How to Reimburse Guangzhou Medical Insurance for Overseas Hospitalization?

Guangzhou Municipal Health Insurance participants can apply for reimbursement of medical expenses by direct settlement of cross-provincial and cross-location medical treatment or by advance payment and reimbursement back to Guangzhou.

Guangzhou health insurance participants hospitalized in foreign countries, medical expenses reimbursement can take the way of direct settlement of cross-provincial medical treatment or advance payment and then reimbursement back to Guangzhou. The direct settlement of cross-provincial medical treatment refers to the fact that the insured person can directly settle the medical expenses in a different place to reduce the economic burden if the medical insurance designated institution provides valid proof. If direct settlement is not possible, you can also advance the medical expenses first and apply for reimbursement from the social security agency when you return to Guangzhou, and you need to provide relevant certificates and cost lists and other materials.

What do I need to pay attention to for direct settlement of cross-provincial medical treatment? The direct settlement of cross-provincial medical treatment needs to pay attention to the following points: 1. you need to choose the medical insurance designated institutions for medical treatment and provide valid supporting documents; 2. the selected medical institutions should have a cooperative relationship with the medical insurance designated institutions in Guangzhou; 3. you should take the initiative to apply to the hospital and accurately fill in the relevant information when going through the discharge procedures; 4. after the end of the cross-provincial medical treatment, you need to mail or report the settlement vouchers and the list of medical expenses and other materials in a timely manner to the social security agency. After finishing the medical treatment in a different place, you need to send the settlement vouchers and medical expense lists and other materials to the medical insurance agency in Guangzhou by mail or report in a timely manner.

Guangzhou Municipal Health Insurance participants who are hospitalized abroad can have their medical expenses reimbursed through direct settlement of cross-provincial cross-location medical treatment or advance payment and then reimbursement back to Guangzhou. Participants need to pay attention to the details of choosing a designated medical institution and applying for settlement and reimbursement in a timely manner.

Legal basis:

Guangdong Province, social health insurance across the province of direct settlement of medical expenses management measures for cross-provincial medical expenses, Article 7 of the cross-provincial medical patients in the hospitalization of medical institutions in accordance with the policy of medical treatment in a different place and the implementation of the rules, you can be in the medical institutions of cross-province direct settlement of medical expenses for cross-provincial medical treatment.