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fee-for-service
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fee-for-ser·vice (ffr-sûrvs)
adj.
Charging a fee for each service performed.

fee-for-service
Etymology: AS, feoh, property; L, servitum, slavery
1 a charge made for a professional activity, such as a physical examination, the fitting of a contraceptive diaphragm, or the monitoring of a person's blood pressure.
2 a system for the payment of professional services in which the practitioner is paid for the particular service rendered, rather than receiving a salary for providing professional services as needed during scheduled hours of work or time on call.


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Medicare Advantage differs from traditional Medicare fee-for-service plans in that the government caps the amount of money paid each month to private insurers to meet the health needs of plan participants.
Only healthy infants who were delivered at term, had a normal birth weight and were continuously enrolled in a fee-for-service plan from age two months through two years were included.
Private Fee-for-Service Plans that reimburse providers on a fee-for-service basis at a rate determined by a plan, have unexpectedly been growing faster than anticipated.
 
 
 
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