News About: Med. Insurance
NHI Reimbursement Increase Finally Set at 2.99%, NHI Insurance Premium at 2.38%
The National Health Insurance (NHI) reimbursement price increase will be at 2.99%, and the NHI insurance premium be at 2.38%, according to a recent announcement made by the Health Insurance Policy Review Council (HIPR...
No accord in 2005 medical treatment fee
Representatives from the local medical/pharmaceutical community responsible for the first negotiation of medical treatment and drug dispensing fees in 2005 failed to reach a consensus on November 5, due to unexpected ...
Public hearing on NHI development plan.
The NHI Development Council, an advisory to the MOHW minister, will hold a public hearing titled "A public hearing on the pursuit of NHI development plans" at the NHIC's cellar auditorium at 2 p.m. on Aug. 27.
Th...
Pharmacy NHI reimbursement at less than 3 million won per month.
About 2,000 pharmacies were found to bill the NHI reimbursement at less than 3 million won in contrast with 11 pharmacies at more than 600 million won, about 1,850 prescription filling per day on average.
The Yaku...
National health insurance mandatory for foreign workers
With a new work permit system for foreigners in a full-scale manner beginning August 17, it is now mandatory for foreign workers to join the nation's health insurance system, the National Health Insurance Corporation ...
Public health insurance allowances total 8.13 trillion won in first half
The Health Insurance Review Agency said on August 10 that health insurance payments in the first half of this year amounted to 8.13 trillion won, up 11.2 percent from the same period of a year earlier:
- Payments f...
1,127 reimbursable items selected as incentive drugs
The Health Insurance Review Agency announced that of 1,542 bioequivalence-tested items for the first half, 1,127 have been added to the incentive list of low-priced, substitution-dispensing drugs.
It added that the...
Number of insurance premium-unpaid insurance subscribers up 20.3% in first half
About 3.45 million Koreans in the low-income bracket have not received the nation's regional health insurance benefit, a lawmaker warned recently, calling for the government to come up with a long-term plan to help th...
Social burden of COPD in Korea analyzed
The incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Korea has climbed rapidly for the past four years (1999-2002) and this will likely exert a large social, medical and economic burden in the years to com...
HIRA to undertake DUR-based computerized screening on 172 contraindicated combination drugs from...
HIRA to undertake DUR-based computerized screening on 172 contraindicated combination drugs from July
The Health Insurance Review Agency said on June 28 that based on the proposed drug utilization review system (DU...
