The Hawaii Independent Physician's Association is Hawaii's largest association of independent physicians.

Today's economic and bureaucratic reality demands that independent physicians collectively fight trends that have a negative impact on our patients and our profession.

The Hawai`i Independent Physicians Association is 800 doctors strong and growing. Our strategic intervention, technology focus and dynamic bargaining power allows doctors in private practice to concentrate on the VITAL business of patient care throughout Hawaii.

Be Independent AND be strong

• Hawaii IPA's negotiating clout gets doctors fair reimbursement.
• Hawaii IPA helps de-mystify the insurance, State agency and Medicaid maze.
• Hawaii IPA negotiates with health insurance companies to minimize the hassle factor of obtaining reimbursement and of dealing with varied carrier rules.
• We scrutinize reimbursement shifts, seeking fair compensation for delivering proactive preventative medicine.
• Our educational efforts allow colleagues to stay abreast of treatment protocols.
• We fight harmful "consumer empowerment" agendas where payment is shifted from employers and insurers toward the patient ~ putting physicians at risk of non-payment.
• We effectively oppose laws that negatively impact patients and physicians

Hawaii IPA membership provides value-added benefits

• HIPA's collaboration of professionals seeks business-savvy ways to maximize income, control costs (rent, salary, insurance), keep physicians informed, and doctor's skills honed.
• Our combined efforts free physicians to advocate for patients in the complex world of healthcare delivery. The trust and faith patients have in physicians is critical to optimal medical outcomes.
• We "translate" laws and their impact on physician practice. Through collaboration we find cost-effective solutions to meet legal requirements.
• Hawaii IPA, keeps physicians informed quickly and efficiently via faxes, e-mails, eNewsletters, websites and workshops.
• We give physicians the tools to provide proactive preventative medicine ~ saving lives today from tomorrow's diseases.
• The Hawaii IPA Care Improvement Committee is made up of physicians who continually develop ways to empower doctors and their patients.
• We seek innovative ways for physicians to communicate self-care information to patients.
• Hawaii IPA brings the focus back to the physician-patient relationship.

Hawaii IPA targets innovation to ensure physician success, your patients' health, and to provide the most cost-effective services possible

• Electronic Medical Records ~ Hawaii IPA's technology goal: getting the patient, the doctor, and secure medical information in the same room at the same time, at the point-of-care. This eliminates duplication of tests and prescriptions, and assures timely and effective care.
• Hawaii IPA physicians provide leadership and patient advocacy in the business community to address complex healthcare issues, the solutions to which must include credible quality measures built on evidence-based medicine.
• Hawaii IPA evaluates emerging concepts of consumer choice, health savings accounts and consumer-directed medical savings accounts. We support expanded consumer choice but not compromised patient care.

Hawaii Independent Physicians Association
3660 Waialae Avenue, Suite 204
Honolulu, HI 96816

tel: 808.738.4472
fax: 808.732.4458