Health Care

Independent Practice Associations

A partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity that enters into an arrangement for the provision of services with persons who are licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry, and with other care personnel. Under an IPA arrangement, licensed professional persons provide services through the entity in accordance with a mutually accepted compensation arrangement, while retaining their private practices. Services under the IPA are marketed through a prepaid health plan. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988)

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Abstract

A partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity that enters into an arrangement for the provision of services with persons who are licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry, and with other care personnel. Under an IPA arrangement, licensed professional persons provide services through the entity in accordance with a mutually accepted compensation arrangement, while retaining their private practices. Services under the IPA are marketed through a prepaid health plan. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988)

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15 entry terms
  • Association, Independent Practice
  • Association, Individual Practice
  • IPA (Independent Practice Association)
  • IPA (Individual Practice Association)
  • Individual Practice Associations
  • Practice Association, Independent
  • Practice Association, Individual
  • Associations, Independent Practice
  • Associations, Individual Practice
  • IPAs (Independent Practice Association)
  • IPAs (Individual Practice Association)
  • Independent Practice Association
  • Individual Practice Association
  • Practice Associations, Independent
  • Practice Associations, Individual

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

92; was INDEPENDENT PRACTICE ASSOCIATION 1988-91 (see under PRIVATE PRACTICE 1988-90)

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W 130

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Independent Practice Associations. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007193. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007193
  2. Independent Practice Associations. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_practice_association
  3. Independent Practice Associations. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6017526