Economic Stimulus and Recovery Ideas for Medical Group Practices

Guide your medical group through the changing health care economy with support from MGMA. Our tools and resources will help you understand the economic stimulus package and what it means for your group practice.

Members Only Download the complimentary Webinar on the stimulus package

This chart outlines the Medicare incentives and penalties after the stimulus bill's EHR adoption deadline of 2010. [Information from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]

What the Economic Stimulus Package Means to You

FAQs Members Only

How does the stimulus package affect medical group practices?

What are the Medicare EHR incentives in the stimulus package?

What are the Medicaid EHR incentives in the stimulus package?

Does the stimulus package require my practice to have a certified EHR?

I'm with a hospital system. What EHR incentives are in the stimulus package for us?

Does the stimulus package require the federal government to produce a 'free' EHR?

What are the key HIPAA privacy provisions in the stimulus package?

What are the COBRA provisions in the stimulus package?

Weathering the Recession

10 ways to manage better during difficult financial times Members Only

How to cut costs and maximize profits despite tremendous financial pressure Members Only

How not to ruin your medical practice Members Only

6 member benefits to help you deal with the economic recession Members Only

News and Advocacy

Resources

Economic Recovery 2009 Smart Pack
Offered at an economical price, only $12.95
The Physician Billing Process: 12 Potholes to Avoid in the Road to Getting Paid, 2nd edition
Performance and Practices of Successful Medical Groups
Webinar CD: Preparing Your Practice for the Permanent Recovery Audit Contractors
Webinar CD: Appealing Denials: Enhancing the Success of Your Revenue Recovery Program
Webinar CD: Navigating Financial Uncertainty: Implications, Tactics and Survival Strategies for the Health Care Sector
Webinar CD: Preventing Denials: 12 Opportunities to Reduce Denials Before They Occur
Webinar CD: Defining and Understanding the Denials Epidemic
MGMA Health Care Consultants offer practical solutions during a tough economy

Tools

Billing Collections and Revenue Cycles

All MGMA financial management tools

Physician Retirement and Practice Transition Self-Assessment Adobe PDF
Determine your group's readiness to deal with physician retirement and related practice transitions.

Practice Merger Due Diligence Tool
Track the documents, contracts and major issues to ask your potential merger partner. Then, keep track of who is responsible for providing what information and when.

Practice Dissolution Checklist Members Only
Includes tasks and a timeline for closing a medical practice

Economic Stimulus Discussion eGroup

Join the discussion Members Only

Quote of note
"Getting money (even incentive money) back out of a bankrupt system would be a long and arduous effort. And we'll need to be vigilant at each step in this marathon, as the rules for getting the promised incentives will likely be changing and becoming more rigorous."

Hot topics

Meaningful use definition
Incentives

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