9 ALPHAThe National Benchmark for Independent Practices
Your Practice
Should Count.
IPPI gives physician owners a confidential view of how their practice operates—revealing strengths, potential vulnerabilities, and opportunities to improve.
- Complimentary initial assessment
- Confidential responses
- Built for independent practices
Short on time? Take the 5-minute IPPI Lite.
Start IPPI LitePractice Pulse
Illustrative Comparison
Sample values shown for illustration only — not an actual score.
Patient Access
Scheduling & availability
Practice Operations
Workflow & staffing
Financial Performance
Revenue-cycle health
Initial results in approximately 10–15 minutes
Share Your Experience
A few minutes can strengthen the national picture.
See Your Practice Clearly
Identify patterns, strengths, and operational friction.
Strengthen Independent Medicine
Help build better intelligence for physician-owned practices.
What You Receive
More Than a Survey
Receive practical insight today while contributing to a more meaningful benchmark for independent medicine.
Your Practice Snapshot
See an organized view of your practice's reported strengths, challenges, and performance patterns.
Immediate Insights
Receive initial observations that can help you identify where a closer look may be valuable.
Relevant Comparisons
As the benchmark grows, compare your practice with similar independent practices by specialty, size, and location.
Ongoing Benchmark Value
Build a foundation for following how your practice and the independent-practice landscape change over time.
Illustrative IPPI Practice Snapshot
Complimentary Insight — Example Format
“One thing to consider…” — a short, practical observation drawn from your own responses.
Illustrative sample shown for preview purposes only. No real participant data is displayed. Completing the IPPI does not create a consulting engagement.
Personal Benefit
What’s in It for My Practice?
Independent practices often make important operational and strategic decisions without access to the comparative intelligence available to large health systems. The IPPI is designed to help close that information gap.
See Your Practice More Clearly
Receive a structured view of the factors influencing the health and performance of your practice.
Recognize Your Strengths
Identify areas where your practice may already be performing well.
Uncover Hidden Vulnerabilities
Surface administrative, operational, financial, workforce, or patient-access concerns that may be difficult to see during daily operations.
Receive Practical Insights
Receive one or two useful observations or recommendations based on your responses.
Establish a Baseline
Create a starting point that can help you understand how your practice changes over time.
Gain Peer Perspective
As the benchmark grows, receive increasingly relevant comparisons based on factors such as specialty, practice size, geography, and operating characteristics.
The Journey
How It Works
Tell Us About Your Practice
Complete the confidential 10–15 minute assessment.
Receive Your Snapshot
See immediate insights based on the information you provide.
Compare and Improve
Use the expanding benchmark to understand where your practice stands.
Strengthen the Independent-Practice Community
Help create a national evidence base for physician-owned medicine.
The National Benchmark
Every Practice Adds to the Picture
Independent practices operate in different specialties, communities, and markets. IPPI brings those experiences together to create a clearer national picture of what strengthens—and threatens— independent medicine.
Ongoing Benchmark Value
More Than a One-Time Assessment
A single IPPI assessment provides a valuable snapshot. The greater long-term value comes from establishing a baseline and connecting your practice to an evolving body of independent-practice intelligence.
As participation grows, the IPPI is intended to support more meaningful comparisons by:
The result is an increasingly useful resource for understanding not only where your practice stands today, but how independent practices are changing over time.
Help Build the Benchmark—and Benefit as It Grows
Early participants help establish a stronger foundation for independent-practice benchmarking. In return, they establish an early baseline and may receive future comparison updates as participation and relevant peer groups grow.
The IPPI Mission
Stronger Together for What Matters.
Independent practices protect physician choice, patient relationships, and community-based care. Your participation helps create the intelligence needed to support independent medicine today and build a healthier tomorrow.
National Intelligence
Every independent practice carries knowledge the whole community can use.
Confidential by Design
- Your individual practice responses are confidential.
- Practice-specific information will not be publicly identified without your permission.
- Aggregated results may be used to develop benchmarks and insights.
- Benchmark reporting is designed to protect individual respondents.
- The IPPI is designed for learning, comparison, and practice improvement.
The IPPI collects practice and contact information to deliver your results; participation is confidential, not anonymous. Responses are used for research benchmarking only.
Executive Overview
Why Participate
National Benchmark
Your practice contributes to a national dataset defining how independent practices perform.
Confidential Participation
Responses are confidential and used for research benchmarking only.
Specialty-Specific Assessment
Questions adapt to your specialty, capturing the operational realities that matter most to your practice.
10–15 Minute Completion
A focused, structured assessment — no financial documents required.
Assessment Preview
What the Assessment Covers
A structured intelligence assessment across the operational areas that shape independent practice performance.
Illustrative Benchmark Distribution
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Your Experience Can Strengthen the Benchmark.
Take the complimentary IPPI assessment, receive initial insight into your practice, and help build a more useful national picture of independent medicine.
Benchmark My PracticeConfidential • Approximately 10–15 minutes • No obligation
Short on time? Take the 5-minute IPPI Lite.
Supporting independent medicine today for a healthier tomorrow.
9 ALPHAComplimentary initial assessment • Confidential