fee-for-service

American  

[fee-fer-sur-vis] / ˈfi fərˈsɜr vɪs /

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.

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Example Sentences

Adoption even at high-tech medical centers could be slow, particularly because of the conflicting financial incentives in the U.S. fee-for-service healthcare model.

From MarketWatch

Those who continue with a fee-for-service model have had to squeeze more patients into their workday, limiting the time they can spend with each patient.

From Barron's

Our health care system currently values fee-for-service: We reward procedures, tests, and interventions.

From Slate

After her arrest, Apollo Hospitals said Dr Rajakumari was a freelance consultant engaged on a fee-for-service basis and it had discontinued all clinical engagements with her.

From BBC

Under “the modern fee-for-service healthcare model ... hospitals must fund round-the-clock capacity but are only reimbursed when their facilities and staff are in action,” wrote Dr. Anna Reinert, an assistant professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology at USC’s Keck School of Medicine, in a recent op-ed.

From Los Angeles Times