Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) news and information

Information technology officers and their CEOs will be forced to make some tough choices in the months ahead. On a battlefield, it is called triage.
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The physicians expected to provide the care to exchange plan members are wary about the new program, according to a Medical Group Management Association survey.
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While the atmosphere at the Medical Group Management Association annual conference in San Diego was highly collegial, some traces of Washington's toxic political environment did seep into the event.
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Dr. Susan Hardwick-Smith, founder and medical director of Complete Women's Care Center in Houston, was given the Medical Group Management Association's Physician Executive of the Year Award, which recognizes leadership through personal example and collaborative team management to achieve...
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If Congress manages to get the government restarted and avert the debt ceiling crisis, lawmakers may have just enough time to renew their 10-year tradition of "kicking the can" on finding a replacement for the...
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Stephen Nuckolls, CEO of Coastal Carolina Health Care, New Bern, N.C., shared some lessons at the Medical Group Management Association annual conference yesterday from his organization's experience in running a Medicare accountable care organization.
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The MGMA-ACMPE kicked off its annual conference in San Diego with the announcement that it was dropping its joint acronym name and rebooting its brand as the Medical Group Management Association.
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According to a recent National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, there are about 1 billion patient office visits in the U.S. annually. This is the number of opportunities medical practice executives have to make a difference in a patient's experience and perspective on healthcare delivery.
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The long-anticipated shakeout in the EHR market is underway.
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MGMA-ACMPE hired Garth Jordan as COO. Jordan previously served as director of marketing and business development for the Englewood, Colo.-based Medical Group Management Association from 1997 to 2000. Jordan, 47, most recently was VP of operations at Educause, a not-for-profit whose mission...
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