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Based on 4 episodes we listened to · July 2026
MGMA Podcasts makes medical practice operations clear, with sharp attention to technology, staffing, regulation, risk, prior authorization, and administrative burden.
MGMA Podcasts lives on the Business & Finance side of healthcare, where care turns into operations: staffing risk, technology choices, prior authorization pressure, burnout, and administrative burden.
The succession spreadsheet remembers payroll; you might finally remember to plan for its keeper.
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A practical look at how compliance risk and change management break down inside medical groups.
Daniel Williams keeps the focus on compliance risk inside provider organizations, and Michelle Wright gives the discussion its clearest edge. The strongest material is practical: listening, documentation, communication, and the habits that show up when stress or change knocks…
A clear look at how administrative strain becomes clinical strain.
Jeff Smith ties burnout and prior authorization to the daily grind of physician practices. He leans on survey data: more than half of the practices surveyed said they had lost a physician to burnout in the past three years, and most pointed to regulatory burden as a major…
A practical reset for judging medicine by outcomes, not just numbers.
Benefits-based medicine is the episode's main argument: Dr. Brian Geetson moves past lab targets and medication reflexes to ask what treatment is actually meant to achieve.
A practical succession-planning checklist for practices that cannot afford to improvise.
Succession planning is treated as something to handle before a crisis, which is the right instinct. Daniel Williams and Bob Bush keep the advice plain: use a simple Excel spreadsheet, list mission-critical roles, note projected retirement or possible departure, and map…
A measured look at mentorship, balance, and the value of a trusted leadership community.
MGMA's Women's History Month conversation puts the Women Healthcare Leaders Resource Group in focus, as Cheryl Mangello, Dolores McNair, and Paola Turchi reflect on what it means to be a woman in healthcare today.
A practical case for treating routine as the place innovation gets stuck.
Tucker Bryant's conversation with Daniel Williams treats innovation less as a grand plan than as a habit shaped by routine. Bryant keeps circling back to the moment when someone reaches for the first answer, then asks what a second option might unlock, and the discussion stays…
A practical discussion of keeping care steady as staffing changes move through the system.
Staffing changes quickly become a care-delivery issue when contracting, credentialing, licensing, onboarding, scheduling, and orientation all shift at the same time.
Odd questions, followed patiently down to the incentives.
Family grief, public questions, and the responsibilities of care.
Michelle Wright joins Daniel Williams after recent MGMA work, and the chat quickly settles into the everyday mess of change management.
Burnout is the pressure point.
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Daniel Williams interviews Bob Bush, a retired healthcare executive, about succession planning in medical practices.
Daniel Williams opens the conversation in March, setting it within Women's History Month and introducing the Women Healthcare Leaders Resource Group.
Daniel Williams opens by introducing Tucker Bryant as the opening keynote speaker for MGMA's Operations Conference in Charlotte.
Amy Otto and Kyle Hadley of LocumTenens.com join MGMA host Daniel Williams to explain how "transition management" protects patient care during healthcare staffing changes.
Daniel Williams interviews Doug Lewis about evolving trends and strategies in physician and provider recruitment for 2026.
Daniel Williams interviews Steve Gutzler about emotional intelligence and leadership under pressure ahead of his keynote at the MGMA Financial Conference.
Shay Eskew discusses his journey from wildlife biology to healthcare leadership, emphasizing resilience, risk-taking, and purpose.
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Daniel Williams interviews Phil Tornroth about Alation Health's human-centered AI solutions to reduce clinician burden in primary care.