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Physicians say some financial risk helps patient care, adds bonuses
Despite medical groups' clear apprehension about new payment models that put more financial risk on practices , Massachusetts' existing version of a global payment system is winning over its share of
Episode payments could be the key to a strong healthcare system
Healthcare payment reform efforts should favor episode-of-care payments (i.e., bundled case rates for major acute interventions and chronic conditions) over global capitation or pay-for-performance
Could capitation be the hot new payment trend?
While capitation never disappeared, its heyday ended more than a decade ago--or so most hospitals thought. Pennsylvania's largest health insurer, Pittsburgh-based Highmark Inc., could be in the
CA proposal would scrap fee-for-service payment for MDs
So, what if the entire state of California eliminated fee-for-service payments to physicians and replaced them with carefully-regulated capitated contracts? That's something the California HealthCare
Capitation creeping into contracts
Looking back, it's hard to argue that capitation models have plenty of flaws--but of late, they seem to be creeping back into the consciousness of health executives, legislators and policymakers
