American Medical Group Association

The American Medical Group Association is a national trade association representing medical groups and other organized systems of health care, including some of the nation’s largest integrated healthcare delivery systems. More than 95,000 physicians practice in American Medical Group Association member organizations, providing healthcare services for approximately 95 million patients (more than one in four Americans).[1]

Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, American Medical Group Association (AMGA) provides services to member medical groups, including political advocacy, educational and networking programs, publications, benchmarking data services, and financial and operations assistance.

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History

The American Medical Group Association was born out of the desire for physicians practicing in groups to improve the quality of patient care by sharing best practices, experiences, and strategies with their peers. Over the years, AMGA has become one of the primary advocates of group practice, promoting multispecialty medical groups and other organized systems of care as the preferred delivery system for coordinated, patient-centered, efficient, quality medical care in America.

Founded in 1950 as the American Association of Medical Clinics, the organization was renamed the American Group Practice Association (AGPA) in 1974. In mid-1996, AGPA merged with the Unified Medical Group Association (UMGA) to form the American Medical Group Association.[2]

AMGA Annual Compensation Survey

For 22 years, the association has conducted a compensation and financial survey of medical groups and organized systems of care and published the results to aid medical groups (particularly large, integrated health systems) in benchmarking compensation and financial performance. The annual Medical Group Compensation and Financial Survey presents detailed data on compensation for healthcare professionals and on medical group financials. The data may be used in conjunction with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations at 42 CFR §413.78(f).[3]

Corporate family

American Medical Group Association is made up of several entities.

References

  1. ^ http://www.amga.org/AboutAMGA/index_aboutAMGA.asp
  2. ^ http://www.amga.org/AboutAMGA/history_aboutAMGA.asp
  3. ^ http://www.cms.hhs.gov/AcuteInpatientPPS/Downloads/AMGA_08_data.pdf
  4. ^ http://www.amga.org/Foundation/index.asp
  5. ^ http://www.amga-capp.org/
  6. ^ http://www.anceta.com/

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