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By Caren Baginski

With 2009 fast approaching, it's time to take a look back at 2008's most popular medical practice management topics. No surprises here: The year entertained the usual suspects of cost vs. revenue and the economic downturn. But not all news was bad in our countdown of the top 10 most popular topics on mgma.com.

10. Get help paying for your EMR

9. Hospital-owned practices pay starting specialists more than physician-owned practices 

8. Better-performing practices focus on patients, expanded services, EHR

7. Medical group practice costs outpace revenues
 
6. Inflation bites group practice administrators' compensation 

5. Economic downturn's effects on patient volume differ by specialty, patient mix
 
4. Press release: Specialty physician compensation barely keeps up with inflation
 
3. President signs legislation delaying Medicare cuts for 6 months
(This happened a year ago yesterday; how time flies for Medicare cuts!)
 
2. Free tools for medical group practice professionals

And the most popular mgma.com topic of 2008:
1. The 2008 Annual Conference in San Diego, of course!

What are your predictions for 2009? Leave them in the comments.
 
Caren Baginski is MGMA's Web Content Writer/Editor.

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