How to Use fee-for-service in a Sentence

fee-for-service

noun

• In the fee-for-service model, foot traffic matters more than ever.
  — Owen Tripp, STAT, 21 May 2024
• Unlike the fee-for-service model used by most US health care providers, Kaiser patients pay dues to the company in exchange for access to care.
  — Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 1 Oct. 2023
• To meet the healthcare needs of most its patients, Geisinger relies on community doctors who are paid on a fee-for-service basis.
  — Robert Pearl, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• Today, 60% of payments to physicians remain fee-for-service.
  — Ezekiel J. Emanuel, STAT, 21 Dec. 2023
• Notably, like many others that seek to evaluate health care, U.S. News uses publicly available Medicare fee-for-service claims that lag the present by 18 months or more.
  — Brian Stein and Bala Hota, STAT, 24 Aug. 2023
• The current and more popular fee-for-service system places the focus is on what is observed clinically.
  — Ashley Ward, STAT, 16 Aug. 2023
• Of course, telehealth has taken off among more conventional fee-for-service practices, too.
  — Sally Pipes, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
• The state has been able to keep costs down by enrolling up to 80% of the Medicaid population in a private plan and 20% in traditional Medicaid fee-for-service, Thompson said.
  — Alander Rocha, al, 11 Apr. 2023
• Managed care vs fee-for-service Medicaid benefits can be offered by fee-for-service (FFS), managed care or both.
  — Alander Rocha, al, 11 Apr. 2023
• The new rule brings sweeping changes to a bevy of Medicaid programs throughout the country, including fee-for-service and managed care delivery systems.
  — Timmy Broderick, STAT, 3 May 2024
• The paper assumes that providers are paid on a fee-for-service basis, which data on actual paymentssupports as still the dominant payment structure.
  — Michael L. Millenson, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
• Today, the widespread prevalence of chronic diseases in 6 out of 10 Americans underlines the limitations of the fee-for-service (FFS) model.
  — Robert Pearl, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
• Unlike a fee-for-service health care model, in which doctors and other providers are paid for each service performed, Kaiser Permanente patients or their employers pay a membership fee to access Kaiser Permanente’s wide range of health care services.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 13 Oct. 2023
• Even health care, an anchor of the postindustrial economy, is replete with an especially pernicious sort of pointless work, as the most basic consideration of the incentive structure of fee-for-service medicine would lead one to expect.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 1 May 2023
• Most studies show that quality metrics (such as proportion of patients getting their appropriate breast and colon cancer screening tests) are better in ACOs than in traditional fee-for-service models.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 20 June 2023
• Anand Parekh, chief medical adviser for the Bipartisan Policy Center, pointed to the shortage in primary care physicians and the fee-for-service health care model as major hurdles for the future of chronic disease prevention and management.
  — Katherine MacPhail, STAT, 8 Nov. 2023
• Insurers compete for patients by offering benefits, including vision and dental care that aren’t available in traditional fee-for-service Medicare.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2023
• Because people may get more care than necessary, fee-for-service payment arrangements can potentially lead to escalating healthcare costs and higher health insurance premiums.
  — Elaine Hinzey, Verywell Health, 17 Dec. 2023
• But the traditional, fee-for-service Medicare program is currently debating whether to cover newer, less invasive glaucoma procedures, Glasser says.
  — Byrichard Eisenberg, Fortune Well, 4 July 2023
• Instead, their coverage would revert to traditional Medicaid fee-for-service coverage.
  — Will Langhorne, Arkansas Online, 16 Feb. 2023
• Canada could offer education, health care, environmental management, and tax administration on a fee-for-service basis.
  — Quinn Slobodian, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2023
• Challenges in naïve program design, execution, and the complexities of transitioning from fee-for-service healthcare models contribute to disillusionment.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2024
• Analyzing the feasibility of improving traditional, fee-for-service Medicare as an alternative to primarily relying on Medicare Advantage, too.
  — Mariela Torres Cintrón, STAT, 21 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Sep 2024