackle No. 4 on that list: Dealing with rising operating costs.
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Momentum is building among House leaders to draft and introduce legislation this year that would repeal Medicare's troublesome sustainable growth-rate formula used to pay physicians, but upcoming budget battles could thwart those efforts.
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Last June, MGMA-ACMPE released the results of a questionnaire that ranked members' most pressing practice-management challenges. In this edition of “Practice Makes Perfect,” we'll tackle No. 7 on that list: Collecting from self-pay, high-deductible health plans and/or health savings...
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In June, MGMA-ACMPE released the results of a questionnaire that ranked members' most pressing practice-management challenges. In this edition of "Practice Makes Perfect," we'll tackle No. 11 on that list: implementing a new electronic health-record system.
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In June, the MGMA-ACMPE released the results of a questionnaire that ranked members' most-pressing practice management challenges. In this edition of "Practice Makes Perfect," we'll tackle No. 9 on that list: managing finances.
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Operating costs for a physician working full time increased in 2011 from the prior year, though costs grew more slowly for physician-owned groups than for hospital-owned practices, according to a medical management group's survey.
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In an MGMA-ACMPE survey, medical practice professionals gave their highest overall payer-satisfaction ratings to Medicare Part B.
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While healthcare mergers and consolidations continue to dominate the news, administrators for small and medium-sized medical practices met last week in San Antonio for the MGMA annual conference to commiserate about their struggles and offer each other support and encouragement just weeks before an...
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