Our mission is to preserve and protect the private practice of medicine 

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About South Bay Independent Physicians Medical Group

South Bay Independent Physicians Medical Group, Inc. (SBIP), is a provider-owned and operated professional medical corporation with a primary mission of offering its members advocacy and access to preferred provider (PPO), exclusive provider (EPO) and point of service (POS) contracts.

Founded in 1983, SBIP has grown to a membership in excess of 500 physicians and providers encompassing the South Bay and Marina Del Rey communities.  In addition, under a wholly owned subsidiary – First Choice Administrators (FCA) and through separate Management and consulting agreements, FCA provides contracting services to members located throughout the Los Angeles basin, San Fernando Valley, Long Beach, Orange and Riverside Counties and the San Francisco Bay Area. 

Contact us for information on PPO plans in our area that are eager to work with you

South Bay Independent Physicians Medical Group Mission Statement:

"Our mission is to preserve and protect the private practice of medicine for the benefit of patients"

The Corporation performs contracting, credentialing, utilization review, quality management, provider and patient liaison, and other administrative services to support the SBIP membership

Contracted PPOs

  • Aetna
  • Aetna PPO Medicare Advantage
  • Affiliated Health Funds PPO
  • America's Choice Provider Network PPO
  • America's Choice Provider Network WC
  • Beech Street of California (Multiplan) PPO
  • Beech Street of California (Multiplan) Auto
  • Beech Street of California (Multiplan) WC
  • Bellflower Unified School District
  • Cigna PPO
  • Cigna LocalPlus
  • Cigna + Oscar                                                 
  • CorVel PPO
  • CorVel WC
  • Employer Direct Healthcare PPO
  • First Access PPO
  • First Health PPO
  • Coventry Auto
  • Coventry WC
  • FOCUS (Coventry) WC
  • GALAXY PPO
  • HealthSmart Accel PPO
  • HealthSmart PPO
  • HealthSmart Auto
  • HealthSmart WC
  • MultiPlan PPO                                                            
  • MultiPlan Auto
  • MultiPlan WC
  • Multiplan Complementary Network
  • Networks By Design PPO
  • Networks By Design WC
  • CA Foundation For Medical Care  PPO (Formerly OCFMC)
  • CA Foundation For Medical Care  EPO
  • CA Foundation for Medical Care WC
  • Prime Health Services PPO
  • Prime Health Services Auto
  • Prime Health Services WC
  • Private HealthCare Systems PPO (Multiplan)
  • Provider Select PPO
  • Provider Network of America  PPO
  • Provider Network of America  Auto
  • Provider Network of America  WC
  • Provider Network of America  Supplemental
  • Stratose (formerly National Preferred Provider Network - NPPN)
  • Three Rivers Provider Network PPO
  • Three Rivers Provider Network Auto
  • Three Rivers Provider Network WC
  • UBERDOC
  • USA MCO PPO
  • USA MCO WC
  • Velocity NPN PPO
  • Velocity NPN Medicare Advantage PPO
  • Velocity NPN Auto
  • Velocity NPN WC