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In the United States, as of 2023, dental therapists are allowed to operate in 13 states: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Maine, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington. [2] [3] [22] This is an increase from 2013, when only Alaska and Minnesota permitted dental therapists to practice. [23]
In the United States, an independent practice association (IPA) is an association of independent physicians, or other organizations that contracts with independent care delivery organizations, and provides services to managed care organizations on a negotiated per capita rate, flat retainer fee, or negotiated fee-for-service basis. [1] [2]
Fee-for-service (FFS) is a payment model where services are unbundled and paid for separately. [1]In health care, it gives an incentive for physicians to provide more treatments because payment is dependent on the quantity of care, rather than quality of care.
If the patient in the previous example had a $5.00 copay, the physician would be paid $45.00 by the insurance company. The physician is then responsible for collecting the out-of-pocket expense from the patient. If the patient had a $500.00 deductible, the contracted amount of $50.00 would not be paid by the insurance company.
MDVIP is an American company, headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, that operates a network of physicians. The company's physicians practice preventive medicine and personalized primary-care medicine. The national network consists of 1,100 physicians serving over 380,000 patients in 45 states and the District of Columbia. [1]
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