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Could capitation be the hot new payment trend?

While capitation never disappeared, its heyday ended more than a decade ago--or so most hospitals thought. Pennsylvania's largest health insurer, Pittsburgh-based Highmark Inc., could be in the

Highmark discussing 'flat rate' reimbursements for docs, hospitals

Health insurer Highmark and two Pennsylvania-based hospitals are in talks to change the way those hospitals are reimbursed, possibly to a flat rate for groups of people. Dr. Kenneth Melani,