Nghe An: Tooth filling is regulated to take 30 minutes, but the hospital does it in 5 minutes.

(Baonghean.vn) - Thai Thuong Hoang Hospital in Nghe An performs composite tooth neck welding technique for patients in just 5 minutes, 6 times faster than the regulation.

» Temporarily stop health insurance examination and treatment at a series of hospitals

At a recent meeting on the management of the Health Insurance Fund, Vietnam Social Security pointed out that many medical facilities did not comply with the prescribed norms; some facilities showed signs of admitting patients with mild medical conditions such as root canal treatment, conjunctivitis, tooth extraction... for inpatient treatment, leading to unreasonable hospitalization, unnecessary prolongation of treatment days... leading to increased medical examination and treatment costs.

In Nghe An, typically Thai Thuong Hoang Hospital performs composite filling of 24 teeth/treatment, an average of 5 minutes/tooth (the standard is 30 minutes).

According to Vietnam Social Security, the number of services that differ from the norm will not be paid due to failure to ensure quality (shortening implementation time, not complying with technical procedures).

According to the review, Thai Thuong Hoang Hospital fills 24 teeth with composite necks/treatment. Illustrative photo

Previously, when reviewing data on medical examination and treatment costs in 2016, the Social Insurance Agency discovered many irregularities and signs of health insurance abuse at Thai Thuong Hoang General Hospital and reported to Vietnam Social Insurance and requested to temporarily suspend the health insurance contract for 1 month for this hospital to inspect and review.

Through inspection, Nghe An Social Insurance refused to pay more than 9 billion VND in health insurance treatment costs (mainly dental services) to Thai Thuong Hoang private hospital (Vinh city).

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