2022 saw the continued disruption in healthcare intensify due to increasing pressure from compressed margins, a diminishing workforce, and expanded care outside of traditional settings among other issues. Throughout the year, MGMA took the pulse of the healthcare industry on crucial matters that defined the past year and what to expect in 2023, such as the continued recovery from the pandemic as well as the bottom-line impact of consolidation, staffing issues, and patient engagement among other topics. Focusing on the year ahead, ABOUT CEO Angie Franks suggests that healthcare organizations, considering unprecedented clinician burnout and tight labor markets, leverage all resources to meet the everchanging needs of patients and operate as a system to reimagine patient flow not only in 2023, but for many years to come.
Read more from Angie and others in the MGMA Stat 2022 in Review.