title: Coping with capitation.
abstract: Capitation is spreading as a payment mechanism as managed care plans and employers look for ways to hold down costs and make them more predictable. More provider organizations are using information technology to measure their costs, forecast risks and carefully analyze capitated contracts before signing them. They're also turning to information systems to fairly divvy up the capitated payments to physicians and other clinicians.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McCormack
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D002204:Capitation Fee; D003361:Cost Allocation; D016208:Databases, Factual; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010820:Physicians / Q000191:economics; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D012308:Risk Management / Q000191:economics*; D012984:Software; D014481:United States