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ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ As pandemic social distancing widened to include medical distancing – significantly reducing office visits for routine and sick care throughout much of 2020 – health care leaders are using a broad range of communications and operational tactics to ensure patients receive proper care amid a COVID-19 surge, according to a new report by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and Humana.
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The joint publication, No Time to Waste: Deferred Care and Pandemic Recovery, leverages qualitative and quantitative data from medical practices across the United States to illustrate the impact of deferred care during the pandemic. The report also details practical steps and strategies from practice leaders for those in the health care community to pursue to continue recovery and help patients achieve crucial connections with physicians and other providers.
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A new MGMA survey finds that medical practices across the country are being left out of COVID-19 rollout efforts. The survey revealed a staggering 85 percent of independent practices and 45 percent of hospital or health system-owned practices actively seeking the COVID-19 vaccine for their patients report having obtained none to date. The majority of practices that have obtained the vaccine report only receiving enough to vaccinate 1 percent or less of their patients. The MGMA survey reflects responses from over 400 medical group practices. Current distribution efforts take patients away from trusted ties with their physicians and force them into haphazard vaccine chasing. Physician practices have the capacity and strategic ability to proactively deliver the vaccine by identifying patients by age, preexisting conditions, and other risk factors. Patients trust their physicians to answer questions
New MGMA Report Identifies Biggest Lessons and Priorities for Medical Practices in 2021
COVID-19 pandemic has been a massive disruptor for medical practices, which represent 40% of the overall U.S. healthcare system; staff shortages, mental health and efficient practice operations at forefront of 2021 planning
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Jan. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ As we embrace 2021, Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) releases a special report that identifies key learnings from the tumultuous year of 2020 and provides important priorities that medical practices should consider heading into 2021. The report, MGMA Stat 2020 Year in Review: Through Hardships to the Stars, is a culmination of MGMA s national weekly polls of more than 4,800 healthcare leaders on the biggest issues and trends in medical practice management and the healthcare industry. The data included in this report chronicles the turbulence, innovation and r