Biomaterial Database

Physician contracts: the issues that bind us. 1987

E Snelson

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007193	Independent Practice Associations	A partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity that enters into an arrangement for the provision of services with persons who are licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry, and with other care personnel. Under an IPA arrangement, licensed professional persons provide services through the entity in accordance with a mutually accepted compensation arrangement, while retaining their private practices. Services under the IPA are marketed through a prepaid health plan. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988)	IPA (Independent Practice Association),Individual Practice Associations,Association, Independent Practice,Association, Individual Practice,IPA (Individual Practice Association),Practice Association, Independent,Practice Association, Individual,Associations, Independent Practice,Associations, Individual Practice,IPAs (Independent Practice Association),IPAs (Individual Practice Association),Independent Practice Association,Individual Practice Association,Practice Associations, Independent,Practice Associations, Individual
D010820	Physicians	Individuals licensed to practice medicine.	Physician
D011243	Preferred Provider Organizations	Arrangements negotiated between a third-party payer (often a self-insured company or union trust fund) and a group of health-care providers (hospitals and physicians) who furnish services at lower than usual fees, and, in return, receive prompt payment and an expectation of an increased volume of patients.	Organizations, Preferred Provider,Preferred Provider Organization,Organization, Preferred Provider
D002140	California	State bounded on the east by Nevada and Arizona, on the south by Mexico and the Pacific Ocean on the south and west, and on the north by Oregon.
D003284	Contract Services	Outside services provided to an institution under a formal financial agreement.	Services, Contract,Contract Service,Service, Contract
D003657	Decision Making	The process of making a selective intellectual judgment when presented with several complex alternatives consisting of several variables, and usually defining a course of action or an idea.	Credit Assignment,Assignment, Credit,Assignments, Credit,Credit Assignments
D005376	Financial Management	The obtaining and management of funds for institutional needs and responsibility for fiscal affairs.	Endowments,Financial Activities,Funds,Activities, Financial,Activity, Financial,Endowment,Financial Activity,Fund,Management, Financial
D012955	Societies, Medical	Societies whose membership is limited to physicians.	Medical Societies,Medical Society,Society, Medical