title: The cost of administrative complexity. Administrative intricacies add no value to health care--but the costs keep stacking up.
abstract: New MGMA research reports that a 10-physician practice spends almost a quarter of a million dollars a year on unnecessary administrative complexity. MGMA urges public debate on administrative simplification and for industry stakeholders to spread the word. To provide a road map, we outline six basic areas to simplify and describe how a less complicated payment system might operate.
authors.affiliation: cpope@mgma.com
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pope
mesh_terms: D032982:Contracts / Q000191:economics; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D006123:Group Practice / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010346:Patient Care Management / Q000191:economics; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States; D014941:Work Simplification