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Including Hospice in Medicare Capitation Payments: Would it Save Money?

Hospice services received by Medicare risk-based health maintenance organization (HMO) enrollees are paid on a non-capitated basis, creating financial incentives for HMOs to encourage their terminally ill patients to elect hospice. Using Medicare administrative records for 1998, we found that hospic...

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Autores principales: Riley, Gerald, Herboldsheimer, Charles
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: CENTERS for MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4194720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12500368