Principles for paying for drugs and COVID-19 prevention and control supplies purchased from the state budget to collect services at medical facilities in Vietnam

Principles for paying for drugs and COVID-19 prevention and control supplies purchased from the state budget to collect services at medical facilities in Vietnam

Allows medical examination and treatment facilities to use drugs, supplies, and biological products that have been purchased from the state budget for COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control but have not been used up yet to serve medical examination and treatment, minimizing waste.

Regarding payment principles for drugs, supplies, and biological products purchased from the state budget for COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control to use for medical examination and treatment services, they are as follows:

- Patients with health insurance cards: Medical examination and treatment facilities are only allowed to pay and collect from the patient's co-payment equal to the purchase price according to the provisions of the bidding law but not higher than the purchase price covered by the social insurance agency for medical examination and treatment facilities as of August 18, 2023.

- People without health insurance cards: Medical examination and treatment facilities are only allowed to collect from patients the purchase price according to the provisions of bidding law, but not more than the price paid by the social insurance agency to medical examination and treatment facilities as of August 18, 2023.

From August 18, 2023, in cases where medical examination and treatment facilities do not have prices paid by the Health Insurance Fund, they will be based on the prices paid by the Health Insurance Fund to medical examination and treatment facilities and other medical treatment in the province/centrally run city. If there is still no price paid by the Health Insurance Fund at other medical facilities in the province/centrally run city, payment will be made at the purchase price according to the provisions of the law on bidding.

More details can be found in Resolution 129/NQ-CP effective from August 18, 2023 to December 31, 2023.

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