Promote the tilt of medical insurance policy towards Chinese medicine

September 28, the Guangdong Provincial Medical Reform Office issued the "Recent Key Tasks for Deepening the Reform of the Medical and Health System in Guangdong Province", which will carry out 30 key tasks in seven areas. Among them, the medical insurance policy will be promoted to Chinese medicine tilt, the eligible Traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine drink tablets, Chinese medicine hospital preparations into the scope of medical insurance payments. At the same time, the implementation of the consultation system between Chinese and Western medicine, in general hospitals, infectious disease hospitals, specialized hospitals and other efforts to promote the combination of Chinese and Western medicine medical model, and the implementation of the situation into the hospital grade assessment and performance assessment.

to promote the revitalization and development of Chinese medicine in GuangdongGuangdong has proposed to tilt its health care policy towards Chinese medicine. The qualified Chinese medicine clinics and other basic Chinese medicine medical institutions will be included in the medical insurance fixed-point. The qualified acupuncture, orthopaedic rehabilitation, therapeutic push-and-take and other Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment items and traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine drink tablets, Chinese medicine hospital preparations into the scope of medical insurance payments. Appropriately reduce the starting standards of primary-level Chinese medicine medical institutions, and guide the masses to give priority to the primary-level medical treatment and use of Chinese medicine services.At the same time, promote the high-quality development of Chinese medicine service system. Actively apply for the creation of a national comprehensive reform demonstration zone for Chinese medicine, speed up the construction of the Guangdong Provincial Center for Chinese Medicine Evidence-Based Medicine Research, and strive to establish the National Chinese Medicine Center and regional Chinese medicine medical centers in Guangdong. Launch a three-year action plan for the inheritance and innovation of Chinese medicine, and formulate policies and measures to accelerate the development of Chinese medicine characteristics. We will implement the consultation system for Chinese and Western medicine, vigorously promote the combined medical model of Chinese and Western medicine in general hospitals, infectious disease hospitals and specialized hospitals, and incorporate the implementation into the hospital grade assessment and performance appraisal. According to the requirements of the state to carry out the construction of classic wards of Chinese medicine. Improve the emergency response and treatment capacity of Chinese medicine hospitals and play the unique role of Chinese medicine in the treatment of major outbreaks. Do better and stronger specialized diseases, select and recommend a number of national Chinese medicine advantages of diseases and diagnosis and treatment projects, encourage and guide medical and health institutions to provide Chinese medicine services. Strengthen the county (city) Chinese medicine medical service capacity and team building, grass-roots Chinese medicine professional into the direct identification of the scope of the deputy senior title of primary health. We will promote full coverage of county-run Chinese medicine medical institutions. Implementation of the basic medical institutions of Chinese medicine museum capacity re-upgrading project. We will give full play to the role of Chinese medicine in disease treatment, prevention and rehabilitation, and promote the healthy old-age services of Chinese medicine. Support the development of "Internet and Traditional Chinese Medicine".However, since provincial medical insurance no longer has the right to supplement, the eligible Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine tablets into the scope of medical insurance payment how to understand? In early September, the Guangdong Provincial Health Insurance Bureau issued the Guidance on Promoting the Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine (the Opinion), which describes it in more detail. The Opinion points out that it will support the use of Chinese medicine, promote the development of the Chinese medicine industry, and, in accordance with the unified deployment of the state, include qualified Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine tablets and Chinese medicine hospital preparations in the scope of medical insurance payments in Guangdong Province in accordance with the provisions. We will implement the safeguard work of the state-negotiated medicines, implement the unified deployment of the state-negotiated medicines, incorporate Chinese traditional medicines in the state-negotiated medicines into the scope of medical insurance payments in Guangdong Province, and implement the unified national payment standards. Do a good job in the procurement and use of chinese traditional medicines in the negotiation of drugs by the state. Gradually unify the scope of drug use for specific types of outpatient diseases in Guangdong Province, through expert evaluation, the appropriate Chinese medicine into the scope of outpatient specific diseases.All
good policies have come tois worth noting that since the second half of this year, various policies have been introduced in various provinces to encourage the development of Chinese medicine. At the end of September, Shandong Provincial Health Insurance Bureau issued "Several Measures on Strengthening Medical Security to Support the Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine", referring to the need to make full use of the national medical insurance drug catalogue and the dynamic adjustment mechanism of the national basic drug catalogue, to support the inclusion of more traditional Chinese medicines in Shandong Province into the national medical insurance catalogue and the national list of essential drugs, and to promote the innovative development of traditional Chinese medicine and marine Chinese medicine in Shandong Province. At the same time, Chinese medicine tablets that meet the local standards of the state or Shandong Province shall be promptly included in the scope of payment of the medical insurance fund in accordance with the prescribed procedures. In addition, to speed up the determination of Shandong Province, the pilot enterprises of Chinese medicine formula particles produced by the Chinese medicine formula particles in accordance with the relevant requirements into the scope of payment of the medical insurance fund.Shandong and Guangdong successively put forward the health insurance policy will be tilted towards Chinese medicine, in the national health insurance catalog adjustment, for more traditional Chinese medicine into health insurance to bring imagination. Especially because a large number of traditional Chinese medicines belong to the previous provincial supplement category, in accordance with policy requirements, if not included in the national health insurance directory, within three years will be one after another by the local health insurance directory, for these chinese medicine species, access to the national health insurance directory will be very important.In the first half of this year, the market for Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine tablets showed negative growth, and the market is gradually warming in the second half of the year. In the industry's view, because Chinese medicine played an important role during the outbreak of new crown pneumonia, the state and provinces and cities to introduce policies to increase support for the development of Chinese medicine will be a major trend, the Chinese medicine industry may usher in a new round of growth.In addition to the good health insurance policy, many regions have also chosen to relax the conditions for Western medicine to prescribe Chinese medicine, for the previous "restriction" of Western medicine prescriptions for Chinese medicine untied. In addition, some regions have also proposed to cultivate high-quality Chinese medicine brand. "Fujian Province to promote the inheritance and innovation of Chinese medicine development of a number of measures" said, will focus on the cultivation of Zhangzhou film , Xiamen Eight Baodan, newpieces, Quanzhou (Longyan) Wanying tea, Quanzhou Saiyun, Sanming blood capsules, Yongchun Spleen scattered, old Fan Zhisingqu and other excellent Traditional Chinese medicine brands, encourage Fujian Province Chinese medicine enterprises to carry out research and development of classic prescriptions and new Chinese medicine research and development, encourage the development of chinese traditional medicine preparations for secondary development, support a number of Chinese medicine brand enterprises to do stronger and bigger. To promote the entry of key Chinese medicines from Fujian Province into the national list of essential drugs and the clinical use of 100 chinese medicines with unique efficacy.As highlighted in this year's report on the work of the two governments, "promoting the revitalization and development of Chinese medicine". In the post-epidemic era, the industry is also looking forward to the introduction of some landing policies for the development of Chinese medicine to bring real benefits. (Medical Economics)