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C o r r e c t io n sThe following companies wish to correct their listings in the March2009 MGMA Connexion.. AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions, U.S. revenue-cycle managementcompanies, $10-$20 million revenue, www.ahsrcm.com, MGMAEditorial focus: Information Management Gold affiliate and MGMA supporter. Beacon Partners, U.S. health care consultants, $20-$50 million rev-enue, www.beaconpartners.com, MGMA Gold affiliate and MGMAsupporterFeatures . The Camden Group, U.S. health care consultants, $10-$20 million32 revenue, www.thecamdengroup.com, MGMA Corporate affiliateand MGMA supporterEconomic stimulus . Cogdell Spencer ERDMAN, U.S. architectural design/build compa-nies, more than $100 million revenue, MGMA Corporate affiliatepackage means and MGMA supporterlandmark EHR incentives . Culbert Healthcare Solutions, U.S. health care consultants, $3-$10Opportunities and challenges lie ahead for million revenue, www.culberthealth.com, MGMA Corporate affili-physician practices ate and MGMA supporterThe economic stimulus package offers gener- . Greenway Medical Technologies, U.S. electronic health record (EHR)ous incentives for health care providers to system companies, $20-$100 million revenue, www.greenwaymed-adopt EHR* - and expands HIPAA** privacy ical.com, MGMA Gold affiliate and MGMA supporterand security rules. . Medfusion, U.S. patient communications companies, more than*electronic health records $10 million revenue, www.medfusion.net, MGMA AdminiServe**Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act partner and MGMA supporterBy Robert Tennant, MA . MedPro Solutions, U.S. revenue-cycle management companies, $5-$10 million revenue, www.medpronow.com, MGMA supporter. Merritt Hawkins & Associates, U.S. health care recruitment compa-37 nies, $50-$100 million revenue, www.merritthawkins.com, MGMAsupporterIs CMS the IRS of medical . Practice Management Information Corp. (PMIC), U.S. coding systempractice? companies, $10-$50 million revenue, www.pmiconline.com, MGMAAdministrative complexity abounds - but Corporate affiliate and MGMA supporteryou can take steps to manage it. . Staff Care Inc., U.S. health care recruitment companies, more thanBy Deborah Walker Keegan, PhD, FACMPE $100 million revenue, www.staffcare.com
Coming in the July 2009MGMA Connexion: Medical Practice Today -What Members Have to Say. Your responses to our questionnaire on challengesfacing group practice administrators today. How you're coping with the recession. What keeps you going in the face of adversity
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