On November 14, the Ministry of Health said that so far the Ministry has approved medical examination and treatment prices at 15 hospitals based on the basic salary level.
According to the assessment of the Ministry of Health , when adjusting the price of medical examination and treatment based on salary factors from the basic salary of 1.8 million to 2.34 million VND, the payment portion (at 20% and 5%) does not increase much.
Explaining the adjustment of medical examination and treatment prices according to the basic salary of 2.34 million VND, the Ministry of Health informed that Decree 96/2023/ND-CP allows units to implement according to the price levels issued or approved by competent authorities until there are new regulations but no later than December 31, 2024.
That means from now until December 31, 2024, medical examination and treatment facilities must approve medical examination and treatment prices in accordance with the authority prescribed by the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment.
Pursuant to Decree 73/2024/ND-CP, Circular 21/2024/TT-BYT on pricing methods for medical examination and treatment services, medical facilities under the Ministry of Health and ministries and branches shall develop a price plan dossier according to the cost method: Maintain the price structure and issued norms, only adjust the salary factor from the basic salary of 1.8 million VND to the basic salary of 2.34 million VND.
Up to now, the Ministry of Health has approved medical examination and treatment prices for a number of hospitals, including 5 special-class hospitals and about 10 class I hospitals.
Localities are urgently implementing the approval of prices according to the salary level of 2.34 million VND for medical examination and treatment facilities in the area, not higher than the highest price of the corresponding service as prescribed by the Ministry of Health.
The competent authority approves the price on which date, the unit is allowed to collect the new price from that date.
Assessing the impact of adjusting prices for medical examination and treatment services, the Ministry of Health said that, comparing the difference in revenue and expenditure of the annual health insurance fund (cumulative balance in 2023), at the same time, the health insurance fund revenue increases due to adjusting the basic salary level, which is often earlier than adjusting prices for medical examination and treatment services, so the health insurance fund is capable of balancing.
The Ministry of Health added that regarding the impact on people and health insurance participants, the poor, ethnic minorities, and social policy beneficiaries are 100% covered by health insurance so they are not affected.
For subjects with health insurance cards who have to co-pay at 20% or 5%, the co-payment increase is not much and they can afford it because their income also increases according to the basic salary.
People who do not have health insurance cards (about 8% of the population) are affected by the payment portion according to the price of medical examination and treatment services.
According to approval, the health insurance examination and treatment prices of some hospitals have been announced such as: Bach Mai Hospital, Cho Ray Hospital, Agricultural General Hospital, Central Dermatology Hospital adjusted the examination price from 42,100 VND to 50,600 VND/visit.
The consultation fee to determine difficult cases remains at VND200,000/visit. The cost of an intensive care bed at a special-class hospital increases from VND509,400 to VND599,400/bed/day; a grade 1 bed increases from VND273,100 to VND327,100/visit/day.
The price of an intensive care unit (ICU) bed/organ transplant, bone marrow transplant, or stem cell transplant at a special-class hospital was previously VND867,500/day, but after adjustment it will be VND1,017,300/day.
Source: https://cand.com.vn/y-te/15-benh-vien-dieu-chinh-gia-kham-chua-benh-da-duoc-bo-y-te-phe-duyet--i750280/
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