Mgma Small Talk

In this episode of the MGMA Insights podcast, we’re joined by Tom McDougal, CEO of Merit Health Biloxi hospital. McDougal is a serial healthcare entrepreneur, author, speaker, professor and thought-leader in healthcare economics. To learn more about this topic and earn ACMPE, CME and CEU credit, access McDougal’s on-demand webinar, “Using Economic Theory to Understand Patient Decisions,” at mgma.com/economic-theory. Here are some links and references related to this week’s show: * How Behavioral Economics Can Produce Better Health Care (nyti.ms/2VZ9Gxe) * Using Behavioral Economics to Advance Population Health and Improve the Quality of Health Care Services (bit.ly/33TCGJt) * Is Behavioral Economics in Healthcare The Key to Future Patient Compliance? (bit.ly/2P6rOnG) * The inconvenient truth about behavioral economics in healthcare (bit.ly/2P4v42H) * Analyzing behavioral economics and psychology are key to engaging patients to make meaningful changes (bit.ly/2o59aS1) If you like the show, please rate and