fee-for-service

[ fee-fer-sur-vis ]

adjective

1. pertaining to the charging of fees for specific services rendered in healthcare, as distinguished from participating in a prepaid medical practice:

   fee-for-service medicine.

Example Sentences

Paying providers on a fee-for-service basis offers incentives to perform more services than necessary.

From The Daily Beast

It tries to move away from the fee-for-service model that drives healthcare inflation.

From The Daily Beast

Under the Medicare fee-for-service system, doctors get paid for action, not attention.

From The Daily Beast