Divorce-proof your marriage: 8 stress-busting hacks for practice administrators
Practice administrators can divorce-proof their marriage with eight actionable, stress-busting tips that balance demanding workloads and relationship health.
Running a medical group is a highwire act: you juggle prior authorizations, patient-portal meltdowns, payer audits and a herd of spreadsheets—often before your first sip of coffee. It’s no wonder an MGMA Stat poll taken at the start of National Stress Awareness Month found that 75% of practice leaders said their stress and burnout worsened in 2024. Add the fact that the U.S. divorce rate still hovers around 2.4 per 1,000 people, according to the CDC National Center for Health Statistics, and you have a recipe for marital indigestion.
The good news? Your operational superpowers — calendars, dashboards and finely honed people skills — are the same tools that can keep Cupid on call. Here are eight actionable tactics to keep your partnership thriving even when the revenue cycle isn’t.
