Managed Health Care : The Use of Financial Incentives.
Describes the nature of financial incentives underlying two fundamentally different ways of compensating physicians, traditional fee-for-service and capitation arrangements. Reviews methods health plans use to dilute provider's exposure to financial risk from capitation and related compensation...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1997.
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Describes the nature of financial incentives underlying two fundamentally different ways of compensating physicians, traditional fee-for-service and capitation arrangements. Reviews methods health plans use to dilute provider's exposure to financial risk from capitation and related compensation arrangements. Describes the history of Congressional action relating to physician incentive plans and summarizes the requirements for such plans as specified under Health Care Financing Administration rules. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |