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Neil Baum, M.D., explains how Tesla's hurricane fix shows why practices should foster creativity and smart risk-taking.

Rachel V. Rose breaks down three June False Claims Act settlements and what they signal for practice compliance programs.

MGMA's government affairs team on what’s already changed in 2026 and what’s still to come.

Health care is the hardest-hit sector for ransomware. These seven defenses can cut a small practice's risk without a big IT budget.

In an MGMA Summit digital conference session, a veteran administrator laid out the five trends set to reshape practice operations over the next five years.

AMA CEO John Whyte, M.D., M.P.H.: New AMA policies demand transparency, audits and physician oversight wherever AI touches care or coverage decisions.

Physician pay rose in 2025 even as productivity fell, MGMA data shows. MGMA's Andy Swanson on what the split means for practices.

AI is transforming medicine faster than the legal and clinical frameworks governing it, raising new questions about liability, deskilling and the standard of care.

Replacing one employee can cost up to 200 percent of their salary. Six gardening principles for growing a team that stays.

Sort the work before hiring: Kem Tolliver and Taya Gordon share a revenue cycle playbook for stressed practices.

Revenue cycle leaders at the 2026 MGMA Summit laid out the digital patient billing playbook and the order of operations administrators should follow.

As more physicians choose locum tenens, building a strong, intentional brand is what opens doors to better assignments and long-term opportunity.

The plan that recruited your physicians may be the reason they leave. Eight building blocks for a hybrid model that retains and rewards.

Downcoding, underpayments, missed incident-to: eight revenue cycle leaks to catch before they drain you.

Physician AI use has doubled since 2023. Vet your next tool on data privacy, liability and EHR fit before you sign.

A rubber band is only useful when stretched. The same goes for a medical practice trying to grow past its comfort zone.

The series returns with Lucien Roberts and Bert Wilson on allowables, collection percentages and what a practice actually collects.

Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA, breaks down the legal risks physicians face when investing in or dispensing from compounding pharmacies.

Patients are increasingly primary payers. Nine front-end moves to keep balances from sliding into bad debt.

Denial rates are climbing past 10% at many practices. Here are six places to recover revenue without overhauling billing.

Neil Baum, M.D., walks physicians through how to cleanly leave a practice, from reviewing contracts and notifying patients to securing tail coverage.

A nurse-led framework for when independent practices should bill CHI, PIN or CCM for Medicare care coordination work.

As House lawmakers take up MACRA, MGMA backs three bills to tie payments to inflation, raise budget neutrality and replace MIPS scoring.

Operational levers that practice administrators can pull to give clinicians their evenings back

Eight practical ways to plug revenue leaks, from eligibility checks and point-of-service collections to working denials by root cause.

Eight practical steps to govern AI in your practice, from naming an owner to vetting vendors and training your team.

Health care veterans resistant to innovation can create barriers to progress, but converting them from adversaries to allies may be the answer.

HHS-OCR settled four ransomware cases for $1.1M all tied to missing annual risk analyses. Are your safeguards up to date?

A new AMA survey scores the country's largest commercial insurers on the prior authorization burden they impose on physician practices.

For many practices, intake still relies on patients completing forms on arrival. Moving it earlier with digital tools can reduce delays, improve accuracy and lighten front-desk workload.

As AI, cybersecurity threats and ambient documentation reshape clinical practice, legal experts warn liability is evolving faster than regulation.