Parver A K
J Am Diet Assoc. 1984 Jun;84(6):693-700.
This survey was undertaken and is presented here to document the current status of third-party reimbursement for nutrition care services and to emphasize to all ADA members the urgent necessity for education of insurers, physicians, clients, and administrators. Escalating health care costs and the fervor for containment of these costs may at first paint a dismal picture--but it need not. It is a time of uncertainty, reconsideration, and policy evaluation for the insurance industry. Nutrition care services are vital to the health care delivery system, and it is your responsibility to publicize and promote that fact. Each of you must work at the local level with the insurance companies covering your clients, your local Blue Cross/Blue Shield plan, and the commercial carriers operating in your area. You must anticipate some resistance, questions, and possible first-round rejection--but persist and be helpful so that all patients may profit from affordable, reimbursable nutrition care services.
开展此次调查并在此呈现，目的是记录营养护理服务第三方报销的现状，并向所有美国饮食协会会员强调对保险公司、医生、客户及管理人员进行教育的迫切必要性。不断攀升的医疗成本以及控制这些成本的热情起初可能会描绘出一幅黯淡的图景——但未必如此。对保险业来说，这是一个充满不确定性、需要重新思考和进行政策评估的时期。营养护理服务对医疗保健提供系统至关重要，宣传并推广这一事实是你们的责任。你们每个人都必须在当地与承保你们客户的保险公司、当地的蓝十字/蓝盾计划以及在你们所在地区运营的商业保险公司合作。你们必须预料到会遇到一些阻力、问题以及可能的首轮拒绝——但要坚持不懈并提供帮助，以便所有患者都能从负担得起的、可报销的营养护理服务中受益。
