The price of TCM service needs to be improved

"Doctors in traditional Chinese medicine hospital once prick up acupuncture yuan and cupping yuan for patients This is the price set in 1999, which hasn't been adjusted for more than ten years The value of technical labor in traditional Chinese medicine is too cheap." Shen Yanpeng, vice president of Yanqing County Hospital of traditional Chinese medicine, told Beijing business daily Recently, the national health and Family Planning Commission, the national development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of finance, the Ministry of human resources and social security and the State Administration of traditional Chinese medicine jointly issued the notice on giving full play to the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine in the pilot work of comprehensive reform of county-level public hospitals Experts believe that the compensation mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine should be improved, and efforts should be made to improve the price of traditional Chinese medicine medical services, encourage the use of herbal pieces, and optimize the allocation of medical resources of traditional Chinese medicine The price of TCM technical services is low for 14 years and remains unchanged "Many of TCM medical technologies are widely welcomed and recognized by the common people For example, acupuncture, moxibustion, massage, bone setting, scraping, cupping, ironing, etc., are simple and easy to use, with significant curative effect, but the price is set too low " Shen Yanpeng told the Beijing Business Daily that the current charging standard for medical technology projects of traditional Chinese medicine was set 14 years ago, such as acupuncture and cupping A traditional Chinese medicine doctor receives about 30 patients a morning, with a considerable amount of labor and a income of only 100 yuan "This is not commensurate with the current price level, and the income is not directly proportional to the payment, which does not reflect the labor value of TCM doctors." She believes that the county-level TCM hospitals give full play to the advantages of TCM characteristics and the wide application of TCM medical technology, which needs to improve the enthusiasm of TCM technical service personnel, and can reasonably improve the price of TCM medical service in combination with the norms of medical service price items The current medical reform calls for the elimination of drug markup, while TCM hospitals call for the differential treatment of Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine in the reform of drug markup policy, and give full consideration to the price formation mechanism and management cost of Chinese herbal pieces Chinese herbal pieces are the characteristics and brands of traditional Chinese medicine hospitals They are used in large quantities The dispensing of traditional Chinese medicine is much more complicated than that of Western medicine, and the manpower and labor paid out are greater It is understood that a pair of traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions generally have dozens of traditional Chinese medicine The average time for the pharmacist to adjust them is about 15 minutes, while the western medicine may be as good as one or two minutes "Traditional Chinese medicine can be appropriately added or the medical staff can be increased in drug service fees The state can provide policy support and appropriate compensation in drug service fees of traditional Chinese medicine hospitals." Shen Yanpeng said that encouraging the use of traditional Chinese medicine to include all kinds of eligible TCM diagnosis and treatment projects and traditional Chinese medicine into the payment scope of basic medical insurance (reassurance insurance) fund could appropriately increase the proportion of TCM reimbursement It is reported that the aging of equipment in traditional Chinese medicine hospitals is serious and needs to be improved The relevant departments of the county government have the responsibility to invest in the county-level public hospitals, focusing on running 1-2 county-level hospitals including traditional Chinese medicine hospitals, and will allocate funds to purchase medical equipment in hospitals, but often due to the limited funds, they cannot fully meet the needs Shen Yanpeng introduced that at present, the largest medical equipment used in Yanqing County Hospital of traditional Chinese medicine is a double row spiral CT machine, which has been used for eight years, with serious aging, simple function and difficult to meet clinical needs, many tests are inadequate, and a large amount of maintenance costs are consumed every year Now the CT machines are 64 rows, and the medical equipment in the hospital of traditional Chinese medicine needs to be improved She hopes that the government can increase investment in the allocation of medical resources in TCM hospitals, optimize the infrastructure conditions of TCM hospitals, improve auxiliary facilities and improve the medical environment.