Legal regulation of test purchases in the provision of paid medical services: relevance of the issue for medical organizations.

The article presents a detailed analysis of the Federal Law of July 31, 2020 № 248-FZ “On State Control (Supervision) and Municipal Control in the Russian Federation” in the context of such a control (supervisory) event as a test purchase in the provision of paid medical services. Heads of medical organizations need to know and take into account in their activities that grounds for conducting a control purchase of paid medical services may arise, including when supervisory authorities carry out control measures without interaction with controlled persons, and as a result of a preventive visit. Legislative consolidation of test purchases as a method of control (supervision) over the provision of paid medical services requires medical organizations to ensure their constant readiness in terms of knowledge by employees of the medical organization of the established procedure and mechanisms for its implementation. The implementation by Roszdravnadzor bodies of a test purchase within the framework of federal state control (supervision) of the quality and safety of medical activities once again confirms that the issues of providing paid medical services should be constantly in the spotlight when medical organizations conduct internal control of the quality and safety of medical activities. The authors substantiate that organizing and conducting control purchases of paid medical services is a very promising control (supervisory) measure for its active use by supervisory authorities.