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The amount paid to providers for services they provide to patients.
Industry:Health care
The responsibility for profiting or losing money based on the cost of healthcare services provided. Traditionally, health insurance companies have carried the risk. Under capitation, healthcare providers bear risk.
Industry:Health care
A type of insurance arrangement where employers, usually large employers, pay for medical claims out of their own funds rather than contracting with an insurance company for coverage. This puts the employer at risk for its employees' medical expenses rather than an insurance company.
Industry:Health care
A healthcare reform proposal in which healthcare costs are paid by taxes rather than by the employer and employee. All people would have coverage paid by the government.
Industry:Health care
A healthcare system in which providers are paid by the government, and healthcare facilities are run by the government.
Industry:Health care
A defined set of benefits provided to all people covered under a health plan.
Industry:Health care
An organisation other than the patient or healthcare provider involved in the financing of personal health services.
Industry:Health care
Healthcare provided to people who cannot pay for it and who are not covered by any insurance. This includes both charity care which is not billed and the cost of services that were billed but never paid.
Industry:Health care
People who have some type of health insurance but not enough insurance to cover their the cost of necessary healthcare. This includes people who have very high deductibles of $1000 to $5000 per year, or insurance policies that have specific exclusions for costly services.
Industry:Health care
This process is the basis of insurance. It analyses the health status and history, claims experience (cost), age and general health risks of the individual or group who is applying for insurance coverage.
Industry:Health care
