### Question
Can you define what group practice means?


### Answer
**Group practice** is defined as the following in *42 U.S.C. § 1395nn*:

> a group of 2 or more physicians legally organized as a partnership, professional corporation, foundation, not-for-profit corporation, faculty practice plan, or similar association—


(i) in which each physician who is a member of the group provides substantially the full range of services which the physician routinely provides, including medical care, consultation, diagnosis, or treatment, through the joint use of shared office space, facilities, equipment and personnel,


(ii) for which substantially all of the services of the physicians who are members of the group are provided through the group and are billed under a billing number assigned to the group and amounts so received are treated as receipts of the group,


(iii) in which the overhead expenses of and the income from the practice are distributed in accordance with methods previously determined,


(iv) except as provided in subparagraph (B)(i), in which no physician who is a member of the group directly or indirectly receives compensation based on the volume or value of referrals by the physician,


(v) in which members of the group personally conduct no less than 75 percent of the physician-patient encounters of the group practice, and


(vi) which meets such other standards as the Secretary may impose by regulation

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 1395nn*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 7-SOCIAL SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER XVIII-HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED AND DISABLED > Part E-Miscellaneous Provisions**

