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Wed, Oct 14 2009 4:34 PM EST
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erif;">MGMA’s legislative agenda is as long as any health care interest group’s, but its members may be facing one of the most threatening issues of any group short of the American Medical Association.
Legislation a few years ago that was designed to balance the federal... [MORE]
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Wed, Oct 14 2009 4:29 PM EST
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Admit it: Your eyelids start to droop every time somebody mentions the word “culture.” It’s one of those things you know you probably ought to fix if only you could figure out exactly what it is.
Three presenters at an MGMA session called “Creating a Culture of Safet... [MORE]
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Tue, Oct 13 2009 5:44 PM EST
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The federal stimulus bill approved this spring has a tidy incentive for physicians to adopt health information technology. Doctors can receive $44,000 over five years from the Medicare program, or $63,750 over five years from Medicaid (but not both). There are a lot of strings attached, and the feds... [MORE]
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Tue, Oct 13 2009 5:41 PM EST
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As a congenital skeptic, I’m having a hard time processing all the optimistic talk around health care reform coming out of the MGMA conference. While acknowledging the many things that are wrong with the system today and the fact that one powerful force or another is ready to block nearly ever... [MORE]
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Tue, Oct 13 2009 5:36 PM EST
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Here’s a man-bites-dog story for you: Physician practices are pretty happy with the way health plans are performing on a number of administrative measures.
MGMA recently surveyed its members on how satisfied they are with how quickly their plans pay claims and the mean score was roug... [MORE]
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Mon, Oct 12 2009 6:04 PM EST
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In researching his new book, what did T.R. Reid find among countries that provide universal coverage? “In the first place, it’s not all socialized medicine,” he said, noting that many systems have private physicians, private hospitals and private health care plans. “And it do... [MORE]
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Mon, Oct 12 2009 5:57 PM EST
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By one consultant’s prediction, in 10 years as many as 90 percent of physicians will have a new employer—a hospital. “Clearly, that’s where the trend is headed,” said Max Reiboldt, president and CEO of the Coker Group, Atlanta.
In the meantime, medical group pr... [MORE]
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Mon, Oct 12 2009 5:31 PM EST
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Picture this: Doctors spend more time with patients and sometimes even make house calls, prescriptions are delivered right to patients’ homes, medical office staff proactively telephone to make sure patients are following through on their treatment plans—in some cases, limousines are dis... [MORE]
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