Open AccessFee-For-Service, While Much Maligned, Remains The Dominant Payment Method For Physician Visits
Author(s) -
Samuel H. Zuvekas,
Joel W. Cohen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
health affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.837
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 2694-233X
pISSN - 0278-2715
DOI - 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1291
Subject(s) - payment , fee for service , business , service (business) , family medicine , actuarial science , medicine , medical emergency , finance , marketing , health care , political science , law
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.
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