base capitation

base capitation

The total amount of money which covers the cost of healthcare per person, minus any mental health or substance abuse services, pharmacy and administrative charges.
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These health plan risk scores are then used to risk adjust statewide, program- specific conversion factors, or base capitation rates.
Therefore, the policy decision to base capitation payments on diagnoses from health plan claims and encounter data clearly created a powerful incentive to submit the data.
Health-based capitation risk adjustment in Minnesota public health care programs
As presently conceived, the compensation system will include a base capitation rate or fee for each specialty or service.
Aligning incentives for success
All of the programs described in this study base capitation amounts, at least initially, on the FFS equivalents for a comparable population in their respective Medicaid programs.
Capitated Payment Approaches for Medicaid-Financed Long-Term Care Services
One solution to adverse risk selection is to base capitation payments to MCOs on the recent care costs or the health status of the enrollees they draw; Oregon has recently indicated an intent to adopt this option (discussed later).
When States make the initial switch from FFS payment, they generally base capitation rates on historic costs.
Health-Based Payment for HIV/AIDS in Medicaid Managed Care Programs
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