The Prevalence of Formal Risk Adjustment in Health Plan Purchasing
This paper describes the prevalence of formal risk adjustment of payments made to health plans by Medicare, Medicaid, state governments, and private payers. In this paper, “formal risk adjustment” is defined as the adjustment of premiums paid to health plans based on individual-level diagnostic or d...
Main Authors: | Patricia Seliger Keenan, Melinda J. Beeuwkes Buntin, Thomas G. McGuire, Joseph P. Newhouse |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2001-08-01
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Series: | Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5034/inquiryjrnl_38.3.245 |
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