That’s an interesting revelation. Physicians in a capitated system have a financial incentive to deny care to the most complex patients:
In other words, the Blues sent these letters only to doctors who might be as interested as Blue Cross, from a financial standpoint, in ridding the system of expensive patients. As in every good business model, the incentives of the parties (i.e., Blue Cross and the physicians) lined up perfectly.
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