In your current role as the reimbursement analyst for a large provider group, you are responsible for ensuring the group receives payments for services rendered in accordance with established payor contracts. A new staff member has been hired to work in the billing office and unfortunately has no prior experience working in a provider office.

For your initial response to this discussion, compare and contrast the fee-for-service and episode of care reimbursement methodologies.

In your response, include the following:

• A description of each methodology.
• An explanation of the benefits and drawbacks of each.

Finally, identify one payment method within a methodology and describe how the provider would be reimbursed under the payment model. Examples include fee-for-service and self-pay.