INDEPENDENT PHYSICIANS NETWORK

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Goods & Services

Computer software providing credentialing information regarding physicians and health care providers; interactive computer program offered to physicians and health care providers whereby users can access and input information online over a secure web site; computer software for accessing physician and health care provider information database; database management software in the field of physicians and other health care providers and hospital credentialing, quality assurance and medical management

Offering of physician and health care provider information concerning government and regulatory and legislative compliance and quality assurance provided electronically, through in-person meetings and through mailed publications; and providing quality assurance services in connection with physicians and health care providers, including site visits, chart reviews and credentialing and licensing reviews, peer review and follow-ups via an online interactive network

Organizing and sponsoring educational conferences, seminars and orientation meetings in the field of health care and medical practice management for health care providers and staff

Publications for use by medical providers and staff, namely, newsletters, manuals, notices, applications, reports, forms, brochures and spreadsheets and credentialing materials relating to credentialing requirements for medical practitioners, namely, credentialing and recredentialing applications accessed online and by mail, credentialing decision notices, updates on licensing information, notices concerning expiration and renewal dates for malpractice insurance coverage, notices concerning licensing requirements, new license requests and information and updates to health plans and announcements of providers who are credentialed, all for use in the field of medicine and health-related services

Offering of physician and health care provider information and referral services namely, providing credentialing information of medical practitioners to physicians and third parties and monitoring such credentialing information; providing information in the field of medical practice management electronically, through written reports and through in-person audits; providing medical practice strategic planning services for members via an online interactive network and by mail; providing database management services; providing management services in the field of medical practice management of all medical services networks, including, but not limited to, imaging sites, laboratories, testing centers, in-patient and out-patient hospital and medical care, pharmaceutical, physical therapy, dental, vision and nursing home care; and management of transportation for patients to and from health care providers via automobile, van, taxi, and other land vehicles

Providing health care services to patients; providing health care services under contract with health insurance companies and employers; requesting health care provider member and prospective member privileges from health care institutions on behalf of physicians and health care providers; providing information in the field of healthcare to healthcare institutions on behalf of physicians and health care providers via an online interactive network; providing electronic links for physicians to the websites of others in the field of healthcare; providing liaison services between health insurance companies and member physicians in the field of medical practice

Advisory and consulting services relating to group insurance, namely, arranging insurance contracts for group members in the field of malpractice, health, property and casualty insurance