Official Dispatch 1608: Guidance on Payment of Health Insurance Medical Expenses upon Request

Kim Linh

21:21, 10/07/2024

Recently, the Ministry of Health issued Official Dispatch No. 1608/BYT-KH-TC to Vietnam Social Security regarding the payment of medical examination and treatment costs covered by health insurance when patients use on-demand services.

When patients use on-demand services such as medical examinations, hospital beds, medical technical services, medications, medical supplies, etc., the cost payment is carried out as follows:

- For services that are prescribed based on professional requirements within the scope of benefits of participants in Health Insurance (HI), the HI fund will cover according to the scope and level of benefits of the HI participants. The difference between the on-demand healthcare cost and the payment from the HI fund will be borne by the patient and paid to the healthcare facility;- For services that are not prescribed based on professional requirements or not within the scope of benefits of HI participants, the patient will bear the full cost of such services.

More details can be found in Official Dispatch 1608/BYT-KH-TC issued on March 27, 2019.

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