Conselho Federal de Medicina

What Conselho Federal de Medicina does

Conselho Federal de Medicina (CFM) is a Brazilian federal autarchy founded in 1951 that holds exclusive constitutional authority to regulate and supervise medical practice throughout Brazil. It coordinates 27 Regional Medical Councils (CRMs) covering all Brazilian states and the Federal District, overseeing a national registry of approximately 600,000+ physicians. CFM issues binding resolutions and ethical codes, maintains professional licensing standards, and operates processes for physician and healthcare establishment registration.

CFM operates a portfolio of digital platforms serving physicians, healthcare establishments, and citizens. Core products include CRM Virtual (online registration and administrative services), Prescrição Eletrônica (free electronic prescription platform connecting physicians, patients, and pharmacists), Atesta CFM (medical certificate issuance), Certificado Digital CFM (digital signatures), and the eCRM mobile credential app. The organization also provides a Web Service API for programmatic physician directory access and a Public Physician Search portal. In 2026, CFM launched an AI-powered National Fiscalization Platform that monitors social media for false physicians and medical practice violations, expected to increase fiscalization volume by approximately 30%.

CFM's revenue model is built on mandatory annual physician fees (anuidade) — a federal tax collected by the Council — supplemented by administrative service fees for certificates, registrations, and electronic prescriptions. The organization distributes through its official portal, 27 regional offices, dedicated mobile applications, and an active social media presence across Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter, and Flickr. Recent regulatory output includes Resolution No. 2,454/2026 on AI governance in medicine, Resolution No. 2,464/2026 on platelet-rich plasma, and Resolution No. 2,448/2025 on medical auditing standards.

Name

Conselho Federal de Medicina

Legal name

Conselho Federal de Medicina

Website

https://portal.cfm.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1951

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Conselho Federal de Medicina (CFM) is Brazil's federal medical regulatory autarchy, founded in 1951, that licenses and supervises approximately 600,000+ physicians through 27 Regional Medical Councils, operating digital platforms including electronic prescriptions, physician registration, and AI-powered fiscalization.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Regulatory Services

NAICS

Public Administration (92)

akta.pro primary industry

Clinical Quality Assurance (GCP QA, TMF/QMS oversight) (HLAGAKAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Regulatory Change Management (RCM) (HDADAIAG)

Keywords

• Medical practice regulation
• Physician licensing
• Medical ethics oversight
• Professional medical registration
• Medical regulatory authority

Headquarters

HQ city

Brasília

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Medical Annual Fees (Anuidade): Annual fees charged to registered physicians for maintaining their CRM (Regional Medical Council) registration. This is a federal tax collected by the Council.
2. Administrative Service Fees: Fees charged for various administrative services including certificate issuance, registration procedures, and other document-related services for both physicians and healthcare companies.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Conselho Federal de Medicina (CFM) is Brazil's federal regulatory autarquia responsible for supervising, regulating, and normalizing medical practice across the country. It issues CRM physician registrations and specialty certifications, establishes binding ethical codes and resolutions, manages a national registry of physicians, and operates digital platforms including the Portal Médico, CRM Virtual (digital registration), Prescrição Eletrônica (electronic prescription), Atesta CFM (certificate issuance), and an AI-powered National Fiscalization Platform. The CFM coordinates 27 Regional Medical Councils (CRMs) covering all Brazilian states and is funded primarily through mandatory annual fees (anuidades) collected from registered physicians.

Product overview

Conselho Federal de Medicina operates as a regulatory and supervisory body for medical practice in Brazil, offering a suite of digital platforms and services. The core offerings include the Portal Médico website, CRM Virtual (digital physician registration), Prescrição Eletrônica (electronic prescription), Atesta CFM (medical certificates), and an AI-powered National Fiscalization Platform. Additional services include digital certificates, mobile credentials (eCRM), the Medicina Segura reporting platform, and a web service API for physician directory access. The organization also manages normative functions including resolutions, ethical codes, and the doctoral program in bioethics partnership with the University of Porto.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Portal Médico: Official website portal of the Conselho Federal de Medicina
• CRM Virtual
• Prescrição Eletrônica
• Medicina Segura
• Atesta CFM
• Demografia Médica
• Revista Bioética
• Jornal Medicina

Products and services

• CRM Virtual Online portal providing 24/7 access to CRM registration and related administrative services for physicians (Pessoa Física), healthcare companies (Pessoa Jurídica), and citizens in Brazil.
• Prescrição Eletrônica (Electronic Prescription) Free, secure solution connecting physicians, patients, and pharmacists for electronic prescriptions in Brazil.
• Atesta CFM Platform for issuing and managing medical certificates and certificate verification for physicians, healthcare companies, and patients.
• Certificado Digital CFM Digital certificate service for physicians enabling secure electronic signatures and authentication for regulatory and clinical documents.
• Credencial Médica (eCRM) Mobile application allowing physicians to access their CRM credentials digitally on smartphones and mobile devices.
• Medicina Segura Platform for reporting and monitoring safety incidents, complaints, and irregularities related to medical practice in Brazil.
• Plataforma Nacional de Fiscalização com IA AI-powered national fiscalization platform that monitors social media networks to identify false physicians and serious violations of medical practice, expected to increase inspection volume by approximately 30%.
• Web Service - Listagem de Médicos Web service API allowing businesses to programmatically query and list registered physicians from the CFM national registry.
• Programa Doutoral em Bioética Doctoral program in bioethics developed in partnership with the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) in Portugal, conducted partially in Brasília and Porto over 3 academic years.
• Espaço do Fiscalizado Portal for monitored entities (healthcare establishments and physicians under fiscalization) to access information related to inspection processes and status.

Quantifiable outcome

• Expected 30% increase in fiscalization efficiency through AI monitoring

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Universidade do Porto (FMUP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 July 2025Partnership established in 2007 for the Doctoral Program in Bioethics, conducted partially at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) in Portugal and partially at CFM headquarters in Brasília. The program aims to contribute to scientific, technological, and humanistic formation of physicians and health professionals over 3 academic years. As of 2026, the program has graduated 15 cohorts of participants.
• Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCFM signed an agreement with UFG to continue bioethics and medical ethics education initiatives, building on the success of the partnership with the University of Porto.
• Ministério Público Federal (MPF)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCFM participates in meetings promoted by the 3rd Chamber of Coordination and Review of the Federal Public Ministry to monitor and evaluate medical schools in Brazil and discuss measures for improving medical education quality.
• Academia Nacional de Medicina (Portugal)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPortuguese National Academy of Medicine participates in joint activities including the Luso-Brazilian Bioethics meetings and ceremonial events.
• Associação Médica Brasileira (AMB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMB participates in CFM initiatives including meetings on medical schools evaluation, the VII Luso-Brazilian Bioethics Meeting, and joint advocacy for medical quality standards including the ProfiMed examination.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (OAB): Brazil's federal bar association and legal profession regulator. OAB shares CFM's federal autarquia-like structure, regional council system across all Brazilian states, mandatory annual fees, and constitutional authority to license and discipline professionals. It is the most directly comparable non-healthcare Brazilian professional regulatory peer.
• Conselho Federal de Enfermagem (Cofen): Brazil's federal regulatory body for nursing professionals. Cofen is the closest structural peer to CFM in Brazil — a federal autarquia that licenses ~2.3M nursing professionals, collects annual fees, and operates regional councils. The two bodies have a direct jurisdictional rivalry (e.g., the recent federal court case over antibiotic prescription authority), making Cofen the most directly comparable entity.
• Conselho Federal de Odontologia (CFO): Brazil's federal regulator for dental practice. Like CFM, CFO is a federal autarquia with constitutional authority, regional councils in every Brazilian state, annual anuidade revenue, and a mandate over professional ethics and standards — making it a directly comparable peer for organizational structure and revenue model.
• Conselho Federal de Farmácia (CFF): Brazil's federal pharmacy regulator. CFF shares CFM's autarquia structure, regional council footprint, and digital services portfolio (electronic prescription, professional registration). It is directly relevant to CFM because pharmacist scope overlaps with physician authority on prescriptions and AI-driven clinical decision tools.
• Conselho Federal de Medicina Veterinária (CFMV): Brazil's federal veterinary medicine regulator. CFMV mirrors CFM's mandate, structure, and revenue model for the veterinary profession — federal autarquia, regional councils, annual anuidade, ethical code enforcement — making it a structurally identical peer for benchmarking operations.
• General Medical Council (GMC, UK): UK's independent regulator for doctors. GMC is the international benchmark for national medical regulation — it maintains the medical register, sets ethical standards, and operates digital services in a comparable manner to CFM, but at significantly greater digital maturity. Useful as a forward-looking peer for CFM's digital transformation trajectory.
• Ordem dos Médicos (Portugal): Portugal's medical regulatory body. Although serving a different country, this is the closest international functional peer — it licenses physicians, sets ethical standards, and partners with CFM on the Doctoral Program in Bioethics, making it the most comparable regulatory peer in terms of mandate, structure, and cross-border collaboration.

Regional players

• Ministério Público Federal (MPF): Brazil's Federal Public Ministry. While not a private-sector peer, MPF is a Major strategic counterpart of CFM — they jointly monitor medical schools and CFM's regulatory enforcement is supported by MPF's legal authority, making it a meaningful institutional peer in the regulatory ecosystem.

Emerging players

• Associação Médica Brasileira (AMB): Brazil's national medical association. Although not a regulator, AMB is a Core strategic partner of CFM (joint medical school evaluations, Luso-Brazilian Bioethics meetings, ProfiMed examination) and operates adjacent functions in physician certification and specialty recognition, making it a tightly coupled thematic peer.
• National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME): US-based organization that develops medical licensing assessments. NBME is a partial peer that intersects with CFM's role in medical education quality and physician credentialing — particularly relevant given CFM's coordination with the Federal Public Ministry on evaluating the quality of Brazil's medical schools.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Medicina_CFM
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/cfmedicina
• Facebookfacebook.com/conselhofederaldemedicina
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/conselhofederaldemedicina
• Instagraminstagram.com/medicina_cfm

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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