
Director of National Health Insurance Chen Liangyu said that the total amount of health insurance this year will reach 1 trillion 8.2 billion, and he will promote payment increases for many subjects and surgeries. Next year the total is expected to exceed 1 trillion 40 billion.
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Taichung Rongzhong celebrated its 44th anniversary and held an international medical seminar to discuss artificial intelligence and integrated medical transformation.
Taichung Veterans General Hospital celebrated its 44th anniversary and held a two-day international medical symposium. Director of National Health Insurance Chen Liangyu attended the celebration and said that this year’s total health insurance amount reached 1.82 billion, and reached the “one yuan one point” target for health insurance points. Obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, and surgical difficult surgeries will be available from September The mark-up has been increased. Physician internal medicine examination fees have not been adjusted for more than 10 years. In October, a meeting was proposed to increase the payment by 6 points. Outpatient services, hospitalization, and intensive care units were all increased by 8 to 13 points. 12 billion will be injected, and the total is expected to reach more than 1 trillion and 40 billion next year.
Chen Liangyu pointed out that the total amount of health insurance this year reached 1.782 billion, and the national health insurance point value "1 yuan 1 point" target was reached in the first quarter of this year, and health insurance payments were actively adjusted based on "different work, different pay". The Department of Health Insurance effective September 1st has 1.7 billion for obstetrics and gynecology, and pediatrics for different years. The bonuses for all ages have been increased across the board. The National Health Insurance Department will gradually announce the bonuses for 0 to 6 years old, 6 to 12 years old, and 12 to 18 years old. For difficult surgical operations such as pancreaticoduodenectomy (whipple), the National Health Insurance Department will increase the price to more than 2 times, with a total injection of 2.9 billion.
Regarding the increase in internal medicine examination fees for physicians, it was also approved last month that the payment will be increased by 6 points, inpatient examination fees will be increased by 13 points, an increase of 2%, intensive care unit, special ward, and general examination fees will all be increased by 13 points, 2%, and outpatient examination fees will also be increased by 8 points, 8%.
Chen Liangyu said that the confidence to increase the health insurance medical payment point is that this year's health insurance negotiation is the second negotiation home run since the establishment of health insurance in the Republic of China. The total amount of health insurance next year will reach more than 1.4 trillion. We will take good care of Taiwan's medical care, provide Taiwan's best and most advanced medical technology and drugs, and provide patients with the best medical care.
Zhongrong will hold a hospital anniversary international medical seminar for two consecutive days starting today, with the theme of "Smart Medicine Empowerment, Resilient Transformation: Global Perspective of Integrated Healthcare", focusing on the empowerment of artificial intelligence to promote the transformation of the medical system. As global health challenges continue to evolve, we will use an integrated care model to build a more resilient medical system.
President Fu Yunqing said that Zhongrong is committed to improving medical quality, cultivating outstanding talents, long-term promotion of integrated holistic medical care, and deepening cooperation with top international academic institutions. He hopes to build consensus on cross-domain cooperation through the seminar.
The discussion topics closely follow the development of ZRP and focus on the five major aspects of cutting-edge medicine, precision medicine, smart medicine, regenerative medicine and international medicine. The development blueprint for the next 10 years will take the care needs of the life course as the starting point, deepen professional integration, cultivate talents, and establish a medical system that can continue to serve the people.
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