On April 11, the office of the Jiangsu Provincial Medical Security Bureau replied to netizens on the "leadership message board" of the People's Network, noting that in order to support and encourage the optimization of population policies and encourage citizens to have children, Beijing municipality has formulated and introduced some diagnosis and treatment projects that meet the regulations to include assisted reproduction in the scope of payment of the basic medical insurance fund. In the next step, we will work with the relevant provincial departments to conduct special research on the types of payment, payment standards and other issues involving assisted reproductive diagnosis and treatment projects, and formulate policies and regulations in line with the actual situation in Jiangsu in a timely manner.
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Jiangsu: Formulate policies and regulations in line with the actual conditions of Jiangsu in a timely manner
Previously, a netizen in Jiangsu left a message on March 24 to consult, and recently saw that other cities have reported that assisted reproduction is partially included in medical insurance reimbursement, please ask whether Jiangsu has a plan this year.
The office of Jiangsu Provincial Medical Security Bureau responded that the opinions of the national basic medical insurance diagnosis and treatment project management are clear, and the diagnosis and treatment projects for various infertility (infertility) diseases are not within the scope of payment of the basic medical insurance fund, so it has been implemented in accordance with the provisions of the state, and the diagnosis and treatment projects involved in infertility are included in the basic medical insurance category C management, and the basic medical insurance fund is not paid.
At the same time, the office of the Jiangsu Provincial Medical Security Bureau said that it has recently noted that in order to support and encourage the optimization of population policies and encourage citizens to have children, Beijing has formulated and introduced some diagnosis and treatment projects that meet the requirements of assisted reproduction into the scope of payment of the basic medical insurance fund. In the next step, we will conduct special research with the relevant provincial departments on the types of payment, payment standards and other issues involving assisted reproductive diagnosis and treatment projects, formulate policies and regulations in line with the actual conditions of Jiangsu in a timely manner, and strengthen communication and contact with Shanghai, Zhejiang, Anhui and other provinces and cities to maintain the unity of medical insurance policies in the Yangtze River Delta region. At the same time, we also reflect similar demands to the National Medical Security Bureau, asking the National Bureau to refer to it when formulating the management system for diagnosis and treatment projects.
Many provinces and cities are actively striving to include common assisted reproductive technology projects in medical insurance
During the two sessions of the National People's Congress this year, the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang submitted the "Proposal on Improving the Reproductive Health of People of Childbearing Age" to the Fifth Session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In the "Proposal", the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang suggested that by establishing a multi-level prevention system, encouraging the development and promotion of advanced diagnosis and treatment technology, and including treatment costs in medical insurance, the proportion of people with reproductive disorders should be changed, and people suffering from reproductive health problems should be helped to clear the obstacles on the road to fertility.
According to the People's Network "leadership message board", on March 9, in response to the suggestion of Shandong netizens on "allowing families who must use assisted reproductive technology to have children to be included in medical insurance", Shandong message handling also replied that in the next step, Shandong will conscientiously implement the national medical insurance directory management policy in accordance with the national unified deployment requirements, based on the positioning of "guaranteeing the basic", on the basis of scientific calculation and full demonstration, gradually incorporate the mature technology, safe and reliable, and cost-controllable diagnosis and treatment projects that medical insurance can undertake into the scope of medical insurance payment according to procedures. Strive to improve the level of patient protection.
On March 8, in response to the message of netizens suggesting "subsidizing assisted reproduction", the Sichuan Provincial Health Commission replied that it intends to learn from the practices of individual provinces and cities, and work with relevant departments to actively strive to include common assisted reproductive technology projects in the scope of medical insurance reimbursement.
On February 28, the Hunan Provincial Medical Insurance Bureau clarified in response to netizens' relevant questions on the official platform that relevant management measures will be introduced as soon as possible in terms of diagnosis and treatment projects. At present, bromocriptine, tripriline, clomiphene and other fertility support drugs are in the 2021 version of the national medical insurance drug catalog Western medicine part, for Class B drugs, Hunan region's self-payment ratio is 5%, according to the spirit of the relevant national documents, based on the positioning of "basic protection", on the basis of scientific calculations and full demonstration, will gradually explore the medical insurance can afford the mature technology, safe and reliable, cost-controllable therapeutic assisted reproductive technology into the scope of medical insurance payment according to the procedure.
In response to the People's Network's "leadership message board", netizens left a message "whether Zhejiang Province has included reproductive assistance into the medical insurance plan arrangement", on February 25, the Zhejiang Provincial Medical Insurance Bureau replied that the next step will be to carry out relevant work research. (Shi Mengzhu)
