"Medical practice today: What members have to say"

For the second year in a row, MGMA asked our members to share their thoughts on the practice management and career challenges confronting them today. This year, the three top-ranked challenges remain the same in 2009 as in 2008, reflecting fiscal struggles and modernization imperatives from the government:

1. Dealing with operating costs rising more rapidly than revenues
2. Maintaining physician compensation levels in an environment of declining reimbursement
3. Selecting and implementing an electronic health records (EHR) system

See all the challenges in the 2009 questionnaire results 

5 Challenges Facing Medical Practices Today 

Listen to a podcast with MGMA's Jim Margolis, MPA, FACMPE, senior project manager for Innovation and Research, about challenges that climbed the rankings this year and how, despite the economy, there's more good news than bad news from administrators.

Dive deeper into the data with Margolis' article in the July MGMA Connexion magazine.  

Last year's 2008 questionnaire  
Analysis of last year's data in the July 2008 MGMA Connexion