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Live@ News is Modern Healthcare's daily email alert on the news and events taking place at the healthcare conferences important to you. The most recent Live@ coverage is below.

View past Live@MGMA poll results

October 14, 2009
My political participation will increase: (43) 67%My political participation will decrease: (2) 3%My political participation will stay the same: (19) 30%Total Response Count: 64
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Video News: Live@MGMA Reporter's Notebook

October 14, 2009
Modern Physician and Modern Healthcare reporter Andis Robeznieks provides readers with a look at interesting booths at the trade show and talks with attendees during the Medical Group Management Association's 2009 Annual Conference in Denver.
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Cosgrove highlights the Cleveland Clinic approach

By Jessica Zigmond
October 14, 2009
Describing the Cleveland Clinic model, CEO Delos “Toby” Cosgrove, M.D., highlighted what he called the clinic's four “cornerstones”: quality, innovation, teamwork and service.
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Video News: Live@MGMA Zigmond wraps up confab

October 14, 2009
Modern Physician and Modern Healthcare reporter Jessica Zigmond provides a recap of the Medical Group Management Association's four-day annual conference.
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Video News: Author Annie McKee talks leadership with Jessica Zigmond

October 14, 2009
Modern Physician and Modern Healthcare reporter Jessica Zigmond talks with Annie McKee, author and founder of the Telios Leadership Institute, during the Medical Group Management Association's 2009 Annual Conference in Denver.
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Video News: Brett Walker discusses physician recruiting with Andis Robeznieks

October 14, 2009
Modern Physician and Modern Healthcare reporter Andis Robeznieks talks with Brett Walker, president of the Association of Staff Physician Recruiters, about the group's first in-house recruiting survey at the Medical Group Management Association's 2009 Annual Conference in Denver.
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Patient safety seen yielding bottom-line rewards

By Andis Robeznieks
October 14, 2009
Patient safety pays. That was the message of an educational session titled “Creating a Culture of Patient Safety and Reaping Its Rewards” held at the MGMA Annual Conference.
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EMR implementation woes noted in round-table discussion

By Paul Barr
October 14, 2009
Surgical group practices using electronic medical records value their EMRs but endured many problems getting them working properly, according to attendees of a session at the MGMA Annual Conference.
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Video News: William Jessee discusses MGMA members' concerns with Modern Physician's Robeznieks

October 13, 2009
Modern Physician and Modern Healthcare reporter Andis Robeznieks talks with William Jessee, M.D., president and CEO of the Medical Group Management Association, about MGMA members' top concerns at the 2009 Annual Conference in Denver.
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Video News: Todd Evenson discusses the MGMA cost survey with Modern Physician's Robeznieks

October 13, 2009
Modern Physician and Modern Healthcare reporter Andis Robeznieks talks with Todd Evenson, assistant director of survey operations for the Medical Group Management Association, about the 2009 cost survey at the MGMA 2009 Annual Conference in Denver.
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Video News: Anders Gilberg talks payer performance with Modern Physician's Zigmond

October 13, 2009
Modern Physician and Modern Healthcare reporter Jessica Zigmond talks with Anders Gilberg, vice president for economic affairs at the Medical Group Management Association, during the MGMA 2009 Annual Conference in Denver.
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Attendees share tips on cost-cutting, raising revenue

By Paul Barr
October 13, 2009
Financial administrators for medical groups are scrambling to boost revenue and cut expenses, according to participants in a discussion of financial management “hot topics.”
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Doc-pay formula, liability among top issues, leaders say

By Jessica Zigmond
October 13, 2009
Fixing the Medicare physician-payment formula, simplifying administrative transactions, and enacting meaningful liability reform are among the top legislative priorities the MGMA would like to see.
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McKee stresses importance of emotional intelligence

By Jessica Zigmond
October 13, 2009
Healthcare practice managers will need to focus on much more than cognitive intelligence if they want to be effective leaders. That was the main message from keynote speaker Annie McKee.
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Video News: Live@MGMA recap with Andis Robeznieks

October 13, 2009
Modern Physician and Modern Healthcare reporter Andis Robeznieks provides a recap of the third day of the Medical Group Management Association's annual conference, as well as a preview of what's to come tomorrow.
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MGMA chief Jessee shares his reasons for optimism

By Andis Robeznieks
October 13, 2009
After spending the bulk of his keynote speech listing the litany of problems, MGMA President and CEO William Jessee, M.D., concluded his talk explaining why he remains optimistic.
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Video News: T.R. Reid talks global healthcare with Modern Physician's Robeznieks

October 12, 2009
Modern Physician and Modern Healthcare reporter Andis Robeznieks talks with T.R. Reid, author of "The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care" at the Medical Group Management Association's 2009 Annual Conference in Denver.
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U.S. payment system wasteful, inefficient, Reid says

By Andis Robeznieks
October 12, 2009
The U.S. has the least efficient, most wasteful healthcare payment system in the world, according to author and Medical Group Management Association keynote speaker T.R. Reid.
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Emanuel sees potential in ‘high touch' approach

By Paul Barr
October 12, 2009
The holy grail for fixing the U.S. healthcare system can be found by targeting potentially avoidable conditions, said Ezekiel Emanuel, M.D., special adviser to the director of the OMB.
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Video News: Live@MGMA recap with Paul Barr

October 12, 2009
Modern Physician and Modern Healthcare news editor Paul Barr provides a recap of the first two days of the Medical Group Management Association's annual conference, as well as a preview of what's to come tomorrow.
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