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Capitation (healthcare) Capitation is a payment arrangement for health care service providers. It pays a set amount for each enrolled person assigned to them, per period of time, whether or not that person seeks care. The amount of remuneration is based on the average expected health care utilization of that patient, with payment for patients ...
A poll tax, also known as head tax or capitation, is a tax levied as a fixed sum on every liable individual (typically every adult), without reference to income or resources. [ 1] Poll is an archaic term for "head" or "top of the head". The sense of "counting heads" is found in phrases like polling place and opinion poll.
Capitation fee refers to a transaction in which an organisation that provides educational services collects a fee higher than that approved by regulatory norms. This may be illegal depending on the region or country in which the organisation operates. However, capitation fee collection is legal and regulated in countries such as Ireland and the ...
Healthcare in the United States. An accountable care organization ( ACO) is a healthcare organization that ties provider reimbursements to quality metrics and reductions in the cost of care. ACOs in the United States are formed from a group of coordinated health-care practitioners. They use alternative payment models, normally, capitation.
Cavitation damage evident on the propeller of a personal watercraft. Cavitation in fluid mechanics and engineering normally refers to the phenomenon in which the static pressure of a liquid reduces to below the liquid's vapour pressure, leading to the formation of small vapor-filled cavities in the liquid. [ 1]
Capitation is a payment arrangement for health care service providers. It pays a set amount for each enrolled person assigned to them, per period of time, whether or not that person seeks care. The amount of remuneration is based on the average expected health care use of that patient, with payment for patients generally varying by age and ...
Fee-for-service. Fee-for-service ( FFS) is a payment model where services are unbundled and paid for separately. [ 1] In health care, it gives an incentive for physicians to provide more treatments because payment is dependent on the quantity of care, rather than quality of care. However evidence of the effectiveness of FFS in improving health ...
Capacitation. Capacitation is the penultimate [ 1] step in the maturation of mammalian spermatozoa and is required to render them competent to fertilize an oocyte. [ 2] This step is a biochemical event; the sperm move normally and look mature prior to capacitation. In vivo, capacitation occurs after ejaculation, when the spermatozoa leave the ...