Recently, the Ministry of Health of Vietnam has just issued the Circular No. 30/2020/TT-BYT elaborating the Decree No. 146/2018/NĐ-CP guiding the Law on Health Insurance of Vietnam. According to this Circular, children right upon birth whose birth declaration procedures are not completed shall be granted provisional health insurance cards.
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Specifically, according to current provisions, children under 6 years old are all given free health insurance cards after making birth certificates. However, at present, many cases of children who need medical examination and treatment immediately after birth, but do not have birth certificates, have not been granted health insurance to enjoy social security policies.
Thus, according to Clause 1 Article 10 of the Circular No. 30/2020/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, in case of children who benefit from health insurance right upon birth according to Law on Health Insurance but have not been issued with health insurance cards by social security agencies due to incompletion of birth declaration procedures, medical examination and treatment establishments shall produce provisional health insurance cards, consisting of:
(1) Beneficiary code: specify TE;
(2) Health insurance benefit code: specify number 1;
(3) Code of provinces and central-affiliated cities: specify according to Decision No. 124/2004/QD-TTg dated July 8, 2004 of the Prime Minister of Vietnam where the mothers or legal guardians reside or where medical examination and treatment establishments are based in case of newborn babies abandoned in medical examination and treatment establishments;
(4) Medical ID code: specify according to Decision No. 2153/QD-BYT date May 25, 2020.
Thus, according to the above provisions, from March 01, 2021 (the day Circular No. 30/2020/TT-BYT takes effect), children right upon birth who have not been issued with health insurance cards by social security agencies due to incompletion of birth declaration procedures shall be granted provisional health insurance cards by medical examination and treatment establishments. This is a new provision compared to the previous regulation.
For example, provisional code for a child receiving medical examination and treatment whose mother resides in Hanoi shall be encoded as: TE101 and followed by medical ID code (10 digits).
Specify name of newborn babies who have not been named in medical records for medical examination and treatment, extraction and transfer of electronic data serving management, assessment and payment of medical examination and treatment costs covered by health insurance as follows:
- If a newborn baby is accompanied by either parent: specify full name of that parent;
- If a new born baby is not accompanied by any parent but by a guardian: specify full name of the guardian;
- If a newborn baby is not accompanied by anyone or is abandoned in a medical examination and treatment establishment: specify name of the medical examination and treatment establishment that is currently providing treatment.
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