American Medical Group Association (AMGA) news and information

U.S. House of Representatives committee chairmen asked for guidance on replacing the sustainable growth-rate Medicare physician payment formula, and healthcare associations were happy to comply. The responses reflected the concerns of each responding association's constituency—particularly...
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Put this one in the “nobody's perfect” category.
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Perhaps the greatest challenge before the integrated, multispecialty organizations that make up the American Medical Group Association is that they are now being called upon to live up to their reputations as leaders in providing high-quality healthcare at a lower cost.
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Medical groups need to tell their stories on how federal regulations are affecting their operations and it would be helpful if the physicians in those groups contributed financially to lobbying efforts, according to speakers at the American Medical Group Association annual conference, which ended...
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The American Medical Group Association's annual meeting in Orlando, Fla., began with its top officers congratulating members for the leadership they have shown in helping to transform the healthcare system. And then they called on them to lead some more.
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Membership in many physician associations had been flat or declining in recent years, but now appears to be on the upswing. This could be the result of better times, better marketing or the fear generated by the regularly repeated threats of precipitous Medicare pay cuts.
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Without fanfare or so much as a news release, a unit of UnitedHealth Group acquired Humedica, a Boston clinical data analytics firm with tight ties to the American Medical Group Association.
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The American Medical Group Association, the organization representing some of the nation's largest physician practices, reported that it grew a bit larger itself in 2012, with the addition of 51 new groups representing some 13,600 physicians. That's a growth rate of nearly 12%, based on the number...
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The American Medical Group Association is urging federal policymakers not to "rush to judgment" after reading the findings of a Government Accountability Office report that suggested physicians who own expensive diagnostic imaging equipment are more likely to order expensive imaging tests for their...
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Not many hospitals were participating or planning to participate in an accountable care organization last year, but among those that were, physicians were front and center in their governance, according to a new issue brief from the Commonwealth Fund.
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