0 the act of paying back money to someone who has spent it for you or lost it because of you, or the amount that is paid back:
1 the act of paying back, or the money that is paid back
She helped the family obtain reimbursement of hospital bills.
Recent legislation requiring pharmaceutical manufacturers to present economic evaluations when requesting reimbursement decisions will probably have an important impact in the future.
In concert, they besieged the municipal offices to demand reimbursement in cash and threatened to withdraw their labour if this was not conceded.
The consequence was a complex system of political bargaining and reimbursements, hoarded and guarded reserves, constant pressure for increased percentages of local revenues.
Another commonly used scheme includes global budgeting, per diem payments, and diagnosis-related group reimbursement (17).
There is also exclusion from reimbursement for certain drugs not included in a recently instituted positive list.