Provider Incentives and Activity-Based Costing (ABC)

Initial postings must be 250–350 words (not including references).

Post your answer to one of the following topic questions (one post answer) by Saturday, then respond to two or more fellow classmates (two posts) by Tuesday that are thoughtful and advance the discussion. Student responses postings must be 100–150 words (not including references).These required posts (totaling three) should be completed on three or more separate days.

Choose one of the following:

1. Consider a healthcare organization with which you are familiar, and discuss how do a provider's incentives differ when the provider moves from a fee-for-service to a capitated environment?
2. Discus briefly the activity-based costing (ABC) concept and explain how ABC can differ from traditional costing approaches? Consider a healthcare organization with which you are familiar with and it uses ABC model.