Provider policies determining

Provider policies determine who can provide the benefits of the vouchers and under what conditions. They are important for three of the main aims of subsidy schemes, for different reasons. For health gain, provider policies make it possible to select providers with the highest technical quality and therefore the greatest effectiveness of treatment. For technical efficiency, the policies affect how much the scheme costs. For patient satisfaction, a free provider participation strategy can be used that allows patients to decide whom to see. 

Regardless of the approach your company selects, what s important is the assurance that contract personnel, by whatever means, are as conversant as your own employees with those aspects of your PSM system with which they interact. For this reason, you may wish to consider meeting with your key contractors to discuss the system and how it may affect their persoimel. As part of this discussion, you will want to review whatever training the contractor provides to determine if it meets your needs and is appropriate for the PSM system. If the system requires additional contractor training, you can then work out (either as a global policy or on a case-by-case basis) how best to provide it. 

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