Physicians
Supporting your financial health
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From the time you begin your practice to retirement, the Alberta Medical Association and Canadian Medical Association support you by:
- Negotiating on your behalf.
- Managing compensation programs and offering billing help.
- Helping you manage practical aspects of your practice.
- Offering financial products such as insurance and investment services.
Negotiating for you
Compensation
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Physician Support Programs
Learn about our physician support programs as outlined in the AMA's agreement with the Government of Alberta.
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Compensation & billing
Learn about the complex process for dividing the funding negotiated for the SOMB among the AMA physician sections, and get help with billing issues.
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Billing help
Get help from the AMA that includes a link to the SOMB, answers to your billing questions and information about upcoming billing seminars.
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Uninsured services
View a list of some examples of uninsured services (services not covered by the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan) and find information on the role of the HIA in accessing medical records.
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Allocation
Allocation describes how funding changes for physician services flow from the AMA Agreement to the Schedule of Medical Benefits (SOMB) and other physician payments.
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Clinical Alternative Relationship Plan (ARP)
Learn more about the clinical ARP physician compensation model.
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Economic indicators
Find out how physician compensation relates to measures such as CPI and physician compensation in other provinces.
Practice support
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AMA's Physician and Family Support Program
Contact the AMA's PFSP for confidential help with personal and professional issues. Call us 24/7/365 at 1-877-767-4637.
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Electronic Medical Records
Learn about the AMA’s goals for EMRs and how these goals can be achieved.
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AMA Physician Locum Services®
Physician Locum Services® benefits both physicians in rural areas and locum physicians.
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Preparing for retirement
Retiring from medicine? Here are tips and resources to help with your transition.
Financial products
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Insurance
Save on insurance costs through our highly competitive ADIUM Insurance group insurance plans.
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MD Financial Management and Scotiabank Healthcare+
Combining MD Financial Management’s unparalleled understanding of physicians’ financial needs with Scotiabank’s deep banking expertise allows us to provide a robust suite of comprehensive financial services tailored specifically to physicians’ needs and circumstances, including the uniquely co-created Scotiabank Healthcare+ Physician Banking Program.
Manage your forms
Publications
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News for Docs
News for Docs is a daily email newsletter containing news items of interest to Alberta physicians. We scour news sources daily to bring you curated content every day. Sign up to receive our curated newsletter
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Newsletters & Magazines
AMA members receive our digital publications, including our magazine Alberta Doctors' Digest, the MD Scope and Section News newsletters, our news clips service News for Docs, and more!
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Publications
The AMA publishes books, documents and other resources to assist members in their practice. Some of our most prominent and frequently used are listed here.