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.
|Podcasts|October 17, 2012
Payer Negotiation Tips for Medical Practices
Author(s)Keith L. Martin
Tips and strategies for medical practices to successfully negotiate payer contracts and monitor payers.
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How you negotiate your next payer contract will have a big impact on your medical practice's revenue.
In this podcast, Marcia Brauchler, founder and president of Colorado-based consulting firm Physicians' Ally, discusses tips and strategies for practices to not only successfully negotiate
a payer contract, but continually monitor them to ensure promised revenue.
Marcia will conduct a workshop on these strategies at MGMA12 in San Antonio. Her session
is scheduled for Wednesday, October 24.
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