About MGMA Birmingham

The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), founded in 1926, is the nation's principal voice for medical group practice. MGMA's 20,000 members manage and lead more than 12,000 organizations in which more than 242,000 physicians practice.

MGMA leads the profession and assists members through information, education, networking and advocacy. Its core purpose is to continually improve the performance of medical group practice professionals and the organizations they represent.

MGMA serves the spectrum of physician practices from small to large, plus other health care delivery systems such as management service organizations, integrated delivery systems and ambulatory surgery centers.

MGMA Birmingham was founded in 1976 and is the state's largest and oldest local chapter affiliate. MGMA Birmingham's members are primarily administrators and managers of medical practices, clinics, large and small group practices, and freestanding, hospital affiliated and university affiliated medical groups. MGMA Birmingham typically meets nine times a year.

Additionally, half day to all day workshops maybe presented in the course of the year. Recent topics have included information of the new privacy rules for medical practices (HIPAA); personal & workplace security; fraud & abuse issues; legal & accounting update for medical groups and roundtable discussions on varying concerns of the healthcare manager.