Nelson R L
Physician Assist. 1987 Jan;11(1):12-3.
Federal legislation that took effect on January 1 provides for Medicare part B reimbursement for physician assistant services in several clinical settings. Besides recognizing PAs' contribution to health care delivery, the law may greatly increase demand for PAs (especially in geriatric medicine), allow them to branch out to more nontraditional forms of practice, and prompt a need for a larger pool of graduates from PA education programs. This legislative victory does not diminish--but heightens--the profession's responsibility to show that PA services are cost-effective.
1月1日生效的联邦立法规定，在几种临床环境中，医师助理服务可获得医疗保险B部分的报销。除了认可医师助理对医疗服务提供的贡献外，该法律可能会大幅增加对医师助理的需求（尤其是在老年医学领域），使他们能够拓展到更多非传统的执业形式，并促使需要更多来自医师助理教育项目的毕业生。这一立法胜利并未削弱——而是增强了——该行业证明医师助理服务具有成本效益的责任。
