CMS reports Medicare fee-for-service improper payments at $28.8 billion in fiscal 2025, with a 6.55% improper payment rate, down from 2024.

When we first launched the XY Planning Network in 2014, our vision was to expand access to financial planning for Gen X and Gen Y clients by championing a new financial advisor business model: getting ...

Advisors who used a fee-for-service model charged more for their services in 2023 than the prior year, according to a recent AdvicePay study. The 2024 AdvicePay Fee-for-Service Industry Trend Report ...

Among more than 3 million Medicare Advantage enrollees, value-based payment models outperformed fee-for-service models for all 15 clinical quality outcomes. The mean score differences for blood ...

Medicare primarily operates a fee-for-service (FFS) payment system. This means that healthcare professionals and facilities bill Medicare for each service they provide, with itemized costs appearing ...

Transitioning from FFS to salaried models may reduce low-value surgical interventions, with a 41% change in odds observed. The study analyzed TRICARE claims, noting a decline in low-value procedures ...

Original Medicare primarily operates on a fee-for-service (FFS) system, billing for each service provided. Some Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans also use this payment model via private FFS plans.

The traditional fee-for-service (FFS) healthcare model isn’t well-suited to meet the complex needs of patients with chronic illnesses including chronic kidney disease (CKD). As costs spiral and ...

This study examined postdiagnosis breast cancer treatment outcomes for Medicare Advantage vs fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare in Ohio and found no significant differences overall but disparities for ...