PHYSICIAN MANAGEMENT: MEDPARTNERS TO ACQUIRE SUMMIT MEDICAL

      MedPartners/Mullikin Inc., of Birmingham, AL, yesterday
 announced plans to acquire the Summit Medical Group, P.A., for an
 undisclosed amount of stock, BLOOMBERG BUSINESS NEWS/NEW YORK
 TIMES reports.  Summit, the "largest multispecialty physician
 group in New Jersey and the New York City area," and "one of the
 first physician-directed managed-care organizations in the United
 States," is part of a series of acquisitions of physician groups
 that MedPartners-Mullikin has completed since May.
      THE BUSINESS END:  MedPartners, "the largest manager of
 doctors groups in the United States," said the transaction is
 expected to be completed in September.  MedPartners had revenue
 of $725.7 million in 1995; Summit has annual revenues of $47
 million (7/2).   
      OTHER MOVES:  FPA Medical Management Inc., based in San
 Diego, said yesterday that it had purchased two physician groups
 and 30 health care centers located in Arizona, California and
 Florida from Foundation Health Corp. for $220 million in cash,
 stock and debt.  The WALL STREET JOURNAL reports that the
 purchase is the largest to date for FPA (7/2).  The ARIZONA DAILY
 STAR reports that the transaction involves the 18 Thomas-Davis
 Medical Centers in the Tucson and Phoenix areas.  It is the
 second time in less than two years that the Thomas-Davis Medical
 Centers, which "comprise the oldest and largest private-practice
 group in the state," have been sold (7/2).