International Phonetic Alphabet Isopropyl Alcohol International Phonetic Association Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis IPA is a method of qualitative data analysis (with implications for methods of data collection) developed for use in psychological research = The International Phonetic Association, IP alphabet = International Phonetic Alphabet a group of doctors who are in separate practices who band together for negotiating with an insurer Information Technology Promotion Agency (Japan) Isopropyl Alcohol, typically used at 90% for pre inspection cleaning of the Screen, and post repair prior to packaging A standard system for indicating specific sounds, first introduced in 1886 The Unicode character set includes all single symbols and diacritics in the most recent revision of the IPA, which occurred in 1989, as well as a few IPA symbols no longer in use integrated program assessment Interprocedural analysis, a type of optimization that allows optimizations to be performed across procedure boundaries and across calls to procedures in separate source files Intergovernmental Personnel Act agreement Iso Propyl Alcohol Individual practice association Interim Program Allowance Independent Practice Association IPA models contract HMOs on behalf of groups of independent physicians who work in their own offices These independent practitioners receive a per-member payment or capitation from the HMO to provide a full range of health services for HMO members These providers often care for members of many HMOs An independent group of physicians who contract with an HMO to provide services for the HMO members Some health insurance applications will ask for a physician's IPA number It can usually be found in an online provider directory for the health plan or by calling the physician's office Independent or Individual Practice Association Contracts with individual physicians who see HMO members as well as patients covered by other types of health insurance in their own private offices Physicians in an IPA are paid on either a capitation or a modified fee-for-service basis Independent Practioners Association Your doctor's medical group (1) The International Phonetic Alphabet (2) The International Phonetic Association, which defines and maintains the International Phonetic Alphabet Independent Practice Association A type of HMO consisting of coordinated groups of physicians practicing out of individual offices Independent Practice Association Independent Physician Association Intergovernmental Personnel (Act) Assignment - Temporary assignment (2-4 years) of employees between Federal agencies and State, local, and Indian tribal governments, institutions of higher education, and other eligible organizations for the purpose of exchanging skilled personnel and facilitating Federal-State-local cooperation Also known as "intergovernmental mobility assignments", or "IPA mobility assignments" Independent Providers Association Information-Technology Promotion Agency, Japan A quasi-governmental organization established in 1970 The IPA's budget in fiscal 1999 will be approximately 23 billion yen See http://www ipa go jp/ An Independent Practice Association (IPA) is typically a group of physicians who organize themselves into a contracting entity to care for an HMO's and PPO's members It can also be a licensed HMO owned by its member physicians