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
Medicare Advantage organizations...have some incentive to improperly inflate their enrollees’ capitation rates, if these organizations fall prey to greed.
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
His eldest son was recognised as his chief assistant, and he, like his father, was exempt from the tribute or capitation tax.
From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Frederic H. Sawyer
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