| 21. | The third metacarpal is connected to the trapezium, to the capitate, and to the hamate.
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| 22. | Then they pay a monthly capitated rate, or retainer, set by the providers for their services.
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| 23. | If x-rays show that the Capitate fracture fragments are out of alignment, surgery is indicated.
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| 24. | The legislation allows ICNs to contracting with Medicaid to provide long-term care under a capitated system.
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| 25. | "Capitated " contracts pay a fixed fee per year whether the client gets sick or not.
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| 26. | In a " capitated " system, health care providers are allocated a per-patient sum.
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| 27. | "My big mistake was to suggest it to someone who was capitated, " he said.
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| 28. | It pays doctors a capitated, or fixed, fee for treating patients no matter how much care they require.
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| 29. | They contract for per-person, or " capitated, " payments from insurers, Hale said.
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| 30. | Now, some doctor groups threaten to sue if a health plan doesn't cut them a capitated deal.
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