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1 432 580 8883
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Overview:
The West Texas Physicians Alliance (WTPA) was established as a corporate entity on November 9, 1994. It is a typical "non-risk bearing" Independent Physicians Alliance (IPA). This is in contrast to "risk-bearing" organizations, which often coordinate most of their activities, including billing through a central location. The physician (and ancillary) provider members of this IPA maintain complete autonomy over their practices, have their own offices and staff and undertake billing and other activities as they choose. The WTPA maintains a small office and a staff of only four; an administrator and three assistants. This skeleton staff performs the credentialing/recredentialing actions on behalf of WTPA members, its financial operations which mainly involves dues collections and payment of bills and securing and over-seeing contracts with managed care entities. The contracts negotiations with the managed care organizations is accomplished through a "messenger model" i.e... | |
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