Zhongxin Finance, May 26 (Reporter Zhang Ni) In response to the recent public concern about the cost of nucleic acid testing for the new coronavirus, the person in charge of the relevant department of the National Medical Insurance Administration made the latest response.
The person in charge said that carrying out normalized nucleic acid testing can timely detect the source of infection of the new coronary pneumonia virus, quickly lock the control target, and effectively cut off the transmission route, which is an effective means to implement the general policy of "dynamic clearing".
In order to combat the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the National Medical Insurance Bureau has effectively performed the price management function of medical consumables, and deployed medical insurance departments at all levels to take measures such as centralized procurement through inter-provincial alliances, bidding on the Internet, and regional price linkages, and continue to introduce the price of testing products into a lower range; The testing organization has also continuously optimized the work of procurement, transportation and inspection, and continued to reduce costs and increase efficiency.
On this basis, the price of new coronavirus nucleic acid detection has been reduced for several consecutive rounds, and the cost of epidemic prevention and control has been continuously reduced.
On May 22, the Office of the National Medical Insurance Administration and the Medical Rescue Team of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the New Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic of the State Council issued the latest notice, requiring all localities to reduce the single-person nucleic acid test for the new coronavirus to no more than every one before June 10. 16 yuan per person, and multi-person mixed inspection is reduced to no more than 5 yuan per person.
In the case of large-scale screening and normalized testing organized by the government, testing institutions are required to provide services based on a multi-person mixed test of no more than 3.5 yuan per person.
In addition, nucleic acid testing expenses incurred by insured patients when they see a doctor can be paid by the medical insurance fund according to regulations.
These measures have provided strong support for the general policy of "dynamic clearing" and fully guaranteed the overall situation of epidemic prevention and control.
The person in charge introduced that the cost of normalized nucleic acid testing, which has been paid great attention by online public opinion recently, is in accordance with the "Guiding Opinions of the State Council's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism for the New Coronavirus Infection Pneumonia Epidemic on Doing a Good Job in the Normalized Prevention and Control of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic" "About "Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Advancement of Nucleic Acid Testing for the New Coronavirus", the cost of which will be borne by local governments.
Therefore, at present, financial departments in various places have provided financial support for normalized nucleic acid testing.
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