National medical-group membership association
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The score summarizes assessed evidence; evidence coverage is reported separately.
| Accounting category | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Program services | $9.79M | 59.92% |
| Contributions and grants | $5.90M | 36.12% |
| Other revenue | $374,045 | 2.29% |
| Investment income | $246,790 | 1.51% |
| Net gain on asset sales | $24,054 | 0.15% |
| Royalties | $1,089 | 0.01% |
| Total | $16.33M | 100.00% |
The Form 990 reports accounting categories but does not reconcile revenue to mutually exclusive ultimate payer classes such as health systems, physician-owned groups, IPAs, commercial partners, government, or individual physicians.
Primary constituency: Medical groups, health systems, academic practices, and IPAs; membership and voting are organization-based rather than direct individual-physician membership.
Physician alignment: Role dependent; strongest for physician executives and integrated medical-group leaders.
Funding model: Organizational membership, programs, meetings, and industry relationships; payer concentration is incomplete.
Primary influence: See the detailed authority and influence analysis.
AMGA is a national association of medical groups, health systems, academic practices, and IPAs. Its governance is organization-based: member organizations receive delegates, while individual physicians do not appear to join and vote solely in their own capacity. FY2024 filing data show a $16.33 million operation dominated by program-service revenue and contributions or grants, but the public record does not reveal the ultimate payer classes behind those categories. AMGA's advocacy and program activity generally align with integrated, value-based, population-health delivery. The principal caution is constituency: positions that benefit organized employers and systems may not always align with individual physician autonomy or mobility. The normalized C grade reflects meaningful mission alignment and governance evidence, offset by unresolved payer identity, corporate-access terms, and physician-segment accountability.
One sentence: AMGA is a credible, organization-led advocate for integrated medical groups, but it should not be assumed to represent individual physicians independently of their employers or systems.
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Organization type: National medical-group membership association
Primary constituency: Medical groups, health systems, academic practices, and IPAs; membership and voting are organization-based rather than direct individual-physician membership.
Mission: Advance high-performance health and transform health care through organized systems of care.
Scale: More than 400 groups and health systems representing more than 175,000 physicians and care for approximately one in three Americans.
| Leader | Current role | Authority context |
|---|---|---|
| Beth Averbeck, MD | 2026 board chair | Medical-group governance |
| Mary Jo Williamson | Chair-elect | Medical-group governance |
| Larry Tatum, MD | Immediate past chair | Medical-group governance; immediate-past-chair context |
| Jerry Penso, MD, MBA | President and CEO | Operational leadership; nonvoting board role |
Period: Fiscal year ended December 31, 2024
Status: Filed Form 990; no separate audited statement located in the review set
Accounting categories are presented exactly as reported.
| Accounting category | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Program services | $9.79M | 59.9% |
| Contributions and grants | $5.90M | 36.1% |
| Other revenue | $374,045 | 2.3% |
| Investment income | $246,790 | 1.5% |
| Net gain on asset sales | $24,054 | 0.1% |
| Royalties | $1,089 | 0.0% |
The Form 990 reports accounting categories but does not reconcile revenue to mutually exclusive ultimate payer classes such as health systems, physician-owned groups, IPAs, commercial partners, government, or individual physicians.
| Entity or relationship | Relationship type | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| AMGA Foundation | Separate charitable affiliate | Program and donor activity should be assessed separately, then linked as an affiliate. |
| AMGA Analytics LLC | Affiliated limited-liability entity | Separate financial and governance disclosure is limited. |
| AMGA Voice | Separate federal political committee | Political receipts and spending are not operating revenue. |
| AMGA Value Care Network | Strategic network initiative | Operational and financial relationships should not be assumed beyond public documentation. |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Member medical groups and health systems | Directly documented | Supply voting delegates and form the primary constituency. |
| Board and executive leadership | Directly documented | Set and execute strategy. |
| Corporate partners | Directly documented relationship | Receive access and partnership opportunities; dollar magnitude is not disclosed. |
| AMGA Foundation and research affiliates | Directly documented | Extend programs, research, and sponsor relationships. |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Integrated and value-based care | Aligned | Programs and advocacy consistently target organized systems of care. |
| Medicare and administrative reform | Aligned | Current policy work supports sustainable group practice and reduced burden. |
| Individual physician autonomy | Mixed | Organization-employer interests may diverge from individual mobility, contracting, or ownership preferences. |
| Funding transparency | Not demonstrated | Accounting categories are available; payer classes and concentration are not. |
| Physician or member segment | Evidence-supported assessment |
|---|---|
| Medical-group and health-system executives | Strong formal constituency |
| Employed physicians | Indirectly represented through organizations |
| Independent physicians | Not a primary direct constituency |
| Primary care and specialists | Represented through group composition; segment influence unknown |
| Rural/community physicians | May be represented through systems; direct voice not established |
No material final adverse enforcement finding against AMGA was identified in the reviewed sources. Policy disagreements, including noncompete positions, are substantive alignment questions rather than legal findings.
AMGA and its Foundation report program outputs and population-health outcomes, but attribution to AMGA and distribution of benefits among physician segments remain limited.
Normalized score: 76/100 (C). Raw evaluated points: 65/85. Evidence completeness: 85%.
| Dimension | Score | Grade | Interpretation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Transparency and Source Identification | 9/15 | D | 60% of dimension maximum |
| Funding Independence and Concentration Risk | NE | NE | Not evaluated |
| Mission-to-Action Alignment | 17/20 | B | 85% of dimension maximum |
| Physician or Member Governance and Representation | 12/15 | B | 80% of dimension maximum |
| Breadth of Support Across Physician Segments | 7/10 | C | 70% of dimension maximum |
| Leadership, Conflict Management, and Accountability | 8/10 | B | 80% of dimension maximum |
| Legal, Regulatory, and Ethical Record | 8/10 | B | 80% of dimension maximum |
| Outcomes and Public Accountability | 4/5 | B | 80% 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.
