Clinical integration model may offer new contracting option for IPAs, medical groups.
A California IPA recently completed a two-year journey that led to the early-stage development of what is believed to be the first "clinically integrated" IPA. The new model allows the group to move away from capitation to FFS, but still negotiate collectively for its physicians.
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