News About: Med. Insurance
HIRA to disclose 6 review guidelines.
The Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) held the Central Review Coordination Committee on June 21 to adopt 3 new review guidelines and 3 guideline changes.
In the meeting, they determined 6 review guidelines inc...
Dispensing fees at hospital pharmacies to be realistically adjusted.The Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) and the Korea Hospital Pharmacy Association (KHPA) met together on June 23 to discuss current issues for the first time since the found...
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Expanded health insurance allowance system to take place in July
The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced recently revised terms for the 6-month health insurance allowance in patients with chronic diseases, which will be implemented next month, following the approval of a Cabin...
3 health organizations jointly formed human resource development board.
3 health organizations including National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC), National Pension Corporation (NPC) and Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) took an inaugural congress for the foundation of "Korea Human...
NHI price approval for 313 new products.
On June 19 MOHW announced the revised ordinance of "NHI drug reimbursement and non-reimbursement and the upper limit reimbursement price list" covering 9 drugs for the NHI price changes, 313 new products for the reimb...
HIRA backlash to court decision on irrational prescriptions.
For the recent court decision of which the medical institutions should not be blamed nor responsible for the consequences of the physician's irrational prescriptions, Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) responded it...
178 drugs newly listed to NHI reimbursement schedule.
MOHW revised the NHI non-reimbursement and the upper limit price list in the 5th Health Insurance Review Council's meeting on May 25 and determined the NHI price approval for 178 products/new drugs and the NHI price r...
NHI price changes for 381 drugs effective from June 1.
Taking effect from June 1 the NHI prices for the total 381 drugs will be changed including 9 new items, 130 items of price changes, 142 items deleted from the scheme, 91 items of non-NHI reimbursement change and 78 it...
HIRA to open a discussion program twice a month.
Health Insurance Review Agency (President: Shin Uhn-hang) is running an open discussion program twice a month for the purpose of promoting a discussion and research atmosphere over the national health insurance system...
HIRA to launch ombudsman service
The Health Insurance Review Agency said on April 21 that it plans to launch its ombudsman service designed to make government responsive to complaints of citizens and medical institutions in screening and assessing dr...
