[Organization of social medicine counseling according to section 275 Abs. 4 SGB V exemplified by the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern medical service].

In accordance with social legislation (statute-book of social law, SGB V, section 275, 4) compulsory sickness insurance is obliged to consult the Medical Advisory Service especially in case of general problems of medical supply and advice for patients, quality monitoring, negotiation strategies with all partners of the medical supply system, and for creating joint panels of physicians and sick insurance bodies, particularly examination committees. Exemplarily possibilities of management of these problems are described for the Medical Advisory Service of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. This example may demonstrate in what way the Medical Advisory Service can bring its own sociomedical competence into play appropriate to regional needs as a service enterprise of the compulsory sickness insurance.