title: Contact capitation provides entry vehicle for specialty carve-out organization.
abstract: Mental health providers affiliated with a St. Louis, MO, academic institution are using a form of contact capitation to succeed at risk contracting. Here are the critical factors that make it work.
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D002140:California; D002204:Capitation Fee; D003284:Contract Services; D017050:Episode of Care; D006125:Group Practice, Prepaid / Q000191:economics*; D015271:Insurance Pools; D008923:Missouri; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D012308:Risk Management / Q000458:organization & administration