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MGMA wants 5010 delay expanded due to practice unreadiness

With a majority of physician practices still unprepared for the impending transition to the government-mandated 5010 transaction set for electronic transactions, the Medical Group Management Read more...

MGMA: Doctors not ready for 5010, 'contingency plan' needed

The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has called for the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to create a contingency plan for the impending transition to the 5010 electronic Read more...

MGMA's new leader seeks to expand its health IT involvement

Dr. Susan Turney, who has been named as the next president and CEO of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and the American College of Medical Practice Executives (AMCPE), is a big Read more...

CMS to adopt CORE rules for eligibility and claims status transactions

An interim final rule set to publish July 8 will define standard sets of information to be used in insurance eligibility and claims status transactions. The new CMS operating rules are expected to Read more...

Physician practices still not in 5010 ballpark as deadline looms

A recent MGMA survey of physician practices makes clear that a large percentage will have trouble meeting the Jan. 1, 2012 deadline for using the HIPAA 5010 transaction set. MGMA, which represents Read more...

ICD-10 not a given despite potential for Meaningful Use delay

Most healthcare providers would be glad to see Stage 2 of Meaningful Use delayed until 2014, as a workgroup of the Health IT Advisory Committee has suggested. But will the postponement ensure that Read more...

MGMA survey: majority of physician groups haven't started down 5010 path

Physician groups are even further behind the 5010 implementation curve than hospitals are. A majority of the respondents to a recent survey by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) said Read more...

Consumer groups, providers butt heads on 'harm standard' for breach notification

Consumer groups and provider representatives are lining up on opposite sides of the debate over whether HHS should soften its standard for notifying patients about privacy breaches. Privacy Read more...

Insurers getting behind machine-readable ID cards

Last week, Humana and UnitedHealth Group threw their weight behind the concept of using machine-readable enrollee identification cards rather than than throwaway pieces of plastic. The concept has Read more...

Study: Unique patient identifiers could save $77 billion

Smarter use of existing technologies could save as much, if not more, on healthcare costs for developing new technology, a new RAND study finds. After all, unique patient identifiers (UPIs) already Read more...

Press Releases

Anesthesia Business Consultants Discusses the Impact of the Final Medicare Fee Schedule Rule for 2012 on Anesthesiologists

JACKSON, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has just issued a final version of the regulation updating the Physician Fee Schedule. In 2012, unless Congress Read more >>

IPC The Hospitalist Company Physician Named MGMA and ACMPE Physician Executive of the Year Second Year in a Row

Dr. David Bowman Honored in Las Vegas Ceremony NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc., (Nasdaq: IPCM), a leading national hospitalist physician group practice Read more >>

Ascent Data to Present 'Best Practices for IT Infrastructure' to Healthcare Executives

Western PA Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) Regional WorkshopPITTSBURGH, Sept. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare executives throughout Western Pennsylvania will attend the Medical Group Read more >>

MGMA comments on Medicare Shared Savings Program (ACO) proposed rule

ENGLEWOOD Colo., June 1, 2011 - The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) submitted formal comments today on the proposed rule for the Medicare Shared Savings Program, which implements Read more >>

Skylight Healthcare Systems’ Clinical Advisory Board Adds Sharon T. Lewis

Accomplished CNO of Glenwood Regional Medical Center Elected to 2-Year Term SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Skylight Healthcare Systems, the leading provider of interactive patient care systems, Read more >>