Living with capitation. Experts look at challenges of setting a prepaid rate.
A major goal of managed competition--changing incentives to encourage better delivery--will rely heavily on capitated payment, experts agree. But can capitation be applied correctly under managed competition? Achieving savings without suffocating healthy competition will be a challenge, say observers.
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