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GRIPA in the News
Press coverage of our activities and accomplishments
Visit this page often for links to our press coverage.
GRIPA finding Rx for success, Democrat and Chronicle, October 15, 2007
GRIPA has been named to the Democrat and Chronicle’s Top 100 list for the last three years. We were profiled in this article. Read the article.
Clinical Integration FTC Advisory Opinion Coverage
Publications
FTC Gives More Guidance on Clinical Integration, Tri-Cities Personal News & Media Center, October 26, 2007.
A recap of the FTC’s opinions to date on clinically integrated networks, culminating with the recent opinion on GRIPA. Read the article.
Doctor-hospital network gets rare FTC approval to integrate, American Medical News, October 15, 2007.
This national trade magazine reported on the FTC’s nod to our Clinical Integration program, noting that the bureau “found the program had the potential to provide low-cost, high-quality care to patients in the Rochester, N.Y. area.” Read the article.
The Latest FTC Pronouncements in Health Care Physician-Payer Contracting, Foley Legal News Alert, October 5, 2007.
The issues surrounding our FTC Advisory Opinion are analyzed in this newsletter by law firm Foley & Lardner LLP. Download the PDF.
FTC Will Not Challenge Doctors’ Group’s Negotiation Plan, Medical Newswire, September 24, 2007.
More on our Clinical Integration program and the FTC. Read the article.
N.Y. IPA says IT played key role in FTC nod, Modern Healthcare, September 24, 2007.
Read the article.
DocSite Customer Achieves Favorable FTC Clinical Integration Advisory Opinion, Fierce Healthcare, September 24, 2007
Read the article.
FTC Staff Advises Rochester Physician Organization That It Will Not Recommend Antitrust Challenge to Proposal to Provide Member Physicians' Services Through "Clinical Integration" Program, FTC News, September 21, 2007
This is the FTC’s official press release. Read the release.
GRIPA Receives Favorable Advisory Opinion from FTC for Clinical Integration Program, Topix.net, September 18, 2007
Read the article.
Blogs
FTC approves integrated physician network—for just the second time, FOS Blog, Florida Orthopaedic Society, October 24, 2007
Read the blog post.
A Level Playing Field for Oligopolists? Get A GRIPA!, SPN State Policy Blog, October 16, 2007
Read the blog post.
Physician Practice Association’s Negotiations with Health Plans Should Not be Challenged: FTC Staff, Trade Regulation Talk, September 26, 2007
Read the blog posting.
FTC advises Rochester Physician Organization it will not recommend antitrust challenge to proposal for “Clinical Integration” program, Antitrust Lawyer Blog, September 22, 2007
Read the blog post.
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Media contacts
For interviews, questions, assistance contacting an expert, contact Marianne Benjamin at 585.425.2385. You may also contact Mary Lorei at 585.922.1516.
Who we are
GRIPA is the Greater Rochester Independent Practice Association, a unique partnership of physicians and hospitals in Monroe, Wayne, and Ontario Counties of the Greater Rochester, New York, region.
Our members include close to 650 physicians, of which 450 are private practitioners, and the balance employed at our member hospitals. Our hospitals include Rochester General Hospital and Newark Wayne Community Hospital.
Throughout our first decade, we have provided medical, business, and technology management services aimed at making better health care easier to deliver, less costly for patients, and more rewarding for all involved.
Read more about GRIPA.
What we do
On behalf of our physician members, we provide:
- medical case management
- physician education
- quality assurance via clinical guidelines and physician performance feedback
- insurance contract negotiations
- assistance with information technology
- help with business issues
Read more about our physician member services.
We also innovate solutions to pressing health care issues. Read about our Clinical Integration and Coding and Quality Improvement initiatives.
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