Nghe An Department of Health submitted to the Provincial People's Council to regulate the prices of more than 10,000 medical services.

On the afternoon of November 26, the Committee for Culture and Society, the Provincial People's Council held a meeting to review a number of draft resolutions in the field of culture and society, scheduled to be submitted to the 25th Session of the 18th Provincial People's Council, term 2021 - 2026.

Price checker for over 10 thousand medical services

Reviewing the draft resolution regulating the prices of medical examination and treatment services for state-owned medical examination and treatment facilities under the management of Nghe An province, in addition to basically agreeing with the contents submitted by the drafting agency, the Department of Health, some members attending the meeting raised a number of issues requesting the Department of Health to explain. That is to clarify the legal basis and methods, calculation formulas for establishing prices of medical examination services, prices of services per day/bed, prices of technical and testing services, prices of technical services performed by anesthesia.

At the same time, the Department of Health is requested to review the list of services adjusted in the draft resolution, ensuring that they are not higher than the level prescribed by the Ministry of Health, suitable to local practical conditions and fair in terms of prices for medical examination and treatment services.

According to the draft, the price of medical examination services paid by the Health Insurance Fund is built into 5 levels, corresponding to 5 types, including: grade I, grade II, grade III, grade IV hospitals and medical stations.

There are also regulations on consultation service prices to determine difficult cases (experts/case; only applicable in cases where experts from other units are invited to consult at the medical examination and treatment facility).

Regarding the price of medical examination services not covered by the Health Insurance Fund, but not on-demand services, there are 3 services: Examination for granting injury certificates, medical examination (excluding tests, X-rays); comprehensive health examination for workers, drivers, periodic health examination (excluding tests, X-rays); comprehensive health examination for labor export workers (excluding tests, X-rays).

Similarly, the service price per day/bed is also built according to each level corresponding to the type of hospital class I, class II, class III, class IV and commune health station.

Reviewing 2 draft resolutions and 4 reports

Conducting the review of the draft resolution on naming streets, bridges and adjusting the names and lengths of roads in Thai Hoa town (phase 2), the Committee for Culture and Society, the Provincial People's Council requested the Department of Culture and Sports together with the People's Committee of Thai Hoa town to review the scale and length of the roads planned to be named, ensuring that they are consistent with the achievements and contributions of the celebrities named; at the same time, pay attention to adding more information about celebrities, historical events, and places to ensure accuracy.

Along with that, the Department of Culture and Society, the Provincial People's Council also requested the Department of Culture and Sports to urge localities to implement the resolutions on naming streets that have been issued in accordance with regulations.

The Committee for Culture and Society, the Provincial People's Council organized the examination of a number of draft resolutions on mechanisms and policies, including a draft resolution regulating the subjects and levels of support on the occasion of Lunar New Year, other celebrations and support in Nghe An province.

The Committee for Culture and Society, the Provincial People's Council also reviewed 4 reports of the Provincial People's Committee on the implementation of the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction in 2024, tasks in 2025; report on the implementation of policies and laws on occupational safety and hygiene in the province in 2024, tasks in 2025; report on the implementation of children's rights, solving children's issues in the province in 2024, tasks in 2025; report on the results of implementing the innovation of general education programs and textbooks.

Based on the results of the examination and conclusions at the meeting, Comrade Chu Duc Thai - Standing Member, Head of the Culture and Social Affairs Committee, Provincial People's Council agreed to submit to the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council to include in the content of the meeting to submit to the Provincial People's Council the draft resolutions and reports; at the same time, request the departments and branches to fully absorb the opinions of the meeting participants to adjust and supplement, ensuring the tightness, consistency and quality of the draft resolutions and reports.

The Head of the Department of Culture and Society also noted a number of issues related to the quality of implementation of resolutions after their promulgation; paying attention to resolving difficulties and limitations related to the implementation of the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction; implementing policies and laws on occupational safety and hygiene; child drowning...; paying attention to ensuring conditions, improving the quality of education, ensuring equal access to education for children in mountainous areas, ethnic minorities...