Some varieties of Chinese herbal medicine are included in medical insurance, which is expected to inject new impetus into the market.
From March 1st, Shanxi Province will implement the "National Basic Medical Insurance, Work Injury Insurance and Maternity Insurance Drug Catalog (2020)", the Provincial Medical Insurance Bureau and the Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security "On the implementation of the 2019 version of the National Basic Medical Insurance, "Notice of Work Injury Insurance and Maternity Insurance Drug Catalog" will be suspended from March 1, 2021.
In the 2019 edition, the "Drugs temporarily reserved in the Shanxi Province Drug Catalogue" (108 kinds) are all adjusted to cover the payment scope of Shanxi Province's medical insurance, work injury insurance, and maternity insurance funds; the names of some varieties in the "Shanxi Province Traditional Chinese Medicine Part" After merging and standardizing, a total of 217 kinds of herbal medicines will be included in the payment scope of our province’s medical insurance, work injury insurance, and maternity insurance fund together with the Chinese herbal medicines in the national catalog.
In addition to Shanxi, Hebei, Guangdong and other provinces and cities have issued the latest version.
On February 10, the Hebei Provincial Medical Insurance Bureau and the Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security issued the "Hebei Provincial Basic Medical Insurance, Work Injury Insurance and Maternity Insurance Drug Catalog (2020 Edition)".
The Hebei Medical Insurance Catalogue contains a total of 3097 kinds of medicines.
Among them, there are 2579 kinds of conventional drugs in the national catalogue; 221 kinds of drugs negotiated during the period of the national catalogue agreement; Hebei Province temporarily reserves 297 supplementary drugs.
In addition, there are 892 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines in the national catalog that the fund can pay.
The new version of Guangdong Province's medical insurance drug catalogue strictly follows the adjustment content of the national medical insurance drug catalogue, including more than 3100 kinds of western medicine, Chinese patent medicine and national negotiation medicine.
According to the "National Basic Medical Insurance, Work Injury Insurance and Maternity Insurance Drug Catalog (2020)" (hereinafter referred to as the "2020 Drug Catalog") issued by the National Medical Insurance Administration and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security at the end of December last year, Western medicine and Chinese patent medicines are included There are a total of 2,800 types, including 1,264 types of western medicines, 1,315 types of Chinese patent medicines, and 221 types of drugs negotiated during the agreement period.
In addition, there are 892 kinds of Chinese medicine decoction pieces that the fund can pay.
The "2020 Drug Catalog" will be officially implemented from March 1, 2021.
Since the "Interim Measures for the Administration of Drugs for Basic Medical Insurance" promulgated by the National Medical Insurance Bureau clarified the authority, the provincial medical insurance department can use the national "Drug Catalog" as the basis to adjust the authority and procedures prescribed by the state to qualify national medicines and medical institutions. After the decoction pieces of traditional Chinese medicine were included in the scope of the provincial medical insurance payment, many places began to include some decoction pieces of traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese patent medicines into medical insurance.
However, the market response was relatively calm.
In recent years, the drug catalogue has been adjusted, the varieties of Chinese patent medicines have increased, and with the support of policies such as "Policies and Measures for Accelerating the Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine", the Chinese medicine market has ushered in development opportunities.
In July last year, the country’s first inter-provincial Chinese medicinal materials procurement alliance "Twelve Provinces (regions, municipalities) Chinese medicinal materials procurement alliance" was established in Jinan, Shandong, through innovative models to promote mutual recognition of standards and try to solve the development problems of the Chinese medicine industry.
Author: Chen Han speech