News About: Goverment
Direct-payment system of medicine cost, strongly criticized
While the Government is promoting the direct-payment system of medicine cost, which is leading the controversy between the pros and cons, the system was bitterly criticized at a forum.
Dr. Jae-hwan Byeon of Korean ...
Health registration for Bisacodyl partly to amend.
The KFDA called for Bisacodyl preparations to additionally put a warning description indicating "a convulsion and abdominal distress may occur when Bisacody administered.
The KFDA has decided to give the above inst...
MOHW to make the revision bill of the Pharm. Affairs Law be passed by the NA
Joining forces with the ruling Millennium Democratic Party, the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) is planning to devote its energies to make the pending revision bill of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law pass through...
Steady Investigation of Medicine Price bring about Markdown
Government decided that they will do steady investigation of medicine price and cut the price if need, to stabilize insurance finance.
Government and ruling party will hold the policy meeting of party on April 11,...
Illegal medical bills to eradicate by all round push.
The MOHW along with the political circles including the relevant government authorities including the National Police Agency raised all round investigations against the false and illegal medical bills in current contr...
Harsher punishments to be introduced for illegal medical treatment and preparation of medicines
The Ministry of Health and Welfare is planning to raise the penalty for illegal operation of the medical facilities. To give an example, it filed lawsuits against eight medical treatment facilities that had illegally...
Health and Welfare Committee of National Assembly full-scale Activity from April 23.
200th Health and Welfare Committee of National Assembly will set to work in earnest from April 23.
The ruling and opposition parties reached an provisional agreement on going into standing committee actions, which...
Ministry of Health and Welfare·HIRA·National Health Insurance Corp. be set to Special Inspection
The Board of Audit and Inspection(BAI) began to special inspection on actual managerial conditions of national health insurance from April 9.
BAI decided that they would carry out the special inspection on Minist...
ULD party to suggest establishment of special planning unit for medical reform.
The United Liberal Democrats (ULD) party urged the government for a drastic modification and supplementation of the medical and pharmacy separation system.
Mr. Cho Boo-young, vice president of the ULD party, deliv...
Standard rate of pharmacies' income to be reduced by 0.8% to '15.8%'
The standard rate of pharmacies' income was reduced by 0.8% from 15.8% to 16.6%.
The National Tax Service (NTS) reduced the standard rate of pharmacies' income by 0.8% since the relative rate of their income increa...
