September 23, 2016: Following a two-day preliminary hearing, a Kern County Superior Court Judge dismissed all charges against a physician accused by the California Attorney General of Medi-Cal and Medicare fraud and related theft and tax offenses. Led by Steven Goldsobel, the firm fought a more than two-year long battle…
With the difficulties even the largest health plans are having managing risk contracts, more physicians are likely to find themselves with a substantial number of delayed or unpaid claims. In spite of these ominous trends, physicians can reduce their risk of working for free. Find out more at: Stiffed –…
Today’s competitive managed care environment has created much tension between IPAs’ physician managers and their physician members. Many IPAs (independent practice associations), under pressure to maintain quality care while controlling the costs to deliver care, are responding by reducing their membership. IPA physicians naturally feel they are being treated unfairly…
Unlike an integrated medical group, IPA participating physicians maintain their separate medical practices, and use the IPA vehicle to pursue managed care contracts that they could not obtain on their own. Learn more about independent practice associations here: Forming A Specialty IPA California Physician, December 1993