Integrated physician practices such as the NNYPIPA move health care from a system in which physicians and hospitals are paid by the number of procedures to one in which they are paid by keeping people healthy in an evidence-based cost effective way, a system known as value based care. The goal of NNYPIPA is to support your Primary Care Physician in caring for you by providing them the most up-to-date information about your health and your care. Physicians in an integrated organization have more educational tools, possess data analytics on their patient’s health to allow for improvement of many health services.
Physicians in the NNYPIPA receive ongoing education of healthcare “quality measures” and receive regular practice level reporting on these measures to track progress and improve patient care.
As part of the NNYPIPA , patients benefit from: more preventative screenings, improved medication compliance, improved patient-physician communication, better health education, enhanced ability to address care transition from the hospital to home, improved management of chronic conditions between office visits, more accurate medication reconciliation. Better communication also results in a reduction in duplicate testing which lowers cost.
These add up to an improved patient experience and improved health.
Physicians in the NNYPIPA receive ongoing education of healthcare “quality measures” and receive regular practice level reporting on these measures to track progress and improve patient care.
As part of the NNYPIPA , patients benefit from: more preventative screenings, improved medication compliance, improved patient-physician communication, better health education, enhanced ability to address care transition from the hospital to home, improved management of chronic conditions between office visits, more accurate medication reconciliation. Better communication also results in a reduction in duplicate testing which lowers cost.
These add up to an improved patient experience and improved health.
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Frequently Asked Questions:
What is an IPA?
An independent practice association is a network of doctors, clinics, hospitals and other healthcare providers who have come together to provide coordinated health care for patients. Physicians in IPAs have a greater access to wider range of resources than to healthcare providers outside such a collective. This collaboration with it's more integrated approach combined with healthcare data analytics results in improved quality of care, improved outcomes at reduced healthcare cost.
HOW DOES AN IPA IMPROVE CARE?
- Reduce hospital admissions
- Reduce hospital re-admissions
- Reduce ER visits
- Reduce total cost of health care
How will I benefit?
- Understand my medical condition better.
- Get help to meet my health goals.
- Get help between visits.
- Learn how to stay healthy.
- Reduce health expenses.
- Improve overall health.
