Hubei phased out the medical supplies plus

Recently, Hubei Provincial Medical Security Bureau, Health and Health Commission, Market Supervision Bureau jointly issued "on the public medical institutions to cancel medical supplies plus to adjust the price of medical services guidance", requiring public medical institutions in Hubei Province by November 30 this year to completely cancel medical supplies, the implementation of provincial and municipal medical services after the price adjustment, the price of medical services, still in accordance with the current price and related prices.The Guidance requires all localities to base the total increase on medical supplies for medical supplies in public medical institutions in 2018, and scientifically estimate the reasonable income for medical institutions to eliminate the reduction in medical supplies in 2018, and effectively compensate them by adjusting the price of medical services and reducing the operating costs of hospitals. The price of medical services shall be adjusted structurally, with emphasis on raising the prices of medical services that are more affected by the abolition of medical supplies plus, and which are low in price, reflecting the value of medical personnel's labor services, technical difficulty and risk, and reducing the prices of large-scale medical equipment examination and treatment and examination."Guidance" pointed out that all places should adhere to the medical service price adjustment policy and medical insurance payment, medical control fees and other policies linked to each other, to ensure that the overall burden of basic medical expenses of patients does not increase. After the implementation of the price adjustment policy, the relevant public medical institutions may, on the premise of not exceeding the government-directed price, determine their own specific implementation prices. The increase in the price of medical services shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of the basic medical insurance policy and will not increase the burden of personal medical expenses of the insured persons in general. (Health Journal)