Beijing's inclusion of 16 assisted reproductive technology programs in health insurance reimbursement, is it suitable for national expansion?

Beijing will include 16 assisted reproductive technology programs in the medical insurance reimbursement, is it suitable for national promotion? Here's a discussion of the issue, which I hope will help those who need it.

According to information released by the Beijing Health Insurance Bureau on Feb. 21, Beijing has included 16 assisted reproductive technology programs in its outpatient reimbursement for medical insurance category A, making it the first city across the country to include assisted reproductive technology programs in its category A medical insurance. The latest policy was officially implemented on March 26th. The information caused widespread concern, there are many Guangdong residents to understand that Guangdong is also how far away from the inclusion of assisted reproductive technology in health insurance reimbursement?

News reporter on the 22nd from the Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Medical Protection was informed that, although the Guangdong health insurance did not list assisted reproductive technology out, but assisted reproduction is likely to be applied to some of the medical treatment, testing methods have been included in the scope of medical insurance reimbursement, to a certain extent, can be used to alleviate the economic pressure for infertility patients.

The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Medical Insurance, Beijing Municipal Health Commission and Beijing Municipal Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security recently issued the Notice on Standardizing and Adjusting the Prices of Some Medical Service Items to include 16 assisted reproductive technology items in the reimbursement of Beijing's medical insurance Category A expenses, and the newest policy will be implemented from March 26th onwards. According to the notice, the assisted reproductive technology items included in the reimbursement of Beijing medical insurance include 16 items that are common in outpatient treatment in hospitals, essential for diagnosis and treatment, and technically sound, such as uterine cavity artificial insemination, in vitro embryo transplantation, and male sperm selection and resolution. At this stage, Beijing has assisted reproduction qualification certificate of the basic medical insurance medical insurance designated hospitals have 15, including the Beijing Union, Beijing Medical Third Hospital, Beijing Maternity Hospital and so on.

"A friend shared this information in a work group this morning, causing a strong reaction from the group. This is definitely good news for infertility patients, which can substantially reduce the burden." Zhou Shaohu, deputy chairman of the reproductive medicine branch of the All-China Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine and head of the Center for Reproductive Medicine at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said in an interview accepted on the 22nd.

Zhou Shaohu calculated a bar account, to assisted reproduction in the more common to the artificial insemination as an example, the average cost of the project for 7000-8000 yuan (not the same IVF hospitals prices are slightly different), in which the medical cost of 20%, the actual operation of the technology project cost 80% of the cost of the project; Beijing will be included in the technology project Beijing will include this technology program into the category A cost reimbursement category of medical insurance (if the cost of 80% cost reimbursement), which means that it will reduce the overall burden for the patient by 64%. Take the first and second generation of IVF as an example, the average cost is 30,000-40,000 RMB, in which the medical cost is 30% and the cost of the technical program is 70%; if the technical program is included in the reimbursement of the medical insurance category A, it will reduce the burden for the patient by 56%.