News About: Med. Insurance
Restrictions on the reimbursement of ginkgo biloba preparations to be eased
Standards for reimbursing ginkgo biloba preparations, such as SK Chemical’s Ginexin and Yuyu’s Tanamin, announced on January 1 are expected to be eased sometime next month, according to informed sources.
The publi...
Korea to integrate four major public insurances
The government plans to consolidate the nation's four major public insurances by 2009 as part of its plan to streamline the process of insurance services and better meet growing welfare needs.
The government recent...
Moracle taking free diagnosis on head skin and alopecia.
Moracle (www.moracle.co.kr), a company specialized in hair cares, invited Dr. David Schellinger from Australia a world reputed expert of IAT in the area of head skin and alopecia to provide a free consultation service...
Total 8,687,100 MW of NHI payment for services in H1 of 2005.
The total NHI payment for medical services during the first half of this year reported 7.5% up at 8,778,900 million won from the same period of last year according to the 2005 NHI Statistics disclosed on Aug. 29 by th...
Average 2% NHI price slash for 593 drugs
The NHI price of the total 593 drugs seems to be slashed by 1.96% on average.
The NHI Policy Review Commission of the MOHW determined the NHI prices for drugs, non-NHI payment and the upper limits at the meeting on...
Enbrel reimbursable for ankylosing spondylitis.
Enbrel injection of Wyeth Korea has been approved of its NHI reimbursement for the indication of ankylosing spondylitis effective from May. Now, the portion of patient's payment for Enbrel has been cut down to 260 tho...
Civil medical insurances may cause bipolar effects.
Prof. William Shao of Harvard Univ delivered a special lecture sponsored by the Korea Health Insurance Corporation (NIHC) on April 29, saying that a heavier reliance of medical insurance on the private civil sectors i...
List of High-Priced Prescription Drugs Identified for Government Reviews
The list of high-priced prescription drugs as identified by the Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) shows that a total of 758 ethical drugs with specific tradenames are subject to the first-quarter review on the act...
NHIC Expands Health Insurance Discount Provision
The National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) announced on February 2nd that the current National Health Insurance (NHI) contribution discount is being revised to further assist low-income families and those in the...
Provision of Insurance Claim Re-Evaluations Gives More Choices for Healthcare Providers
The Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) announced that it has completed a necessary preparation for implementing a provision of re-evaluation request services for the National Health Insurance (NHI) reimbursement cl...
