Issues in Capitation: Risk of Financial Ruin for Providers and Ways to Control This Risk

摘要

Contents: Risk versus variance; Biased selection and the importance of risk factors in the context of the AAPCC; Controlling risk in capitation payment: a new grouping technique and the importance of certain variables; Risk as related to the size of the enrolled population for health maintenance organizations; Three payment strategies for capitation for MEDICARE; Types of physician practice and capitation payment.