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34 Healthcare IT News ■ October 2008 PhySIcIAN PRActIcES & AMBulAtoRy cARE www.HealthcareITNews.com how the presidential candidates’ healthcare JESSEE, MD, reform plans will affect president the future of medicine and CEO of the Medical – and group practices in Group Management particular. Association, will deliver Jessee will also discuss the MGMA 2008 keymajor MGMA policy ininote speech on Tuesday, William F. Jessee, tiatives, such as Medicare Oct. 21. MD payment cuts, electronic His speech, “Election 2008 and the State of U.S. Health health records, e-prescribing and Care,” will address the issue 1 price transparency. HITN_NG_DrHolly_Oct08.qxd:Layout of 8/29/08 10:49 AM Page 1 ILLIAm f. W MGMA: tuESdAy KEyNotE AddRESS MGMA: WEdNESdAy FocuS SESSIoNS will kick off the day on Wednesday, Oct. 22, at the MGMA 2008 conference. Gary Bradt, founder and president of Bradt Leadership, Inc., will talk about the “The Ring in the Rubble: Dig Through Change and Find Your Next Golden Opportunity.” The session will focus on capitalizing on the opportunities change can create. Gary Bradt Marnie McBean, a three-time Olympic gold medalist from Canada, will lead a session called “Staying Focused on the Task When the Goal Seems Impossible.” She will provide insights on teamwork, change and success. wO fOcuS SESSIONS t MGMA Continued from page 31 Dr. Larry Holly with a few of his grandchildren Southeast Texas Medical Associates • Beaumont, TX Quality 6 audits - 0 deficiencies. 100% medical practice has to make, says Bill Probeck, e-learning innovations manager, MGMA. “The demonstration will go through all the features and how to use it as a single unit or as a team,” he said. “We will also show how the universities use it, and give out pointers.” Probeck says the event is for two audiences – those who are in Master of Health Administration programs and members. At the end of September, 200 attendees had already signed up for the demonstration, which includes a competition over the three days between two teams to see who can receive a better score. The medical home is also set to be a hot topic at this year’s show. Central to the Medical Home approach is the premise that patient-centered care requires a fundamental shift in the relationship between patients and their primary care physicians. $ 340 K “Practices don’t often think of how they are going to use the data and mining it to get information about their patients.” -Cynthia Dunn Cynthia Dunn, senior consultant, MGMA Health Care Consulting Group, will lead a session on “Guided Care: A Path to the Medical Home”. Dunn will be talking about the reality of the medical home in physician practices and how it will impact the roles of the staff. She will also discuss how physicians are utilizing information technology to monitor chronic care patients. “Practices don’t often think of how they are going to use the data and mining it to get information about their patient,” says Dunn. T he session will also inform attendees about Cynthia Dunn what kinds of CMS demonstration projects are under way for the medical home and how they can participate. Dunn also says not to miss out on the two-day pre-conference session called “Building Blocks toward Pay-for-Performance”. After the session panelists will talk about their experiences working in P4P environments and the successes as well as the problems they encountered. ■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: MGMa 1008 Reduced annual transcription costs by $340K. 27% Increased average revenue per encounter. As managing partner of a large practice, Dr. Holly spent many Saturdays finishing patient charts and reading management reports. Then he put his confidence in NextGen. Quality improved, costs declined $800,000 per year, and revenue increased substantially. Dr. Holly still reads on Saturdays, but now it’s a lot more enjoyable. Electronic Medical Records & Enterprise Practice Management e ● Connect: NextGeN 1008 Stop by our booth #2115 at the MGMA conference, October 19-21, for a product demonstration, or visit us at www.nextgen.com/HITN for more information. ● http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.nextgen.com/HITN http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=10071 http://www.nextgen.com/HITN http://www.healthcareitnews.com/eConnect.cms?id=10137

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