title: Quality assurance in an IPA.
abstract: U.S. Healthcare has developed and implemented a state-of-the art quality assurance program building on the strengths of an independent practice association (IPA). The program begins with the criteria for admission of physicians to the plan and extends through recertification and standard setting to linking of compensation to accepted measures of quality of care. This paper describes the components that comprise the quality assurance program.
mesh_terms: D007193:Independent Practice Associations / Q000592:standards*; D008873:Mid-Atlantic Region; D009511:New England; D010820:Physicians / Q000592:standards*; D011331:Private Practice / Q000592:standards*; D011367:Professional Staff Committees; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*