title: Assuming and managing risk: Part II.
abstract: Last month HCMA began to address the issue of hospitals assuming risk as they become more and more involved in managed care situations. This article continues that discussion. The focus is on capitation contracting, physician-related issues, and a final assessment of the risk that hospitals should and will acquire as they move forward in a heavily managed care environment.
mesh_terms: D002204:Capitation Fee; D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D017721:Hospital Costs; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States