News About: Goverment
Too many dependents; Cause for financial bankruptcy Pointed out by a member of NA
It was pointed out that the dependents supported by the insured of the health insurance were the main cause of the financial difficulties of the health insurance.
Jae-cheol Sim, the member of The Grand National Pa...
Doctors's License Revocation if False and Unfair claim exposed
Doctors detected out false and unfair claim will take strong punishment in revocation of license.
Ministry of Health and Welfare decided on revising the medical law to revoke their license if doctor exposed by u...
'One-year suspension' sought for refusing inspections
Medical facilities and drug stores will face operation suspensions of one year if they refuse inspections of insurance benefits in connection with the practice of requesting illegal and unfair health insurance payment...
Mr. Lee Kyung-ho promoted to vice minister of MOHW.
Mr. Lee Kyung-ho, the former assistant minister of the planning, management and health service office, has promoted to the new vice minister of the MOHW, nominated by President Kim Dae-jung on April 1 who also newly a...
Medicines with no effect to be removed from the list of the insured medicines
Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) is planning to strike medicines without any effect off the list of insured medicines through reexamination of medicines' effects and exercise strict control over payment requests ...
The National Assembly opens 220th extraordinary session … expected to deal with the pharmacist law
The National Assembly opens its 220th special session today (2nd of April) to handle pending problems including the amendment of the pharmacist law for 30 days.
In today's plenary session partly for an opening cer...
Integration of Pathology and Toxicology Department and Reorganization
To activate research function and promote efficiency of work on National Institute of toxicological Research, Korea Food & Drug Administration (KFDA) established Reseach and Planning division, integrated Pathology and...
Diagnosis Related Groups require to be considered being introduced in stages
A thesis was published and is drawing attention regarding Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) which have come into the limelight as one of the stabilization plans for the health insurance finance. It insists that the DRG ...
National Assembly to raise packages for NHI financial stabilization plans.
In an attempt to overcome the impending NHI financial collapse the National Assembly raised stabilizing plans, which include the newly adoption of so called Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) system, the amelioration of th...
1 trillion won of early government subsidy to NHI.
The MOHW made it clear that by all means the NHI payment would not make any default, providing necessary initial measures including 1.9 trillion won of advanced government subsidy and provisional borrowings while over...
