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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.
Humana Inc. is an American for-profit health insurance company based in Louisville, Kentucky. In 2023, the company ranked 42 on the Fortune 500 list, [2] which made it the highest ranked (by revenues) company based in Kentucky. It is the fourth largest health insurance provider in the U.S. [3]
Michael McCallister, chief executive officer of Humana from 2000 to 2012 [21] William W. McGuire , chief executive officer of UnitedHealth until he stepped down along with director William G. Spears following a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation in 2006 [ 22 ]
American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin; America's Poison Centers; American Association of Professional Ringside Physicians; American Association of Public Health Physicians; American Association of Sleep Technologists; American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; American Board of Applied Toxicology
This category contains various subcategories of physicians' specialties. For a description of these, see Specialty (medicine) . See also: Category:Medical researchers
In the staff model, physicians are salaried and have offices in HMO buildings. In this case, physicians are direct employees of the HMOs. This model is an example of a closed-panel HMO, meaning that contracted physicians may only see HMO patients. Previously this type of HMO was common, although currently it is nearly inactive. [7]
In 2000, 57% of doctors were independent, but this decreased to 33% by 2016. Between 2012 and 2015, there was a 50% increase in the number of physicians employed by hospitals. [9] 26 percent have opted out of seeing patients with Medicaid and 15 percent have opted out of seeing patients with health insurance exchange plans. [10]
The American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS), the official certifying body for the American Association of Physician Specialists (AAPS) is a non-profit umbrella organization for sixteen medical specialty boards that certifies and re-certifies physicians in fourteen medical specialties in the United States and Canada.