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The American Medical Group Association announced significant growth in 2008, as well as noteworthy accomplishments in its advocacy, fundraising, and quality and research efforts. AMGA added 37 new member groups, representing more than 5,200 physicians treating nearly 5 million patients. This continued growth brings AMGA's total physician representation to more than 95,000 physicians and paves the way for another year of strengthening AMGA's voice on behalf of medical groups and organized systems of care.

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The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) Welcomes Three New Members to Board of Directors.

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The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) announced the new officers of its Board of Directors, to begin their tenure in January 2009. The Board of Directors represents the leadership of some of AMGA's most prominent member medical groups.

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The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) and Phytel, a national leader in automated patient care management, today announced a collaboration aimed at helping physicians proactively manage preventive health and disease management protocols. This collaboration makes Phytel the newest member of the AMGA Value-Added Services Program and provides AMGA members with access to the company's Proactive Patient Outreach technology at preferred pricing.

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The American Medical Group Association (AMGA), in collaboration with the American Medical Group Foundation (AMGF) and Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., an emerging leader in cardiovascular care, is providing grants for quality improvement initiatives focusing on the management of hypertension. Recipients are medical groups, IPAs, academic practices, and integrated delivery systems that responded to a request for proposals distributed in February 2008.

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According to findings in the American Medical Group Association's 2008 Medical Group Compensation and Financial Survey, most specialties saw modest increases in compensation in 2007, but many provider organizations continue to operate at a significant loss.

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On August 14, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced second-year results of the Medicare Physician Group Practice (PGP) Demonstration and the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) hosted a teleconference featuring medical groups that are participating in the demonstration.

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The American Medical Group Association today announced that the recipient of the 2008 AMGA Acclaim Award is Mercy Clinics, Inc. for its initiative, "The Medical Home: Adding Value to Our Gains, Managing Growth, Expanding Our Reach," which uses the six IOM Aims to improve the healthcare delivery system in primary care settings throughout the organization. Mercy Clinics' long history of continuous quality improvement and high level of leadership involvement were instrumental in creating an environment in which changes in culture and workflows were successfully spread across various provider offices. The result was significant improvement in clinical care for patients with chronic illness and increased access to care. Mercy Clinics has demonstrated once again that it requires vision, innovation, and hard work to truly transform patient care

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The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) congratulated Congress for its decision yesterday to override President Bush's veto of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008. By its action Congress stopped a physician reimbursement reduction which took effect on July 1 and replaced it with a .5% update this year and 1.1% for 2009.

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The American Medical Group Foundation (AMGF), the philanthropic arm of the AMGA, announced the addition of five new members to its Board of Directors.

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The imbalance in the supply and demand for physicians will continue to intensify as the U.S. population continues to grow faster than the physician workforce. Added pressure will come with the increasing number of physicians practicing medicine on a part-time basis, as reported the 2007 Retention Survey from the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) and Cejka Search, a nationally recognized physician and healthcare executive search organization.

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The American Medical Group Association presented the annual Medical Group Preeminence Award today to Riverside Health System, a 265-physician, nonprofit, multispecialty medical group based in Newport News, Virginia. The presentation took place at AMGA's 2008 Annual Conference, being held March 6-8, 2008 at the J.W. Marriott Grande Lakes, Orlando, Florida.

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The American Medical Group Association is convening approximately 1,500 attendees, representing the leaders of the nation's leading healthcare provider organizations, at its 2008 Annual Conference, March 6-8 at the J.W. Marriott Grande Lakes in Orlando. This dynamic, cutting-edge gathering has become the gold standard for leadership conferences in health care, primarily because of the caliber of presenting faculty and attending healthcare professionals.

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The American Medical Group Association presented the annual AMGA Distinguished Corporate Partner Award to Cejka Search at its 2008 Annual Conference, March 6-8 at the J.W. Marriott Grande Lakes in Orlando. The AMGA Distinguished Corporate Partner Award is presented annually to a non-medical group organization for providing excellent service and value to medical groups.

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The American Medical Group Association presented the prestigious AMGA Russel V. Lee Lectureship award to Denis Cortese, M.D., president and chief executive officer of the Mayo Clinic, at its 2008 Annual Conference, March 6-8 at the J.W. Marriott Grande Lakes in Orlando. The Russel V. Lee Lectureship award is presented to an individual who has provided outstanding service to the group practice of medicine.

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The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) announced the addition of three new members to its Board of Directors, to begin their tenure in January 2008.

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The American Medical Group Association announced that its Patient Satisfaction Benchmarking Program was recently recognized among the largest patient-satisfaction firms in 2006 by Modern Healthcare.

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Today, AMGA Board Director Andrew S. Warner, M.D., participated in a Capitol Hill news briefing on the subject of electronic prescribing. Dr. Warner is the chairman of the Gastroenterology Department at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts. Other speakers included Senators John Kerry (D-MA), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), and John Ensign (R-NV) and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.

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The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) announced the new officers of its Board of Directors, to begin their tenure in January 2008. The Board of Directors represents the leadership of some of AMGA's most prominent member medical groups.

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The American Medical Group Association today announced that the recipient of the 2007 AMGA Acclaim Award is The Everett Clinic for its initiative, "Big Dots," which uses metrics, modeled on the IOM's aims for an ideal healthcare system, to drive system-wide change. The Everett Clinic is being honored for its successful implementation of a set of organizational wide metrics which has led to improvement in patient outcomes and safety.

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According to findings in the American Medical Group Association's 2007 Medical Group Compensation and Financial Survey, most specialties saw modest increases in compensation in 2006.

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Through the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) Department of Quality Management and Research, the American Medical Group Foundation (AMGF), and Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., the association is providing grants for quality improvement initiatives focusing on the management of hypertension.

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American Medical Group Association President and Chief Executive Officer Donald W. Fisher, Ph.D., today announced the appointment of a new Director of Legislative Affairs, Thomas P. Bruderle. As Director, Legislative Affairs, Bruderle will represent the organization's advocacy agenda before Congress, the White House, Federal agencies, and other parties.

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Changing demographics of the physician workforce are reflected in physician turnover trends, according to the 2006 Retention Survey from the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) and Cejka Search, a nationally recognized physician and healthcare executive search organization. In its third consecutive year, this survey identifies the issues, strategies and best practices encompassing physician retention at AMGA-affiliated medical groups.

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The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) announced the new officers of its Board of Directors, to begin their tenure in January 2007. The Board of Directors represents the leadership of some of AMGA's most prominent member medical groups.

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According to findings in the American Medical Group Association's 2006 Medical Group Compensation & Financial Survey, most specialties saw modest increases in compensation in 2005. In 2005, 89% of the specialties experienced increases in compensation, with the overall average increase around 6%.

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The American Medical Group Association today announced that the recipient of the 2006 AMGA Acclaim Award is the HealthPartners Medical Group for its initiative, "Primary Care Clinic Workflow Standardization Care Model Process." The recipient of the award, granted through the American Medical Group Foundation, receives a $50,000 educational grant and a Steuben Crystal, produced specifically for the award.

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Representatives from the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) met in Washington, D.C. today to visit leaders on Capitol Hill. The purpose of the meetings was to educate the Congress on the importance and benefits of multispecialty medical group practices in the delivery of top-quality, coordinated, and comprehensive healthcare services to patients.

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The American Medical Group Association presented the annual Medical Group Preeminence Award today to three member medical groups: Aurora Medical Group, Milwaukee, WI; Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA; and The Permanente Medical Group, Oakland, CA. The presentation took place at AMGA's 2006 Annual Conference, being held March 15-18, 2006 at the Marriott Rivercenter in San Antonio.

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The American Medical Group Association presented the annual AMGA Distinguished Partner Award to Sankyo Pharma, Inc. during the opening ceremonies at AMGA's 2006 Annual Conference, being held March 15-18, 2006 at the Marriott Rivercenter, San Antonio. The AMGA Distinguished Partner Award is presented annually to a non-medical group organization for providing excellent service and value to medical groups.

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The American Medical Group Association is convening more than 1,100 attendees, representing the leaders of the nation's leading healthcare provider organizations, at its 2006 Annual Conference, March 15-18, 2006 at the Marriott Rivercenter in San Antonio.

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Through the American Medical Group Association Department of Quality Management and Research, AMGA's Foundation, and Sankyo Pharma Inc., the association is providing grants for quality improvement initiatives focusing on the management of hypertension.

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Through the American Medical Group Association Department of Quality Management and Research and AMGA's Foundation, the association is providing grants for quality improvement initiatives focusing on improving the quality of care for patients with diabetes.

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Medical group members of the American Medical Group Association today begin enrollment for a new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services demonstration project. The innovative Health Buddy Program is a physician-led model of care that uses home health monitoring technology for patients who are struggling with severe chronic illness.

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The American Medical Group Association called for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mark McClellan and House and Senate leaders today to urge CMS and Congress to provide incentives for care coordination"”among physicians and settings.

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Anceta LLC, a subsidiary of the American Medical Group Association (AMGA), and Convergence CT announced today that they have executed a long-term agreement in which Convergence CT will develop and operate the AMGA/Anceta National Collaborative Data Warehouse.

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The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) announced the new officers of its Board of Directors, to begin their tenure in January 2006. The Board of Directors represents the leadership of some of AMGA's most prominent member medical groups.

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The American Medical Group Association presented the annual AMGA Acclaim Award to Luther Midelfort "“ Mayo Health System at AMGA's Institute for Quality Leadership, held September 12-14, 2005 in Chicago, Illinois. The Acclaim Award recognizes excellence in quality improvement efforts.

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According to findings in the AMGA's 2005 Medical Group Compensation & Financial Survey, most specialties saw modest increases in compensation in 2004. The majority of specialties experienced increases at or just above the rate of inflation.

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The American Medical Group Association announced today that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has selected the association and several partners for a demonstration project aimed at testing approaches for transforming how doctors and medical facilities provide care for Medicare patients with chronic disorders.

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The American Medical Group Association announced the conclusion of the inaugural meeting of the Steering Committee of AMGA's Results-Based Payment System Initiative.

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The AMGA and Pfizer Inc. proudly announce the launch of the latest Models of Excellence Collaborative. This yearly program is designed to bring together medical groups for a 12-month collaborative and support them in their efforts to improve the quality of patient care.

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The AMGA presented the annual Medical Group Preeminence Award today to Northeast Arkansas Clinic (NEA Clinic) at AMGA's 2005 Annual Conference, being held March 10-13, 2005 in Los Angeles.

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The AMGA presented the annual AMGA Distinguished Partner Award to two organizations -- Booz Allen Hamilton and InteGreat -- during the opening ceremonies at AMGA's 2004 Annual Conference, being held March 10-13, 2004 in Los Angeles.

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The AMGA announced the launch of a quality-based reimbursement initiative. The broader aim of the initiative is to support enhancements in health by developing new incentive systems for practitioners in which a significant portion of compensation is linked to quality measures.

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The AMGA is convening approximately 1,000 attendees, representing the leaders of the nation's leading healthcare provider organizations, at its 2005 Annual Conference, March 10-13, 2004 at the Westin Century Plaza in Los Angeles.

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The American Medical Group Association and the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services today unveiled the CMS Web page "Medical Group Physician Information Resource for Medicare" during AMGA's Annual Conference March 10-13 at the Westin Century Plaza in Los Angeles.

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Results of a physician retention survey released today conclude that early preventive care taken to maximize physician satisfaction can play a key role in preempting physician turnover.

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The American Medical Group Association(r) is pleased to announce that Sankyo Pharma Inc. has become a Premier Corporate Partner of the association. Sankyo Pharma joins an impressive roster of healthcare organizations that are working with AMGA to improve the quality of care delivered to patients through the association's medical group members.

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The American Medical Group Association today announced another strong year of membership growth. As of November 30, AMGA has experienced a net growth of more than 5,000 physician members in 2004 and has added 30 new medical group members, bringing the total current membership to nearly 70,000 physicians in 257 medical groups.