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Independent Practice Association (IPA)

Type of Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) that issues contracts to independent physicians. These physicians are paid a per visit fee for seeing an HMO member or are paid an annual fixed sum. The HMO members are covered only when they use an HMO hospital or physician.

 
 
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For other uses of the abbreviation, see IPA (disambiguation).

An HMO, or Health maintenance organization, may contract with an independent practice association (or IPA) which in turn contracts with independent physicians to treat members at discounted fees or on a capitation basis. The typical IPA encompasses all specialties, but an IPA can be solely for primary care or may be single specialty.

References

  • American Public Policy: An Introduction 7th Edition
  • Essentials of Managed Care, 4th Ed, Peter Kongstvedt

Further reading

  • De Wolf W, and A Stanten. 1995. "The Independent Practice Association". JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association. 274, no. 22: 1761.
  • Roth M. 1979. "Is an Independent Practice Association for You?" Physician's Management. 19, no. 1: 42-6.
  • 2002. "LATE NEWS - REGULATORY PRECEDENT - The FTC OKs a Deal That Would Allow a Physician Independent Practice Association to Contract with Health Plans on Behalf of Its Competing Physicians". Modern Healthcare. 32, no. 8: 6.

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