Anhui No Escort Care Expenses** Reimbursement

The People's Insurance Department of Anhui Province, the Department of Health, and the Price Bureau have jointly issued a letter, bringing the cost of non-enumerated nursing care into the scope of basic medical insurance reimbursement. It is reported that the types of insurance included in this reimbursement include medical insurance for urban employees, medical insurance for urban residents, and new rural cooperative medical care.

It is reported that the establishment of an ambulance-free ward and the implementation of non-assisted care are one of the contents of the reform of public hospitals introduced this year. It is also an important aspect of improving nursing services and improving the quality of care. This year, Anhui Province has introduced care-free nursing care in public hospitals of Grade 2 or above in the province. In July of this year, after being approved by the price department of the province, medical institutions can collect no nursing care fees, and the approved first-, second-, and third-tier care-free nursing care costs are 40 yuan, 30 yuan, and 20 yuan per day, respectively.

The three departments in Anhui Province require that the unaccompanied care wards meet the requirements set by the Ministry of Health for Basic Care Services for Inpatients, Code of Practice for Basic Nursing Services, and Code of Practice for Common Clinical Nursing Technologies, and applications from medical institutions , approved by the same level of price, personal insurance, health departments. Unaccompanied tour wards shall strictly implement projects and standards approved by the price department, strengthen management, may not increase charges, may not expand the scope of the project, and may not lower the standards for admission. Relevant departments should strengthen supervision in accordance with their own responsibilities and find that the illegal charges should be immediately corrected until the cancellation of charges and reimbursement of eligibility.