4 Oct 2001 17:25 AR AR143-07-LEE.tex AR143-07-LEE.SGM ARv2(2001/05/10) P1: GJC. INFLUENCES ON AVIATION EMISSIONS 187. purchase prices (I) for aircraft have increased, indicating a willingness on the part. of airlines to incur higher capital costs for lower operating costs.
Formally defined, capitation is a flat periodic payment per enrollee to a healthcare provider; it is the sole. reimbursement for providing services to a defined population. The word capitation is derived from the term. per capita, which means per person.
The capitation payment method may affect the treatment choices offered by IPA physicians to patients. The contract between the HMO and its insured patients differs from the contract between the HMO and the IPA physicians. The doctor-patient relationship is entirely independent of both those HMO contracts. Accordingly, the liability for denial of, or withheld, medical care depends on the terms of the HMO-IPA contract.