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Avera Medical Group

Physicians in the Avera Medical Group provide consistent, high-quality medical care in their individual practices while benefiting from the vitality of their relationship with the Avera system.

The Avera Medical Group physician relations philosophy is physicians working with physicians:

  • to provide long-range security in the constantly changing health care enterprise
  • to build collegiality and strength
  • to support the unique needs of individual physician practices
  • to respect local autonomy while capitalizing on system integration

Physicians in the Avera Medical Group cooperatively share Avera resources and strengths in such areas as:

  • Branding and marketing
  • Business office
  • Managed care contracting
  • Recruitment and retention
  • Benefits
  • Coding and reimbursement
  • Service, quality and process excellence
  • Strategic planning
  • Clinic operations
  • Financial management
  • Educational and leadership programs
  • Information technology implementation, service and support
  • Electronic medical record
  • Mission and ministry leadership
  • Credentialing
  • Legal services
  • Board education and development
  • Property insurance and more

For more information, contact David Flicek, senior vice president of the Avera Medical Group at (605) 322-7916 or by e-mail at david.flicek@mckennan.org.

Avera Medical Group Expands (1/2010)

Since its inception, the Avera Medical Group has grown by 23 clinic locations; added 115 new physicians; grown by some 12 midlevel providers; and enjoys board-level certification of some 90 percent of its physicians. Learn more >>