Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) news and information

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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Dr. Peter Valenzuela, medical director at PeaceHealth Medical Group, Bellingham, Wash., was presented with the MGMA-ACMPE "Physician Executive of the Year" award at the organization's annual conference this week in San Antonio.
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Without hesitation, Dr. Allan Korn, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association's chief medical officer and senior vice president for clinical affairs, declared that the patient-centered medical home has the potential to transform the U.S. healthcare system.
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A lively town-hall meeting opened the MGMA-ACMPE's annual conference, taking place this week in San Antonio.
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It's a familiar refrain—uncertainty, confusion, pressure, frustration. I often feel like a broken record when I'm describing our members' assessment of their current professional lives and the environment for medical practices. The ongoing Medicare payment uncertainty, steady increases in...
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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. 18 on that list: leading development of an organization's strategic plan and its implementation.
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The MGMA is urging the CMS to combine its quality bonus incentives for electronic prescribing and remove financial penalties for physicians who fail to meet incentive requirements, and called a proposal to reduce payments for specialists who perform multiple procedures on the same patient on the...
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