Managed Care Nursing

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In what year was the Medicare capitation system implemented?
  1. 1966
  2. 1963
  3. 1988
  4. 1982
Explanation
Answer: D - The Medicare capitation system was implemented in 1982.

During the Nixon administration, the president consulted with Dr. Paul Ellwood on finding ways to control Medicare health care costs. Dr. Paul Ellwood played a vital role in the foundational work with HMOs to include being a catalyst for the HMO Act of 1973 and the Medicare capitation system.
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