title: Medicare has a new capitation method.
abstract: The method Medicare uses to calculate capitation rates has been revamped. The changes will increase substantially the rates paid to managed health plans in rural areas and slow the growth of payments to urban health plans. The major goal of the changes is to induce additional health plans to contract with Medicare.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Grimaldi
mesh_terms: D002204:Capitation Fee / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D003284:Contract Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D014481:United States