In preparation for the simultaneous epidemic of the new coronavirus and influenza, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will review some of the requirements for adding medical fees to medical institutions that have established fever outpatient clinics, and will extend the deadline until the end of March next year. It's decided.
The possibility of a simultaneous epidemic of the new coronavirus and influenza has been pointed out this winter, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is asking the Japan Medical Association and others to cooperate in setting up a fever outpatient clinic.
Under these circumstances, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare decided to extend the addition of medical fees to medical institutions that have fever outpatient clinics, which is due at the end of this month, and notified the relevant parties on the 26th.
Specifically, the addition will be extended until the end of March next year, with the requirement of establishing a new fever outpatient clinic and expanding the current medical treatment system.
In addition, for patients with a high risk of becoming seriously ill who are being treated at home or in accommodation facilities, there is a system that can handle examinations on Saturdays and Sundays and influenza, as well as additions to medical institutions that conduct examinations by telephone, etc. And so on, it will be extended until the end of March next year.
At a press conference, Executive Director Nagashima of the Japan Medical Association said, "The fact that a new evaluation was shown in the direction of expanding the medical care provision system in preparation for a simultaneous epidemic is the result of understanding the actual situation of regional medical care. I am doing,” he said.