When a third-party payer establishes the amount of money that will be paid for the delivery of a particular service before offering the service to the client,it is called:

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Prospective reimbursement is the method of paying an organization whereby the third-party payer establishes the amount of money that will be paid for the delivery of a particular service before offering the services to the client.Retrospective reimbursement is the method whereby fees for the delivery of health care services in an organization are set after services are delivered.Fee-for-service is the traditional method of paying the health care practitioner; the practitioner determines the costs of providing a service,delivers the service,and submits a bill for the delivered service to a third-party payer who then pays the bill.Capitation is similar to prospective reimbursement for health care organizations; third-party payers determine the amount that practitioners will be paid for a unit of care.

When a Third-Party Payer Establishes the Amount of Money That