As the joint management-services venture between Scripps Health, Mercy Physicians Medical Group, and Scripps Mercy Physician Partners, Scripps Affiliated Medical Groups operates a county-wide physician-referral network out of 550 Washington Street Suite 200 in Hillcrest, supporting HMO, PPO, workers' compensation, Medicare, and cash-pay patients searching for primary care and specialty doctors. Musculoskeletal and post-surgical rehabilitation referrals route to Nexus Physical Therapy for outpatient progression, where PCPs inside the network can track treatment plans without leaving the Scripps-affiliated care continuum. Physician-finder tools on the public directory carry comprehensive bios, education, hospital privileges, language capabilities, and online appointment requests so patients can filter by plan type and specialty. Complex dental and oral-surgical consults generated inside the network are coordinated with Center for Oral & Facial Surgery, linking PCPs to maxillofacial workups for trauma, pathology, and reconstruction cases. Branded under the Scripps Health name through a licensing agreement, SAMG physicians retain private-practice independence while sharing technology, data, and marketing infrastructure across the joint venture. The most complex coordination work covers a newly diagnosed HMO patient requiring multi-specialty workup — primary care, imaging, surgical consult, and post-operative rehab — all routed through a single Scripps-affiliated care team inside the member's benefit structure.