At 15:29 31/10/1996 -0500, Trefor wrote:
>I always thought that the capitation fees were based soley on the numbers on
>the list on the first day of the quarter, this number being used for the next
>three months. The closure of the link on the first day will make no
>difference. If you had a lot of people register on the first day, they
>wouldn't be on you list for a full quarter. Equally if they left on the first
>day, then they would still be earning you money for the next three months.
>This only becomes a significant loss to one practice if the list size is
>rising by more than a few hundred a month. Otherwise it is a case of you win
>some you lose some.
>
Sorry, wrong word "registrations". I meant *registered*.
My query is that deductions carry on for nearly two weeks and then the
capitation list size is calculated. Is this acceptable?
If the HA can deduct patients during this period, then we should be able to
register patients. Shouldn't we?
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Dr David J Plews
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