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.
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Hold times, delayed approvals and denials on authorized care dominated member feedback to MGMA's government affairs team.
MGMA is pushing back on any delay as insurers describe a three-step build.
Four Oct. 29 sessions cover supplemental pay, payer contracts, Kentucky Medicaid and workload pressure for physicians and administrators.
An IDR win isn't a check. Payers have 30 days to pay, courts won't force them to and CMS admits awards are slipping through.
Madison Hynes of MGMA explained what practice leaders should watch as electronic prior authorization and Medicaid work requirements arrive Jan. 1.
A spreadsheet and the question ‘why?’ are enough to get started, an expert says.
Payers deny with AI while practices appeal by hand. Taya Gordon on retiring 30-day AR buckets, the benchmarks to watch and a quick downcoding check.
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