Medical treatment fee “Main body” slightly increased, such as doctor labor costs, etc. Overall forecast is negative Dec. 5 6:19
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In the next year's medical fee revision, the government has begun to consider a slightly positive revision rate for the “main body”, which is the personnel expenses of doctors. On the other hand, in order to curb social security costs, the “drug price” portion will be lowered, and overall revisions are expected to be negative.
The medical fee paid to the medical institution is composed of a “main body” part that corresponds to the personnel and technical fees of the doctor and a “price” part that corresponds to the price of the medicine and the material cost of the medical device.
Of these, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced on June 4 that the market price of drugs was 8.0% lower than the national price, on the 4th. For this reason, the government plans to reduce the “drug price” part based on the difference from the market price, and it is expected that it will be able to reduce more than 90 billion yen by formulating the budget plan next year.
In response, the government began to consider the “body” part of the focus in a slightly positive direction. However, in order to curb social security costs, the increase in the “Body” portion will be adjusted within the range that does not exceed the decrease in the “National Drug Price” portion, and the overall revision is expected to be negative.
Regarding the “body” part, the Japan Medical Association is calling for a 0.5% increase to the same level as the previous time in order to reform the work style of doctors, and the government will proceed with adjustments to determine the revision rate in the middle of this month. I have decided.