Recent Examples on the WebUnder a capitation system, providers get paid per patient rather than per procedure. Ginny Monk, courant.com, 5 Mar. 2022 That can double the capitation rates for enrollees with multiple risks. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2021 Capitation, at its best, both improves health care and cuts costs. Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 29 May 2017 The law was poorly written, and led to a proliferation of H.M.O.s that failed to cut costs and deprived people of care, putting many off the idea of capitation. Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 29 May 2017 And Chief Justice John Roberts’s opinion in NFIB v. Sebelius, citing precedent, suggested that the category of direct taxes includes only capitations and taxes on property. Jonathan H. Adler, Washington Post, 13 May 2017
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin capitation-, capitatio poll tax, from Latin capit-, caput