Insurance Waiver

Only 5 percent of physicians say they have real leverage with payers. Here is what that group does before it ever sits down at the table.

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.

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.

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

Overhead ratio, days in A/R and the owner draw explain why a practice can collect more than last year and still come up short on payroll.

States are limiting AI in coverage decisions. How billing teams can cite the laws on appeal, and why self-funded plans fall outside them.

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

UnitedHealth says No Surprises Act arbitration awards are its biggest cost pressure. What practices that use IDR should document now.