GRIPA Press Room

The latest releases from GRIPA

We post our press releases on this page. Visit GRIPA in the News to read coverage of our activities and initiatives.

September 18, 2007

Federal Trade Commission Bestows Favorable Advisory Opinion on GRIPA Connect Clinical Integration

The Greater Rochester Independent Practice Association (GRIPA) received a favorable advisory opinion yesterday from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for its Clinical Integration program. This is only the second time that the FTC has given a favorable advisory opinion to a clinical integration program and the first time in five years. Read more.

April 2007

GRIPA Clinical Consulting Pharmacist Receives Award from Lifespan

Tom Sorrento, RPh

(Rochester, NY, April 11, 2007) Tom Sorrento, RPh, a Consulting Clinical Pharmacist for the Greater Rochester Independent Practice Association, is the recipient of the 2007 Max M. Farash Award for Excellence in Aging and Long Term Care Services from Lifespan. Read more.

March 2007

Victoria Viglucci Named GRIPA Chief Information Officer

Victoria Viglucci, GRIPA CIO

(Rochester, NY, March 26, 2007) Victoria Viglucci has been named Chief Information Officer of the Greater Rochester Independent Practice Association (GRIPA). She is responsible for providing vision and leadership in the development and implementation of Information Technology to support GRIPA strategic initiatives on behalf of the GRIPA organization and its membership. Read more.

 


Media contacts

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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.

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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.