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AMA & MGMA salute top physician practice innovation proposals

The AMA and the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) announced the five top proposals submitted to their joint Practice Innovation Challenge.

Press Releases
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How to strengthen your practice's team culture

The way your practice works and what your team members value can determine your practice’s success—or failure—in the ever-changing health care environment. It is possible to transform your culture into one that will thrive in today’s care environment, and an online module in the AMA’s STEPS Forward collection shows you how.

Scope of Practice
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How to make your practice run smoothly with effective team meetings

Physicians and their teams can save time by working together to improve their work flows. Learn easy ways to implement regularly scheduled team meetings to increase communication within your care team and work smoothly.

Scope of Practice
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New meaningful use rules issued, despite calls for reassessment

Two major regulations pertaining to the electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use program were issued. The final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services includes changes in current reporting requirements and sets forth requirements for meaningful use Stage 3, which is planned for implementation in 2018.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Meaningful Use regulations represent progress; More work to be done

The AMA Statement on Meaningful Use expresses appreciation and continued concern to the CMS and the ONC.

Press Releases
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Without modifications rule, physicians need EHR exemption

Proposed flexibilities in the electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use program for Medicare have yet to be finalized. The AMA is calling on regulators to issue an automatic hardship exemption so physicians aren’t penalized for regulatory delays outside their control.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Regulations are sidelining patients: Physicians talk EHRs

Electronic health record (EHR) meaningful use regulations continue to interfere with practice efficiency, but how are they affecting patient care? Physicians took the floor at a special town hall meeting, giving the detailed answers to this question that federal policymakers need to hear.

Medicare & Medicaid
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Physicians watching and waiting for 2015 Meaningful Use requirements

The AMA is calling on CMS to create hardship exemption to EHR Meaningful Use due to the agency's delay in issuance of "modification rule."

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How to handle ICD-10 issues

With the arrival of the Oct. 1 implementation deadline for ICD-10, you need to be sure your practice can take care of any claims processing issues that result from using the new code set. The AMA’s ICD-10 Web page allows you to report any issues your practice is experiencing with how Medicare is processing claims now that the ICD-10 code set is in effect.

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