Quality assurance in an IPA setting. (independent practice association-model health maintenance organization institutes effective quality assurance measures) From: Physician Executive | Date: May 1, 1991| Author: Tan, J. Sim | COPYRIGHT 1991 American College of Physician Executives. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Quality assurance programs have been operating in hospitals and in group and staff model health plans for years. Quality measurements have been relatively easy to obrain, depending on the interests and resources of the health care entity. In the group-and staff-model plans within CIGNA, it is generally possible to evaluate the level of health care provided to the membership and the clinical quality of the care of individual providers. With the IPA model, however, most organizatio...