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Share of the pains work for Financial Stabilization
Minister of Health and Welfare Kim Won-gil emphasized that medical and pharmaceutical groups should work for financial stabilization through share of the pains.
Minister of Health and Welfare Kim Won-gil emphasize...
Kang Yun-gu appointed the Head of Planning and Management Office of Health and Welfare Ministry
Government appointed the head of policy research office Kang Yun-gu of the ruling Millennium Democratic Party in the Head of Planning and Management Office had vacant on May 4.
Kang, 51, returning to Ministry of He...
Pharmaceutical Affairs Law Amendment to be settled in June by the National Assembly
While it became sure that the revised bill of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law would not be introduced in a plenary session in the 220th special session scheduled through April 30, the amendment is expected to be settle...
Infrastructures for Bio-equivalent test projected by consortium.
In line with the NHI financial stabilization and to facilitate a smooth implementation of the substitutive dispensing, the MOHW intended to build up the basic structures for the biological equivalent test by 5 organiz...
Special Tax Investigation in illegal medical insurance agency
As special tax investigation have been carried out on agency asking for insurance allowance illegally to National Health Insurance Corp. at request of medical treatment institutions including hospital·clinic since Apr...
Main discussion over the drug reclassification.
The MOHW took a Drug Classification Commission's meeting on April 30 at the Kwachon conference room and elected the joint commissioners representing to the medical communities by Director Lee Wook-yong of the Private ...
Direct payment system urged to suspend.
6 medical and pharmaceutical organizations formed a joint cooperative association. The Association took a meeting at the National Assembly Representative's Hall on April 30 and decided to take a joint action against t...
Insurance payment restricted to drugs of no efficacy equivalent test.
For the drug having no completed its efficacy equivalent tests, the MOHW would allow a 6 month probation period for the test and restrict insurance payments from Nov. this year.
At present the number of drugs that ...
NHIC needs rights to probe illegal insurance bills.
The civic groups took a pan-national resolution rally at the Seoul station plaza on April 26 in participation of 500 members, claiming for the current medical charges to cut down and for illegal medical bills to eradi...
Administrative Measures against Unjust·unclean claim be tightening control.
To stabilize health insurance finance, Ministry of Health and Welfare decided on revision of enforcement ordinance and enforcement regulations of National Health Insurance Law to strengthen sanctions against treatment...
