Corona Accepting moderately ill patients To raise medical fees September 14, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare 20:21
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to increase the medical fees paid to medical institutions that have accepted moderately infected people, as the business conditions of medical institutions have deteriorated due to the effects of the new coronavirus. I did.
In response to the spread of the new coronavirus, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has specially raised medical fees paid to medical institutions that have accepted severely or moderately infected people in order to improve the treatment of medical staff.
Although the proportion of infected people with severe illness is declining, the proportion of patients with moderate illness accounts for about 30% of the total, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is to support medical institutions whose business conditions are deteriorating. On the 14th, the Chuikyo = Central Social Insurance Medical Council presented a plan to raise medical fees additionally and it was approved.
Specifically, among moderately ill patients, those who need oxygen administration should add medical fees five times as much as usual because the number of medical treatments is increasing in order to prevent them from becoming severe. I am doing it.
In addition, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare plans to utilize this year's reserve fund to support medical institutions such as securing beds in preparation for accepting patients with the new coronavirus, and on the 15th, the Cabinet will discuss the necessary expenditures. I'm going to decide.