Vice Chairwoman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Tran Thi Dieu Thuy has just signed and issued a plan to disseminate, answer questions, and provide policy advice in response to Vietnam Health Insurance Day - July 1.
Require propaganda content to focus on new points of the amended and supplemented Law on Health Insurance passed by the National Assembly on November 27, 2024 and effective from July 1, 2025.
What's new?
New points include: expanding the subjects participating in compulsory health insurance; adjusting the contribution level, payment method, and health insurance card; expanding benefits when examining and treating health insurance; handling violations in health insurance payment.
In addition, people's recognition and evaluation when health insurance benefits are increasingly guaranteed and expanded with increasingly improved quality of medical examination and treatment.
At the same time, show people the necessity, meaning, benefits, and humanity of health insurance policies, especially family health insurance. The level of financial support from the state budget and local budgets for people participating in family health insurance. The disadvantages when having health problems but not having health insurance.
The reform of administrative procedures in the field of health insurance helps participants and beneficiaries of the policy to have more convenient access to medical services for medical examination, treatment and health care. In addition, commending organizations and individuals who have implemented health insurance policies well...
Preventing health insurance fund fraud
The direction of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee also mentioned the propaganda to identify violations of the law on health insurance. Common forms of abuse and profiteering in the field of health insurance. Legal regulations on violations of the law on health insurance. Information on the results of inspection, examination, handling of violations, and trial results of courts at all levels on violations of the law in the field of health insurance.
The leaders of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee requested to organize a conference to disseminate the 2024 Health Insurance Law to medical staff. Especially violations and criminal penalties for fraudulent acts in health insurance declaration and payment, wrong drug dispensing, improper drug use... This is to improve skills in guiding, consulting and answering questions for patients about health insurance benefits. It is also to limit violations in the field of health insurance, ensuring that medical staff understand and correctly apply health insurance regulations in medical examination and treatment, drug dispensing and insurance payment.
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee also directed the Department of Health to coordinate with the Social Insurance of Region XXVII and related units to strengthen state management of health insurance, regularly inspect and check to prevent abuse and profiteering of health insurance funds.
The Department of Health directs medical examination and treatment facilities to ensure the rights of patients with health insurance cards in dispensing and paying for drugs according to the provisions of the Health Insurance Law. Regularly check the drug supply situation, especially for essential drugs, drugs for treating chronic diseases and drugs on the list.
Source: https://ttbc-hcm.gov.vn/diem-moi-ve-kham-chua-benh-bao-hiem-y-te-tu-1-7-1019048.html
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