Industry collaborators and partners

AMGA represents multi-specialty medical groups and integrated systems of care, providing legislative and regulatory advocacy with a focus on population health, educational and networking programs, publications, provider satisfaction surveys, benchmarking data, and consulting services to help with the transition from volume to value.

More than 150,000 physicians practice in 430 AMGA member organizations; these physicians provide care for 120 million patients, approximately one in three Americans. 

Mayo Clinic is the first and largest integrated, not-for-profit medical group practice in the world. For 150 years, Mayo Clinic has been singularly focused on improving health outcomes by continually researching, discovering and — most importantly — doing what’s best for patients.

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) is a private nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. NCQA accredits and certifies a wide range of health care organizations. It also recognizes clinicians and practices in key areas of performance. NCQA's Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) is the most widely used performance measurement tool in health care. NCQA's website (ncqa.org) contains information to help consumers, employers and others make informed health care choices.

The mission of the University of California Health System is to make health care better. UC Health represents the clinical and health education arms of the University of California (UC), combining UC’s patient care, teaching and research capabilities. As a large health delivery organization made up of five regional health systems, UC Health has 3,660 licensed beds, more than 165,000 patient admissions, and over 356,000 ER visits per year. UC Health is also the largest health sciences training program in the nation, with 17 professional schools across seven UC campuses, and educates nearly 50% of medical students in California.

The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is Maryland’s public health, law, and human services university. Six professional schools and the interdisciplinary Graduate School confer the majority of health care, human services, and law professional degrees in Maryland each year. Our mission is to improve the human condition and serve the public good of Maryland and society at-large through education, research, clinical care, and service.

Founded in 1909 and recognized as the first nursing program established within a university, the University of Minnesota School of Nursing continues to lead the profession into the future.

With a mission to generate and prepare nurse leaders who create, lead and participate in holistic efforts to improve the health of all people, the school and its research are addressing health issues across the lifespan with a focus on health promotion among vulnerable populations, prevention and management of chronic health conditions, symptom management, and health/nursing informatics and systems innovation.