MGMA Podcasts

5 challenges facing medical practices today
MGMA Take 10

• Jim Margolis, MPA, FACMPE, senior project manager for MGMA Innovation and Research, talks about challenges that climbed the rankings this year in MGMA's "Medical practice today: What members have to say" research.

Increase patient satisfaction with data-driven strategies
MGMA Take 10

• Stephen Beeson, MD, board-certified family medicine physician, author and speaker shares strategies for physicians to enhance their patient satisfaction ratings.

5 characteristics of top-earning physicians
MGMA Take 10

• Dave Gans, MGMA VP of Innovation and Research, reveals what physicians with the highest compensations have in common.

SMART goal setting and mentoring for medical groups 
MGMA Take 10

• Part 1: Leadership expert Susan Murphy, MBA, PhD, shares tips from her new Maximizing Performance Management Series a How-To Guide for Medical Practices.

Handling conflict and generational differences in medical groups
MGMA Take 10

• Part 2: Leadership expert Susan Murphy, MBA, PhD, shares tips from her new Maximizing Performance Management Series a How-To Guide for Medical Practices.

3 common coding errors and how to avoid them
MGMA Take 10

• Coding specialist Margie Vaught's top 3 ways to boost your coding operations, and learn how to avoid the most common coding errors.

Keys to successful revenue cycle management
MGMA Take 10

• Pam Waymack, health care consultant and managing director of Pheonix Services Consulting in Evanston, Ill., shares three top tips for optimizing eligibility in the revenue cycle – and how you can train employees for efficiency. 

Tips for working with vendors
MGMA 2008 Annual Conference

• MGMA member Shunn Phillips and independent health care consultant John Emerson share how you can go beyond the traditional buyer-seller agreement with your vendors.

How physician training can help you win over patients
MGMA 2008 Annual Conference

• Meryl Luallin, physician coaching expert and partner with Sullivan Luallin, discusses the process and benefits of shadow coaching.

2008 health care advocacy accomplishments
MGMA 2008 Annual Conference

• MGMA Government Affairs' Anders Gilberg discusses advocacy accomplishments including Medicare Part B cuts, the Medicare Advantage 'deeming' provision and incident-to billing rules.

Practical advice for boosting accounts receivable
MGMA 2008 Annual Conference

• MGMA member Lynne Tromble shares how she helped CorVasc MDs in Indianapolis (named one of MGMA's 2008 successful groups in accounts receivable) reduce its costs and number of FTE staff in five years.

Why you should consider a transparent culture 
MGMA 2008 Annual Conference

• General session speaker Quint Studer, CEO, Studer Group, Gulf Breeze, Fla., discusses how being straightfoward and transparent can help a medical group thrive.

"How green is your practice?" author's eco-friendly strategies
Interview for MGMA Connexion 

• Michael A. O'Connell, MHA, FACMPE, VP operations and physician services, Huron Hospital, East Cleveland, reveals how employees, vendors and other stakeholders got on board with going green.

XM Radio ReachMD — Developing trends in medical practice revenue and operating expenses
William F. Jessee, MD, FACMPE, MGMA president and CEO

• Jessee speaks to trends in the health care industry including practice-operating costs, shortages of workers and hospital-owned practices. (Dec. 8, 2008)

XM Radio ReachMD — Patients and doctors benefit when the physician and administrator become a team
William F. Jessee, MD, FACMPE, MGMA president and CEO

• Jessee tells how a team approach can enhance practice revenue and improve patient care. (Oct. 13, 2008)

Imaging Economics "Regulatory Watch"
Robert Bennett, MGMA government affairs

• Bennett discusses MGMA's new research on physician practice experiences with Medicare's Physician Quality Reporting Initiative. (Sept. 15, 2008)

XM Radio ReachMD — Physician incomes outpaced by inflation
William F. Jessee, MD, FACMPE, MGMA president and CEO

• Jessee speaks about trends in physician practice incomes, documented in the MGMA Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2008 Report Based on 2007 Data. (Sept. 8, 2008)

XM Radio ReachMD — How to deal with the crushing administrative burdens of your practice
William F. Jessee, MD, FACMPE, MGMA president and CEO

• Jessee discusses the burden of administrative complexity in group practice. (Aug. 18, 2008)

2008 ACMPE-MGMA Award Recipients
(More about the awards)

• Patricia L. Brewster, MHA, FACMPE 
  Harry J. Harwick Lifetime Achievement Award
  
  
• Jennifer A. Kuttruf, FACMPE
  Medical Practice Executive of the Year Award 
  
  
• Project Fleur-de-lis, Mercy Family Center, Metairie, La.
  2008 Fred Graham Award for Innovation in Improving Community Health
  
  
• Deborah Walker Keegan, PhD, FACMPE
  Edward B. Stevens Article of the Year Award
  
  
• Cynthia Roehr
  MGMA Legislative Liaison of the Year Award 

Medical practice today: What members have to say
(More about this series)

• Mary Jo Heins, FACMPE, administrator, Clear Creek Medical Group, Denver, reveals how she recruits doctors in a time of physician shortage.
  
  
• Antonia E. Metherall, senior health care consultant, PivotHealth Consulting, Brentwood, Tenn., compares running a private practice vs. an IDS practice.
  
  
• J. Larry Shackelford, CPA, FACMPE, CEO, Medical Associates of Northwest Arkansas, Fayetteville, explains how his practice overcame challenges developing a patient-centered Web site.
  
  
• Forrest "Dean" Danner Jr., FACMPE, VP and COO of ASPIRUS Clinic Inc., Wausau, Wis., discusses how to maintain physician compensation amid economic pressures.
  
  
• Thomas Ludwig, RN, FACMPE, COO of Access Community Health Centers, Madison, Wis., shares his thoughts on why MGMA members find choosing and implementing an EHR so difficult.
  
  
• Alan D. Winkler, FACMPE, VP of Clinic Operations, St. Vincent Health System, Little Rock, Ark., cites physician recruitment as a trial for his practice and discusses the factors influencing the marketplace.

3 practice administrators share strategies for achieving MGMA "better performer" status

• Mona Engle, RN, practice administrator, May Grant Associates, Lancaster, Pa., discusses how her practice added ancillary services.
  
  
• Victoria Waltemath, office manager, ABCD Pediatrics, San Antonio, talks about adding an EHR as a critical factor for success.
  
  
• Don Lee, MBA, CPA, CMPE, CEO of Healthstar Physicians PC, Morristown, Tenn., explains patient-centered activities and their positive effect on his practice.