Medical Dictionary

independent practice association

noun

Medical Definition of INDEPENDENT PRACTICE ASSOCIATION

:  an organization providing health care by doctors who maintain their own offices and continue to see their own patients but agree to treat enrolled members of the organization for a negotiated lump sum payment or a fixed payment per member or per service provided—abbreviation IPA

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