CHINA Law and Practice Contributed by: Alan Zhou, Coco Fan, Kelly Cao, Stephanie Wang and Rae Zhang, Global Law Office
physicians into the performance assessments and annual appraisal indicators of the physicians and their departments. • Local authorities of the NHSA, along with other departments, conduct examinations of the use of BMI funds through diverse inspections, such as daily supervision, special inspections, joint inspec- tions, unannounced inspections and inspections based on whistle-blowing. The increasingly severe punitive measures imposed on designated medi- cal institutions and drug retailers contracting with the agencies of the BMI, as well as the mechanism and rewards for reporting non-compliant use of BMI funds, aim to restrain fraudulent activities in the use of BMI funds. The special rectification campaign to crack down on BMI fund fraud led by the NHSA focuses on acts of obtaining insurance benefits in a deceptive manner and monitors how the BMI funds are reimbursed on key drugs and medical consumables with top billing.
A pharmacist will dispense prescription drugs accord- ing to a physician’s prescription. The examination of a prescription by an eligible pharmacist focuses on the appropriateness, rationality and correctness of a drug’s use rather than economic considerations.
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