title: Alabama hospital learns the hard way how not to enter Medicare risk contracting arena.
abstract: Jumping into Medicare risk without a life preserver: What happens when a provider enters a Medicare risk contract with no real case management program? It loses lots of money, as this Alabama provider has learned the hard way. Find out what this provider learned after losing millions--and how officials are correcting some fatal flaws.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000407:Alabama; D002204:Capitation Fee; D019090:Case Management; D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000191:economics*; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012308:Risk Management; D014481:United States