point-of-service

point-of-service
adjective Date: 1987 of, relating to, or being a health-care insurance plan that allows enrollees to seek care from a physician affiliated with the service provider at a fixed co-payment or to choose a nonaffiliated physician and pay more — abbreviation POS

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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