GRUPO AMEP

What GRUPO AMEP does

AMEP Assistência Médica Especializada, operating commercially as Grupo AMEP, is a private multi-specialty medical assistance provider headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, founded in 2015. The company delivers outpatient consultations, diagnostic imaging, elective surgeries, and 24/7 emergency care through four facilities in the Jacarepaguá region: the Freguesia, Taquara, and Madureira outpatient units, and the Centro Hospitalar Amep Jacarepaguá (CHAJ), which serves as the network's 24-hour clinical and pediatric emergency hospital. Across these units AMEP offers 24+ medical specialties including cardiology, dermatology, gynecology, neurology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, and pediatrics, alongside a broad diagnostic imaging menu (CT, mammography, bone densitometry, X-ray, ultrasound, endoscopy, echocardiography) and elective surgical services across nine surgical disciplines.

The technology layer is a conventional healthcare information management system with an integrated online exam-results portal (OnRad) that allows patients to retrieve CT, mammography, bone densitometry, and emergency X-ray results via location-specific URLs. There is no disclosed proprietary AI/ML capability, mobile application, SDK, or API surface; patient engagement currently relies on the website, a WhatsApp customer-service channel (currently under maintenance), and inbound phone contact.

The commercial model is dual-channel: AMEP is reimbursed through partnerships with health insurance providers (convênios) and also accepts private-pay (particular) patients at published unit prices. Services are billed on a pay-as-you-go basis per encounter (e.g., R$250 daytime and R$300 night/weekend/holiday emergency consults; R$115 mammography; R$1,670 colonoscopy). Customer acquisition is driven by physical location presence in underserved western-zone neighborhoods, referrals from insurance networks, and institutional partnerships such as CAARJ/OABRJ (Rio de Janeiro bar association), with FARMEP providing an affiliated pharmacy channel for downstream pharmaceutical fulfillment.

Name

GRUPO AMEP

Legal name

AMEP Assistência Médica Especializada

Website

https://amepassistenciamedica.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Grupo AMEP is a private Rio de Janeiro-based multi-specialty medical group operating four Jacarepaguá facilities (Freguesia, Taquara, Madureira, and CHAJ), delivering outpatient consultations, diagnostics, elective surgeries, and 24/7 emergency care to insured and private-pay patients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Outpatient and emergency healthcare services

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Hospitals (8060)

akta.pro primary industry

Ambulatory Specialty Clinics (Multi-Specialty & Single-Specialty) (HLAFABAA)

Keywords

• Outpatient medical care
• Multi-specialty clinics
• Diagnostic imaging services
• Emergency hospital care
• Elective surgery services

Headquarters

HQ city

Rio de Janeiro

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Health Insurance Services (Convênios): AMEP provides medical services covered by health insurance plans. The company has partnerships with various insurance providers and accepts patients with different health plan coverage.
2. Private Pay (Particular): Direct patient payments for consultations, emergency care, and medical procedures without insurance coverage. Emergency fees are R$250 (daytime) and R$300 (night/weekends/holidays).
3. Diagnostic Services: Revenue from medical examinations and diagnostic imaging services including tomography, mammography, X-rays, endoscopy, and laboratory tests.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Grupo AMEP (AMEP Assistência Médica Especializada) is a private Brazilian healthcare provider that operates three outpatient multi-specialty clinics and one 24/7 emergency hospital (CHAJ) in Rio de Janeiro. The group delivers outpatient consultations across 24 medical specialties, diagnostic imaging, elective (scheduled) surgeries, and continuous emergency care, serving patients through a combination of private-pay, health-insurance (convênios), and partnership arrangements.

Product overview

AMEP Assistência Médica Especializada is a multi-location medical assistance provider in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, offering a unified healthcare platform consisting of four outpatient units (Freguesia, Taquara, Madureira, and CHAJ hospital center), a pharmacy partner (FARMEP), and online exam results access. The core offering centers on 24-hour emergency care at CHAJ, 24 medical specialties, comprehensive diagnostic imaging services (CT, mammography, X-ray, ultrasound, endoscopy), and elective surgeries. The units operate as an integrated network: CHAJ provides hospital-level emergency and surgical services while the outpatient units handle consultations and specialized exams.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AMEP Freguesia clinic
• AMEP Taquara clinic
• AMEP Madureira clinic
• CHAJ 24-hour emergency hospital
• FARMEP in-house pharmacy

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• FARMEPminorOthersFARMEP is a pharmacy partner linked from AMEP's website, providing pharmaceutical services to patients. The partnership appears to be a referral/affiliate relationship allowing AMEP patients easy access to prescription medications.
• CAARJ/OABRJcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with CAARJ (Caixa de Assistência dos Advogados do Rio de Janeiro) and OABRJ (Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil - Rio de Janeiro section) providing preferential healthcare services to lawyers and their dependents. This appears to be a significant client partnership providing a steady patient base.
• OnRadcoreTechnology or IntegrationOnRad provides the online exam results portal integrated into AMEP's services, allowing patients to securely access their diagnostic imaging results (CT scans, mammography, bone densitometry, X-rays) through the OnRad platform with unit-specific access links for Freguesia, CHAJ, and Madureira locations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Hospital Pró-Cardíaco: Specialty cardiac and general hospital in Rio. Comparable as a Rio-based specialty/general hospital operator competing for the same convênio and private-pay patient pool.
• Hospital Copa D'Or: Premium Rio de Janeiro hospital with 24-hour emergency and multi-specialty services. Comparable on the CHAJ-style emergency-and-multi-specialty model in Rio, but operates at a different price point and scale.
• Hospital Samaritano (Rio): Rio-based hospital with 24-hour emergency and multi-specialty coverage. Comparable on geographic (Rio) and service-mix overlap with CHAJ.

Others

• OnRad (partner / image-portal vendor): Technology vendor already integrated into AMEP for online exam-result delivery. Comparable as an enabling/ecosystem participant rather than a competitor.
• FARMEP (partner pharmacy): Pharmacy partner in the Grupo AMEP ecosystem. Comparable as an adjacent/downstream participant in the same patient funnel rather than a competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Rede D'Or São Luiz: Largest private hospital network in Brazil with broad multi-specialty and emergency services across Rio de Janeiro. Comparable as a multi-site integrated hospital + outpatient operator in the same geography, though at vastly larger scale.
• SulAmérica Saúde: Large Brazilian health-insurance and care provider. Comparable as a convênio counterparty and integrated care operator in Rio's market.
• Hapvida NotreDame Intermédica: Vertically integrated health-plan-and-provider operator in Brazil combining convênios, hospitals, and outpatient clinics. Comparable to AMEP's combined Operadora + clinic + hospital model, though national in scale.
• Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein: Top-tier Brazilian hospital with emergency, multi-specialty, and diagnostic services. Comparable on full-service hospital + diagnostics + emergency care model, though at the premium end.
• Amil (UnitedHealth Brasil): Major Brazilian health insurer with affiliated provider network and clinics. Comparable on the convênio-driven distribution channel and Operadora-style operations referenced in AMEP's data.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/grupo-amep

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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