In response to the proposal to include infertility treatment in free medical care, the National Medical Insurance Bureau recently responded that it will gradually include appropriate childbirth analgesia and assisted reproductive technology items in the scope of medical insurance fund payment, and encourage hospitals of traditional Chinese medicine to set up eugenics clinics to provide Infertility diagnosis and treatment services.
The National Medical Insurance Bureau stated that the medical insurance department has always attached great importance to population issues. At present, eligible fertility support drugs, such as bromocriptine, triptorelin, and clomiphene, have been included in the scope of medical insurance payment, which has improved the health benefits of some patients. level of drug security.
The Bureau proposes to gradually include appropriate childbirth analgesia and assisted reproductive technology projects into the scope of fund payment, and strive to reduce the medical burden of infertile patients and improve the level of medical security.
In 2018, the National Health and Medical Commission organized a research project related to the treatment of infertility with traditional Chinese medicine, and compared the efficacy of some traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of female infertility with thin endometrium and male oligoasthenospermia. effect.
The National Health and Medical Commission and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine require further strengthening of traditional Chinese medicine work in the field of women and children, providing high-quality Chinese medicine services for couples in need of fertility, and sorting out and summarizing the clinical experience of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of infertility, forming a traditional Chinese medicine for infertility Diagnosis and treatment plans and clinical pathways are promoted and used throughout the country.
At present, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine is formulating an implementation plan for the Healthy China Action TCM health promotion special action, encouraging TCM hospitals to set up prenatal and postnatal care clinics to provide infertility diagnosis and treatment services.
The National Health and Medical Commission and other relevant departments will also organize training on appropriate techniques of Chinese medicine and the use of Chinese patent medicines, health education on Chinese medicine, formulate and promote a diagnosis and treatment plan for infertility treatment that integrates traditional Chinese and Western medicine, and promote Chinese medicine hospitals to carry out infertility diagnosis and treatment Serve.
In terms of strengthening the construction of TCM talents for women and children, the National Health Commission proposed to strengthen the training and training of backbone talents, encourage obstetrics and gynecology clinicians of Western medicine to learn TCM, and encourage TCM gynecologists with senior professional titles in TCM medical institutions to practice in more places.
The State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine will further promote the special talent training project of traditional Chinese medicine (Qihuang Project). In the special talent training project, it will coordinate and strengthen the training of infertility-related professionals. By 2025, maternal and child health The organization establishes no less than 2 inheritance studios, and each studio trains no less than 10 Chinese medicine business backbones.