URML Pays de la Loire

What URML Pays de la Loire does

URML Pays de la Loire (Union Régionale des Médecins Libéraux des Pays de la Loire) is a French non-profit professional union founded in 1993 and headquartered in St Sébastien-sur-Loire, near Nantes. The organization represents self-employed (liberal) physicians — general practitioners and specialists — practicing across the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region (Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Mayenne, Sarthe, Vendée). Under Article R. 4031-2 of the French Public Health Code, URML holds a statutory role in regional health policy discussions and coordinates with the regional health agency (ARS), other regional health professional unions (URPS), and academic institutions.

The organization operates a portfolio of web-based service modules rather than an integrated software platform. These include KitMédical (clinical protocols for general medicine), OMNIPRAT (medical coding and billing), Doc & Droit (legal fact sheets), Les Cafés de l'Union (monthly webinars), the Annuaire de télésanté (regional telehealth directory co-built with GRADeS, launched April 2024), the P4DP primary care data warehouse (consortium project under France 2030), and the Découverte de la Médecine Libérale platform that connects medical students with liberal physicians for observation visits. The website also publishes the semi-annual Journal de l'Union and assorted newsletters.

URML is funded primarily through membership dues from regional liberal physicians and project-based grants from ARS Pays de la Loire, with most member-facing services provided at no incremental cost. The organization operates with approximately 10 staff and runs a community-led go-to-market motion anchored on direct member engagement, regional events (e.g., 'Rendez-vous avec la médecine libérale'), interprofessional forums, and collaboration with Assurance Maladie, CHU de Nantes, and the medical faculties of Nantes and Angers.

Name

URML Pays de la Loire

Legal name

URML des Pays de la Loire

Website

https://urml-paysdelaloire.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

URML Pays de la Loire is a regional French non-profit union representing self-employed physicians across the Pays de la Loire region, delivering training, practice tools, and healthcare policy advocacy through web-based platforms and ARS-funded programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

St Sébastien sur Loire

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: As a professional union of liberal doctors, URML likely derives funding from membership fees paid by practicing physicians in the region.
2. Public Health Agency Funding: The organization receives funding and support from regional health authorities (ARS Pays de la Loire) for various health programs and initiatives.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

URML Pays de la Loire is the official regional professional union representing liberal (self-employed) physicians across the five departments of the Pays de la Loire region in France. It delivers collective representation and advocacy in regional health policy, continuing medical education (Les Cafés de l'Union webinars, training programs), practice management and clinical support tools (KitMédical, OMNIPRAT), legal and administrative advice, and operates a regional telehealth directory and primary care health data warehouse.

Product overview

URML Pays de la Loire operates as a regional union of liberal doctors offering a portfolio of professional support services for healthcare practitioners in the Pays de la Loire region. The organization provides clinical decision support tools (KitMédical, Doc & Droit), administrative efficiency tools (OMNIPRAT for medical codings and billing), educational programs (Les Cafés de l'Union webinars, Découverte de la Médecine Libérale for student placements), and healthcare coordination platforms (Annuaire de télésanté, Projet P4DP data warehouse). The offering functions as a collection of service modules rather than an integrated software platform, serving the professional development and practice needs of liberal physicians across the region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OMNIPRAT: Outil d'aide à la pratique pour les cotations et actes techniques en médecine générale
• Découvrir la Médecine Libérale
• KitMédical

Products and services

• KitMédical

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Feature5 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GRADeS Pays de la LoirecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2024Collaboration on the regional telehealth directory (Annuaire de télésanté), co-built with federations and financed by ARS. The directory aggregates teleexpertise and teleconsultation offerings across the territory, accessible via annuairetelesante.esante-paysdelaloire.fr.
• ARS Pays de la LoirecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional health agency that funds and coordinates health initiatives. URML participates in regional health policy development and implementation of healthcare programs.
• CN URPS-ML (Conférence Nationale des URPS Médecins Libéraux)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational coordination of regional physician unions. Collaborates on national initiatives, shared resources, and unified advocacy positions.
• URPS Infirmiers, Sages-Femmes, Pharmaciens Pays de la LoirecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOther regional professional health unions collaborating on inter-professional initiatives such as vaccination campaigns and healthcare coordination.
• Facultés de médecine de Nantes et AngerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedical school partnerships for student training programs including the 'Découverte de la Médecine Libérale' initiative allowing students to shadow liberal physicians.
• Health Data Hub / CNGE / CHU Rouen / Université Côte d'Azur / Université de Rouen / LoamicsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium partners for the P4DP (Entrepôt de données en soins primaires) project, France's first independent primary care health data repository.
• CHU de NantescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic hospital center participating in regional healthcare initiatives and the P4DP data repository project.
• DAC Loire-AtlantiquecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordination和支持服务 (Dispositif d'Appui à la Coordination) - URML works with DAC to help coordinate complex patient care pathways and support healthcare professionals.
• Assurance Maladie (CPAM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational health insurance body working with URML on healthcare programs including vaccination campaigns and care coordination initiatives.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• SML (Syndicat des Médecins Libéraux): National French union of liberal specialists. Mirrors the representation and member-support functions of URML Pays de la Loire for specialist physicians, operating at national level rather than within a single region.
• UNPS (Union Nationale des Professionnels de Santé): National inter-professional union coordinating all liberal health professionals in France. Comparable to URML Pays de la Loire in inter-professional coordination and policy advocacy, but covering all health professions rather than physicians only, at national scale.
• MG France: National French union specifically representing general practitioners in liberal practice. Comparable to URML Pays de la Loire in advocacy and member-service orientation, with overlapping constituencies but a national rather than regional remit.
• FMF (Fédération des Médecins de France): National federation representing French liberal physicians across specialties. Comparable to URML Pays de la Loire in member advocacy, training, and policy engagement, but federated nationally rather than regionally structured.
• CSMF (Confédération des Syndicats Médicaux Français): Largest national French medical union representing liberal physicians across all specialties and regions. Operates at national scope with similar advocacy, training, and contract-negotiation functions as URML Pays de la Loire, but at a broader geographic and political scale.
• Conseil National de l'Ordre des Médecins (CNOM): National regulatory body governing physician practice in France. Distinct from a union (it has disciplinary and ethics authority) but comparable to URML Pays de la Loire in serving the physician professional community and providing legal/ethical guidance to practitioners.

Direct peers

• URPS Médecins Libéraux Île-de-France: Regional professional union for liberal physicians in Île-de-France. Same statutory role and member service model as URML Pays de la Loire, scaled to the largest physician population in France; useful comparison for service portfolio breadth and digital tooling investment.
• URPS Médecins Libéraux Hauts-de-France: Regional union of liberal physicians in the Hauts-de-France region. Directly comparable to URML Pays de la Loire in structure, mandate, and service offerings (training, legal advice, practice support, regional policy representation).
• URPS Médecins Libéraux Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Regional professional union for liberal physicians in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region under the same French URPS framework as URML Pays de la Loire. Operates an analogous portfolio of member services, training, practice tools, and regional health authority engagement, differing only by geography.

Regional players

• URPS Infirmiers Pays de la Loire: Regional professional union for liberal nurses in the same Pays de la Loire region as URML Pays de la Loire. Operates under the same URPS framework with parallel member services, training, and ARS engagement; URML actively collaborates with this peer on inter-professional initiatives like vaccination campaigns.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/urmedlib_pdl
• Facebookfacebook.com/Urml-Pays-de-la-Loire-106308338167189
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/urml-pays-de-la-loire

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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