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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The 2025 Omniscient Health Physician Medicare Income Report shows reimbursement rates for outpatient procedures from traditional fee-for-service patients in the Medicare health insurance program for the elderly have tumbled a cumulative 10% since 2016.
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Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The Nutmeg State actually lowered its Medicaid costs by reverting to a traditional fee-for-service model.
—Marc Joffe, Oc Register, 14 July 2025
Providers profit from a fee-for-service model that rewards quantity over quality, procedure over prevention.
—Zachary W. Schulz, The Conversation, 6 June 2025
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Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The Nutmeg State actually lowered its Medicaid costs by reverting to a traditional fee-for-service model.
—Marc Joffe, Oc Register, 14 July 2025
Providers profit from a fee-for-service model that rewards quantity over quality, procedure over prevention.
—Zachary W. Schulz, The Conversation, 6 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for fee-for-service
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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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