Notice on carrying out some key work of the new rural cooperative medical system

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Updated: 2014-07-30

7. Regulate medical services in primary hospitals Local authorities at all levels should strictly follow the regulation on management of medical institutions, thoroughly implement safety-related rules and regulations, practice medicine in accordance with law, and ensure healthcare safety. Medical institutions and their staff should strictly follow the requests of clinic guides, standard and clinical pathway. They should standardize clinical examination, diagnosis, treatment, care, and use of drugs and medical devices. In order to promote rational use of medicine, local authorities should effectively implement the Prescription Administrative Policy and Guiding Principles for Clinical Application of Antibiotics by reinforcing the management of antibiotics and intravenous infusion in primary hospitals. The efficiency of new rural cooperative medical funds shall be increased by regulated medical services and controlled medical expenses.

8. To advance information construction of new rural cooperative medical system and to pilot offsite reimbursement

The provincial-level government should speed up the construction of the new rural cooperative medical system’s information platform to connect to the national-level platform, with the goal of connecting 15 provinces by the end of 2014. We should use the information platform to examine offsite reimbursement and crack down insurance fraud. Those regions not connected should inspect offsite reimbursement via phone calls, letters, Internet and on-site verification. Conditional regions can launch pilot programs on inter-provincial reimbursement through the information platform, independent consultation or entrusted commercial insurance companies.

National Health and Family Planning Commission of the PRC

2014-07-08