Summary: The Six Major Government Health Care Programs
The six major government health care programs—Medicare, Medicaid, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), the Department of Defense TRICARE and TRICARE for Life programs (DOD TRICARE), the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) program, and the Indian Health Service (IHS) program—provide health care services to about one.
The physicians have four types of payments methods to get from health plan: Fee-for-service - physicians are paid for every service and test that they provide based on the usual and customary charges of physicians in the local area; Discounted fee-for-service - physicians are paid for every service and test hey provide based on the fee schedule or pre-determined discount of the usual and customary price charged
The physicians have four types of payments methods to get from health plan: Fee-for-service - physicians are paid for every service and test that they provide based on the usual and customary charges of physicians in the local area; Discounted fee-for-service - physicians are paid for every service and test hey provide based on the fee schedule or pre-determined discount of the usual and customary price charged