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    Jiangsu: Psychological treatment programs have been included in basic medical insurance since October

    • Last Update: 2022-09-21
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    The reporter learned from the recent meeting of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee on the key handling of the deputies' suggestions on medical security that the Jiangsu Provincial Medical Insurance Bureau intends to include the psychological diagnosis and treatment projects that have not yet been included in the medical insurance payment into the scope of basic medical insurance payment, and the province will unify the medical insurance payment categories, payment ratios and payment standards, and plan to implement
    them before the end of October this year.
     
    It is reported that at the fifth session of the Thirteenth People's Congress of Jiangsu Province held at the beginning of this year, Zhu Jinsong, deputy to the Provincial People's Congress and chairman of the Provincial Women's Federation, submitted the "Proposal on Orderly Inclusion of Psychotherapy in the Scope of Medical Insurance Payment", and the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress listed it as a key handling of the deputies' suggestions for supervision
    .
     
    "We took the opportunity of handling the deputies' suggestions to start the adjustment of medical insurance payments and systematically promote the solution of medical insurance problems for patients with mental disorders
    .
    " Zhou Ying, director of the Jiangsu Provincial Medical Insurance Bureau, said that there are 50 psychological diagnosis and treatment projects in the province, of which 25 have been included in the scope of basic medical insurance payment, the annual medical insurance fund expenditure exceeds 550 million yuan, and another 25 have not yet been included in the scope of
    medical insurance payment.
     
    Tan Junhua, chief physician of the Department of Psychiatry of Nanjing Brain Hospital, said: "There is a great
    social demand for psychological treatment now.
    Many of the patients we receive on a daily basis are patients with severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression
    .
     
    The reporter learned that last year, the number of people receiving psychological treatment in Jiangsu Province was nearly 170,000, and the medical expenses incurred were more than 24 million yuan, and the average burden was about
    140 yuan.
    At present, there are 103 psychiatric medical institutions and 253 hospitals in the province to carry out psychological treatment services, and the cost of psychological treatment is generally not low
    .
    Taking a hospital in Nanjing as an example, psychological treatment lasts 50 minutes at a time, and the charging standard is 800 yuan
    for experts with deputy senior titles or above each time.
    Psychotherapy is usually done once a week, and patients often need to be treated several times in a row, some of which are as long as several years, which is a heavy
    financial burden for patients.
     
    "Some previous psychotherapy programs could not be reimbursed, resulting in many people being reluctant to receive treatment
    .
    " Xu Shu, chief physician of the outpatient department of Nanjing Brain Hospital, believes that the inclusion of psychotherapy projects in medical insurance can not only reduce the economic burden of patients, but also improve the public's awareness of common mental disorders and psychological and behavioral problems, and enhance the awareness of
    active medical treatment.
     
    In order to further reduce the burden of medical expenses on patients, Jiangsu has also included 7 serious mental disorders such as schizophrenia into the unified outpatient special disease protection scope
    of the province.
    Zhou Ying explained that patients with such diseases need to take drugs for a long time or even for life, and the new policy allows patients to enjoy hospitalization treatment during outpatient treatment, while giving a policy tilt
    that does not set a threshold and the reimbursement ratio is not lower than the proportion of hospitalization reimbursement in medical institutions at the same level.
    The reporter learned from the recent meeting of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee on the key handling of the deputies' suggestions on medical security that the Jiangsu Provincial Medical Insurance Bureau intends to include the psychological diagnosis and treatment projects that have not yet been included in the medical insurance payment into the scope of basic medical insurance payment, and the province will unify the medical insurance payment categories, payment ratios and payment standards, and plan to implement
    them before the end of October this year.
     
    It is reported that at the fifth session of the Thirteenth People's Congress of Jiangsu Province held at the beginning of this year, Zhu Jinsong, deputy to the Provincial People's Congress and chairman of the Provincial Women's Federation, submitted the "Proposal on Orderly Inclusion of Psychotherapy in the Scope of Medical Insurance Payment", and the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress listed it as a key handling of the deputies' suggestions for supervision
    .
    Psychological psychology
     
    "We took the opportunity of handling the deputies' suggestions to start the adjustment of medical insurance payments and systematically promote the solution of medical insurance problems for patients with mental disorders
    .
    " Zhou Ying, director of the Jiangsu Provincial Medical Insurance Bureau, said that there are 50 psychological diagnosis and treatment projects in the province, of which 25 have been included in the scope of basic medical insurance payment, the annual medical insurance fund expenditure exceeds 550 million yuan, and another 25 have not yet been included in the scope of
    medical insurance payment.
     
    Tan Junhua, chief physician of the Department of Psychiatry of Nanjing Brain Hospital, said: "There is a great
    social demand for psychological treatment now.
    Many of the patients we receive on a daily basis are patients with severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression
    .
     
    The reporter learned that last year, the number of people receiving psychological treatment in Jiangsu Province was nearly 170,000, and the medical expenses incurred were more than 24 million yuan, and the average burden was about
    140 yuan.
    At present, there are 103 psychiatric medical institutions and 253 hospitals in the province to carry out psychological treatment services, and the cost of psychological treatment is generally not low
    .
    Taking a hospital in Nanjing as an example, psychological treatment lasts 50 minutes at a time, and the charging standard is 800 yuan
    for experts with deputy senior titles or above each time.
    Psychotherapy is usually done once a week, and patients often need to be treated several times in a row, some of which are as long as several years, which is a heavy
    financial burden for patients.
    Standard standards
     
    "Some previous psychotherapy programs could not be reimbursed, resulting in many people being reluctant to receive treatment
    .
    " Xu Shu, chief physician of the outpatient department of Nanjing Brain Hospital, believes that the inclusion of psychotherapy projects in medical insurance can not only reduce the economic burden of patients, but also improve the public's awareness of common mental disorders and psychological and behavioral problems, and enhance the awareness of
    active medical treatment.
    Hospital Hospital
     
    In order to further reduce the burden of medical expenses on patients, Jiangsu has also included 7 serious mental disorders such as schizophrenia into the unified outpatient special disease protection scope
    of the province.
    Zhou Ying explained that patients with such diseases need to take drugs for a long time or even for life, and the new policy allows patients to enjoy hospitalization treatment during outpatient treatment, while giving a policy tilt
    that does not set a threshold and the reimbursement ratio is not lower than the proportion of hospitalization reimbursement in medical institutions at the same level.
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