1 option
Contracting on a capitated basis : managing risk for your practice / American Psychological Association Practice Directorate with Coopers and Lybrand, LLP.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- APA practitioner's toolbox series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psychotherapy--Practice--United States.
- Psychotherapy.
- Psychotherapy--Practice.
- United States.
- Mental health insurance--United States.
- Mental health insurance.
- Managed mental health care--United States.
- Managed mental health care.
- Health maintenance organizations--United States.
- Health maintenance organizations.
- Insurance, Health.
- Mental Health Services.
- Medical Subjects:
- Psychotherapy.
- United States.
- Insurance, Health.
- Mental Health Services.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- APA PsycBOOKS.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [1996]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- The present book provides an overview of capitation and explores its application under managed care for behavioral health care services. The book: provides an overview of managed care, describes the organizational structures that might be encountered, and discusses contracting; describes the commercial, individual, Medicare, and Medicaid markets; assesses provider readiness to accept capitation and explains the process of capitation contracting; defines capitation and alternative reimbursement methods; provides methodologies for calculating capitation rates; and identifies sample capitation rates under typical plan designs. /// Also discussed is the impact capitation contracting has had on the health care industry, especially on psychologists. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 94).
- Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 1997. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s1997 dcunns.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.