Recently, the Jiangsu Provincial Medical Insurance Bureau issued the "Notice on Carrying Out Medical Insurance Designated Retail Pharmacies to Participate in Volume Purchasing and Sunshine Purchasing", which clarifies that the medical insurance designated retail pharmacies implement "zero-markup" sales of selected drugs for volume purchases
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For the selected drugs, national negotiated drugs, and provincial reserve drugs other than the selected drugs purchased by the provincial platform, the designated pharmacies should take the initiative to negotiate the price when purchasing, and purchase according to the negotiation results, and under the premise that the price is not higher than the listed price.
Reasonably determine the sales price
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In fact, Jiangsu's inclusion of designated pharmacies in centralized drug procurement and the implementation of "zero-markup" sales have long been foreshadowed
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On May 11 this year, the Jiangsu Provincial Medical Insurance Bureau introduced at the provincial medical insurance and people's livelihood practical work promotion meeting and press briefing meeting that this year's Jiangsu medical insurance department will focus on implementing 12 medical insurance and people's livelihood practical facts, one of which is through the village and township.
(Street) Select retail pharmacies, build "medical insurance convenience pharmacies", set up centralized drug purchase counters and national negotiated drug counters, and implement "zero price difference" sales
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On July 21, the "Medical Insurance Designated Retail Pharmacies Participating in Volume Procurement and Sunshine Purchasing Plan (Draft for Comment)" issued by the Jiangsu Provincial Medical Insurance Bureau proposed that it is planned to open provincial platform procurement to the provincial medical insurance designated retail pharmacies (hereinafter referred to as designated pharmacies).
At the same time, it also clearly requires designated pharmacies to purchase at the online price and sell at a "zero markup rate"
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The "Draft for Comments" emphasizes that designated pharmacies should sign a special purchase agreement with the medical insurance agency, abide by the special supplementary agreement, and uniformly label the selected drugs for bulk purchases and sell them strictly at a "zero margin" rate.
The selected drugs are sold in tie-in or bundled sales with other drugs, and the selected drugs shall not be re-sold and purchased in bulk
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It is worth mentioning that under the background that Jiangsu Province vigorously promotes pharmacies to implement "zero-markup" sales of centrally-purchased products, the first batch of "medical insurance convenience pharmacies" in Xuzhou has been built recently, and 23 pharmacies have passed the inspection and were officially listed.
"Medical Insurance Convenience Pharmacy"
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These pharmacies can provide 89 kinds of centrally-purchased medicines and 127 kinds of nationally negotiated drugs, all of which are sold according to the “zero price difference” between the centrally-purchased price and the nationally negotiated price
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In fact, with the normalization of centralized drug procurement and the strong appeal of retail pharmacies, it has become an irresistible trend for pharmacies to participate in centralized procurement.
Zhejiang, Hunan, Shandong, Guangdong, Shanghai, Henan, Shanxi and other provinces and cities have begun to promote
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It is expected in the industry that Jiangsu Province, as a major pharmaceutical province, implements "zero-markup" sales, which will definitely have a demonstration effect on the above provinces
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In the future, retail pharmacies in more provinces may be added to the "zero markup" sales
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However, it should be noted that in this context, "zero-markup" sales will also become a huge challenge for retail pharmacies, and pharmacies need to bear operating costs such as rent and employee wages during the operation process
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However, in the era of "traffic is king", it can also increase passenger flow.
For drug users, the more convenient process of taking medicines will also increase the chance of purchasing other medicines
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For pharmacies, it is necessary to seize the opportunity and actively respond
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