Austin Littrell

Revenue cycle consultant Taya Gordon explains what practice administrators and billing teams should do this week to prepare for Medicare's final 2027 fee schedule, from the same-day visit cut to the switch from G2211 to modifier B1.

Pear Suite CEO Colby Takeda explains how practices can partner with community health workers to help patients keep Medicaid coverage as work requirements take effect Jan. 1.

Practices face a 2.31% conversion factor cut, a 20% same-day visit reduction and new E/M modifiers starting Jan. 1.

Two Mayo Clinic preventive cardiologists share how practices can make home blood pressure data, simple patient goals and short visits work for heart disease prevention.

Insurer exits and network splits will change Medicare Advantage coverage for many patients on Jan. 1. Here's how practice leaders can prepare in every state.

Four health policy experts preview the proposed 2027 Medicare physician fee schedule and what the same-day visit cut, prior authorization and alternative payment models mean for practices.

A six-month downcoding check, the one number to benchmark next year and what staff turnover costs a practice were among the takeaways from MGMA's centennial conference in San Antonio.

The Kirksville center's grant comes as Missouri practices rework maternity billing, staffing and pay plans for Jan. 1.

Sandra Johnson of CliniComp explains why cost has become the biggest barrier to interoperability and why practices should tell their IT teams where fragmented data slows down care.

A former congressman and hospital and medical school advocacy leaders outline which federal health programs could shift in a divided Washington.

Dina Taylor of HireVue explains how practice managers can use AI to screen a flood of job applicants and how the interview changes when they already know the candidate.

The survey revives a stalled bill that would end the physician agreements practices maintain for the nurse practitioners they employ.

MGMA Acting CEO Akash Madiah explains where practices leak revenue, why staff retention pays off and two habits administrators can start on Monday.

Vendor proposals itemize licenses and implementation. These 10 costs land on the administrator's desk later, and the biggest never arrives as an invoice.

Kate Atchley, Ph.D., of the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, explains how organizations can develop leaders before promoting them into the role, and the five skills she sees as essential for leading a health care organization.

Family physician Kenneth Qiu, M.D., explains the compliance, staffing and cybersecurity demands that come with growing a direct primary care practice, and why he thinks many stall around five physicians.

Patient Prism co-founder and CEO Amol Nirgudkar explains how practices can use AI voice agents to cover overflow and after-hours calls, and which calls still need front desk staff.

Former Integrated Medical Services CEO Monique Delgado explained how practice leaders can build performance-based physician pay with physicians at the table and why the work starts with the practice's own finances.

From payer contract homework to a 15-minute morning huddle, these are the moves practice administrators can make after four days of sessions and interviews at MGMA's centennial meeting.

Madison Hynes of MGMA explained what practice leaders should watch as electronic prior authorization and Medicaid work requirements arrive Jan. 1.

Minc Law partner Michael Pelagalli explains what a practice should do the moment a fake review appears, from documenting and flagging it to deciding when to call a lawyer.

Health care attorney Tatiana Melnik, J.D., says practices adopting artificial intelligence tools should reread their vendor contracts, train staff every week and plan for patients who decline an AI scribe.

Medicaid work requirements, new remote monitoring rules and an electronic prior authorization deadline all land Jan. 1, and that's only part of what MGMA told practice leaders to watch.

An artificial intelligence vendor contract may cap what the company owes the practice, but health care attorney Tatiana Melnik, J.D., says the people using the tools are the bigger risk.

Six national physician organizations warned that claims of AI superiority undermine patient trust, putting new attention on how practices set rules for AI use by clinicians and staff.

D2 Solutions President and CEO Dean Erhardt explains how practices can catch the administrative errors behind most prior authorization rejections and why staff training on AI can start with a couple of classes a year.

Staff morale after turnover or a merger starts with how the leader shows up each day, says Jon Dorenbos, the former NFL long snapper whose career ended with a heart diagnosis.

Hold times, delayed approvals and denials on authorized care dominated member feedback to MGMA's government affairs team.

he former INXS frontman paired trust, connection, adaptability, focus, authenticity and collaboration with the bands he says model them, then had the ballroom help finish an original song.

Akash Madiah said work is underway on the local engagement, education and digital improvements members requested, and MGMA recognized its 2026 honorees, including Lifetime Achievement recipient Tracy Bird.