title: AMGA survey shows medical group profits are on the slide.
abstract: Holding down increases in physician and nurse compensation and improved management of human resource costs helped capitated providers in the Eastern region improve per physician median profits to $1,686 in 2001 from a median loss of $767 in 2000, according to the 2002 financial operations survey from the American Medical Group Association. Find out what the successful groups have in common.
mesh_terms: D002204:Capitation Fee; D003625:Data Collection; D004465:Economic Competition; D005376:Financial Management; D006125:Group Practice, Prepaid / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D007182:Income / Q000639:trends; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States