One of the most valuable, if not THE most valuable, resource a healthcare executive has are colleagues and their collective experiences.  The issues that we confront daily are what we need and want to discuss with our comrades-in-arms.
The listserv is the most direct way of sharing information between colleagues.  I belong to a number of [...]

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From today’s US News & World Report:
This is the fourth year that U.S. News and the National Committee for Quality Assurance, managed care’s major accrediting and standards-setting body, have teamed up to rank healthcare plans. We release the rankings during open-enrollment season, when millions of Americans prepare to select their healthcare coverage for the next [...]

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I just participated in my first webinar and really enjoyed discussing the 2008 MGMA Annual Conference with colleague Marshall Maglothin and FierceHealthcare.com Editor-in-Chief Anne Zieger.  Click here to register with FierceHealthcare and launch the webinar.  My part starts at about 16 minutes.
Let me know what you thought about the conference.

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Most people who ask what I do have never heard of managing medical practices.  Many people say “I didn’t know there was a job like that.”  Medical Group Management Association’s (MGMA) definition of medical group practice and medical practice management is helpful:
Medical group practice is defined as three or more physicians engaged in the practice [...]

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My husband and I are away this weekend attending blogging camp.  No, we’re not at a logging camp, we’re at blogging camp.  If you remember, hubby and I both launched blogs in July (you’re reading mine right now,) so we’re newbies trying to learn more and meet others who are blogging.  My passion is taking [...]

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