News About: Med. Insurance
Pocket payment of chronic patients to be lightened.
The government revised the NHI related provisions including the enforcement decree of the National Health Insurance Reimbursement Act effective from Jan. 1, 2004, applying a broader scope of its reimbursement and redu...
HIRA sampling case stories over civil counselling.
The Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) published "Case stories of civil counselling in 2003" which was edited with the written Q&A over the HIRA review and assessment through internet after having compiled for 3 ye...
HIRA to notify bill review via internet.
Taking effects from Jan. 2004 the HIRA will notify their bill review outcomes to all medical institutions via internet starting from Jan. 2004. So far, the review notification has been made via written letters.
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Rare disease patients to pay 20% less from new year.
Taking effect from Jan. 1, 2004 the ambulatory patients suffering from rare disorders like cancers, Parkinson's disease may pay 20% less than the previous year, which also includes dispensing charges too according to ...
NHI reimbursement review may appeal to HIRA.
Any appeals against the HIRA's review may be filed directly to the HIRA (Health Insurance Review Agency) starting from Jan. 1, 2004. The review claim is a provisional process of which a medical service provider raises...
MRI test to be reimbursable from 2005
The MOHW announced that the NHI reimbursement for the MRI test would be applied from Jan. 1, 2005 along with other dental services such as a compounded resin filling and other cement filling but for the ultrasonic tes...
Civil groups insist on withdrawal of increased medical premiums
Following the government's November 28 decision to raise national medical premiums by 6.75 percent next year, seven civic groups insisted on the freeze of premiums in a statement.
The statement said that the govern...
Medical/pharmacy circles to oppose 2.56% NHI price increase.
The NHI price and NHI premium in 2004 finally determined to raise merely 2.65% (56.87 won) from this year (55.4 won) and 6.75% respectively.
Under the new pricing scheme the daily pharmacy dispensing fees will be i...
EDI bills to get many privileges in NHI reimbursement.
The Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) encouraged the medical bills through the EDI channels with incentive plans including a short review time whereas the review on non-EDI bills be tightened.
The HIRA announce...
NHI price negotiation not concluded until Nov. 28 meeting.
In the 3rd meeting for the NHI price negotiation between the Health Policy Council and other interested groups, they did not extract any conclusion but agreed to finalize it in the 4th meeting as scheduled on Nov. 28....
