title: Hone your management skills for risk sharing.
abstract: This article is the first of two regarding capitation contract management. In this installment, we examine the factors that affect financial performance under a capitation agreement and how technology can play an important role in improving profitability. In part two, we will explore the range of new information-gathering needs a medical group, independent practice association, or physician-hospital organization (PHO) must consider under capitation and what kinds of internal systems need to be put in place to manage the contract.
authors.affiliation: Rothenberg Health Systems, Woodland Hills, CA, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hoekendorf
mesh_terms: D002204:Capitation Fee; D003284:Contract Services; D005376:Financial Management; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D017008:Negotiating; D012308:Risk Management / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States