Reflecting on 100 Years of MGMA | Leadership, Change, and What Comes Next

About this episode

The episode reflects on the 100-year history of MGMA and discusses the future of medical practice leadership.

On this episode of the MGMA Insights Podcast , host and senior editor Daniel Williams sits down with Dave Gans , longtime MGMA leader and historian, and Akash Madiah , MGMA’s acting CEO, to mark a major milestone — 100 years of MGMA . Together, they reflect on MGMA’s origins in 1926, the enduring role of the medical practice administrator, and how the association is positioning itself to support medical practice leaders through the next century of change. Episode Takeaways MGMA was founded on a simple but powerful idea — medical practice leaders are stronger when they share challenges, data, and solutions rather than operating in isolation. Many of today’s administrative challenges — staffing, overhead, collections, physician–administrator alignment — were already being discussed at MGMA’s very first meeting in 1926. Despite sweeping clinical and technological change, the core role of the practice administrator has remained remarkably consistent for a century. The physician–administrator partnership is central to effective group practice management and remains one of MGMA’s defining principles. MGMA’s impact is deeply personal — members routinely credit the organization’s data…

People in this episode

Host: Daniel Williams

Guests: Dave Gans, Akash Madiah

Topics covered

• MGMA history
• medical practice administration
• leadership
• organizational change
• future of healthcare

Keywords

• MGMA
• medical practice
• leadership
• administration
• healthcare change
• physician-administrator partnership
• community support

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MGMA

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