New Strategic Partnership Announcement
Arches Massachusetts IPA (“Arches”) and Valley Medical Group P.C. (“Valley Medical”) today announced a strategic partnership designed to strengthen independent primary care and expand the capabilities required for providers to succeed in value-based care.
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Arches Are Gateways
It is TIME for a better future for Private Practice. It is TIME to return to the days of more flexibility and more TIME with patients.
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Arches Connect Things.
It is TIME to re-connect doctors directly with their patients and repair the disconnection of patients created by hospital and insurance intermediaries.
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The Arches solution spans ACCESS & QUALITY & IMPROVED PRACTICE ECONOMICS
The Solution

What Is

Arches?

Arches IPAs are physician-led Independent Practice Association designed specifically to propel the highest performing physician practices into readiness for:

 

  • Insurance contracts which are not controlled by hospital centric systems
  • Increased financial independence, 
  • Patient-centered decision making, and
  • The opportunity to have an ownership position in the IPA in order to share the company’s successes.
  • Arches’ smarter model is built upon an accelerated transition from fee-for-service payments to global quality contracts. By negotiating and managing contracts which provide substantial financial incentives for delivery of measurable quality and customer service, Arches stabilizes and improves the practice’s financial performance. 

 

Short History

In the past twenty years, Physicians have relinquished control of the practice of medicine to insurers and hospitals…and sometimes to private equity managers…leaving physicians financially dependent and overburdened. 

Physicians today are also stuck with top-down scheduling which forces them into 15m slots with their patients. 

So what happens?

Unnecessary referrals. Less access. More cost. Less coordination of care. Lower Quality. Physician Burnout quality.

Arches Independent Practice Associations are physician-owned and operated. Arches IPAs:

Explore the key benefits that make ArchesMD the

smarter choice for independent medicine

Physician Ownership & Autonomy

Maintain full control over your contracts, revenue, and clinical decisions without hospital or private equity interference.

Comprehensive Administrative Support

Access IT, EMR, compliance, legal, and billing support to simplify practice management and reduce overhead.

Higher Earning Potential

Earn more through profit-sharing and value-based incentives, ensuring financial stability and growth.

Advanced and tested technology providing critical clinical data insights

Use proprietary analytics tools to optimize performance, reduce risks, and maximize earnings.

Great payer contracts, even better rewards

Connecting the very best private practices to secure great contracts with physician and patient centered terms

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