Since the end of 2018, the National Medical Insurance Bureau has carried out seven batches of centralized procurement
of national drugs.
At present, with round after round of collection, a large number of drugs have entered the ranks of
price reduction.
In order to facilitate patients, especially patient groups with large dosages, in order to open up the 'last mile' of patient medication, more and more price-reducing drugs have also begun to enter pharmacies
.
On July 21, the Jiangsu Medical Insurance Bureau announced that it intends to open the provincial platform procurement to the medical insurance designated retail pharmacies in the province, and solicit opinions from the public on the "Medical Insurance Designated Retail Pharmacies Participating in Quantity Procurement and Sunshine Procurement Plan (Draft for Comments)", which points out that the provincial drug (medical consumables) sunshine procurement and comprehensive supervision platform is open to the provincial medical insurance designated retail pharmacies, and eligible designated pharmacies can voluntarily apply to participate in the provincial platform with quantity procurement and sunshine procurement
.
Before Jiangsu Province issued the solicitation of opinions, Many provinces and cities such as Zhejiang, Hunan, Shandong, Guangdong, Shanghai, and Henan have also issued relevant policy documents
on "including retail pharmacies in the scope of centralized drug procurement".
In this regard, the industry believes that with the continuous emergence of the first-to-try demonstration effect, the relevant rules continue to be established and improved, and the collection of pharmacies will become a common practice in more and more regions
.
In fact, in the exploration of "collecting varieties into pharmacies", including Shandong Zibo, Shanxi Yuncheng and other places have relevant attempts, and achieved good results, this form of government to build a platform, promote docking, is constantly solving the problem of pharmacies can not enjoy the hospital's collection price when purchasing, reduce the threshold for pharmacies to obtain low prices, high-quality varieties, so that small and medium-sized pharmacies with relatively weak bargaining power can also enjoy the same purchase price
.
It is worth noting that at the same time as exploring and promoting the "collection of varieties into pharmacies" in many places, pharmacies in many places have begun to set up "collection of drugs counters"
.
For example, recently, the Changsha Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau of Hunan Province and the Changsha Municipal Market Supervision Bureau jointly promoted the opening of "collection of drugs" in retail pharmacies in Changsha, and it is reported that the first batch of pharmacies included in the pilot totaled 22, involving more than 200 product specifications of the collection of drugs
.
It is understood that changsha has many highlights of the "collection and collection of drugs counter" model
.
From the perspective of site selection, the Changsha Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau intends to create a 15-minute collection of drugs service circle, open a collection of drugs to choose in large business circles, large communities, industrial parks, enterprises and institutions and other areas where people are concentrated or crowded, to ensure full coverage
of all districts and counties (cities) in Changsha.
In addition to the concept of a 15-minute collection of drug service circles, the simultaneous sale of online and offline is also one
of the highlights.
It is reported that retail pharmacies that open special counters for collecting drugs have set up a "collection and collection of drugs zone" on the Mini Program, so that local patients can find drugs online and place orders online; For special patients with limited mobility, we provide free home delivery of collected medicines
.
It is worth mentioning that in order to achieve the standardization of counter management, the Changsha Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau has also established an incentive mechanism to give commendations to retail pharmacies that have won good social repercussions, and give extra points in the annual comprehensive assessment; Carry out key monitoring of irregular drug purchases and resale of collected drugs reported by retail pharmacies, establish a "blacklist" system for patients to purchase drugs, and investigate and deal with illegal acts of retail pharmacies.
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In addition to Changsha, Hunan, Jiangsu has also proposed the construction of "medical insurance convenience pharmacies", that is, through the selection of designated retail pharmacies in townships (streets), the establishment of collection of drugs and state negotiation of drugs counters, the implementation of "zero price difference" sales, so that the grass-roots people can use good drugs
of good quality and good price.
At present, a number of medical insurance convenience pharmacies in Suzhou, Xuzhou and other places have passed the acceptance and officially listed
.
Among them, in late July this year, Suzhou Jianshengyuan Xiangcheng Wangting Pharmacy and China Resources Suzhou Li'an Pharmaceutical Building, as two pilot "medical insurance convenience pharmacies" in Suzhou, have implemented unified counters, unified price marking, unified system on the wall, unified supervision and management in accordance with the requirements of the unified standards of the province, and strictly implemented the "zero difference rate" sales of collected drugs
.
In general, although the gross profit margin of the collection varieties is low, it will also bring new traffic growth opportunities
to stores.
For patients, if they want to buy affordable drugs in the future, they may be able to buy them
at the pharmacy at their doorstep.
