Scope Notes: See Risk transfer

Apportionment of chance of incurring financial loss by insurers, managed care organization, and healthcare providers.

Also known as "risk distribution," risk sharing means that the premiums and losses of each member of a group of policyholders are allocated within the group based on a predetermine [..]

Diminution of a risk by sharing it with others, usually for some consideration. [D04518]

Definition A self-insurance method of managing or reducing exposure to risk by spreading the burden of loss among several units of an enterprise or business syndicate. Risk retention pools formed with [..]

A risk sharing partnership is a business partnership in which consequential costs and benefits are distributed amongst all participating partners. In doing so, partners rely on the commercial success [..]

Any system which allows payors to share some of the financial Risk associated with a particular Patient Population with providers. Providers agree to adhere to fixed Fee Schedules in exchange for an i [..]

Any system which allows payors to share some of the financial risk associated with a particular patient population with providers. Providers agree to adhere to fixed fee schedules in exchange for an i [..]

A financial arrangement between a managed-care organization and a contracted health care provider to allocate the risk and rewards of providing health care services. Risk sharing motivates the provider to operate more efficiently.

Agents increase their expected utility by using state-contingent transfers to share risk; many institutions seem to play an important role in permitting ...