The Monarch Cement Co. owns and operates quarries, which contain all essential raw materials used by the company's cement operations. The company operates through following line of business: Cement business and Ready-Mixed Concrete business.
Medical Staff Legal Advisor, June 2, 2004. IPA, which stands for independent practice association, is an organization usually established primarily to contract with third party payers. It is a legal vehicle developed to allow physicians who have no other corporate or legal relationship (hence the term independent) to constitute themselves as a group for contracting purposes.
independent practice association (IPA), 1  an association of independent physicians or small groups of physicians formed for the purpose of contracting with one or more managed health care organizations. Member physicians provide medical services for HMO patients in their own offices and are allowed to maintain private practices.