Private Healthcare Providers and OMS system
According to the federal and regional legislation healthcare organizations can
participate in the OMS system regardless to the form of ownership. In 2008 there were
183 out of 30 000 private healthcare providers in Russia that have obtained a right to
participate in the OMS system and receive money from the territorial OMS Funds for
providing services to the public via arbitral court. In St. Petersburg it is hard to provide
an exact number of such clinics: according to specialists there are from 4 to 31 clinics
(out of appr.1200)
15
. However it is well known about the success experience of 5:
Cardio clinic, Scandinavia, Capital express, ONA and ONA-MRT center.