What Practice Leaders Need to Know About Today’s Compliance Risks with Michelle Wright
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Michelle Wright discusses compliance risks and the importance of execution in healthcare organizations.
On this episode of the MGMA Insights Podcast , Host and Sr. Editor Daniel Williams, sits down with Michelle Wright , strategic advisor and board director with more than 30 years of experience across payers and providers. Michelle shares lessons from her career spanning actuarial science, health plan leadership, provider operations, and board service — offering a candid look at why smart strategies often fail in execution. The conversation explores accountability, governance, and change management in healthcare organizations, emerging compliance and enforcement trends, and Michelle’s deeply personal advocacy work focused on access to care for individuals with profound autism. Episode Takeaways Execution — not strategy — is where organizations struggle most. Even well-designed strategies falter without clear ownership, follow‑through, and ongoing performance monitoring. Accountability must be explicit. Projects involving AI, revenue cycle, quality, or operations often touch multiple departments, but success depends on clearly defining who owns outcomes from start to finish. Governance is the connective tissue. Effective governance helps organizations document decisions, clarify…
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