Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) news and information

Health information technology is hot. How hot? Pay increases for health IT leaders in medical groups last year outstripped raises for most physicians, according to a survey by the MGMA.
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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. 1 on that list: Dealing with rising operating costs.
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When he heard that the CMS had redesigned its Physician Compare website, Dr. Douglas Denham checked it out.
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Quality and patient satisfaction play a small, yet growing, role in determining physician compensation, according to a survey from the MGMA.
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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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