South Carolina providers succeed with Medicaid risk plans.
Capitating Medicaid patients in many states can be a money-losing proposition for physician groups and hospitals, especially after more than a dozen states cut reimbursement rates this year and more plan changes in 2003. But Medicaid capitation in South Carolina appears to work. Here's why.
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