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2. Medical billing - Wikipedia

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   Medical billing is a payment practice within the United States healthcare system. The process involves the systematic submission and processing of healthcare claims for reimbursement. Once the services are provided, the healthcare provider creates a detailed record of the patient's visit, including the diagnoses, procedures performed, and any ...

3. History of health care reform in the United States - Wikipedia

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   This assessed every seaman at American ports 20 cents a month. This was the first prepaid medical care plan in the United States. The money was used for the care of sick seamen and the building of seamen's hospitals. This act created the Marine Hospital Service under the Department of the Treasury.

4. What is Medical Payments (MedPay) Coverage? - AOL

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   Medical payments coverage generally kicks in quickly to pay your medical bills, health insurance deductible and copays, up to the policy limits. It also covers other out-of-pocket costs that your ...

5. Pay for performance (healthcare) - Wikipedia

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   Pay for performance (healthcare) In the healthcare industry, pay for performance ( P4P ), also known as " value-based purchasing ", is a payment model that offers financial incentives to physicians, hospitals, medical groups, and other healthcare providers for meeting certain performance measures. Clinical outcomes, such as longer survival, are ...

6. Healthcare reform in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Healthcare reform in the United States has a long history.Reforms have often been proposed but have rarely been accomplished. In 2010, landmark reform was passed through two federal statutes: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), signed March 23, 2010, and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (), which amended the PPACA and became law on March 30, 2010.

7. Fee-for-service - Wikipedia

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   Fee-for-service. Fee-for-service ( FFS) is a payment model where services are unbundled and paid for separately. In health care, it gives an incentive for physicians to provide more treatments because payment is dependent on the quantity of care, rather than quality of care. However evidence of the effectiveness of FFS in improving health care ...