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>Doctors Steer Sick Patients Away From Capitated HMOs <br>
>Quality Concerns Drive Inadvertent "Cherry
Picking"<br><br>
This behavior by physicians with a choice of payment systems is not
'inadvertent', it is the expected behavior of physicians in a poorly
structured capitated payment system. It boils down to risk and
accountability; provide a way to minimize both while providing
opportunities to maximize income and the results are inevitable, not
inadvertent.<br><br>
PC<br><br>
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N Paul Childs<br>
5967-157 Avenue<br>
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada<br>
T5Y 2P3<br><br>
e-fax 413-683-9725<br>
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