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MGMA e-Source 2011 Archive

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2011 Issues

Expanding Item - View More Dec. 13, 2011 – Help your doctors recover from the recession

Help your doctors recover from the recession

Expanding Item - View More Nov. 22, 2011 – 7 steps for successful physician recruitment

7 steps for successful physician recruitment

Expanding Item - View More Nov. 8, 2011 – Healthcare reform driven by private sector

Healthcare reform driven by private sector – not elections, court rulings or acts of Congress

Expanding Item - View More Oct. 11, 2011 – The latest healthcare headlines

MGMA white paper offers tips to administrators for prioritizing patient safety

Expanding Item - View More Sept. 13, 2011/Sept. 27, 2011 – Your story? Rising costs, declining revenue

Cost crunch: Ancillary services can soften the impact of declining revenue and profits in some but not all cases

Expanding Item - View More Aug. 23, 2011 – Seeing through the fog of healthcare change

Emerging from the fog of healthcare initiatives: You don't have to change overnight

Expanding Item - View More Aug. 9, 2011 – O Canada, show us how you simplify

OCR investigation into HIPAA violation exposed practice's compliance gaps

Expanding Item - View More July 26, 2011 – Call them headaches or challenges, you got 'em

Disease management: Yes, you can actually profit from it – and have an impact on patients

Small, mid-sized practices get EHR help from IPAs

Expanding Item - View More July 12, 2011 – Who's the center of your universe?

MGMA study: Primary care practices keen on PCMHs

Patient-centered care demands the right culture

Expanding Item - View More June 28, 2011 – Who do your patients think you are?

Separate from the pack: How better performers market their groups
9 customer-service tips for your practice
Caution: Social media can harm your practice

Expanding Item - View More June 14, 2011 – For an update on physician compensation, look at your paycheck

For an update on physician compensation, look at your paycheck
Several factors keep a lid on compensation for many medical practicemanagement positions

Expanding Item - View More May 24, 2011 – Focus on the AC and let the O work itself out

Just because others integrated doesn't mean you have to
With shared savings and risk, should you consider acupuncture?
The latest on ACO regulations

Expanding Item - View More May 10, 2011 – It's not a black and white thing. It's a gray thing.

Bankrupt patients: What's a practice to do?>
Preparation is key when dealing with an impaired physician

Expanding Item - View More April 26, 2011 – One big, happy family...or not

How two physician-owned practices consolidated billing functions after they merged
Avoid the common pitfalls of integration
Case study: Declining financial performance, movement toward accountable care prompt practice integration

Expanding Item - View More April 20, 2011 – Do primary-care physicians' starting salaries reflect the effects of a doctor shortage?

Do primary-care physicians' starting salaries reflect the effects of a doctor shortage?

Hospital groups pay newly landed specialists more than physician groups for 2nd consecutive year

More providers receive daily compensation for on-call coverage

Expanding Item - View More March 29, 2011 – Government incentives for meaningful use prompt action by medical groups

Government incentives for meaningful use prompt action by medical groups

Implementing an EHR soon? Train, train, train! And then repeat

Checklist for Starting Meaningful Use

Expanding Item - View More March 8, 2011 – Physician conflict: Often healthy, sometimes harmful

Physician conflict: Often healthy, sometimes harmful

Are you a leader worth following?

How to handle an employee's death

Expanding Item - View More Feb. 22, 2011 – Recruiting and paying new docs: Know where your practice stands in the marketplace

Recruiting and paying new docs: Know where your practice stands in the marketplace

Employer health insurance trends point to tougher collections for you

Staff education improves revenue

Expanding Item - View More Feb. 8, 2011 – Top 10 things for practice executives to watch in 2011

Top 10 things for practice executives to watch in 2011

Employer health insurance trends point to tougher collections for you

Planning to become an ACO? It's not that easy - even for large health systems

Expanding Item - View More Jan. 11, 2011 – EHRs a critical part of better-performers' success

EHRs a critical part of better-performers' success

Executives' Corner: 'Why call when you can click?'

Top-performers outpace their peers in more than a dozen areas  

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