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How physician practices can avoid a power outage
Whether caused by harsh weather events, mandated rolling black or brown-outs or an unreliable grid — power outages cause tremendous strain to a practice.
Pajama time severance: How to leave work at work
By implementing a few of these recommendations, you can effectively separate work from personal life, reduce stress, create a healthier work-life balance.
Payer Scorecard results: A wake-up call for insurers and a call to action for practices
What payers need to do to improve relationships with practices.
AI – “Everybody at the bar gettin’ tipsy”
Recent legislative and regulatory actions tied to generative artificial intelligence.
RFK Jr. HHS vote expected
Senators are expected to vote this week on Kennedy’s bid to become the nation’s next health secretary.
11 tips for retaining great staff
Neil Baum, MD, gives some tips for retaining the good staff you already have.
2025 Staffing & Salary Survey: The problem with finding qualified personnel
The 2025 Staff Salary Survey reveals the ongoing struggle practices have to maintain adequate staffing levels.
Save the date for the 2025 Arizona/New Mexico Annual Conference
April 30-May 2 in Mesa, Arizona.
Practice tip of the week: Improving virtual bedside manner
Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.
Ep. 51: Ransomware gangs with Ferhat Dikbiyik, of Black Kite
Ferhat Dikbiyik, chief research and intelligence officer at Black Kite, talks cybersecurity and the evolving threat of ransomware gangs.
Ambient clinical intelligence: Better than a scribe and less expensive
It's like having a scribe in the room with the patient who knows what goes in the medical record.
6 tips for starting an RPM program
How to get started with remote patient monitoring.
What’s driving health care bankruptcies?
Don’t necessarily expect easy going the rest of the year.
3 ways scheduling automation is improving patient access and the bottom line
Prioritizing the patient experience is essential to lay the best foundation for patient acquisition and retention.
Calling patients at their home
Neil Baum, MD, gives some tips on when to call patients at home.
MGMA's Washington update 2025
Anders Gilberg, senior vice president for government affairs at MGMA, walks through where things stand in Washington D.C.
Streamline or struggle: The case for integrated health care payments
As health care payment processes continue to grow more complex, the case for integrated payment solutions becomes increasingly compelling.
Ep. 50: Direct primary care with Maryal Concepcion, MD, FAAFP
Maryal Concepcion, MD, FAAFP, the owner and CEO of Big Trees MD, shares her experience with direct primary care.
MGMA's advocacy wishlist part 2
Anders Gilberg, senior vice president for government affairs at MGMA, discusses what else the organization and their political partners are going to try and get passed.
Practice tip of the week: Firing employees
MGMA's advocacy wishlist part 1
Anders Gilberg, senior vice president for government affairs at MGMA, discusses what the organization and their political partners are going to focus their efforts on this year.
Physical inactivity: Another epidemic
We can make physical activity a vital sign like blood pressure, weight, and pulse by regularly screening patients for inactivity and providing inactive patients with resources to promote physical activity.
Successful post-merger integrations
Conducting post-merger integration at a high speed is one of the most critical elements to a deal’s success.
Overcoming the Musk veto
Anders Gilberg, senior vice president for government affairs at MGMA, discusses how the organization will approach working with Congress with the added wrinkle of the outsized influence of the world's richest man.
Nailing negotiations at your practice
Neil Baum, MD, gives some tips on negotiating in your practice
Where the last Congress fell short
Anders Gilberg, senior vice president for government affairs at MGMA, discusses the unfinished business from the last Congress and the negative impact it is having on physicians now.
Ep. 49: Washington update with Anders Gilberg, MGMA
Anders Gilberg, senior vice president for government affairs with MGMA, joins us to discuss the second Trump administration and MGMA's policy wishlist.
Preparing for Trump's HHS nominees
Anders Gilberg, senior vice president for government affairs at MGMA, discusses how the organization looks to approach some of the personalities being named to lead roles at HHS.
Practice tip of the week: Billing tips
The state of play in the capitol
Anders Gilberg, senior vice president for government affairs at MGMA, walks us through where things stand in Washington D.C. days after the second Trump administration took power.
