fee-for-service

adj. denoting the traditional method of payment for health care services, in which physicians or other providers set their own fees for services, and patients or insurance companies pay all or a percentage of these charges. This is the system of reimbursement used by indemnity insurance plans. Compare pay-for-performance.

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November 24th 2024

weak central coherence

see central coherence theory.