It's management not payment that we should focus on: comments on Welch.
This comment discussed the ideas put forward by Peter Welch in his article on federal policy pertaining to managed care. Specifically, we assert that it is important to have as wide a data set as possible if one is to maximize the benefits of capitation. These benefits largely revolve around creating a tool that primarily represents a language that can facilitate communication between the financial and clinical sides of managed care.
Goldfield
Norbert
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3M Health Information Systems, Wallingford, Connecticut, USA.
Averill
Richard
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