Sentence examples for payment physicians from inspiring English sources

The main factor associated with a physicians intent to join by 2004 was related to method of payment – physicians who favour capitation were 5.5 times more likely to report that they expected to join the Network by 2004 (O.R. = 5.5, 95% C.I.s 3.5 8.7).

Further compounding the problem is the accelerating disparity between the increases in physician practice costs and the flat or declining payments physicians are receiving for their services.

The Swiss health care system, however, shares important similarities with the United States - fee-for-service payments, physician owned practices, and large number of insurers.

It was found that in countries with FFS payment for physicians, the ratio of physicians per population was positively related to health expenditure [ 5].

Our respondents also believe that KP's model of capitated payment of physicians provides incentives to physicians to use the portal to manage their patient panels.

The company said in a statement that it was "committed to fair and appropriate payment for physicians, the state's other health care providers and consumers".

Under the current fee-for-service payment system, physicians, cancer centers and hospitals are reimbursed more when their patients receive more treatments.

The government should improve the payment of physicians who conduct preventive health care among handicapped people.

Claims for services provided to members of this health plan are submitted for payment by physicians, facilities, and pharmacies.

As insurance companies squeezed those payments, some physicians have begun to refuse Medicare payments.

The Senate investigated conflicts of interest in the run-up to the passage of the 2010 Physician Payments Sunshine Act — a law that required payments to physicians from makers of drugs and devices to be registered on a public website — but patient groups were not addressed in the bill.