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
Initially, capitation rates for Medicare Advantage were set at 95% of the average cost of an enrollee in original Medicare.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2023
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 bill as a measure for elementary education was supplemented by an administrative system of capitation grants for rural areas.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
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