AMGA | Strategic Alliance Partnership

AMGA is stressing that regulatory relief is urgently needed to prevent broader health care system disruptions, considering the recent Medicaid funding cuts put forth in the One Big Beautiful Bill.

AMGA's response to an RFI from CMS on regulatory relief in Medicare stresses the never-ending need to focus on patient care instead of working to meet administrative compliance requirements.

Proven interventions to improve care, address disparities, and support lipid management are woven throughout AMGA Foundation's new framework to guide population health–based secondary prevention strategies for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD).

Interventions that target enhancing health care equity among communities disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic can be improved by including comprehensive needs assessments at the patient, provider, and health system levels.

Strategies to enhance virtual care through quality assurance frameworks, technological innovation, and provider support were laid out in a pair of posters presented at the recent AMGA Annual Conference.

Mapping care management needs by defining patient populations and then stratifying them according to risk and their needs can help to spur the transformation of a siloed health care system into an integrated system that is able to better provide holistic, value-based care despite the many transitions that continue among hospital, primary, specialty, and community care environments.

Medication nonadherence to oral anticoagulants and oral anti–prostate cancer medication has been scrutinized through new research conducted among patients and health care providers and presented by the American Medical Group Association at its 2025 annual meeting, held March 26-29 in Grapevine, Texas.

A new letter signed by more than 230 members of the House urges Congress to not only block the scheduled 2.8% reimbursement cut, but also reform the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.

The American Medical Association (AMA) is continuing to urge Congress to stop the impending 3.4% cut to physicians, and other organizations also weigh in on the pros and cons of the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.

Physicians and health care groups have lined up to support the Value in Health Care Act, which could create new incentives to adopt value-based care.

AMGA recommended that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalize a number of its proposed policies for the Medicare Advantage program.

Thirteen national health stakeholder groups today declared their support for a newly introduced bipartisan House bill that will accelerate Medicare’s move to value-based payment by boosting accountable care organizations and other alternative payment models.

The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) today recommended that CMS reverse its decision to forgo the 2021 application cycle for the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) and maintain the progression through levels of risk in the program.

AMGA appreciates Congress’ efforts during this critical situation and will continue to work with key House and Senate leaders to ensure the federal response to COVID-19 is informed by the experience and recommendations of our members, who are responsible for the care of one in three Americans.

In comments on the CY 2021 Advance Notice, AMGA noted its concerns with the methodology for setting payment rates for patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD), who as of 2021 will have the option of enrolling in MA.

AMGA’s Acclaim Award honors healthcare delivery organizations that are bringing their organization closer to the ideal medical group and health system by measurably improving the quality and value of care, improving patient experience and outcomes, continuously learning and innovating, and improving population health.