China News Service Client, Beijing, May 22 (Reporter Zhang Ni) The reporter learned from the National Medical Insurance Bureau that in April, the inter-provincial off-site medical direct billing hospitalization costs rose sharply, and the inter-provincial off-site medical direct billing accounted for 210,000 people, an increase of 61.0 %.

Data map: Patient enters the hospital for treatment

　　According to data from the National Medical Insurance Bureau, as of the end of April, the number of designated medical institutions across the provinces was 29,299, an increase of 540 from the previous month, including 26,417 designated medical institutions of the second grade and below; 6.62 million were registered on the national platform, with a total settlement of 488 Ten thousand people.

　　With the domestic epidemic situation under control, the number of inter-provincial direct medical settlements also changed significantly in April.

　　In April, cross-province medical treatment directly settled 210,000 person-times, an increase of 61.0% month-on-month; medical expenses were 4.98 billion yuan, an increase of 64.2% month-on-month; fund payment was 2.94 billion yuan, an increase of 60.4% month-on-month; Yuan, the fund payment ratio is 59.1%.

　　In addition, the pilot project of direct settlement of outpatient medical expenses across different provinces has also made new progress.

　　As of the end of April, the accumulative outpatient expenses for the inter-provincial treatment in the five provinces of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Southwest have been directly settled 1.03 million person times. The total medical cost was 241 million yuan, and the medical insurance fund paid 141 million yuan.

　　Among them, the direct settlement service of out-of-province outpatient medical expenses in the Yangtze River Delta region covers all coordinated areas in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui. There are 5,617 designated medical institutions connected to the network, with a total settlement of 1.0261 million person times and a total medical cost of 240 million yuan. The medical insurance fund paid 140 million yuan.

　　The first batch of pilot areas in the five southwestern provinces covered urban and township employee insurers in Chongqing, Sichuan and Chengdu, Yunnan and Kunming, and railway and power system insurers in Guizhou, and opened 149 networked designated medical services Institutions and 321 online designated pharmacies have accumulatively settled 3943 person-times of personal accounts for medical purchases, total medical expenses of 850,000 yuan, and medical insurance funds paid 830,000 yuan.

　　On December 26, 2019, the direct settlement of outpatient clinics in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region was officially launched. The first batch of pilots covered the basic medical insurance insurers in Beijing and Tianjin, and the medical insurance for employees in Hebei, Baoding, Langfang, Handan and Xiong'an New District Insured personnel, opened the Beijing Union Medical College Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Tianjin Nankai Hospital, TEDA International Cardiovascular Hospital, Hebei Provincial People's Hospital, Baoding Rongcheng County People's Hospital (Xiongan New District), Handan City Shexian Hospital, Langfang City Xianghe County People's Hospital.

　　As of April 30, a total of 323 people had been settled, the total medical expenses were 95,300 yuan, and the medical insurance fund paid 30,600 yuan. (Finish)