Background: In Canada, family physicians are permitted to charge patient fees for
administrative services that are not covered by the public health insurance program, such as …

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 …

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)
sponsored this survey of private health plans to obtain information regarding characteristics …

INTRODUCTION When patients pay for care out-of-pocket, physicians must balance their
professional obligations to serve with the commercial demands of medical practice …

Physician billing highest in Ontario, lowest in Quebec Saskatchewan’s 22-month wait for an
MRI is “almost criminal” says r Page 1 In 2001/02, family physicians who billed at least $60 000 …

Most physicians think information about fees should be made available to patients, but
opinions are divided on whether to post a fee list. Consultants say a patient's primary …

In March 2012, the Society of General Internal Medicine convened the National Commission
on Physician Payment Reform to recommend forms of payment that would maximize good …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the extent of variation in physicians' charges for health care
encounters with unannounced standardized patients and factors associated with the …

Adjusted for differences in purchasing power and practice expenses, Canadian physician
fees are, on average, 59 percent of Medicare fees. The general perception that Medicare …

AB009. How should doctors be paid?—a systematic review of the impacts of provider payment
methods for primary care physicians on patient healthcare utilisation - Ho - Journal of Public …