MGMA Podcasts

In this episode of MGMA Weekend Review podcast, senior editor Daniel Williams and co-host Colleen Luckett discuss key healthcare topics. They begin by highlighting OptumRx's decision to eliminate prior authorizations for around 80 drugs, followed by a segment on the importance of workplace happiness, featuring a case study from Lanco Medical Group. They then cover the latest MGMA stat polling on EHR system updates and improvements and review the challenges alternative care settings face with current EHR technology. The episode also looks at lessons doctors can learn from salmon and the reformation needs of the U.S. mental health care system. 

00:47 Introduction and Welcome 

01:34 Prior Authorizations Update (Healthcare Dive)

03:09 Workplace Happiness Insights (Harvard Business Review)

06:22 EHR Systems Update (MGMA Stat) 

11:20 Lessons from Salmon for Doctors (Physicians Practice)

14:57 Rethinking Mental Health Care (MedCity News)

17:05 Conclusion and Farewell

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