title: One PHO succeeds at risk after painstaking preparation.
abstract: As part of its calculated approach to risk-based contracting, a PHO in Washington state designed a compensation formula that emphasizes simplicity over equality by creating a "single-pod" risk pool.
mesh_terms: D002204:Capitation Fee; D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics*; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D020414:Risk Sharing, Financial; D012984:Software; D014861:Washington