China News Service, January 29. According to the website of the National Medical Insurance Administration, from January to December 2023, the direct settlement of medical treatment in different places across provinces was basically stable. Direct settlement of medical treatment in different places across provinces was 129 million times, reducing the advance payment of insured people by 153.674 billion yuan. Increases of 238.67% and 89.91% respectively compared with 2022.
The scale of direct settlement of hospitalization expenses across provinces has further increased
As of the end of December 2023, there were 82,300 cross-provincial networked designated medical institutions nationwide for hospitalization expenses, an increase of 19,600 from the end of 2022. From January to December 2023, 11.2548 million hospitalization expenses were directly settled across provinces across the country, reducing personal advance payments by 135.126 billion yuan, an increase of 97.87% and 77.25% respectively compared with 2022. In the fourth quarter of 2023, 3.1793 million hospitalization expenses were directly settled across provinces across the country, reducing personal advance payments by 36.619 billion yuan, an increase of 1.76% and 1.15% respectively compared with the third quarter.
The scope of direct settlement of outpatient expenses across provinces has been further expanded
At present, all coordinating regions have opened inter-provincial direct settlement services for general outpatient expenses and outpatient treatment expenses for five types of special chronic diseases, including hypertension, diabetes, outpatient radiotherapy and chemotherapy for malignant tumors, uremic dialysis, and anti-rejection treatment after organ transplantation. inter-provincial direct settlement service. As of the end of December 2023, there are 193,900 cross-provincial networked designated medical institutions for general outpatient expenses, 58,000 cross-provincial networked designated medical institutions for outpatient chronic disease-related treatment expenses, and 352,400 cross-provincial networked designated retail pharmacies. Wanjia, increased by 118.6%, 305.59%, and 55.79% respectively compared with the end of 2022. From January to December 2023, 118 million outpatient expenses were directly settled across provinces across the country, reducing personal advance payments by 18.548 billion yuan, an increase of 263.36% and 295.9% respectively compared with 2022; of which 331 outpatient chronic disease-related treatment expenses were directly settled across provinces nationwide. 10,000 person-times, reducing personal advance payments by 3.352 billion yuan, an increase of 12.34 times and 12.97 times respectively compared with 2022. In the fourth quarter of 2023, 41.3968 million outpatient expenses were directly settled across provinces across the country, reducing personal advance payments by 6.541 billion yuan, an increase of 24.22% and 26.08% respectively compared with the third quarter. Among them, 1.3955 million outpatient treatment expenses related to chronic diseases were directly settled across provinces across the country, reducing personal advance payments by 1.49 billion yuan, an increase of 39.13% and 45.08% respectively compared with the third quarter.
The functions of national unified online filing services are further expanded
At present, all employees’ medical insurance and residents’ medical insurance can register online for medical treatment in different places across provinces through the National Medical Insurance Service Platform APP and the National Medical Insurance Administration’s WeChat official account. From January to December 2023, 8.0422 million people were successfully registered through the national unified online registration channel, an increase of 159.48% compared with 2022. At the same time, the national unified online query function has gradually expanded from cross-provincial networked designated medical institutions, consultation service hotlines of medical insurance agencies, and popular information query services for shutdown announcements to individual outpatient chronic disease qualifications and outpatient chronic special disease qualifications in individual insured areas. Personalized information inquiry services such as provincial network notifications and individual inter-provincial settlement fees.