Risk, risk, who's got the risk?
There are no pat solutions for creating ideal risk-sharing arrangements. The next several years will require a great deal of effort at designing equitable deals that create desired incentives for all parties. The key issue is that in a hospital's rush to position itself for survival, it should not lose sight of the importance of structuring arrangements so that risk can be shared and all parties have desirable incentives.
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