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
The pay will be at cavalry rates, with a capitation grant for horses, clothing, saddles, and accoutrements.
From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 by Louis Creswicke
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