Our Services
MeritIPA is an organization of over 300 physicians that was organized in 1997 to provide medical and surgical care to citizens of South Georgia. MeritIPA member physicians must meet quality care criteria established by their peers. MeritIPA uses a Credentials Verification Organization certified by the National Committee Quality Insurance (NCQA), and the MeritIPA membership comes from all major specialties and sub-specialties.
Provides managed care contracting
Over 20 statewide and direct contracts that cover over 3 million Georgia lives.
Using a “messenger model” so physicians can choose which network they want to participate.
Contracts as a group. A network must accept all physicians. Physicians can not be terminated from a network without approval of the board.
Reviews all contract language to ensure physicians are protected from any adverse action.
Works directly in each community to ensure that employers and payers needs are met.
Contract directly with employers, TPAs’, state wide networks, and national networks.
Networks delegate credentialing to MeritIPA.
Analyzes local and surrounding industry base
To identify the industry base in each community.
To identify the number of employees and total number of insured by industry.
To identify the insurance carriers or TPA that is used for each industry.
To identify the fully insured versus the self-insured industries.
To identify the decision-maker for each industry.
Education
Accurate and unbiased information about the healthcare market.
Online meeting for physicians and their staff.
Staff training and continuing education.