Too much room exists for fee evasion and a truly competitive payment landscape was not established.
They were particularly furious that the gradual introduction of pay-beds had, as they claimed, led to consultants using their services for fee-paying patients.
No-frills Vanguard Group , the second-largest U.S. mutual fund company, is attracting a number of investors who are willing to pay for fee-based financial advice.
Before you write any checks, though, be warned: That nonprofit may be among the many that have developed a taste for fee-laden, high-risk investments in the past few years.
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If the client wanted more help, Schwab later punted him off to a small army of 400 investment advisers, the independent financial planners who passed Schwab's sniff test for fee-based services and unbiased service and who agreed to pay referral fees for the clients.
The affiliate fee primarily incorporates the carriage fee for cable networks and retransmission fee for broadcasting networks.
It will be hard for Bell Atlantic to argue for any fee for something that costs them nothing, Hardt says.
When CPAs charge a fee for their tax work and a separate fee for investment advice that is fine.
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EBay charges a fee for each item sold, and receives a fee for each payment processed by PayPal.
They were paid a fee for selling the mortgage on, and another fee for servicing (collecting the loan payments), and even got additional fees if they had to foreclose.
Yet for the past several years enrollment has climbed at an 8% to 10% clip annually, versus 3% for normal fee-for-service Medicare.
Summary statistics for Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries residing in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, who were continuously enrolled in Medicare FFS, parts A and B, for 2011.
Villa are holding out for a higher fee for the England midfielder before any deal can be completed.
Then they negotiate a settlement with the company and ask the court for a fee to reward them for their hard work.
The company will ask neither for a fee nor equity, only for a discount for its clients.
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MP3, owners of the player could download, for a fee, a new decompression algorithm for their player from the maker's website.
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Paraguay's Lucas Barrios will become the latest recruit when he signs for Guangzhou from German champions Borussia Dortmund on June 1, for a fee which eclipses the one paid for Conca.
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Some of the Chrome apps are free while others are available for a fee, similar to the app markets for Apple Inc.
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For a fee, official permission in Russia can be forthcoming for the most questionable activities.
And with the end of fee-for-service payments, insurance companies will no longer be needed to handle complicated billing and claims processing, nor will they need to be paid a fee for doing so.
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Its staff of three includes a vision technician who examines patients and also arranges consultations with doctors at the base hospital via videoconference--all for a fee of less than 50 cents, which is good for three visits.
However, be wary of companies who claim that they can negotiate your tax burden for you for a fee during amnesty: most amnesty programs do not allow room for adjustments.
For a fee, guests can work out at the neighbouring Equinox fitness club, and a rooftop lounge is planned for June 2012.
Microsoft will continue selling software the traditional way, for a one-time fee for one Windows computer.
Just outside the museum, other farmers have set up shop offering autographs for a fee.
All are increasingly selling private-label versions of their service to companies, for a fee.
Firms using Agari for their outgoing mail pay a fee for its trusted stamp.
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For a fee, it advises pension funds on whom they should hire as portfolio managers.
One caveat: Watch out for scammers who offer to find your property for a fee.
The member forecasts for ESPN Fee per Subscriber trend slightly above the Trefis forecast.
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