11.   British Telecommunications would then pay a fixed fee to rent the lines, as would all other competitors.

12.   But as the number of patients on fixed fees climbed, costs drifted down too slowly and the hospital took a bath.

13.   Dyson said that each company had submitted a bid for a fixed fee, thereby making the cost of one half as expensive as two.

14.   For instance, fixed fees now are being negotiated into some contracts.

15.   Groups and singers generally perform for fixed fees from which they pay their expenses, including the set.

16.   Health maintenance organizations provide services in exchange for a fixed fee, and participants generally must obtain a referral from their primary physician before seeing a specialist.

17.   Health maintenance organizations would compete against traditional health insurance plans, which pay a fixed fee for each service.

18.   HMOs provide health care for a prepaid fixed fee.

19.   HMOs provide health insurance for a prepaid fixed fee.

20.   HMOs operate by paying doctors a fixed monthly fee per patient, now matter how intensive care may be.