On the morning of April 23, the national insulin special centralized procurement and continuous procurement bid was opened in Shanghai. Different from the past, in addition to representatives of pharmaceutical companies, medical insurance staff, representatives of relevant ministries and commissions, experts and scholars and a number of media, there are also 7 2024 pharmaceutical centralized procurement obligation supervisors from all walks of life across the country who participated in the renewal of the bid. They wore orange lanyard work cards, from the enterprise sign-in, submission of materials, to the disclosure of declaration information, on-site calculation of prices, and the reading of the results of the proposed selection, the whole process of the scene witnessed the opening of the bid.
(National insulin special centralized procurement and continuous procurement bid opening site)
The Mass Supervisor makes his debut
"This is the first time I have participated in the work of the National Health Insurance Administration, and the whole process is truly scientific, rigorous, fair and open. The imaginary bidding site may have a very tense atmosphere and some twists and turns, but I didn't expect the work of our National Health Insurance Bureau to be orderly, standardized and efficient. Zeng Xuezhi from Guangdong Weilun Law Firm was one of the volunteer supervisors who participated in the event. "Clear rules and transparent process" is the biggest feeling of his trip.
(Guangdong Weilun Law Firm, first-class lawyer Zeng Xuezhi)
In order to better promote the centralized procurement of drugs and consumables, the National Health Insurance Administration has invited enterprises, medical institutions, experts and scholars to carry out a variety of exchanges and discussions since it launched the centralized procurement work in 2018, but it is the first time to invite representatives of the masses to experience the centralized procurement. In order to facilitate the voluntary supervisors to better participate in the centralized procurement plan to solicit opinions and participate in the on-site observation and supervision of the bid opening, before the official launch of the centralized procurement, the Price Procurement Department of the National Health Insurance Administration specially arranged a communication meeting on the basic situation of pharmaceutical centralized procurement for 7 volunteer supervisors to introduce the policy background, working rules and procurement process.
(Volunteer supervisors participate in the symposium on the basic situation of centralized pharmaceutical procurement)
Li Hua from the Market Supervision Bureau of Jieshou City, Anhui Province, is the only civil servant among the voluntary supervisors who participated in the bid opening of the centralized procurement. He deeply lamented the importance that the National Health Insurance Bureau attaches to the centralized procurement work. "I feel very much admiration and sincere admiration for your serious and responsible attitude!"
(Li Hua, civil servant of Jieshou Market Supervision Bureau, Anhui Province)
In the view of Li Ya, deputy director of the laboratory of Ningbo Institute of Artificial Intelligence of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, she is both honored and shocked to be able to directly participate in and witness the national centralized procurement of drugs as an ordinary scientific and technological worker. "The National Health Insurance Administration recruits volunteer supervisors from the society, so that we can get close to medical insurance and understand policies, which fully demonstrates the importance and trust of the government to the people. She said that medical treatment and medicine are related to the vital interests of the people, and the centralized procurement of drugs is that the National Health Insurance Bureau, on behalf of more than 1.3 billion insured people, starts from the health rights and interests of the people, and uses the most economical and reasonable cost to maximize the value of medical and pharmaceutical services and truly serve the people's health.
(Li Ya, Deputy Director of Ningbo Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
"Stepping up" in 20 days
The supply of pharmaceutical services is related to the realization of people's health and medical security functions. In order to ensure that the masses can obtain high-quality and affordable medical services, the National Health Insurance Administration has continued to promote the centralized procurement of drugs and medical consumables since its establishment, and has significantly improved the people's sense of access to medical care in terms of drug burden, drug quality, drug accessibility and treatment effect. In order to better guide the whole society to care about and participate in the cause of medical security, give full play to the role of social supervision, and enhance the public's participation in the relevant policies of centralized procurement of drugs and medical consumables, on April 3, 2024, the National Health Insurance Administration issued the "Announcement of the Office of the National Health Insurance Administration on Soliciting Supervisors of Centralized Pharmaceutical Procurement in 2024" (hereinafter referred to as the "Solicitation Announcement") on its official website and WeChat public account, soliciting 2024 compulsory supervisors of centralized pharmaceutical procurement from the public.
As soon as the news was released, people from all walks of life actively signed up. According to the basic conditions of volunteer supervisors and relevant work requirements, the National Health Insurance Administration publicized the list of volunteer supervisors to be selected on April 12 after comprehensively considering the occupation, expertise, region, social position and other factors of the applicants, and set up a four-day publicity period. On April 19, the final list of the first batch of 20 pharmaceutical centralized procurement supervisors was officially announced.
From the start of recruitment to taking office, it took only 20 days for the National Health Insurance Administration to complete the preparation and launch of the 2024 Compulsory Supervisor of Centralized Pharmaceutical Procurement. "The efficiency is really high!" Zhang Zhongfang, a volunteer supervisor, told China Medical Insurance magazine.
As the dean of the School of Finance, Taxation and Public Administration of Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Zhang Zhongfang has many years of in-depth research on medical security policies, but it is the first time in his life that he has been exposed to centralized procurement so intuitively. He said frankly that the original intention of applying to become a volunteer supervisor was to better study medical insurance and contribute more social responsibility, but he did not expect the speed of feedback from the National Health Insurance Bureau to touch him deeply.
"From submitting the application for a volunteer supervisor to finalizing the list, it felt like it only took me a week, and as soon as the list was announced, I contacted us to come to Shanghai to experience the centralized collection. In such a short period of time, so much work can be arranged, and the efficiency of our National Health Insurance Bureau is really too high!" In order to cherish this rare opportunity, Zhang Zhongfang specially adjusted his work arrangement and rushed to Shanghai from Jiangxi.
"Centralized procurement plays a very important role in promoting the reform of the medical and health system, and our volunteer supervisors should do a good job of performing their duties on behalf of the masses and public opinion, on the one hand, strengthen their own research in the field of centralized procurement, on the other hand, to understand and collect more social demands and voices for centralized procurement work, and do more propaganda within their power in strengthening the awareness of the masses of policies!" Zhang Zhongfang said.
(Zhang Zhongfang, Dean of School of Finance, Taxation and Public Administration, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics)
Convey the positive energy of medical insurance
Bai Gengliang, the volunteer supervisor who participated in the opening of the bid, is also a university teacher. He teaches in the Department of Pharmaceutical Administration and Pharmacoeconomics at Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, and many of the students he brings out will work in the pharmaceutical industry. "As a volunteer supervisor, I will have a better understanding of the situation behind these policies, and I will be able to introduce the country's health care system more comprehensively and accurately in class. In the future, when students engage in related work in the industry after graduation, they will also be able to better understand the meaning behind the national policy, and then help enterprises better adapt to this policy and do a good job in implementation. ”
(Bai Gengliang, lecturer of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine)
Talking about the original intention of signing up as a volunteer supervisor, Bai Junsong, who is a health management professional from Zhongshan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, has a different feeling.
"I work on the front line of the medical and health industry, and I can see people's desire for health every day. Like the health insurance sector, medical institutions are patient-centric, and everyone's goals are completely the same. In Bai Junsong's view, serving as the voluntary supervisor of centralized pharmaceutical procurement is an excellent opportunity to directly contact the work of medical insurance centralized procurement, which can not only better learn policies, but also convey the voice and suggestions of the front line of the hospital, so that medical insurance, medical treatment, and medicine can promote coordinated development in better interactive exchanges.
(Bai Junsong, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University)
"Supervise the implementation of centralized pharmaceutical procurement in 2024, reflect the opinions and suggestions of the people on the centralized procurement of medicine, actively participate in the interaction of the network and public opinion, interpret and reflect the actual situation of centralized pharmaceutical procurement in a language that the masses like to see, not only promote positive energy, but also do a good job of supervision. These are the three main tasks of the medical centralized procurement obligation supervisor mentioned by the Office of the National Health Insurance Administration in the "Solicitation Announcement".
"On the one hand, volunteer supervisors can play a role in social supervision, and on the other hand, they can also improve public participation and fully reflect the concept of social governance. In the view of Zhou Kairen, the 2024 compulsory supervisor of pharmaceutical centralized procurement and a third-level lawyer of Beijing Yingke (Shanghai) Law Firm, the National Health Insurance Administration's design of the voluntary supervisor system is very consistent with the work concept of national centralized procurement of drugs and consumables - openness and transparency, everything for the people.
(Zhou Kairen, third-level lawyer of Beijing Yingke (Shanghai) Law Firm)
In addition, the "Solicitation Announcement" also specifically stipulates that the volunteer supervisor shall be a non-drug and medical consumables research and development, production, distribution related practitioners, and have no relevant work experience, and have no conflict of interest with the centralized procurement of medicine.
"We can't just look at the reward, we citizens have an obligation to participate in such things. It is an obligation, an honor, and a responsibility and responsibility. At the same time, we will mobilize our friends and family members to continue to spread the good voice and positive energy of medical insurance, so that good policies can be more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people!"
Source | China Medical Insurance Text/Liu Yanqing Photography/He Wei
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