Week in Review: Health Equity, More Medical Debt, and Workforce Shortages

Welcome to this edition of MGMA's Week in Review podcast. Today we'll review articles and content on health equity, the latest MGMA Stat and workforce shortages.

Sources:

MGMA Stat: https://www.mgma.com/mgma-stat/in-pursuit-of-health-equity-efforts-sometimes-lack-formal-goal-setting

DMSG Podcast: https://www.dmsghealthcarepodcast.com/2024/02/13/how-practices-can-successfully-prepare-for-the-future-while-being-squeezed/

Medical Debt: www.axios.com/2024/02/14/medical…debt-united-states

Workforce shortages: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/is-the-healthcare-workforce-a-problem-or-not.html

Affordability: https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/poll-finding/kff-health-tracking-poll-february-2024-voters-on-two-key-health-care-issues-affordability-and-aca

Global Workforce Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/mgmapods/business-solutions-modernizing-hiring-and-retention-strategies-with-remote-employees?si=b3e65898e6ba404faef70bba081e9852&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Global Workforce Webinar on-demand: https://www.mgma.com/webinars/recreating-the-wheel-modernized-hiring-and-retention-strategies-with-remote-employees-on-demand

Health Equity Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/mgmapods/mindful-medicine-exploring-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-in-healthcare?si=1e63c578a49c4be9bed673bc9b94e13c&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Resources:

MGMA Stat: mgma.com/stat

Ask an Advisor: www.mgma.com/ask-an-advisor

MGMA Membership: www.mgma.com/membership

MGMA Advocacy: www.mgma.com/advocacy

MGMA Consulting: www.mgma.com/consulting/overview

Music: "Cool Piano" by Tagirijus courtesy of Free Music Archive, CC BY-NC-SA

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