title: FTC, DOJ issue statements on clinical integration.
abstract: Messenger-model IPAs have a roadmap they can follow to determine whether they are sufficiently clinically integrated to avoid antitrust problems when they collectively negotiate non-risk contracts for participating physicians. Here's how.
mesh_terms: D016363:Antitrust Laws; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D007193:Independent Practice Associations / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017008:Negotiating; D014481:United States; D014485:United States Federal Trade Commission