NEW! Member Vitals | October 2024

Member Benefits

10/1/2024

OCTOBER 2024

Upcoming events you won't want to miss plus the latest articles, tools and member benefits!

WEBINARS

All webinars are FREE for MGMA members, including you!
Webinars are eligible for up to six continuing education credit types, including ACMPE, ACHE, CME, CPE, PDC and CEU. If you can't attend the live event, our webinars are available on demand afterwards.

Here's the schedule for the next month. Click on any webinar to register now!

Future-Proofing Strategies for Urban and Rural Physician Recruiting and Retention

Discover research findings from MGMA and LocumTenens.com on physician recruitment and retention issues unique to rural and urban care settings, as well as strategies to address the challenges of access and clinician support.

The Hidden Dangers of Duplicate Patient Records — and How to Safeguard Your Practice

Discover how to identify, manage and prevent duplicate patient records to improve patient safety and operational efficiency in your healthcare practice.

MEMBER-EXCLUSIVE WEBINAR

What Docs Don't Get Taught: Tools for Talking Finance with Your Clinicians

Medical Schools have done a disservice to new clinicians and providers — we don't teach them how they are going to get paid or even how their support staff get paid. This session will guide attendees through a framework for educating new providers fresh out of residency/fellowship or a clinician in a new leadership role.

Smart Revenue: Steer AI for Improved Revenue Cycle Management

Discover how AI and machine learning can revolutionize your healthcare organization's non-clinical operations, optimize revenue cycle management, mitigate risk and tackle industry challenges.

Enhancing Blood Pressure Measurement Accuracy to Improve Hypertension Control and Chronic Disease Outcomes

Join this webinar to discover how COVID-19 has impacted hypertension control and the vital role of accurate BP measurement and patient positioning in enhancing diagnosis and outcomes in primary care.

Bold Predictions for the Future of Healthcare

In this webinar, explore the technological innovations and strategic shifts transforming healthcare, ensuring healthcare organizations remain financially sustainable and deliver top-tier patient care.

Reimagining Primary Care: How Integrated AI is Transforming Physician EHR Workflows

Discover how AI is transforming clinical workflows within EHR systems, enhancing practice efficiency and patient care. Learn about real-world applications of AI-powered tools, such as scribing and note generation, which streamline documentation and allow clinicians to focus more on patients. We'll highlight how these innovations are reducing clinician burnout, improving accuracy, and boosting overall workflow efficiency.

MEMBER COMMUNITY LIVE

Pooling wRVU's Compliantly
October 23rd, 2024 at 11 a.m. MT

NEW! Member Community Live is a new way to connect online for a live discussion with other members about the topics most important to you. Connect over Zoom directly with your peers for mutual empowerment, problem-solving, and understanding of up-the-minute challenges and strategies.

Please join Anthony Demonico as he hosts our upcoming Member Community LIVE session: Pooling wRVU's Compliantly. Join other MGMA members as they discuss wRVU pooling and compensation impacts and their impact within their own practices. We hope to see you there!

Host: Anthony Demonico

Reserve your spot now and join us for an engaging discussion.

MEMBER COMMUNITY: PEER-TO-PEER CONNECTIONS

Whether you're looking for a quick answer to a problem or to meet with peers on key issues, there are over 60,000 members for you to connect with in the MGMA Member Community.

Recent discussions include:

Please note: you'll need to log into the community to view & participate in these discussions. To get started, simply use the same email address and password that you use for mgma.com.

MGMA PLAYBOOKS - NEW!

MGMA's new playbook series: Medical Practice Staffing Solutions

Playbooks are step-by-step guides to solving the problems you face in your medical practice. Each playbook collects resources including MGMA data, tools, products and expert insights in a 5-8 page guide. We're launching this new initiative with a series of 6 playbooks focused on staffing:

Medical Practice Staffing Solutions
Medical Practice Staff Recruitment
Medical Practice Staff Digital Recruitment Channels
Medical Practice Staff Compensation and Benefits
Medical Practice Staff Onboarding
Medical Practice Managing Remote Employees

Playbooks are free for MGMA members!

Explore our Staffing Playbook series now!

Check it out: In addition to playbooks, we just launched a new hub for Staffing & Retention resources.

PODCASTS

Have you listened to MGMA's podcast series yet?
New episodes every week!

Here are some recent great episodes to get started:

Here's where to check them out:

NEWS YOU CAN USE

Call on Congress to support Medicare physician payment reform

There is a bipartisan 'Dear Colleague' letter circulating the House of Representatives that supports stopping the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed cut of 2.8% to the conversion factor for 2025, as well as providing an inflationary update to Medicare physician payment moving forward.

Utilize MGMA's Contact Congress portal to send a pre-populated letter to your representatives urging them to join this letter by September 27 in support of a sustainable Medicare reimbursement system!

MGMA BOOK CLUB

Join the MGMA Book Club to discuss a preselected book within the realm of healthcare, business, leadership and technology. Participants will not only learn from their peers, have a fruitful discussion but can also earn CEUs.

On the third, Wednesday of each month at 1 pm ET / 12 noon CT / 11 am MT / 10 am PT our expert moderator, Daniel Williams will lead the discussion via zoom about the selected book.

Our Fall reading list:

October: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
November: Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan
December: Dare to Lead by Brene Brown

Sign up here!
Log in with the same email address & password you use for mgma.com.

Want to boost your career and make connections with other healthcare management leaders? Don't miss MGMA's biggest annual event!

Leaders Conference
Sunday, October 6 – Wednesday, October 9
Denver, Colorado

Learn more & register today

UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR MAKING CONNECTIONS
Join hundreds of other members at one of our Resource Groups at the Leaders Conference. Led by MGMA members, these groups are intentional spaces for meeting other members who share your demographics. It's a great way to connect with other members for networking and unique peer-to-peer support.