Washington's racked up more than $250 million in marijuana sales in the past year â roughly $62 million of which constitute marijuana excise taxes. That's beyond the state's original forecast of $36 million.
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.
We asked family practitioner Steven Davis, medical director of Torrance, Calif.-based HealthCare Partners, IPA, and physician Wayne Pan, chief medical officer of Individual Practice Association Medical Group of Santa Clara County, Calif. (SCCIPA), to tell us more about the role of IPA in todayâs ACO-minded world.