IPA Regulatory and Contracting Issue Advisement

Hodgson Russ has represented several Independent Practice Associations (IPAs) on numerous regulatory and contracting issues, including one with more than 700 physician members that desired to expand its current role to include care management, utilization review, and proactive quality assessment. Given the restrictions on an IPA’s ability to conduct certain activities on behalf of its members, we evaluated and proposed alternate innovative structural and operational models to meet the clients’ goals.