title: Does risk adjustment for Medicare patients reward caring for sick patients or liberal admission practices?
authors.affiliation: American Association of Health Plans, Washington, DC, USA. pwelch@aahp.org
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Welch
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002204:Capitation Fee; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D020398:Medicare Part C / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000191:economics*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D020379:Risk Adjustment / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States