[jstummbillig]

> If anything, return visits because of a partial prior resolution make more money.

I don't know what system you are referring to, but in the EU, for common physician services, this is (fortunately) not how it works. Physicians are by and large being paid per case, not per visit. In Germany a case is being defined as the same patient visiting the same physician in the same quarter of the year (https://www.kbv.de/tools/ebm/html/3.1_1623969609994938562151...)

[gehwartzen]

I'm assuming the US as that is the case here. Each visit is billed for individually. By the case is certainly a much better model.