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. 2016 Mar;35(3):411-4.
doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1291.

Fee-For-Service, While Much Maligned, Remains The Dominant Payment Method For Physician Visits

Samuel H Zuvekas  1 , Joel W Cohen  2
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Fee-For-Service, While Much Maligned, Remains The Dominant Payment Method For Physician Visits

Samuel H Zuvekas et al. Health Aff (Millwood). 2016 Mar.

Abstract

Recent concerted efforts have sought to shift provider payment away from fee-for-service and toward risk-based alternatives. Despite these efforts, fee-for-service not only remains the dominant payment method but has continued to grow, with nearly 95 percent of all physician office visits in 2013 reimbursed in this fashion.

Keywords: Financing Health Care; Managed Care; Physician Payment.

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