An independent practice association (or IPA) is a US term for an association of independent physicians, or other organization that contracts with independent physicians, and provides services to managed care organizations on a negotiated per capita rate, flat retainer fee, or negotiated fee-for-service basis.
'Forbes' Billionaire List: JK Rowling Drops From Billionaire To Millionaire Due To Charitable Giving. Even Harry Potter's wizardry couldnât have prevented this blow. JK Rowling, the first female novelist billionaire, recently lost her exclusive status because of some very good deeds. Forbes, which has produced an annual list of billionaires for the past 25 years, said that the Harry Potter author dropped from billionaire to millionaire due to Britain's high taxes and her charitable giving.
The average billionaire it turns out, is male, 63 years old, and took 45 years to hit the magic $1 billion mark. They tend to be family-orientated with just under 90 per cent being married with an average of two children a piece.hile Microsoft founder Bill Gates can still boast to be the world's richest man with a cool $76bn in the bank-the average billionaire has a fortune of around $3.1 billion. They are almost invariably male with just 286 being women.