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MGMA 2009: Practice leaders discuss "managing in hard times"
While Sunday is still the "slow day" at conferences like MGMA 2009, the knowledge-sharing sessions are already rolling along. One example of what late attendees are missing was this street-level view... Read more...
Medical practice revenues down in 2008, MGMA says
Last year, revenue for medical practices fell, marking the first time in several years the industry has seen such a decline, according to new research by the Medical Group Management Association.... Read more...
Study: Physician compensation not keeping up with inflation
Last year, just about everyone took a hit from the U.S. economic crisis. Apparently, that includes physicians, whose overall compensation didn't keep up with inflation in 2008, according to new... Read more...
MGMA: Physician salaries up from '08
While primary care physician salaries are still out of whack, salaries for both specialist and primary-care doctors coming out of residencies increased last year, according to a new survey by the... Read more...
New rules could cut physician Medicare income
Starting this month, Medicare rules got tougher for physician practices--in a way that could not only deny the practices revenue, but even get them kicked out of the program completely. The rules,... Read more...
MGMA plans 50-state payer rating survey
The Medical Group Management Association has set plans to conduct a 50-state survey of health professionals asking them to rate various aspects of their relationship with payers. The survey, which... Read more...
MGMA: Specialty, PCP compensation grows slowly in 2007
According to a new study, it appears that while some specialists did well in 2007, most physician pay increases weren't anything to write home about. According to data from the Medical Group... Read more...
