title: Union Health Service celebrates 50th year managing capitated patients.
abstract: Union Health Services is celebrating its 50th year managing capitated patients. One measure of its success is the staff model HMO's ability to hold down premium hikes to 3.4% compared with the national average of 11.5%. Read about how the Chicago-based non-profit does it.
mesh_terms: D002204:Capitation Fee; D002641:Chicago; D039702:Current Procedural Terminology; D004470:Economics, Medical; D006125:Group Practice, Prepaid / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007750:Labor Unions; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008511:Medicine / Q000592:standards; D009939:Organizations, Nonprofit; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D013038:Specialization