Continue to pay the health insurance for the ordered and borrowed machines

The Ministry of Health has just released information that, on May 21, this Ministry has sent an official letter to the Vietnam Social Insurance (SI) about payment for technical services performed by the winning unit. chemicals, materials to lend or order.

Accordingly, regarding the performance of medical technical services with these machines, while waiting for the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Finance and the Vietnam Social Security to make an overall assessment and issue guidelines, the Ministry of Health proposed that the Vietnam Social Insurance Nam has written instructions to continue to pay medical examination and treatment expenses covered by health insurance for technical services performed by ordering or borrowed machines.

The time limit for implementation is in accordance with the time limit of the contract for procurement of materials and chemicals.

At the same time, this latest dispatch of the Ministry of Health also abolishes the content: “After the contract expires, if continuing to perform, it must clearly state in the bidding documents that the winning unit is responsible for supplying the machine.” in Clause 3 of Official Letter No. 2009/BYT-KH-TC dated April 12, 2018 sent to Vietnam Social Security on payment of technical services using borrowed and ordered machines.

Thus, Vietnam Social Security will continue to pay the cost of medical examination and treatment covered by health insurance on borrowed and ordered machines.

Previously, on May 9, Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan signed and promulgated Official Letter No. 2348/BYT-KH-TC to the Vietnam Social Security, about the annulment of Official Letter No. 2009 issued on April 12/ 2018 by the Ministry of Health in payment of technical services using borrowed and ordered machines.

Therefore, on May 12, Vietnam Social Security requested localities to stop paying health insurance for technical services using borrowed and ordered machines, based on the decision of the Ministry of Health to annul the relevant dispatch.

However, this official letter of the Ministry of Health immediately caused a stir in public opinion, the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City even sent an urgent document to report difficulties and problems when implementing official documents related to payment of expenses. Technical and testing fees for patients.

The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and hospitals said that if they stop paying for health insurance with the cost of technical services on borrowed machines, machines located at medical facilities (according to the Ministry of Health’s document) will affect people’s health, quality of treatment and universal health insurance.

After receiving petitions from many medical examination and treatment facilities, the People’s Committee of the province/city and the Social Security Administration of Vietnam proposed the Ministry of Health to comment on the payment of medical expenses covered by health insurance for technical services. performed by using machines that are lent or ordered by the winning companies for materials and chemicals under the contract signed with the medical examination and treatment facility.

Ngoc Trang