Notice of Hangzhou Municipal Health and Family Planning Commission of Hangzhou Municipal Price Bureau on Printing and Distributing Opinions on Strengthening the Management of Medicine Price in Non-pub

Opinions on strengthening the management of medicine price in non-public medical institutions in Hangzhou

　　In order to strengthen the medical price management of non-public medical institutions, standardize the medical price behavior, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of patients and non-public medical institutions, and further promote the healthy development of non-public medical institutions, According to the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Health and Family Planning Commission, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security’s Notice on Issues Related to the Implementation of Market-regulated Prices for Medical Services in Non-public Medical Institutions (No.503 [2014] of the Development and Reform Commission), Opinions of the People’s Government of Zhejiang Province on Promoting the Accelerated Development of Private Medical Institutions (No.46 [2013] of Zhejiang Province), The Zhejiang Provincial Price Bureau’s Notice on Standardizing the Clearly Marked Price of the Medical Industry in the Province (Zhejiang Price Inspection [2001] No.463) and other documents, combined with the actual situation of our city, are hereby notified as follows to strengthen the medical price management of non-public medical institutions in Hangzhou:
　　First, the price of medical services provided by non-public medical institutions shall be regulated by the market. Non-public medical institutions that are profit-making can set up medical service items and set specific prices by themselves; Non-public medical institutions, which are non-profit, set up service items and set their own specific prices in accordance with the National Specification for Medical Service Price Items. Drug sales shall implement the prescribed price policy.
　　 Non-public medical institutions participating in the comprehensive reform of public hospitals shall be implemented in accordance with the current medical service price and drug price policies.
　　Two, strengthen the dynamic monitoring of drug prices in non-public medical institutions. Non-public medical institutions should provide medical service items and charging standards and other information to the competent price department and health department where the "Practice License for Medical Institutions" is registered; To increase the charging items of medical services and adjust the price of medical services, the relevant information should be submitted to the competent price department and the competent health department in the place where the "practice license of medical institutions" is registered in time, so as to facilitate the dynamic monitoring of prices and the guidance and supervision of price behavior.
　　Three, non-public medical institutions should do a good job in the publicity of medical prices according to regulations.
　　(a) should be eye-catching position in its service place according to the following requirements to do a good job of medical price publicity:
　　The commonly used items and prices of medical services and the prices of commonly used drugs are prominently publicized in the executive department and the toll collection office.
　　The outpatient hall and inpatient hall should be equipped with a touch computer inquiry system in a conspicuous position for patients to inquire about the detailed medical prices of medical institutions. Smaller medical institutions are temporarily unable to set up a touch computer inquiry system, which can be publicized in other ways.
　　The information desk or medical guide desk should be equipped with a detailed medical price manual for patients to inquire.
　　(2) The publicity contents of common medical services include project name, project connotation, excluded contents, pricing unit, price, etc.; The contents of common drug price publicity include drug name, dosage form, specification, pricing unit, manufacturer, retail price, etc.
　　(3) establish a cost list system to provide patients with a list of expenses such as medicine.
　　Outpatients shall be provided with a list of outpatient charges. The detailed list of outpatient charges shall indicate the name, date, specific name and amount of expenses, and the name, specification, pricing unit, amount and total amount of medicines.
　　Daily hospitalization expenses list and summary list of hospitalization expenses categories shall be provided for inpatients. The list of daily hospitalization expenses should indicate the name, date, name and amount of expenses and the name, specification, pricing unit, quantity, amount and total amount of drugs; The summary list of hospitalization expenses should indicate the name, date of hospitalization, date of discharge, number of days, cost items, amount and total amount of expenses.
　　Four, non-public medical institutions should strengthen price management, set up a price management team, establish and improve the internal price management system.
　　(1) Set up a price management team. The price management team is composed of the heads of medical institutions, price management departments and full-time (part-time) price clerks, and is responsible for guiding, coordinating and supervising internal price management. The main responsibilities are as follows:
　　1 to implement the government’s medical price policy, implement the responsibility system for medical price management, and carry out price management according to law;
　　2. Guide, coordinate and supervise the relevant departments within the unit to correctly implement the drug price policy;
　　3. When the price of medicine changes, it should be adjusted and publicized in time;
　　4. Accepting medical price consultation and handling medical price complaints;
　　5. Regularly or irregularly conduct self-examination and self-correction on the implementation of medical prices in this unit to stop irregular price behaviors;
　　6 to assist and cooperate with the competent departments of price and health to carry out law enforcement inspection.
　　(2) Establish and improve the internal price management system. Establish and improve the internal medicine price adjustment and pricing management system, standardize pricing procedures; Establish a medical service cost accounting and cost control system, reasonably determine the medical service price level, and keep the price level relatively stable for a certain period of time.
　　(three) the establishment of medical price complaint management system. Set up a medical price complaint box in a prominent position in medical institutions, and announce the complaint telephone number to the public, and consciously accept social supervision; Seriously receive and accept patients’ complaints about price consultation, and solve existing problems in time.
　　Five, health administrative departments at all levels should promptly publish and adjust the list of public medical institutions within their respective jurisdictions, and all medical institutions outside the list are non-public medical institutions.
　　Price and health authorities at all levels should strengthen policy guidance to non-public medical institutions, not only promote the development of non-public medical institutions through price leverage, but also regulate their price behavior according to law to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of patients.
　　This notice shall be implemented as of November 1, 2014. The Notice of the Municipal Price Bureau on Strengthening the Management of Pharmaceutical Prices in Private Medical Institutions in Hangzhou (Hangzhou Price Service [2011] No.263) shall be abolished at the same time.