Can social security cards from other provinces buy medicine in designated pharmacies in Shenzhen? What are the key factors?

However, according to the plan of the National Medical Insurance Bureau, medical insurance outpatient fees will be fully settled in different places nationwide. This means that you can swipe your social security card to get medicine in designated pharmacies all over the country. In designated hospitals, the medical expenses that must be paid by the enterprise can also be paid according to the social security card. If these plans can be implemented, the money in social security cards from other provinces can be swiped at designated pharmacies in Shenzhen to get medicines, or used to settle outpatient expenses in hospitals in Shenzhen.

Most of China's social endowment insurance has achieved provincial overall planning, and the progress of provincial overall planning of medical insurance is gradually accelerating. Recently, I saw that many pharmacies in Chengdu have advertised at high prices, and some pharmacies have also opened social security cards in cities and counties across the province to swipe credit cards. In other words, social security cards in Sichuan Province can be used in many chain pharmacies in Chengdu. There are also many chain pharmacies in five provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in southwest China that have started the business process of swiping social security cards, but this is only Chengdu. I have never seen this with my own eyes, nor have I personally used it, nor have I seen relevant reports.

Social security cards in five provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in southwest China can often be used in designated pharmacies or designated hospitals. This is because five provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in southwest China have signed off-site settlement agreements for hospital outpatient services. According to the relevant provisions of the settlement agreement, as long as chain pharmacies or designated hospitals are set up in five provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in southwest China, social security cards of relevant cities in five provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities can be used to complete settlement in different places, and it is not necessary to apply for medical treatment in different places.

However, social security cards from other provinces cannot be swiped at pharmacies in Shenzhen, nor can they be swiped at designated pharmacies in Shenzhen, because Guangdong Province or Shenzhen City has not signed an agreement with other provinces to settle outpatient fees in different places. Although outpatient expenses can also be settled in different places, as long as the hospitalization expenses are filed in different places before hospitalization, they can be settled in different places with social security cards, without paying the hospitalization expenses themselves, and then going back to the social security insurance place for reimbursement; If a staff member fails to seek medical treatment in a different place before hospitalization, if he is hospitalized in Shenzhen, he must pay the hospitalization expenses first and then reimburse the expenses when he returns to the social security insurance place.

However, according to the plan of the National Medical Insurance Bureau, after the outpatient expenses are settled in different places throughout the country, social security cards from other provinces can be settled in designated pharmacies or hospitals in Shenzhen, which is equivalent to the lifelong validity of medical insurance outpatient expenses. For ordinary people, this will be a better message. At this stage, with the efforts of all parts of the country to comprehensively push out outpatient fees in different places in this province, by the end of this year, the settlement of outpatient fees in different places in the country may start in all directions. In fact, by the end of this year, social security cards from other provinces may be able to swipe their credit cards at designated pharmacies or hospital clinics in Shenzhen.

Generally speaking, at this stage, social security cards from other provinces cannot be used in outpatient clinics of designated pharmacies or hospitals in Shenzhen. In other words, outpatient expenses cannot be settled in different places, but the software of hospitalization expenses settlement system has been opened, but it is necessary to apply for medical treatment in different places in advance; Hospital outpatient settlement in different places, according to the arrangement of the National Medical Insurance Bureau, stipulates that all outpatient expenses shall be settled in different places.