Take inventory of 12 policies that affect the medical community in 2017!

  • 2017-12-12
2017 is a year producing many medical polices. The State Council, National Health and Family Planning Commission and other departments consecutively issued various policies and regulations. Promoted by medical policy reform, the medical industry began its rapid and regular development.

Medical treatment:

1. The 13th Five-Year Plan for Deepening the Medical and Health System Reform: issued on January 9 to comprehensively deepen the medical and health system reform and promote healthy China construction.

2. The 13th Five-Year Plan on Hygiene and Health: printed and distributed by the State Council on January 10. As proposed in the Plan, until 2020, a basic medical and health care system covering urban and rural residents shall be basically established to realize the goal that everybody has access to the basic medical and health care service.

Medical insurance:

3. Circular on Issuing the Drug Catalog for national Basic Medical Insurance, Work-related Injury Insurance and Maternity Insurance (Edition 2017): on February 21, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security issued the new “drug catalog”, which was the fourth adjustment since the establishment of basic medical insurance system, and 8 years after the last adjustment. This version of catalog included 2,535 drugs in western medicine and Chinese patent medicine, increased by 339 drugs and 15.4% compared to the 2009 version of catalog.

4. Guidance on further deepening the Reform of basic Medical Insurance payment method: issued by the State Council in June. According to the Guidance, since 2017, the control of medical insurance fund budget will be further enhanced while comprehensively implementing multiple compound medical insurance payment focused on payment by disease category.

Hospital:

5. Circular on Promoting the Comprehensive Reform of Public Hospitals in an All-round way: it was jointly issued by National Health and Family Planning Commission and other 6 departments on April 24 to deepen the linkage of medical care, medical insurance and medicine and improve the systematicness, integrity and cooperativity of the reform.

6. Guidance on Advancing the Construction and Development of Medical Consortia: it was issued by the General Office of the State Council on April 26 to comprehensively launch multiple types of medical consortia construction pilots.

7. Guidance on the Establishment of Modern Hospital Management System: Guidance of General Office of the State Council on the Establishment of Modern Hospital Management System (hereinafter referred to as the Guidance) was officially released on July 14, which first comprehensively regulated and described the modern hospital management system and proposed the idea of “clear responsibility, scientific management, complete governance, efficient operation and powerful supervision”.

Marketing:

8. Provisional Measures for the Filing of Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinics and Provisional Measures for the Administration of examination and Registration of Physicians with expertise and technicians in TCM: these two documents (exposure drafts) were issued by State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine in April to provide official instructions for changing the examination and approval system of TCM clinics to the registration system.

9. Opinions on supporting social forces to provide multi-level and diversified medical services: the Opinions on supporting social forces to provide multi-level and diversified medical services enacted in May further clarified the goals: until 2020, the capacity of social forces to establish hospitals shall be significantly strengthened, medical techniques, service quality and brand reputation shall be significantly improved, the support of professional talents, health insurance and medical techniques shall be further intensified and the industrial development environment shall be comprehensively optimized.

10. Notice on deepening the Reform of "release Administration and Service" to stimulate the Investment vigor in the Medical Field: it was issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission on August 8, which required to further simplify examination and approval procedures of medical institutions and merge the establishment approval and practice registration of medical institutions with one license.

Medical & Pharmaceutical Industry:

11. Opinions on Deepening the Reform of Evaluation and Approval System to Encourage the Innovation of Drugs and Medical Devices: it was issued jointly by the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council on October 8, to provide supports for facilitating the industrial structure adjustment of drugs and medical devices and technical innovation.

12. Circular on the Implementing Opinions of Carrying out the Dual Invoicing System in Drug Procurement among Public Medical Institutions (Trial Implementation): it was issued by the Healthcare Reform Office of the State Council on January 2017, which required to gradually carry out the dual invoicing system in drug procurement among public medical institutions and encouraged to carry out the dual invoicing system in drug procurement among other medical institutions. 

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