How long will you stay in hospital after discharge?

You can take medical insurance if you stay in hospital for more than 15 days after discharge.

At present, the regulation of medical insurance in re-hospitalization is that the interval must exceed 15 days before medical insurance reimbursement can be used again. If the interval does not exceed 15 days, you can't use medical insurance for reimbursement, but if it is really necessary, you can use medical insurance for reimbursement within 15 days as long as you are treated by doctors in designated hospitals according to relevant regulations.

The reimbursement process of medical insurance card is as follows:

1. Prepare reimbursement related materials, including cases, discharge records, disease diagnosis, etc. And these materials should be stamped with the official seal of the hospital. You need to check out after discharge, and don't get the invoice off;

2. Submit the original relevant materials to the medical insurance department;

3. After returning to the medical insurance place, submit the relevant materials to the medical insurance reimbursement department for reimbursement;

4. After the materials are submitted, you only need to confirm your basic information and complete the reimbursement without error;

5. The reimbursement is expected to arrive within 15 working days.

To sum up, the reason why there is such an interval requirement is mainly to prevent the decomposition of the hospitalization fund. Because some people will pay more for treatment and there is an upper limit on the use of medical insurance reimbursement, they will take the method of decomposing hospitalization to defraud the overall fund.

Legal basis:

Article 28 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law

Medical expenses that meet the basic medical insurance drug list, diagnosis and treatment items, medical service facilities standards and emergency rescue shall be paid by the basic medical insurance fund in accordance with state regulations.

Article 29

The medical expenses of the insured shall be paid by the basic medical insurance fund, and shall be directly settled by social insurance agencies, medical institutions and pharmaceutical business units.

The administrative department of social insurance and the administrative department of health shall establish a settlement system for medical expenses in different places to facilitate the insured to enjoy the basic medical insurance benefits.