Will a hiccup in retail pharmacy vaccinations in some of the nation's biggest states mean an uptick this fall for physician offices? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...

Trump administration has restored 67 of +200 webpages deleted in January. More to come, feds say. “The decision serves as a reminder that the government must follow the law, just like the rest of us.” www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

One of the bigger questions being answered is the future of virtual care and the "#telehealth cliff." While some practices see #telemedicine volumes declining, the strategic path forward just got easier: www.mgma.com/mgma-stat/br...

Vought flip-flop: White House lifts OMB halt to NIH grant awards www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/t...

There are short- and long-term strategies that medical group practice leaders should consider to confront rising costs for labor, supplies, facilities, technology and more, all in our most recent #MGMA Stat data story: www.mgma.com/mgma-stat/co...

How health systems are reshaping their strategies in the face of federal policy uncertainty www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/ho...

CMS deletes Medicare Advantage vision statement, signaling another shift from health equity www.fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/c...

Such a great chat with @kawickenhauser.bsky.social of @directtrust.bsky.social this week at #himss25 RE: #FHIR on Direct, what we were seeing at HIMSS Global and the evolution of the #interop space — oh, and thanking her for being a longtime #MGMA Stat user: www.mgma.com/articles/the...

Novo Nordisk will cut the price of its weight loss medication Wegovy to $499 per month for certain patients who pay using their own money instead of going through insurance, the drug maker said on Wednesday.

Are you leading your AI or is AI leading you? AI in Healthcare Forum explores process, governance and learning from friction and failure at #himss25: www.mgma.com/articles/are...

Highlights from the the early sessions of #himss25 Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum - Breaking the ransomware attack chain and accelerating incident response: www.mgma.com/articles/bre...

With #HIMSS25 you can't even escape AI before you get there: Conference app has AI-enabled suggestions for sessions you should see, people you should connect with.

How will federal health agencies fare amid DOGE worker purge? www.fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/f...

Healthcare CFOs anticipate minimal financial gains in 2025 due to high labor costs, stagnant payer rates medcitynews.com/2025/02/labo...

Eli Lilly unveils plan for four U.S. "mega-sites" www.axios.com/2025/02/26/l...

PBM legislation gets fresh push at House hearing www.modernhealthcare.com/politics-pol...

MGMA urges Congress to establish permanent or long-term access to telehealth www.mgma.com/advocacy-let...

Healthcare was most breached sector in 2024, accounting for 23% of data breaches handled by Kroll www.healthcaredive.com/news/healthc...

A full breakdown of specific Medicare telehealth policies and their dates for reverting back to pre-PHE status is available to MGMA members here: www.mgma.com/federal-poli...

Baxter’s Asheville site now fully operational after damage from Helene healthexec.com/topics/healt...

NEW: Medicare Advantage beneficiaries who are suing UnitedHealth Group over allegedly wrongful denials of care that were based on artificial intelligence scored a victory Thursday, as a judge ruled their case could move forward. Could open up discovery. www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/l...

BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Judge last night temporarily blocked NIH indirect cost cuts in the lawsuit from AAMC and teaching hospitals. This applies US-wide www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Should I dust off my TikTok account to post about this?

Q&A: How institutions have responded to the gender-affirming care executive order, one week later www.statnews.com/2025/02/05/a...

MGMA members have access to a new memorandum on increased immigration enforcement and implications for medical groups: www.mgma.com/federal-poli...

I seem to remember there being a previously existing apparatus for protecting the integrity of HHS programs.

Trump tariffs may play havoc with health prices, supply chains www.axios.com/2025/02/05/t...

Trump administration indefinitely suspends meetings of HHS' health IT advisory committee www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/...

It was wild about a decade ago when people started confusing "MGMA" and "MAGA," but time is a flat circle, so now we get to compete with "Make the Gulf Mexican Again," apparently. I'm going to go listen to some K-pop if you need me.

An update with latest data available for graph of life expectancy vs health care expenditures per capita for 20 countries and one outlier.

From inside HHS, a court order sent around this morning telling agencies they can’t pause spending:

The purges have removed information about vaccines, veterans’ care, hate crimes and scientific research, among many other topics. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...

Trump order aims to end federal support for gender transitions for those under 19 apnews.com/article/trum...

FDA approves Ozempic to reduce chronic kidney disease in patients with diabetes, Novo Nordisk says (the FDA doesn't appear to have posted a press release since Jan. 17 as HHS communications remain paused) www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/h...

How many 2025 prediction pieces accurately called, "Community health centers, FQHCs, WIC enrollees and Medicaid beneficiaries being told to justify continued federal dollars"? I can only think of one.

Just thinking that it was about 49 weeks ago that the Change Healthcare outage began and payments to providers ground to a halt.

Federal grant freeze reaches community health centers: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

The big news since last night: "Temporary pause" on federal financial aid worries many on congressional power of the purse, but also impacts for programs such as SNAP, Medicaid, etc.: www.fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/t...

BREAKING: US health agency employees are now banned from nearly all travel and certain agencies and programs have been ordered to stop issuing new contracts and grants until further notice. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Of the few bad things about BlueSky, the one that stands out the most is the butterfly logo kind of looks like an X.

Cyberattacks are as prevalent as ever for healthcare organizations — but the flurry of activity in 2024 prompted most medical practice leaders to beef up staff training around cybersecurity and has most of them feeling somewhat confident in their ability to recover quickly: www.mgma.com/stat-012125

Researchers worry that NIH funding and scientific updates to the public could be affected

The fourth week in January is National Medical Group Practice Week. Watch for more on this from MGMA next week; to help connect your practices and team members to this celebration, we offer some ideas for thoughtful engagement: www.mgma.com/articles/cel...

Former MGMA President and CEO Susan Turney, MD, appointed to Alliance for Health Policy Board of Directors - www.allhealthpolicy.org/news/the-all...

What's FAIR in a climate where DEI is demonized? A focus on fairness, access, inclusion, and representation - hbr.org/2025/01/what...

Americans mixed on potential Trump healthcare priorities: KFF poll www.healthcaredive.com/news/america...

Hospital, PE-affiliated primary care docs charge higher prices than independents, study finds www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/ho...

New article for #MaternalHealth Awareness Day -- Advancing equitable pregnancy care amid systemic barriers: www.mgma.com/articles/adv...

Providers to target efficiency, supply chain resilience in 2025 www.healthcaredive.com/news/provide...