Divorce-proof your marriage: 8 stress-busting hacks for practice administrators

Running a medical group is a highwire act: you juggle prior authorizations, patient-portal meltdowns, payer audits and a herd of spreadsheets—often before your first sip of coffee. It’s no wonder an MGMA Stat poll taken at the start of National Stress Awareness Month found that 75% of practice leaders said their stress and burnout worsened in 2024.​ Add the fact that the U.S. divorce rate still hovers around 2.4 per 1,000 people, according to the CDC National Center for Health Statistics, and you have a recipe for marital indigestion.​

The good news? Your operational superpowers — calendars, dashboards and finely honed people skills — are the same tools that can keep Cupid on call. Here are eight actionable tactics to keep your partnership thriving even when the revenue cycle isn’t.