News About: Goverment
NHIC and HIRA subjected to move outside Seoul.
The MOHW affiliates such as National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC), Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) and Health and Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA) and 177 other public organizations ...
Adulterated herbal drug distribution under scrutiny.
The KFDA plans to increase number of sample collections of herbal drugs more intensively this year to block adulterated and irregular herbal drug distribution in the market in advance.
The KFDA will check intensive...
Medicare for elderly people to adopt by 2007
The MOHW and the Uri party agreed to present a provision to the National Assembly, covering a medicare system for the elderly people being fully implemented from 2007. The program covers a medical service at the level...
Applications for drug standards and assay eased.
The Korea Food and Drug Administration announced a new draft of the drug standards and assay provision covering that all reviews are classified by the characteristics of each drug and a guideline on the application wr...
Full medical protection for cancer and other severe diseases to legislate.
Rep. Ko Kyung-wha of the GNP, a health and welfare committee member of the National Assembly, said that a legislative draft covering a full medical protection for severe diseases such as cancer seems to be presented b...
NHI paid 58 million won for a pharmacy.
In the 1st quarter this year the average national health insurance payment for a pharmacy accounted for 58 million won and most of NHI payment was settled down within 10 days from its billing, showing a short payment...
NHI prices for 326 drugs to change as of June 1.
The MOHW announced on May 16 "The NHI reimbursement and non-reimbursement drug list and its upper limit prices" covering price changes of the total 326 drugs for new addition, alteration and deletion, effective from ...
KFDA to ban on Zyprexa and other psychotic drugs for dementia.
The KFDA announced to prohibit for the total 6 anti-psychotic drugs including Zyprexa (E. Lilly) to treat dementia patients on account of an increased risk of fatal adverse reactions, a circular letter of which was di...
KHA recommends Deputy Prime Minister for health/welfare, environment & women affairs administration
The Korea Hospital Association (KHA) recommended in the responding letter to the MOHW's inquiry on the reestablishment of the MOHW's activities that a deputy prime minister system covering the health and welfare, envi...
A profit corporation system to apply for medical institutions.
The MOHW announced a medical service fostering plan in the "1st meeting of the medical service industry fostering council" at 10 a.m. on May 13 where they discussed and determined more detailed action plan until the ...
