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MGMA calls for more granular health plan identifiers
The Medical Group Management Association has raised questions about the way the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is approaching its implementation of health plan identification numbers...
Sorting through MU provider comments will be no easy task for CMS
I sure don't envy the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week (or over the next few weeks, for that matter). The comments on the proposed rules implementing Stage 2 of Meaningful Use
ICD-10: Doc groups want process change, not just extension
The healthcare industry had a mixed response to this week's proposal by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to delay the deadline for ICD-10 implementation from Oct. 1, 2013, to Oct. 1,
Successful practices look past the balance sheet
Deb Beaulieu
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) last week released its latest report on the traits that make for a successful practice. For the study, MGMA identified 549
MGMA: Doctors not ready for 5010, 'contingency plan' needed
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has called for the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to create a contingency plan for the impending transition to the 5010 electronic
Higher hospitalist base salary shows less compensation
Hospitals should consider the balance between compensation and productivity, according to a Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) press release this week. According to an MGMA and Society of
Practices cutting costs, brace for uncertain future
In response to tough times and an uncertain reimbursement future, medical practices spent 2.2 percent less to run their practices in 2010, reveals a new survey from the Medical Group Management
Worst EMR implementation sins: Lack of communication, shortsightedness
For hospital executives, the task of implementing electronic medical record (EMR) systems clearly is not an easy one. The high costs of installing and maintaining such systems, combined with the
Critics blast 'unnecessary' HIPAA disclosures rule
Fearful that doctors might be hesitant to adopt electronic health record technology, the Medical Group Management Association called on the Department of Health and Human Services to withdraw its
Most PCPs on quest to create medical homes
Among 341 U.S. primary care and multispecialty practices surveyed by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), a whopping 70 percent said they were in the process of transforming or were
