Promotions to Drive Market Solutions and
Transformative Growth for the Association
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., July 25,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Group Management
Association (MGMA), the nation's largest association focused
on the business of medical practice management, today announced two
promotions that will better position the organization to meet the
evolving and increasingly complex needs of its members.
Akash Madiah, who has served as
Chief Financial Officer for MGMA since 2018, now also carries the
title of Chief Operating Officer, and Andrew Swanson, MPA, FACMPE, who has served as
the association's Senior Vice President of Product Strategy and
Sales since 2021, has been named Chief Revenue Officer.
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"Akash and Andy have been instrumental in helping position MGMA
to provide the most effective insights, solutions and advocacy on
behalf of our 60,000 medical practice members," said Halee Fischer-Wright, MD, MMM, FAAP, FACMPE.
"For nearly 100 years, MGMA has helped medical group practices to
innovate and create meaningful change in healthcare, and I am
pleased to see Akash and Andy take on expanded roles with increased
responsibilities as we position ourselves to help our members
thrive in the next 100 years."
Madiah has led MGMA's financial and analytic operations for the
past six years, in addition to providing leadership and strategic
guidance across the organization. Madiah joined MGMA from DaVita
Medical Group, where he served as a regional chief financial
officer overseeing financial operations. Before joining DaVita
Medical Group, Madiah served in financial leadership roles at a
variety of organizations, including Vail Resorts, KPMG LLP and
Lehman Brothers. Akash earned his bachelor's degree in
engineering with a double major in economics from Northwestern University and his MBA from the
University of Virginia Darden School of
Business.
Swanson brings his vast background in the medical practice
industry and tenure at MGMA to deploy products and services to
improve the people and systems used to support the organization and
members. In his new role as Chief Revenue Officer, he will oversee
marketing, market intelligence, product development and sales
functions to ensure their alignment with the market MGMA
serves. He spent nearly two decades over his career in human
resources as a daily practitioner, business partner and functional
leader. Additionally, he spent 13 years within the U.S. healthcare
system, both in hospital system and medical group management.
Swanson began his career in change management and business
consulting, working at Anderson Consulting/Accenture to develop HR
solutions around training and development, performance management,
compensation and recruiting and onboarding. Later, in the
telecommunications and financial services industries, Swanson
expanded his expertise by delving into advanced practices of HR
expertise in succession planning, leadership development and
retention programs. Eventually, Swanson led holistic talent
management functions inside an integrated health system, working
with administrative and clinical leaders on many facets of the
medical practice industry to ensure optimal performance of staff
and the business.
"MGMA is embarking on a transformative growth phase, addressing
new industry challenges by evolving our product and service
offerings. In his new role as Chief Revenue Officer, Andy will be
pivotal in developing strategies to position our association for
success," added Dr. Fischer-Wright. "In addition,
having Akash functioning as both CFO and COO, working alongside
Andy, will streamline our efforts to improve how we serve our
members and the broader industry."
About MGMA
Founded in 1926, the Medical Group
Management Association (MGMA) is the nation's largest association
focused on the business of medical practice management. MGMA
consists of 15,000 group medical practices ranging from small
private medical practices to large national health systems
representing more than 350,000 physicians. MGMA helps over 60,000
medical practice leaders and the healthcare community solve the
business challenges of running practices so that they can focus on
providing outstanding patient care. Specifically, MGMA helps its
members innovate and improve profitability and financial
sustainability, and it provides the gold standard on industry
benchmarks such as physician compensation. The association also
advocates extensively on its members' behalf on national regulatory
and policy issues. To learn more, go to MGMA.com or
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