URPS Médecins Libéraux Centre-Val de Loire

What URPS Médecins Libéraux Centre-Val de Loire does

URPS Médecins Libéraux Centre-Val de Loire, now operating under the trade name URML (Union Régionale des Médecins Libéraux), is a non-profit professional association founded in 2010 that statutorily represents approximately 3,500 liberal (self-employed) physicians across the six departments of the Centre-Val de Loire region: Cher, Eure-et-Loir, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, and Loiret. It is headquartered in Orléans (10 rue de la Grisonnière) and operates with a small administrative team of around 20 employees, governed by an elected board of practicing physicians led by President Pierre BIDAUT. The organization is one of the regional URPS bodies created under France's 2009 HPST law, holding a legally mandated role in representing liberal physicians in negotiations with the Agence Régionale de Santé (ARS) and the regional health insurance system.

URML's core services fall into four operational buckets: (1) collective representation and policy advocacy vis-à-vis the ARS and Assurance Maladie; (2) member-facing services including CCAM/NGAP billing code interpretation, coordination software deployed under the CCPL (Centre de Compétences et de Prestations Logicielles) framework, and employer-group coordination (CEM); (3) infrastructure services such as room rental at the Orléans headquarters for member associations; and (4) programmatic activities including e-Santé deployment, training and continuous professional development, installation support for new physicians, and a regional mental health network for interns and physicians in distress. The organization also publishes scientific letters (e.g., "Lettre scientifique") and runs JML 2026, a first-of-its-kind regional day dedicated to liberal medicine installation and practice.

The business model is non-commercial: URML is funded by statutory URPS contributions (cotisations URPS) automatically deducted from the revenue of liberal physicians and redistributed to regional URPS bodies. There is no pricing model, no commercial product revenue, and no equity funding. Strategic direction is set by elected physician representatives rather than professional management, and the mandate is geographically bounded to a single region.

Name

URPS Médecins Libéraux Centre-Val de Loire

Legal name

URPS Médecins Libéraux Centre-Val de Loire

Website

https://urpsml-centre.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

URML is a non-profit regional professional association in France that statutorily represents approximately 3,500 liberal physicians across the Centre-Val de Loire region in negotiations with public health authorities. It offers member services including billing codes, digital health tools, training, and installation support, funded by statutory physician contributions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Medical Association Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (62111)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

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PRIMARYBPAGACAI

Medical Missions & Global Health NGOs

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Health & Medical Nonprofits

Keywords

• Physician professional association
• Medical union services
• Healthcare professional support
• Liberal medicine advocacy
• Regional medical representation

Headquarters

HQ city

Orléans

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

URPS Médecins Libéraux Centre-Val de Loire (now URML - Union Régionale des Médecins Libéraux) is a regional professional union that represents and supports approximately 3,500 liberal (independent) physicians in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. It delivers member-facing services including interpretation, digital tools guidance, medical billing code support, employer group coordination, and meeting room rental, alongside regional initiatives in e-health, coordinated practice, training, research participation, healthcare alerts, prevention, quality improvement, and environmental health.

Product overview

URPS Médecins Libéraux Centre-Val de Loire (now called URML - Union Régionale des Médecins Libéraux) is a regional professional union representing and supporting approximately 3,500 liberal (independent) doctors in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. The organization is not a technology product company but rather a professional association whose core mission is to promote the organization and quality of healthcare. The organization offers support services including interpretation services, digital tools guidance, medical billing codes (cotation), employer group coordination, and meeting room rental. The URML provides various actions and programs including e-health initiatives, coordinated exercise programs, medical training, physician installation support, research participation, second-tier healthcare referral, emergency services coordination (SNP, PDSA, SAS), health monitoring and alerts, prevention programs, quality improvement, and environmental health initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Interpretation Services (Interprétariat)
• Digital Tools Guidance (Outils numériques)
• Medical Billing Codes Support (Cotation)
• Employer Group Coordination (Groupement d'employeurs)
• Meeting Room Rental (Location de salles)
• Medical Training Programs (Formation médicale)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• URPS Médecins Libéraux Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Equivalent regional union structure serving liberal physicians in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, providing comparable services (interpreter, digital tools, training, installation support).
• URPS Médecins Libéraux Île-de-France: Sister regional union for liberal physicians in the Île-de-France region. Same legal status (URPS/APE 9412Z), same mandate of representing and supporting independent physicians, differing only in geography.
• URPS Médecins Libéraux Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Regional physician union in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes with the identical legal mandate of representing liberal physicians, coordinating e-health, training, and quality programs at the regional level.

Broad incumbents

• SML (Syndicat des Médecins Libéraux): National French union for liberal physicians with bargaining and representational responsibilities that overlap with regional URPS bodies such as URML.
• CSMF (Confédération des Syndicats Médicaux Français): Long-standing national confederation of medical syndicates in France representing liberal physicians. Operates at national scale with overlapping representational and bargaining functions.
• MG France: National union specifically representing French general practitioners. Has overlapping membership with URML-affiliated GPs and operates national advocacy, training, and coordination functions.
• Conseil National de l'Ordre des Médecins (CNOM): National regulatory body for the medical profession in France. Operates at the national scale with a wider scope (ethics, discipline, registration) compared to URML's regional representational role.
• Fédération des URPS Médecins Libéraux: National federation coordinating all regional URPS physician unions, including URML Centre-Val de Loire. Acts as the collective national voice and umbrella organization for the regional bodies URML belongs to.

Regional players

• URPS Pharmaciens Centre-Val de Loire: Regional union for community pharmacists in the same Centre-Val de Loire territory. Shares the APE 9412Z professional-organization status and regional coordination mandate with URML.
• URPS Infirmiers Libéraux Centre-Val de Loire: Same-region professional union for liberal nurses in Centre-Val de Loire. Mirrors URML's structure and mandate but for a different health profession; useful comparator for cross-professional coordination models.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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