capitation

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Oak Street operated on a capitation basis under the Medicare Advantage program—which meant the bulk of its revenues were keyed off the number of enrolled Medicare patients, leaving it vulnerable to higher-than-expected expenses.

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025

If the doctors overprescribe, they could lose money on patient care; if they keep services under control, they pocket more of the capitation for themselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2021

As a consequence, the drafters of the 14th and 15th amendments saw no need to repeal the capitation clause.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2019

The next section says that “no capitation, or other direct, tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2019

Almost at the outbreak of the Civil War it also gave the king a graduated capitation tax.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various