title: A viable alternative to Medicare risk contracts and participation.
abstract: Throughout the 1980s, Medicare has 'turned against its service suppliers' and began to literally rewrite the rules of the health insurance game. This paper is set in that changing environment and describes one supplier's response.
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics*; D003669:Deductibles and Coinsurance; D005376:Financial Management / Q000191:economics*; D006123:Group Practice / Q000191:economics*; D006254:Hawaii; D007357:Insurance, Physician Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012308:Risk Management