title: Stop-loss insurance: are you tempting fate?
abstract: Capitation is a gamble, but stop-loss insurance can keep physician groups from losing their shirts. Who needs it? That depends on the type of contract and many other factors.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Wehrwein
mesh_terms: D002204:Capitation Fee; D002388:Catastrophic Illness / Q000191:economics*; D003284:Contract Services; D017047:Cost Sharing; D006123:Group Practice / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics*; D012308:Risk Management; D014481:United States