Development of physician group in the USA and its implications for China
10.3969/j.issn.1674-2982.2017.03.007
- VernacularTitle:美国医生集团发展以及对我国的启示
- Author:
Zi LI
;
Xianjun LI
;
Mao YOU
;
Yanqing MIAO
- Keywords:
Physician group;
Operation mode;
Supervision mechanism
- From:
Chinese Journal of Health Policy
2017;10(3):33-39
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
In the United States of America, the physician group practice has become one of the most common practice models, and has a relatively perfect and clear system of laws and regulations in its monitoring.In view of the policy side, the federal government has published the Stark Law to regulate the registration, properties, operation, service contents in details for the physician group practice.Taking the market side, it is practiced to protect the physician groups and medical practice behaviors through medical insurance policies.In China, the emergence of physician group has received widespread attention and concern.But since the short development time and unclear development path, the relevant laws and regulations for physician groups are still are not perfect.This paper aims to summarize the development and status quo of the American physician group as well as the regulations related to the groups` operating system, which will provide a good reference to China.The purpose is to provide policy recommendations for the standardized development and perfect regulations of physician groups in China.The following recommendations were put forward: improve the relevant laws and regulations;promote the establishment of the corresponding security policies;speed up and enhance the research and development of medical liability insurance;do continuous tracking and timely summarize practices.
