What Fredericksburg Emergency Medical Alliance does

Fredericksburg Emergency Medical Alliance (FEMA) is a community-based democratic partnership of emergency medicine physicians founded in 1984 that staffs four emergency facilities across the Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, and Stafford regions of Virginia under an exclusive clinical partnership with Mary Washington Healthcare's Regional Health System. The organization supplies board-certified emergency physicians, physician assistants, and emergency-trained nursing staff to Mary Washington Hospital's main emergency department, Stafford Hospital's emergency department, and two freestanding emergency departments — Lee's Hill and Harrison Crossing — collectively serving more than 100,000 patients per year on a 24/7/365 basis.

FEMA's clinical portfolio spans general emergency care (resuscitation, medical emergencies, pain relief, fractures, soft tissue injuries) and specialized programs including Level II Trauma team coordination, a Primary Stroke Center, a Cardiac Hypothermia Program, a Chest Pain Observation Center, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) forensic nursing services, and Safe Haven site designations for infant relinquishment. The freestanding EDs operate on-site imaging and lab capabilities and connect to Mary Washington Hospital for higher-acuity transfers. The technology stack is conventional healthcare delivery infrastructure; no proprietary software products, AI/ML systems, APIs, or patents are evidenced.

FEMA generates revenue through professional fees billed for emergency medical services, processed via Optum as billing service, with payment flowing from patients and third-party payers. Distribution is exclusively through direct emergency department presentation or ambulance transport across its four facilities — there is no marketing channel or external sales motion. As a physician-owned democratic partnership with no disclosed external funding, M&A activity, or parent company, FEMA operates as a stable, regionally concentrated clinical services entity rather than a venture-backed growth platform.

Name

Fredericksburg Emergency Medical Alliance

Legal name

Fredericksburg Emergency Medical Alliance

Website

https://femainc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fredericksburg Emergency Medical Alliance is a community-based democratic partnership of board-certified emergency physicians founded in 1984 that staffs four Mary Washington Healthcare emergency facilities in Virginia, serving over 100,000 patients annually across Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, and Stafford.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Medical Services

NAICS

Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers (621493)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062)

akta.pro primary industry

Disaster Response, Rescue & Tactical EMS (DMAT/USAR/SWAT/HAZMAT Medical) (HLAFANAH)

Keywords

• Emergency medical services
• Emergency room care
• Trauma care
• Freestanding emergency departments
• Board-certified emergency physicians

Headquarters

HQ city

Fredericksburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Emergency Medical Services: FEMA provides emergency medical care at four facilities in partnership with Mary Washington Healthcare. Revenue is generated through medical services billed to patients and insurance providers using Optum billing service. Services include emergency diagnosis, treatment, and coordination with Level II Trauma teams.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Fredericksburg Emergency Medical Alliance (FEMA) is a community-based democratic emergency medicine partnership that provides 24/7 emergency medical care through four emergency facilities (two hospital-based ERs and two freestanding EDs) in partnership with Mary Washington Healthcare. Services include resuscitation, trauma care, medical emergencies, pain relief, fractures, soft tissue injuries, SANE forensic services, and Safe Haven newborn relinquishment, delivered by board-certified emergency physicians and emergency-trained nursing staff.

Product overview

Fredericksburg Emergency Medical Alliance (FEMA) is a community-based democratic emergency medicine partnership providing emergency healthcare services through a network of four emergency facilities in the Fredericksburg, VA region: Mary Washington Hospital Emergency Room, Stafford Hospital Emergency Room, Lee's Hill Freestanding Emergency Department, and Harrison Crossing Freestanding Emergency Department. The organization offers comprehensive emergency medical services including Level II Trauma care, specialized SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) services, and Safe Haven site services. FEMA serves over 100,000 patients annually and operates in partnership with Mary Washington Healthcare's Regional Health System since 1984.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mary Washington Hospital Emergency Room Full-service 24-hour emergency department providing expert medical diagnosis and treatment, designated as a Primary Stroke Center, Level II Trauma Center, and including Cardiac Hypothermia Program and Chest Pain Observation Center. Located at 1001 Sam Perry Blvd, Fredericksburg.
• Lee's Hill Freestanding Emergency Department

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100,000 patients served annually
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Mary Washington HealthcarecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1984FEMA has operated since 1984 in partnership with Mary Washington Healthcare's Regional Health System. FEMA provides board-certified emergency physicians to Mary Washington Healthcare's emergency facilities. This partnership enables FEMA to deliver state-of-the-art emergency care to over 100,000 patients annually through Mary Washington Hospital, Stafford Hospital Center, and the MWH Emergency Department at Lee's Hill.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Vituity (formerly CEP America): Democratized, physician-owned emergency medicine and hospital medicine partnership staffing hospital EDs across multiple states. Closely matches FEMA's democratic-partnership governance and ED staffing focus.
• ApolloMD: Physician-owned emergency medicine, hospital medicine, and anesthesia staffing group operating across the Southeast. Comparable to FEMA in contract-based ED staffing for hospital partners.
• Emergency Care Partners: Emergency medicine physician group staffing hospital EDs and freestanding emergency departments, often partnering with regional health systems. Directly comparable business model to FEMA.
• Schumacher Clinical Partners: Emergency medicine physician staffing group serving hospital emergency departments and freestanding EDs. Comparable to FEMA in ED-focused contract model and freestanding ED coverage.

Others

• Mary Washington Hospital Emergency Department (MWH ED): Mary Washington Hospital's main emergency department that FEMA staffs — included to illustrate the anchor facility relationship underpinning FEMA's volume base.
• Mary Washington Healthcare: Regional health system and FEMA's exclusive hospital partner since 1984. Included as a customer/partner counterpart rather than competitor — useful for understanding FEMA's demand-side dependency.

Broad incumbents

• US Acute Care Solutions (USACS): National emergency medicine physician group that staffs hospital EDs and freestanding emergency departments across the U.S. Directly comparable business model to FEMA as a contracted ED physician staffing organization.
• Sound Physicians: National physician services organization staffing emergency medicine and hospital medicine programs. Overlapping service line (ED staffing) and similar hospital partnership revenue model.
• Envision Healthcare: National multispecialty physician group with a large emergency medicine staffing division serving hospital EDs. Comparable to FEMA in core service line (emergency medicine staffing) and hospital-contract model.
• TeamHealth: One of the largest U.S. physician staffing groups providing emergency medicine, hospital medicine, and specialty coverage to hospitals and health systems. Closest scaled analogue to FEMA's hospital-partnership staffing model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fredericksburg-emergency-medical-alliance-inc

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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