fee-for-service
noun
fee-for-ser·vice
ˌfē-fər-ˈsər-vəs 
often attributive
: separate payment to a health care provider for each medical service rendered to a patient
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Seniors enrolled in Medicare Advantage spend, on average, $2,541 less annually than those enrolled in fee-for-service Medicare, even while Medicare Advantage provides critical benefits that original Medicare does not, including vision, dental, hearing and wellness programs.
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Katie Dempsey, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
Many healthcare organizations are still tied to traditional fee-for-service models, and switching to VBC requires significant investments in new technologies, infrastructure and training.
—Arpan Saxena, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Today’s fee-for-service system pays clinicians for volume, not value.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
In Kennedy’s view, Americans are not uniquely beset by a privatized fee-for-service labyrinth characterized by administrative bloat, scant price regulation, a hospital system hollowed out by private equity, and rampant, grotesque greed.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
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Katie Dempsey, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
Many healthcare organizations are still tied to traditional fee-for-service models, and switching to VBC requires significant investments in new technologies, infrastructure and training.
—Arpan Saxena, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Today’s fee-for-service system pays clinicians for volume, not value.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
In Kennedy’s view, Americans are not uniquely beset by a privatized fee-for-service labyrinth characterized by administrative bloat, scant price regulation, a hospital system hollowed out by private equity, and rampant, grotesque greed.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
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fee-for-service
noun
fee-for-ser·vice
ˌfē-fər-ˈsər-vəs
: separate payment to a health-care provider for each medical service rendered to a patient
—often used attributively
a fee-for-service group plan
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