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NCMGMA is pleased to announce the release of the Medical Employee Salary & Benefits Online Survey results. This data, collected from 2021 practice metrics, is designed to bring you the information you need to see trends specific to the healthcare industry, and provide comparative information your organization can use to assist in making crucial business decisions.
Attention Survey Participants
If you met the 75% survey completion requirement, your access to the data is complimentary. Visit benchmark.ncmgmasalarysurvey.com/ and use your participation username and password to access the data. Please use the “Forgot Password” option if you cannot recall your log in details (be sure to check your spam for the details if you do not see it in your in box). If you have any questions about your survey completion, please contact the NCMGMA offices at info@ncmgm.org.
Purchase Your 2021 Data Access
For practice administrators who would like to purchase access to the 2021 Salary & Benefits Survey data or who did not meet the 75% survey completion requirement, the cost is $300 for NCMGMA members and $500 for non-members. To purchase your data access, please follow the link below.
The video provides a tutorial on the data and reporting available. To access the demonstration video, please follow this link.
Presenting Survey Sponsor
Providing the Best Data is our Utmost Priority
NCMGMA places the highest priority on data integrity as well as adhering to all rules and regulations that govern the presentation of benchmarking results. In order to ensure that we are maintaining compliance with the latter, we have instructed our data collecting and benchmarking partner to normalize the data. This means that we will be using the median data points contributed by individual practices by position, for results presentation. This avoids any issue with a single practice skewing the results by contributing more than 25% of the data for a particular position.
Questions
If you have any questions, please contact the NCMGMA offices at info@ncmgm.org.
NCMGMA is pleased to announce the release of the Medical Employee Salary & Benefits Online Survey results. This data, collected from 2021 practice metrics, is designed to bring you the information you need to see trends specific to the healthcare industry, and provide comparative information your organization can use to assist in making crucial business decisions.
Attention Survey Participants
If you met the 75% survey completion requirement, your access to the data is complimentary. Visit benchmark.ncmgmasalarysurvey.com/ and use your participation username and password to access the data. Please use the “Forgot Password” option if you cannot recall your log in details (be sure to check your spam for the details if you do not see it in your in box). If you have any questions about your survey completion, please contact the NCMGMA offices at info@ncmgm.org.
Purchase Your 2021 Data Access
For practice administrators who would like to purchase access to the 2021 Salary & Benefits Survey data or who did not meet the 75% survey completion requirement, the cost is $300 for NCMGMA members and $500 for non-members. To purchase your data access, please follow the link below.
The video provides a tutorial on the data and reporting available. To access the demonstration video, please follow this link.
Presenting Survey Sponsor
Providing the Best Data is our Utmost Priority
NCMGMA places the highest priority on data integrity as well as adhering to all rules and regulations that govern the presentation of benchmarking results. In order to ensure that we are maintaining compliance with the latter, we have instructed our data collecting and benchmarking partner to normalize the data. This means that we will be using the median data points contributed by individual practices by position, for results presentation. This avoids any issue with a single practice skewing the results by contributing more than 25% of the data for a particular position.
Questions
If you have any questions, please contact the NCMGMA offices at info@ncmgm.org.
Help Us Compile Data Specific to NC’s Healthcare Industry 75% Completion Grants Free Survey Data Access
NCMGMA is pleased to announce the launch of the Medical Employee Salary & Benefits Online Survey, collecting 2021 data. This comprehensive study is designed to bring our members the information they need to see trends specific to the healthcare industry, and provide comparative information your organization can use to assist in making crucial business decisions.
Participated in 2020’s data entry? Entering in 2021’s data couldn’t be easier with our “Copy Prior Year” data option!
Data collection will remain open through Friday, December 3, 2021. Please retain this email as it contains information on accessing the platform and completing the survey.
Have over 500 positions to enter in? NCMGMA can help! Email us at info@ncmgm.org to learn how!
If your practice participated last year, use the “Copy Prior Year” option to pull forward last year’s data and make the necessary updates.
The Survey Worksheet is a downloadable spreadsheet that can be used to help compile data and can be shared with others, and is found on the Support page, once logged in. Note: this is to be used as a guide and data will need to be inputted into the platform.
The User Guide will help answer many of your how-to questions. It can also be found on the Support page in the survey, once logged in.
The Survey is divided into sections that contain categories of questions. You can begin in any section and complete the survey questions in any order.
The progress bar on the home page will track your overall progress and the icons will help you see any areas not completed.
Come back as often as needed to complete the survey. All data is saved as you go.
In order to access results when they are released (December), participants must complete all required questions and a minimum 75% of the survey.
Survey Demonstration Video
To access the demonstration video, please follow this link.
Presenting Survey Sponsor
Order Your 2020 Data Access
For practice administrators who would like to purchase access to the 2020 Salary & Benefits Survey data or who did not meet the 75% survey completion requirement, the cost is $300 for NCMGMA members and $500 for non-members. To order your data access, please follow the link below.
Help Us Compile Data Specific to NC’s Healthcare Industry 75% Completion Grants Free Survey Data Access
NCMGMA is pleased to announce the launch of the Medical Employee Salary & Benefits Online Survey, collecting 2021 data. This comprehensive study is designed to bring our members the information they need to see trends specific to the healthcare industry, and provide comparative information your organization can use to assist in making crucial business decisions.
Participated in 2020’s data entry? Entering in 2021’s data couldn’t be easier with our “Copy Prior Year” data option!
Data collection will remain open through Friday, December 3, 2021. Please retain this email as it contains information on accessing the platform and completing the survey.
Have over 500 positions to enter in? NCMGMA can help! Email us at info@ncmgm.org to learn how!
If your practice participated last year, use the “Copy Prior Year” option to pull forward last year’s data and make the necessary updates.
The Survey Worksheet is a downloadable spreadsheet that can be used to help compile data and can be shared with others, and is found on the Support page, once logged in. Note: this is to be used as a guide and data will need to be inputted into the platform.
The User Guide will help answer many of your how-to questions. It can also be found on the Support page in the survey, once logged in.
The Survey is divided into sections that contain categories of questions. You can begin in any section and complete the survey questions in any order.
The progress bar on the home page will track your overall progress and the icons will help you see any areas not completed.
Come back as often as needed to complete the survey. All data is saved as you go.
In order to access results when they are released (December), participants must complete all required questions and a minimum 75% of the survey.
Survey Demonstration Video
To access the demonstration video, please follow this link.
Presenting Survey Sponsor
Order Your 2020 Data Access
For practice administrators who would like to purchase access to the 2020 Salary & Benefits Survey data or who did not meet the 75% survey completion requirement, the cost is $300 for NCMGMA members and $500 for non-members. To order your data access, please follow the link below.
Help Us Compile Data Specific to NC’s Healthcare Industry 75% Completion Grants Free Survey Data Access
NCMGMA is pleased to announce the launch of the Medical Employee Salary & Benefits Online Survey, collecting 2021 data. This comprehensive study is designed to bring our members the information they need to see trends specific to the healthcare industry, and provide comparative information your organization can use to assist in making crucial business decisions.
Participated in 2020’s data entry? Entering in 2021’s data couldn’t be easier with our “Copy Prior Year” data option!
Data collection is now open through November 24, 2021. Please retain this email as it contains information on accessing the platform and completing the survey.
Have over 500 positions to enter in? NCMGMA can help! Email us at info@ncmgm.org to learn how!
If your practice participated last year, use the “Copy Prior Year” option to pull forward last year’s data and make the necessary updates.
The Survey Worksheet is a downloadable spreadsheet that can be used to help compile data and can be shared with others, and is found on the Support page, once logged in. Note: this is to be used as a guide and data will need to be inputted into the platform.
The User Guide will help answer many of your how-to questions. It can also be found on the Support page in the survey, once logged in.
The Survey is divided into sections that contain categories of questions. You can begin in any section and complete the survey questions in any order.
The progress bar on the home page will track your overall progress and the icons will help you see any areas not completed.
Come back as often as needed to complete the survey. All data is saved as you go.
In order to access results when they are released (December), participants must complete all required questions and a minimum 75% of the survey.
Survey Demonstration Video
To access the demonstration video, please follow this link.
Presenting Survey Sponsor
Order Your 2020 Data Access
For practice administrators who would like to purchase access to the 2020 Salary & Benefits Survey data or who did not meet the 75% survey completion requirement, the cost is $300 for NCMGMA members and $500 for non-members. To order your data access, please follow the link below.
Help Us Compile Data Specific to NC’s Healthcare Industry 75% Completion Grants Free Survey Data Access
NCMGMA is pleased to announce the launch of the Medical Employee Salary & Benefits Online Survey, collecting 2021 data. This comprehensive study is designed to bring our members the information they need to see trends specific to the healthcare industry, and provide comparative information your organization can use to assist in making crucial business decisions.
Participated in 2020’s data entry? Entering in 2021’s data couldn’t be easier with our “Copy Prior Year” data option!
Data collection is now open through November 24, 2021. Please retain this email as it contains information on accessing the platform and completing the survey.
Have over 500 positions to enter in? NCMGMA can help! Email us at info@ncmgm.org to learn how!
If your practice participated last year, use the “Copy Prior Year” option to pull forward last year’s data and make the necessary updates.
The Survey Worksheet is a downloadable spreadsheet that can be used to help compile data and can be shared with others, and is found on the Support page, once logged in. Note: this is to be used as a guide and data will need to be inputted into the platform.
The User Guide will help answer many of your how-to questions. It can also be found on the Support page in the survey, once logged in.
The Survey is divided into sections that contain categories of questions. You can begin in any section and complete the survey questions in any order.
The progress bar on the home page will track your overall progress and the icons will help you see any areas not completed.
Come back as often as needed to complete the survey. All data is saved as you go.
In order to access results when they are released (December), participants must complete all required questions and a minimum 75% of the survey.
Survey Demonstration Video
To access the demonstration video, please follow this link.
Presenting Survey Sponsor
Order Your 2020 Data Access
For practice administrators who would like to purchase access to the 2020 Salary & Benefits Survey data or who did not meet the 75% survey completion requirement, the cost is $300 for NCMGMA members and $500 for non-members. To order your data access, please follow the link below.
After a tumultuous 2020, we had so much hope for a better year in 2021. Little did we know, the pandemic was not finished wreaking its havoc and with 2022 fast approaching, do we dare say, “the worst is behind us?” Being a glass-half-full kind of guy, I’m going out on a limb to say, “Yes! 2022 is going to be a better year!”
I know for sure that without NCMGMA, my work-life would have been much more complicated these past two years. Networking with colleagues on our member listserv alone has been worth the price of our dues, and then some. I have heard repeatedly about how the listserv aided healthcare leaders in our state to make key decisions for their practices through these unprecedented times. There was a comfort in feeling we were not alone facing these extreme challenges.
As your incoming president, I want to take this time to first thank you all for being active participants in this incredible organization. We are comprised of many of the finest minds in healthcare, not only in North Carolina but the nation. Collectively, we can make significant impacts on how healthcare is delivered in our state. There is much strength in numbers, and when we work together on common goals, there is no stopping us. Connecting is the key!
So, what are our common goals? Surely, we are more than just a networking platform to bounce ideas off of when we need some help on the listserv. To help answer this question, let’s reflect on our Vision and Mission statements. Too often, these statements are dismissed as perfunctory relics we brush the dust off of every now and then but never really use for their designed purpose. And, what is that purpose? The vision is what you want to accomplish, and the mission is how you will achieve this vision.
Sounds simple, right? But let’s dig deeper because there is much more. We develop strategies from the vision and mission, and within these strategies, you will find those common goals I mentioned earlier. Under the astute leadership of our immediate past-president, Amanda McKinney, she facilitated the development of a comprehensive Strategic Plan for NCMGMA that included one-year, three-year, and five-year goals with the help of our Leadership Council. While it was a tedious but fun process, Amanda forced us to think and put our thoughts on paper to memorialize the work. Leadership all agree this strategic plan must be a living document and a roadmap for moving NCMGMA forward.
If you have not seen this document yet, let me highlight a few of the goals:
Grow our public profile – Maintain connections by enhancing our list of contacts from available resources. Continue to work with NC healthcare thought leaders.
Advocacy – Conduct quarterly calls with the Advocacy Committee chairs to maintain and improve this pillar of the organization.
Strengthen committees – Engage members through committees that touch on practice pain points.
New member engagement – Announce committee meetings on e-news – onboarding/education to new members on strengths of NCMGMA.
I encourage you to reflect on these goals and ask yourself how you can contribute to our successful achievement of them. Join a committee, contribute to the listserv, call your Legislator! There are many ways to help.
Something almost all of you can do now is participate in the 2021 Salary Survey. There may never have been a time when this has been more important. We are all too familiar with the workforce challenges businesses are experiencing across all industries throughout the country. Healthcare is not exempt from these challenges, and we find ourselves competing with one and other for employees and with sectors that were not competitors in the past.
Even if you have completed the survey in the past, please do so again. The market has changed dramatically for many positions, and this survey will give us the data to go to our respective organizations to adjust wages, if necessary, to be competitive. If you have never completed the survey, I implore you to please do so. Don’t wait. Although it can be more time-consuming than your basic survey, the information is extremely valuable. The more data we have, the better. By completing at least 75% of the survey, you qualify to receive your own free copy. I cannot think of a more relevant benchmark than this to assist us with managing our teams. Also, if you know other healthcare leaders who are not NCMGMA members, they too can complete the survey and receive the data. Please get the word out and, please, participate in this important exercise.
And finally, please commit to connecting with other NCMGMA members in 2022. Don’t underestimate the power of connectivity. We can achieve more together. My commitment to you all is to humbly serve in my role as president while following the comprehensive roadmap developed by my predecessors.
Help Us Compile Data Specific to NC’s Healthcare Industry 75% Completion Grants Free Survey Data Access
NCMGMA is pleased to announce the launch of the Medical Employee Salary & Benefits Online Survey, collecting 2021 data. This comprehensive study is designed to bring our members the information they need to see trends specific to the healthcare industry, and provide comparative information your organization can use to assist in making crucial business decisions.
Participated in 2020’s data entry? Entering in 2021’s data couldn’t be easier with our “Copy Prior Year” data option!
Data collection is now open through November 24, 2021. Please retain this email as it contains information on accessing the platform and completing the survey.
Have over 500 positions to enter in? NCMGMA can help! Email us at info@ncmgm.org to learn how!
If your practice participated last year, use the “Copy Prior Year” option to pull forward last year’s data and make the necessary updates.
The Survey Worksheet is a downloadable spreadsheet that can be used to help compile data and can be shared with others, and is found on the Support page, once logged in. Note: this is to be used as a guide and data will need to be inputted into the platform.
The User Guide will help answer many of your how-to questions. It can also be found on the Support page in the survey, once logged in.
The Survey is divided into sections that contain categories of questions. You can begin in any section and complete the survey questions in any order.
The progress bar on the home page will track your overall progress and the icons will help you see any areas not completed.
Come back as often as needed to complete the survey. All data is saved as you go.
In order to access results when they are released (December), participants must complete all required questions and a minimum 75% of the survey.
Survey Demonstration Video
To access the demonstration video, please follow this link.
Presenting Survey Sponsor
Order Your 2020 Data Access
For practice administrators who would like to purchase access to the 2020 Salary & Benefits Survey data or who did not meet the 75% survey completion requirement, the cost is $300 for NCMGMA members and $500 for non-members. To order your data access, please follow the link below.
2021 Alliance sponsor feature article courtesy of Pearl Health
It’s no secret that the U.S. healthcare system could benefit from a healthy dose of creativity and innovation. Over the past several decades, healthcare costs have been rising at an unsustainable rate, while patient outcomes have been less than ideal. Efforts to create a more value-based healthcare system, which have featured an especially concerted effort over the last decade, have thus far not succeeded. In recognition of this reality, the Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently introduced its Direct Contracting model. Specifically designed to encourage innovative healthcare ideas, Direct Contracting will hopefully lead us toward a more value-based healthcare system.
Many healthcare organizations and providers believe the Direct Contracting model has tremendous potential. While the model is currently being used only for Medicare beneficiaries, many hope that its central themes–provider capitation, quality measures with minimal administrative overhead for practices, and global risk sharing–may soon be adopted by private payers and providers furnishing care in the commercial sector. Such proliferation will depend on the model’s initial success in managing costs of the Medicare population and how well providers adapt. If the model works as planned, it will incentivize innovative healthcare strategies, leading to better outcomes and lower costs. With this in mind, it’s essential that healthcare professionals understand ways to innovate in this environment.
It is well known that many healthcare systems lack efficient operational workflows. This is especially true in coordinating care among different care settings in and out of various facilities. Therefore, innovative healthcare ideas are needed to streamline many of these more complex care activities. The Direct Contracting model accomplishes this by linking rewards to value-based outcomes. As a result, all stakeholders are motivated to develop more efficient and coordinated processes of care. Healthcare organizations can leverage the Direct Contracting model’s investment capital construct (i.e. the ‘enhanced cap’) to pursue better workflow efficiencies. Likewise, they can encourage the use of standardized workflows that are patient-centric in an effort to reduce care variations. Similar to Lean Six Sigma approaches, these efforts reduce waste while improving the capacity for predictable and reproducible results. This is an area of innovation needed for many healthcare systems today.
Innovative Healthcare Strategy #2 – Advance Digital Integrations
Advancing and streamlining digital integrations across the healthcare system may lead to more efficient healthcare delivery. Interoperability, the ability of different digital healthcare platforms to communicate, has been a barrier for efficient and effective healthcare. Healthcare systems can use the Direct Contracting model to encourage improved connectivity and interoperability by incentivizing such investment through outcomes alignment. This inherently reduces waste by limiting duplication services and increases access to information for better decision-making. Such connectivity can also improve the insight of analytics efforts, providing healthcare systems with better data to drive future changes. By investing in these types of activities, organizations can better thrive under the Direct Contracting model and reap the rewards.
Under CMS’s Direct Contracting model, Direct Contracting Entities (DCEs) have the ability to structure bespoke risk contracts with the providers that they engage. A DCE may choose different risk tracks, taking on 50% or 100% of the risk and shared savings benefits. While past ACO programs allowed for similar risk-sharing, DCEs are afforded greater freedom to create more targeted risk-based and capitated contracts with providers that incentivize them to develop innovative healthcare solutions. This is one of the major advantages of the Direct Contracting model that did not exist with prior CMS approaches to value-based healthcare.
Innovative Healthcare Strategy #4 – Engage and Involve Patients
The Direct Contracting model places the burden to develop innovative healthcare solutions on DCEs and member providers. Yet the involvement of patients is critical to the success of efforts to achieve performance improvement in value-based care. By empowering and incentivizing patients to engage in this manner, DCEs can make better, more informed choices about which strategies they will invest in and patients can contribute to self-care and self-monitoring. DCEs and providers should therefore invest resources in educating and training patients in these areas. In doing so, they are better able to utilize patient resources that reduce costs and lead to better results. These types of activities also broaden care coordination across additional care settings that include the patient’s home environments.
Embracing a Culture of Innovation in Healthcare
Each of the above strategies can help organizations and providers realize more innovative healthcare practices. The Direct Contracting model simply serves as a framework by which these efforts can be used. Over time, however, DCEs and providers alike can embrace a culture of value-based innovation to achieve healthcare goals.
The Fall Conference provides a rich environment where NC’s practice leaders can learn, share and grow. Through general and breakout sessions, legislative updates and our Annual Business Meeting, attendees can earn up to 9.25 CEUs. We’ll also have the latest and greatest products and services on display in the exhibit hall.
Browse our Fall Conference event web pages to learn all this year’s event has to offer and make plans to join us today.
NCMGMA Fall Conference
Relevant continuing education, engaging networking opportunities, and face time with products/service experts – the Fall Conference has it all. Click on the thumbnail image to hear motivational speaker Rich Schlentz explain why Fall Conference attendance is a wise investment.
Aaron Cohen, Sarah Hughes, Doral Jacobsen and Tracey Martin have joined our list of conference speakers that includes Mary Kelly, Ph.D., Rich Schlentz and David Sousa. Learn more about these thought-leaders joining us this October in Asheville.
For tips on how your practice can manage fiduciary risk, lower expenses, and, ideally, improve saving opportunities for your practitioners and staff, stop by and see Joe Dillon, Curi Capital’s retirement plan expert. This special opportunity is open to all registrants.
Our exhibitors are essential partners in the success of healthcare practices throughout North Carolina. From collections to insurance to healthcare technology, come meet the companies helping practice managers reach the next level.
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