Management & Administration

Seema Verma describes state of AI deployment in medical practices for MGMA.

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.

A longtime MGMA analyst outlines the first area of focus to become a top performer.

MGMA's government affairs team walked through the fee schedule, MIPS, value-based care, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and the year-end spending fight.

The insurer pledge on prior authorization carried no enforcement. The federal rule arriving Jan. 1, 2027 does, and it lands on payers, on EHR vendors and, through a new attestation measure, on practices themselves.

Denials that surface a week late, a hybrid revenue cycle split across internal staff and outside vendors, and payer contracts multiplying faster than anyone can track them. Veradigm's Aaron Ledbetter breaks down which of those an administrator can fix with better tooling and which still need payer reform.

Jay Bregman of Andel explains how employers are carving high-cost drugs out of the pharmacy benefit, and what happens to a patient's price when the contribution stops.

Every practice has one person who is the only one who knows how to do a handful of things. Here are eight of them, and what breaks the week that person is out.

Shawntea Gordon of Atlas & Perpetua Healthcare Consulting says a cost cut made without benchmarking data is a guess, and the wrong guess costs more than it saves.

Joanne Frederick of Government Market Strategies argues the fix for runaway health care costs turned out worse than the problem it solved.

Front desk churn slows rooming, ages claims and burns overtime. These nine moves will help keep the people who run your practice's first impression.

Staffing shortages, training gaps and insurance verification delays are the front-end problems dragging on patient access, and nearly all of them land on the administrator's desk. Experian Health's chief operating officer breaks down which ones automation can absorb now and which ones still need payer or policy reform.

Auto-renewals and quiet price escalators keep vendor spend climbing. Ask these eight questions before the contract rolls over.

An outbreak in the news brings a surge of calls before it brings a surge of cases. A Michigan pediatrician on the triage rule, the lab conversation and the reassurance approach that keep a practice from being overwhelmed.

The proposed 2027 Medicare fee schedule shifts payment between specialties and changes same-day billing as MIPS winds down, and MGMA's Anders Gilberg explains what practice leaders should watch before comments close Sept. 14.

Women physicians leave clinical practice 15 years earlier than men, and for practice leaders the retention levers are schedule control, documentation burden and how care time gets paid.

Health care unionization is rising. Here's how practice leaders can respond to staff organizing legally.

Embezzlers hide inside the practices that trust them most. These red flags should send you straight to the books.

Overhead runs about 60% of practice revenue, concentrated in four line items every administrator knows by heart.

Staffing calls are money calls. These seven calculations show what a hire, an empty chair or a bad fit really costs your practice.

Most physicians know the direct primary care pitch; whether the economics hold up once you're in it is the harder question.

Your best biller just became the boss. Nine first-year missteps that sink new practice managers, and how to sidestep every one.

Neil Baum, MD, explains why seeing patients on time is the single best way to boost satisfaction, retention and your practice's reputation.

The same low-risk procedure can pay five to 12 times more in a hospital outpatient department than in a physician's office. Three U.S. Women's Health Alliance advocates break down what that gap does to recruiting, referrals and patient choice, and the federal bill aimed at closing it.

Ten Ten Ten's Jenn Block and Bhargav Raman on contract traps, care manager ROI and the 90-day baseline every practice should pull.