In order to ensure that the people can obtain high-quality, efficient and affordable missing tooth restoration services, the Municipal Medical Security Bureau, together with the Municipal Health Commission and the Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, recently issued the Notice on Carrying out the Special Governance of the Charges and Consumables Prices of Oral Implant Medical Services in the City (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"), which will simultaneously implement the "trinity" comprehensive management of oral implant medical service charges, centralized procurement of implants, and crown price limit hanging network from April 4.
According to reports, the overall cost of oral implantation is mainly composed of two parts: medical services and medical consumables, and the comprehensive use of service price reduction, price regulation, consumables collection, information disclosure and other measures to work together to reduce the burden of oral implant costs on the masses. Among them, 15 oral implant-related medical services had an average price level of 72% lower than before the adjustment.
The price of oral implant medical services has been significantly reduced
According to the Circular, a total of 15 oral implant-related medical services have been integrated and standardized, and the price level has decreased by an average of 72% compared with before the adjustment. Among them, the more commonly used "Dental Implant Crown Restoration and Placement Fee (Single)" item, the price of public medical institutions has been reduced from 4500 yuan before the adjustment to a minimum of 1103 yuan; Another example is the technically complex "implant implant fee (full dental arch)" project, the price of public medical institutions has been reduced from 41000,9559 yuan before the adjustment to <>,<> yuan, which will significantly reduce the burden of medical service costs on the masses.
There is a clear upper limit to the total cost of routine dental implant services
At the same time, in order to allow the public to effectively enjoy the effect of price reduction, in addition to reducing the price of the project, in accordance with the requirements of the National Medical Insurance Administration, combined with the actual situation of the city, the total cost of medical services of "single conventional dental implant" was simultaneously regulated, and four levels of regulation and control targets were set up for different levels, different territorial medical institutions and the National Stomatological Center, specifically: 4,4300 yuan for second-level and below public medical institutions in the city, 4500,5000 yuan for third-level public medical institutions in non-urban six districts, and 5450,4 yuan for third-level public medical institutions in the sixth district of the city. National Center for Stomatology (Peking University Hospital of Stomatology) 20 yuan. The above regulatory targets refer to the cost of medical services, including medical service fees, examination fees, surgery fees, anesthesia fees, etc. Implants and crown consumables required for implants are charged separately and are not included in the price control target of medical services. The above policy will be implemented on April <>.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau, the designated medical institutions of medical insurance in the city, whether public or private, are implemented in accordance with the above policies. Private medical institutions that are not designated by medical insurance may refer to the above policies to determine their specific regulatory goals, and disclose them to the public.
Implant and crown prices reduced by an average of 55%
In addition, in order to further reduce the price of oral implant consumables, the National Health Insurance Administration organized the centralized procurement of oral implants, which significantly reduced the price of implants by an average of 55%. For example, the implant systems with higher prices before centralized procurement of Straumann, Dentsberg and Norboco dropped from the median price of about 5000,1850 yuan to about 1500,770 yuan, and the most demanded implant systems in the market dropped from about <>,<> yuan to about <> yuan. The relevant person in charge pointed out that the city will also carry out a limited price hanging net for the crown consumables used in the dental implant process to further reduce the price of crown products. In order to ensure that the public enjoys the results of the whole process of price reduction, the results of the above-mentioned consumables collective procurement will be implemented simultaneously with the price policy of medical services.
The official website of the Health Insurance Bureau will publish information about implantation institutions
It is understood that there are more than 1300,150 medical institutions at all levels and types that can provide oral implant services, including more than 1140 public medical institutions and more than <>,<> private medical institutions.
In order to facilitate the masses' medical treatment, the city will disclose relevant information related to planting costs through the official website of the Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau, which includes not only basic information such as the name and address of medical institutions providing oral implant services, but also information such as whether medical institutions participate in the centralized procurement of planting consumables, whether they promise to comply with medical service price regulation, whether they implement the zero difference rate of consumables, "specific medical service price control target value" and "planting consumables sales markup rate", providing an auxiliary reference for everyone to choose a planting institution.
Text/Reporter Xie Li