Making Capitation Work In Community Mental Health: The Comprehensive Healthcare Case Study

Throughout the year, we talk a lot about how the payment model for health and human service organizations is changing – from the traditional reimbursement for the cost of the volume services delivered, to the value-based reimbursement models. These models can incorporate cost, consumer health outcomes, and consumer experience into the payments and penalties of the model. And while there is a continuum of arrangements between “volume” and “value,” capitation rates that are based on performance are at the “most advanced” end of the scale (see The Business Model Transition To Value-Based Care and If Capitated Contracts Are In . . .