A management service organization $($MSO$)$:

$q,$

can be hospital affiliated, a hospital$-$physician joint venture, physician owned, or investor owned.

an organization that requires physicians to perform their own services, such as$,$ practice management, marketing, managed care contracting, accounting, billing, and personnel management.

$$ cannot be hospital affiliated, a hospital$-$physician joint venture, physician owned, or investor owned.

$$ is an entity that provides administrative assistance but does not offer management services to physicians.