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
• This will eventually require that China move away from its overreliance on a fee-for-service payment method, which is often associated with escalating health-care costs.
  — Yanzhong Huang, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2011
• 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
• By investing in early intervention and social service programs, the group has reduced hospital admissions for its members by 20 percent compared with its fee-for-service counterparts.
  — Sejal Hathi, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2017
• Under fee-for-service models, the government must reimburse providers for services regardless of their clinical necessity.
  — Sejal Hathi, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2017
• The prevailing dental economic model based on fee-for-service creates an environment of dental overdiagnosis and overtreatment.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 7 May 2024
• 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
• Unlike fee-for-service care, the goal of CenterWell's model is to lower healthcare costs for underserved groups, provide greater patient satisfaction, and lower disease risk and health complications, the Courier Journal previously reported.
  — Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 25 July 2024
• 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: 17 Dec 2024