TY - JOUR T1 - Thinking strategically about capitation. A1 - Boland,P, PY - 1997/4/7/pubmed PY - 1997/4/7/medline PY - 1997/4/7/entrez SP - 54-8, 60 JF - Healthcare financial management : journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association JO - Healthc Financ Manage VL - 51 IS - 5 N2 - All managed care stakeholders--health plan members, employers, providers, community organizations, and government entitites--share a common interest in reducing healthcare costs while improving the quality of care health plan members receive. Although capitation is a usually thought of primarily as a payment mechanism, it can be a powerful tool providers and health plans can use to accomplish these strategic objectives and others, such as restoring and maintaining the health of plan members or improving a community's health status. For capitation to work effectively as a strategic tool, its use must be tied to a corporate agenda of partnering with stakeholders to achieve broader strategic goals. Health plans and providers must develop a partnership strategy in which each stakeholder has well-defined roles and responsibilities. The capitation structure must reinforce interdependence, shift focus from meeting organizational needs to meeting customer needs, and develop risk-driven care strategies. SN - 0735-0732 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/10167296/Thinking_strategically_about_capitation_ L2 - https://medlineplus.gov/managedcare.html DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -