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TeachMeFinance.com - explain Substantial Financial Risk Substantial Financial Risk The term 'Substantial Financial Risk ' as it applies to the area of Medicare in the United States can be defined as ' Means an incentive arrangement that places the physician or physician group at risk for amounts beyond the risk threshold, if the risk is based on the use or costs of referral services. The risk threshold is 25%. However, if the patient panel is greater than 25,000 patients, then the physician group is not considered to be at substantial financial risk because the risk is spread over the large number of patients. Stop loss and beneficiary surveys would not be required'. Previous 5 Terms: Subsidized Senior Housing Subsidy Subsistence farm Substance Substance-specific applied research Next 5 Terms: Substantial Probability Substation Substation capacity Substitution substitution property About the author Mark McCracken Author: Mark McCracken is a corporate trainer and author living in Higashi Osaka, Japan. He is the author of thousands of online articles as well as the Business English textbook, "25 Business Skills in English". Copyright © 2005-2011 by Mark McCracken, All Rights Reserved. TeachMeFinance.com is an informational website, and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical, legal or financial advice. Information presented at TeachMeFinance.com is provided on an "AS-IS" basis. Please read the disclaimer for details.