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MANAGED CARE February 2000. ©2000 MediMedia USA
COMPENSATION MONITOR
Among Medicare HMOs, Capitation's the Way
Any way you cut the numbers, capitation is the most prevalent form of payment by Medicare HMOs for both primary care physicians and specialists. Almost 8 in 10 primary care physicians who contract with Medicare HMOs receive at least some compensation via capitation; as for HMOs, 85 percent pay primary care physicians either exclusively through capitation, or by a combination of capitation and other payment systems.
SOURCE: HMO INDUSTRY REPORT 9.2, INTERSTUDY PUBLICATIONS, MINNEAPOLIS, 1999