Legislative
Advocacy for Independent Providers
Legislative Advocacy
Lobbying efforts provide a voice for doctors and healthcare providers, focusing on specific issues of healthcare policy, reimbursement rates, contracting, and regulatory changes to keep doctors independent.
Revenue and Expense Opportunities
Our partners are categorized as Revenue Opportunities and Expense Opportunities. Revenue Opportunities are vetted organizations that you can join to partner with Independent Providers and contract with Revenue Sharing programs specifically tailored for independent providers. These can include Clinically Integrated Networks, Accountable Care Organizations, Medicare Advantage Plans, and more.
Expense Opportunities are where we have used the size of our IPA to negotiate costs down. Because of our size, we believe we can obtain the same economies of scale as the large health systems.
View our Preferred Partners and Strategic Providers pages to see the full list of organizations we work with.
H.B. 1091 - New Law
An Act relating to Medicaid; creating the Ensuring Access to Medicaid Act; recognizing certain statements; establishing conditions for Medicaid providers; requiring certain provisions for provider contracts entered into by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority; requiring inclusion of certain contract provisions in Medicaid managed care contracts; requiring implementation; providing for noncodification; and providing an effective date.
Oklahoma Candor Act
Candor can be defined as "the quality of being open and honest." This term has been adopted in health care to describe a framework for addressing adverse medical incidents in a way that preserves the provider-patient relationship, allows for open communication, and can reduce the frequency and cost of malpractice litigation.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed the CANDOR toolkit to help hospitals and health systems implement Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR) programs. Several states have enacted Candor legislation that provides protections for providers who engage in early disclosure and resolution of adverse events.
Centralized Credentialing
The process to fill out applications, wait for health plan effective dates and hospital privileging is onerous, to say the least. All of these applications, sometimes as many as 40 per doc, are similar in nature. With the quality of technology, web apps, and blockchain solutions available, the idea of centralized or delegated credentialing should be a reality.
For the Independent Provider, a delegated credentialing authority from the IPA to which they belong could dramatically speed the process. For the health plans, a single entity representing many independent providers makes the administrative burden and cost of credentialing more manageable. OKIPA is actively working to make centralized credentialing a reality for Oklahoma providers.
Our Strategic Partners
