Re: OT: capitation (was Re: Occupancy and Security PIR - Suggestions?)

[Nelson Muntz <none@xxxxxxxxx>]

E. Hill wrote:

>> I'm afraid to ask what your company does.  Sounds like subcontract
>> work for radical muslims.
>
>Capitation is a method of payment that is by capita.
>
>It's used in some parts of the country to pay physicians. The doctor gets a
>pre-determined (fixed) amount of money, per patient, per month. It doesn't
>matter what services are provided, or how often. (Like service contracts,
>but on a much larger scale.)
>
>Capitation Services helps physicians in a group distribute their monthly
>capitation payments.
>
>There might be several doctors in a group, but they'll only get one check.
>They usually distribute that check based upon what work was done. However,
>they implement rules to make sure their fellow doctors aren't "working the
>system."
>
>Capitation Services automates that process, and makes it cost effective and
>practical.

Thanks for the explanation.