Medical-practice management membership and data organization
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| Accounting category | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Information and publications | $21.53M | 47.65% |
| Membership dues | $10.71M | 23.70% |
| Conference and education | $7.68M | 17.00% |
| Royalties | $1.60M | 3.54% |
| Investment income | $1.49M | 3.30% |
| Consulting services | $1.16M | 2.58% |
| Certification services | $542,814 | 1.20% |
| Other program services | $421,630 | 0.93% |
| Miscellaneous revenue | $46,451 | 0.10% |
| Net rental loss | $-4,466 | -0.01% |
| Total | $45.18M | 100.00% |
Public records identify products and accounting categories far more often than customer classes. Only a small portion can be tied to a payer class; most buyers of data, benchmarking, publications, education, and membership remain undisclosed.
Primary constituency: Medical-practice administrators, executives, physicians, consultants, corporate members, and other healthcare-management professionals.
Physician alignment: Role dependent; designed primarily for medical-practice and management leaders, not as a physician-governance body.
Funding model: Membership, education, data, events, and commercial services; physician versus employer payment is unclear.
Primary influence: See the detailed authority and influence analysis.
MGMA is both a professional membership organization and a substantial healthcare data, benchmarking, publication, education, and advocacy business. FY2025 audited revenue was $45.18 million, and the largest economic category was information, data, benchmarking, and publications rather than dues. MGMA provides unusually strong accounting transparency, but the public records identify products more readily than customers; most ultimate payer classes remain unknown. Its practice-side advocacy is concrete and current. The principal cautions are the limited customer-level disclosure, commercial representation in governance, and the recent disaffiliation of multiple state associations. The C grade reflects a useful and influential organization with strong formal reporting but mixed governance and constituency evidence.
One sentence: MGMA is a well-documented, practice-side advocate whose economics are now driven more by data and information products than dues, while the identities of most customers remain unknown.
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Organization type: Medical-practice management membership and data organization
Primary constituency: Medical-practice administrators, executives, physicians, consultants, corporate members, and other healthcare-management professionals.
Mission: Empower medical practice leaders and their organizations through data, education, advocacy, certification, and professional community.
Scale: A national membership, data, benchmarking, education, and advocacy operation with state and local affiliate relationships.
| Leader | Current role | Authority context |
|---|---|---|
| Jennifer “Nifty” Gosney | Board chair | Board governance |
| Jeffrey Smith | Vice chair | Board governance |
| Eric Crockett | Past chair | Board governance |
| Akash Madiah | Acting chief executive officer | Operational leadership; current acting role reported by MGMA in June 2026 |
| Rami Rihani, PharmD | Finance and Audit Committee chair | Financial oversight |
Period: Fiscal year ended June 30, 2025
Status: Audited consolidated financial statements and Form 990
Accounting categories are presented exactly as reported.
| Accounting category | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Information and publications | $21.53M | 47.7% |
| Membership dues | $10.71M | 23.7% |
| Conference and education | $7.68M | 17.0% |
| Royalties | $1.60M | 3.5% |
| Investment income | $1.49M | 3.3% |
| Consulting services | $1.16M | 2.6% |
| Certification services | $542,814 | 1.2% |
| Other program services | $421,630 | 0.9% |
| Miscellaneous revenue | $46,451 | 0.1% |
| Net rental loss | $-4,466 | -0.0% |
Public records identify products and accounting categories far more often than customer classes. Only a small portion can be tied to a payer class; most buyers of data, benchmarking, publications, education, and membership remain undisclosed.
| Entity or relationship | Relationship type | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| American College of Medical Practice Executives | Credentialing component | Integrated with MGMA operations and financial reporting. |
| State and local affiliates | Affiliation network | Recent disaffiliations materially affect representation and network structure. |
Related entities, foundations, PACs, trusts, networks, and LLCs remain financially and legally separate unless a documented transfer is included in the reviewed organization’s accounts.
| Influencer | Evidence classification | Evidence-supported relevance |
|---|---|---|
| Board and executive leadership | Directly documented | Govern strategy and operations. |
| Data and benchmarking customers | Strong inference | Supply the largest revenue category; customer classes are not public. |
| Corporate members and partners | Directly documented relationship | Participate economically and may hold governance roles. |
| State affiliates | Directly documented | Historically extend reach; recent separation shows contested influence. |
Interpretation: A documented relationship may create influence or incentives; it does not by itself establish control, misconduct, or improper capture.
| Mission or public commitment | Alignment assessment | Documented action or tension |
|---|---|---|
| Practice management education and data | Aligned | Core products directly support management operations. |
| Federal advocacy | Aligned | Current positions address payment, prior authorization, telehealth, and workforce. |
| Member governance | Mixed | Formal governance exists, but state-affiliate conflict and supplier roles create tension. |
| Customer transparency | Not demonstrated | Dominant revenue buyers are not allocated by class. |
| Physician or member segment | Evidence-supported assessment |
|---|---|
| Practice administrators and executives | Primary constituency |
| Physicians | Included, but not the sole or dominant direct constituency |
| Independent practices | Strong practical relevance |
| Hospital-owned groups | Strong practical relevance |
| Physician segment breadth | Insufficient public data for scoring |
No material final adverse enforcement finding was identified in the reviewed sources. State-affiliate disaffiliation is a governance and contractual dispute, not proof of legal misconduct.
MGMA provides extensive education, certification, data, and advocacy outputs, but public evidence does not quantify benefit by physician or practice segment.
Normalized score: 73/100 (C). Raw evaluated points: 66/90. Evidence completeness: 90%.
| Dimension | Score | Grade | Interpretation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Transparency and Source Identification | 12/15 | B | 80% of dimension maximum |
| Funding Independence and Concentration Risk | 11/15 | C | 73% of dimension maximum |
| Mission-to-Action Alignment | 14/20 | C | 70% of dimension maximum |
| Physician or Member Governance and Representation | 10/15 | D | 67% of dimension maximum |
| Breadth of Support Across Physician Segments | NE | NE | Not evaluated |
| Leadership, Conflict Management, and Accountability | 7/10 | C | 70% of dimension maximum |
| Legal, Regulatory, and Ethical Record | 9/10 | A | 90% of dimension maximum |
| Outcomes and Public Accountability | 3/5 | D | 60% of dimension maximum |
Information most likely to change this assessment: current audited financials, mutually exclusive payer-class schedules, top-funder concentration, current bylaws and conflict records, segment-level participation, and independently validated outcomes.
Publication status: Public review. A last-link check and final editorial approval are required before each release.
Editorial independence: The reviewed organization did not approve, edit, or veto the findings or score. Factual corrections may be submitted through the published corrections process.
Scope: Verification is limited to publicly accessible records. Private contracts, nonpublic minutes, sealed proceedings, and undisclosed conflicts are outside the available evidence.
Source rule: Primary and official records were preferred. Accounting categories were not converted into payer identities. Related entities were kept separate. Allegations were not treated as findings.
Verification: current leaders and major financial arithmetic were checked for this publication batch. Material corrections and future updates follow the published verification process.
