Recently, yiwu medical security center agreed to terminate the medical security service agreements of 6 retail pharmacies after applying for retail pharmacies in accordance with the provisions of the Interim Measures for the Management of Medical Security Designated Points in Retail Pharmacies (Order No.
3 of the State Medical Security Bureau) and the Agreement on Medical Security Services for Designated Retail Pharmacies in Jinhua City
.
It is understood that these 6 enterprises are Yiwu Defei Pharmacy Co.
, Ltd.
, Yiwu Wanze Pharmacy Houzhai Branch, Dade Pharmacy Chain (Zhejiang) Co.
, Ltd.
Fifth Chain Pharmacy, Yiwu Zhengqitang Pharmacy Co.
, Ltd.
, Yiwu Zhongshengda Pharmacy Chain Co.
, Ltd.
Yiting Branch, Zhejiang Maideyun Pharmaceutical Co.
, Ltd.
Yiwu Wangdao Gold Street Store
.
In fact, as the main pillar of retail pharmacies, the sales of medical insurance drugs can not only achieve higher turnover, but also drive the sales
of non-medical insurance drugs and non-drugs.
Therefore, it is rare to voluntarily apply for the termination of medical insurance agreements in the retail pharmacy industry
.
However, the number of pharmacies that voluntarily applied for the termination of their health insurance agreements this year is not small
.
For example, some time ago, the Guangdong Huizhou Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau also issued a public notice saying that 109 medical insurance designated retail pharmacies such as Zhengkang Pharmacy in Zhongkai High-tech Zone of Huizhou City intend to terminate the service agreement
.
Among them, chain pharmacies account for less than one-third, and most of the rest are single pharmacies
.
In addition to the above cities, since the beginning of this year, many pharmacies in Putian, Fujian, Guigang, Guangxi, Pingdingshan, Henan and other places have also applied to terminate the fixed-point service
of medical insurance.
For example, in mid-April, the Dongguan Municipal Medical Security Bureau in Guangdong Province issued a notice to
terminate the medical insurance agreements of seven retail pharmacies.
The notice shows that the reason why the seven retail pharmacies applied for the termination of the medical insurance agreement was due to business adjustments
.
On January 24, the website of Baofeng County Government of Pingdingshan City, Henan Province, issued an announcement that 6 designated retail pharmacies for medical insurance services submitted an application for termination of medical insurance services of designated medical institutions, and now terminate the fixed-point agreement on medical insurance medical security services for urban employees of the 6 retail pharmacies and cancel their medical insurance fixed-point service qualifications.
.
.
From the overall point of view, a large number of pharmacies are actively withdrawing from medical insurance, which is mainly due to two major reasons: First, the zero difference rate
.
At the zero-difference rate, there is no local expenditure on the cost of drugs operated by pharmacies, and the profits from the sale of goods are constantly squeezed
.
The second is the prohibition of non-proliferation
.
Health foods, cosmetics and ordinary foods have always been high-gross products of retail pharmacies, and the pressure on pharmacies to make profits has increased
after the ban on non-african drugs.
However, contrary to the active withdrawal of small and medium-sized chains and single pharmacies from medical insurance, large chains with strength are actively deployed
.
It is understood that the Guangzhou Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau recently announced the "dual channel" fixed-point retail pharmacy evaluation announcement, from the list, among the 30 designated retail pharmacies selected, there are many large chain pharmacies
under Sinopharm Holdings, China Resources Pharmaceutical, Dashanlin, Neptune Star, Ali Health and so on.
In this regard, the industry believes that although medical insurance designated pharmacies are "in and out", the application for medical insurance fixed-point qualifications is still the mainstream
.
It should only be noted that in the future, in the context of pharmaceutical reform and increasing market competition, small and medium-sized chains and independent pharmacies are destined to face more and more challenges, and at the same time, a large number of pharmacies with poor strength will eventually be accelerated elimination
.
