title: Specialty service contracting.
abstract: Package pricing of specific services and procedures can be an effective cost-containment and marketing tool for payers and providers. Payers can secure fixed prices at discounted rates, and hospitals and physicians can retain and gain market share in an increasingly competitive health care market. Successful implementation of a package pricing strategy, however, requires a careful assessment of both market and operational factors. This chapter outlines how to identify opportunities for package pricing and how to establish rates and procedures.
authors.affiliation: University of Chicago Hospitals.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Malcolm
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukui
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D003363:Cost Control; D004465:Economic Competition; D004470:Economics, Medical; D017722:Hospital Charges; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics*; D008511:Medicine / Q000592:standards; D013038:Specialization; D014481:United States