Federação Nacional dos Médicos

What Federação Nacional dos Médicos does

FENAM (Federação Nacional dos Médicos) is the national federation representing Brazilian physicians, founded in 1973 and headquartered in Brasília, Brazil. It is a non-governmental, non-profit labor organization that unifies 26 state and municipal medical unions ("sindicatos") across all Brazilian states, providing collective bargaining, legal defense, and political representation for physicians in every employment modality — public SUS, private practice, hospitals, health plans, and residency programs. The federation is led by an elected board of directors; the current president, Dr. Geraldo Ferreira Filho, took office in July 2025 for a term running through June 2027, supported by a 15-member directorate covering communications, labor relations, institutional relations, legal affairs, supplementary health, professional defense, and human rights.

FENAM's core deliverables are representational and advisory rather than technology-based: collective labor agreements (notably the historic first ACT signed with ADAPS in December 2022 covering the Médicos pelo Brasil program); the Piso FENAM — a reference salary floor of R$ 20,329.70 for a 20-hour weekly workload and R$ 249.65 minimum consultation fee, anchored in Lei 3.999/1961; the Assessoria Jurídica legal advisory service; publications including TV Fenam video content, Revista FENAM magazine, Boletim COMSU newsletter, and the Código de Ética Médica; career-plan advocacy (PCCV); the CENTRALMED initiative for decent medical work; and national congresses such as the Congresso Extraordinário FENAM. The federation does not operate proprietary technology, APIs, or software products; its underlying infrastructure is institutional rather than technological.

FENAM's revenue model is union-funded — its operating budget derives from contributions paid by the 26 affiliated state and municipal medical unions and through their affiliated physician members, rather than commercial sales. With 11 staff at headquarters and an additional affiliated ecosystem of 26 unions, the federation is structurally a national representative body. Strategic priorities include combating labor precarization (pejotização and fraudulent outsourcing), defending a national salary floor, expanding institutional representation before the STF, Senate, Ministry of Health, ANS, and the ILO, and consolidating a planned Confederação Nacional dos Médicos to deepen its structural position in Brazilian labor law.

Name

Federação Nacional dos Médicos

Legal name

Federação Nacional dos Médicos

Website

https://fenam.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

FENAM is the Brazilian national federation of medical workers, founded in 1973 and headquartered in Brasília. It unifies 26 state and municipal medical unions to represent Brazilian physicians through collective bargaining, legal defense, and advocacy against labor precarization.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Trade Union Federation

NAICS

Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations (81393), Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Health, Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Regulatory Cooperation (BPADANAJ)

Keywords

• Medical union federation
• Physician labor representation
• Healthcare workforce advocacy
• Medical ethics publishing
• Collective bargaining physicians

Headquarters

HQ city

Brasília

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

FENAM is a national federation founded in 1973 in Brasília, Brazil, that unifies 26 medical unions to represent physicians nationwide. It provides labor and professional representation, collective bargaining support, legal advisory services, publications (Revista FENAM, Boletim COMSU, Código de Ética Médica), media broadcasting (TV Fenam), continuing education programs, and policy advocacy for the medical profession.

Product overview

Federação Nacional dos Médicos (FENAM) is a national union federation representing Brazilian medical workers, offering advocacy services, legal support, publications (TV Fenam video content, Revista FENAM magazine, Boletim COMSU newsletter), and organizing national congresses. The organization focuses on defending medical labor rights, fighting against precarious work conditions, promoting salary floors, and advocating for career development programs including PCCV and CENTRALMED initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TV Fenam: FENAM's multimedia platform featuring videos and television content about medical issues, labor rights, and federation activities.
• Piso Fenam

Products and services

• TV Fenam
• Revista FENAM
• Boletim COMSU
• Código de Ética Médica
• PCCV (Plano de Cargos, Carreiras e Vencimentos)
• Assessoria Jurídica
• CENTRALMED
• Congressos Médicos

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

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

• ADAPS – Agência Nacional de Desenvolvimento da Atenção Primária à SaúdecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 December 2022FENAM signed the first Acordo Coletivo de Trabalho (ACT – Collective Bargaining Agreement) with ADAPS for physicians in the Médicos pelo Brasil program. This agreement established formal CLT employment conditions, including leave benefits, hour bank compensation, occasional night work, and funeral assistance. The agreement replaced the previous scholarship model with formal labor contracts.
• Ministério da Saúde (Ministry of Health) – Mesa Nacional de Negociação Permanente do SUScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFENAM participates as the designated union representative on the Mesa Nacional de Negociação Permanente do SUS, contributing to the definition of priority themes, activity planning, and qualification of negotiation processes between workers and health management. The federation was chosen by the Mesa Nacional to represent the union bench during a workshop in Manaus (AM).
• Ebserh – Empresa Brasileira de Serviços HospitalarescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFENAM engages with Ebserh on behalf of physicians employed at federal university hospitals, negotiating collective agreements, salary adjustments, and working conditions. The federation has pursued injunctions to maintain hazard pay calculated on salary base (not minimum wage) for physicians.
• OIT – Organização Internacional do Trabalho (ILO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFENAM requested a mesa de diálogo social (social dialogue table) with the ILO on medical labor precarization, aligned with the ILO's principle of decent work, which rests on four pillars: promotion of decent and productive employment, guarantee of fundamental labor rights, strengthening of social production, and promotion of social dialogue among governments, workers, and employers.
• STF – Supremo Tribunal FederalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFENAM participates in STF public hearings on pejotização impacts and has requested speaking rights in deliberations on labor fraud via legal entities. President Dr. Geraldo Ferreira has criticized fraudulent outsourcing and pejotização practices before the Supreme Court. FENAM also requested a hearing with Justice Gilmar Mendes to present the reality of physicians subjected to pejotização.
• Minister of Justice / AGU – Advocacia-Geral da UniãomajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFENAM requested a meeting with STF Justice Flávio Dino to discuss pejotização. Dino expressed pro-CLT position and suggested alternatives including intermittent contracts. FENAM also engages with the AGU (Attorney General's Office) which has spoken out against fraudulent labor practices.
• Simers – Sindicato Médico do Rio Grande do SulmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSimers, as an affiliated union, operates under the FENAM umbrella and brings national cases to the STF and Congress. Simers' president Marcelo Matias participated in STF hearings on pejotização alongside FENAM leadership.
• AMB – Associação Médica BrasileiramajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFENAM plans to strengthen institutional relations with AMB and specialty societies to unify efforts against medical labor precarization, particularly regarding specialist title certification and representation.
• AMPB – Associação dos Médicos pelo BrasilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFENAM maintains a formal partnership with AMPB, negotiating collective agreements with government agencies on behalf of physicians in the Médicos pelo Brasil program. FENAM and AMPB jointly address issues such as specialist title exams and program career development.
• AEMED-BR – Associação dos Estudantes de Medicina do BrasilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFENAM formalized a partnership with AEMED-BR (Association of Medical Students of Brazil) to strengthen the representation chain and involve future physicians in union activities.
• FMB – Federação Médica BrasileiracoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFMB is a key partner federation with which FENAM coordinates on national negotiations including the salary floor (Piso Salarial), collective agreements with AgSUS, and joint political advocacy before Congress.
• Sindicato dos Médicos do Estado do Piauí (Simepi)majorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSimepi initiated national meetings on medical labor precarization and co-organizes the national encounter 'O Futuro da Medicina do Brasil' with FENAM in Piauí (August 21).
• SIMES – Sindicato dos Médicos do Espírito SantomajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSIMES filed a complaint with TCE-ES (State Court of Auditors) about irregularities in public health bidding processes in Vitória, which was admitted by the court. SIMES also filed complaints with CES and Sesab regarding delayed physician fee payments.
• Sindimed-BA – Sindicato dos Médicos da BahiamajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSindimed-BA president Dra. Rita Virgínia filed complaints at CES about recurring delays in physician fee payments by contracted companies under Sesab, placing doctors in financial distress.
• ANS – Agência Nacional de Saúde SuplementarmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFENAM engages with ANS to ensure compliance with legislation requiring annual negotiations between physicians and health plan operators, seeking better remuneration and working conditions.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• World Medical Association (WMA): WMA is an international confederation of national medical associations. FENAM's international advocacy engagement (including with the ILO) parallels WMA's role, making it a relevant thematically adjacent peer for cross-border physician policy work.
• Conselho Nacional de Saúde (CNS): CNS is Brazil's national health council, a participatory body that includes physician representatives. While broader in scope, it is an institutional peer operating in Brazilian health policy and labor representation space.

Direct peers

• British Medical Association (BMA): BMA combines professional association and trade union functions for UK physicians, with national collective bargaining authority structurally analogous to FENAM's apex role in Brazil.
• Canadian Medical Association (CMA): CMA is the national professional association for Canadian physicians, advocating on health policy, physician workforce, and remuneration — directly comparable to FENAM's national-level physician advocacy remit.
• Australian Medical Association (AMA Australia): AMA Australia combines professional association and effective trade union functions for Australian doctors, making it a closely comparable dual-function national medical body to FENAM.
• Associação Médica Brasileira (AMB): AMB is Brazil's national medical association and the most direct professional peer for Brazilian physicians. It complements FENAM's union-focused role with specialty society coordination and is a recognized institutional partner on specialist title certification.
• Federação Médica Brasileira (FMB): FMB is a parallel national medical federation that coordinates with FENAM on salary floor advocacy, AgSUS negotiations, and joint political action before Congress, representing an overlapping constituency of Brazilian physicians.

Broad incumbents

• American Medical Association (AMA): AMA is the largest US professional organization for physicians, providing advocacy, ethics, and policy functions at the national level. While not a union, it is a broad incumbent peer in national-level physician representation and advocacy.
• Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT): CUT is Brazil's largest national labor central representing workers across multiple sectors. While not physician-specific, it is a structurally comparable apex labor federation competing for political access and influence on labor issues in the same national environment.
• Conselho Federal de Medicina (CFM): CFM is Brazil's federal regulatory council for medicine with statutory authority over physician licensing and ethics. It is a broad incumbent in physician representation, operating in a regulatory (rather than union) capacity but serving the same national constituency.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@fenamtv
• Instagraminstagram.com/fenammedicos
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/federa%C3%A7%C3%A3o-nacional-dos-m%C3%A9dicos

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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