Liaoning's new drug list increased by 243 kinds of drugs compared to state regulations

In the future, the scope of medical insurance products used by residents of the province (Liaoning) will be expanded. On July 28, the Liaoning Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security printed and issued the “Basic Medical Insurance, Industrial Injury Insurance and Maternity Insurance Drug Catalog (2010 Edition)” of Liaoning Province. This is the first update since the formulation of the drug list in 2005. The new drug list has an increase of 243 kinds of drugs as compared with the state regulations and will begin implementation on October 1 this year.

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Compared with last year, 243 kinds of medicines in the province's 2005 edition of the Liaoning Province were added to more than 2,150 kinds of medicines. This time, the new version of the medicine list in the province has increased more than 300 kinds to more than 2,400 kinds in 2005. Compared with the drug catalog, there are also 243 additional products.
More than 2,400 drugs in the new drug catalog, including more than 500 A drugs, and more than 1,000 B drugs. Category A drugs are implemented in full compliance with national lists and have been implemented since December 2009. The main adjustments are Class B drugs. The new version of the drug list is divided into three parts: western medicine, proprietary Chinese medicine, and traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces. In addition to adding drugs, the new edition of the drug catalog also provides detailed regulations on the scope and conditions of medications. Among them, there are five Western medicines that absolutely cannot be used as Medicare drugs, and one that violates the principle of medical insurance includes nutritional and health-care drugs, weight-loss cosmetic drugs, and infertility drugs. In addition, drugs that are likely to cause adverse reactions, which are not conducive to ecological protection, contain rare metals, and do not meet the economical and effective principles, cannot enter the medical insurance catalog.

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The Provincial People's Club of the province has said that the new version of the drug catalog is based on the relative stability of the drugs used by the insured personnel. Based on the changes in the clinical and pharmaceutical science and technology and the requirements of the drug users, the scope of drug use has been appropriately expanded and improved. The medication level.
The newly added 243 kinds of drugs are medical experts in various fields in the province and have been selected through several rounds of voting from more than 10,000 drug names in the country. According to the selection criteria, the drugs that can enter the medical insurance catalog must meet the following five principles, namely clinical must and a wide range of medications, safe and effective, reasonable prices, easy to use, and must be adequately supplied by the market.
The greatest significance of the increase in the drug list for the participants is that the scope of the use of medical insurance products has expanded. “The level of benefits enjoyed by the participants has also been increased,” said the person in charge of the Health Department of the Provincial People's Association. According to the statistics in the first half of this year, the total number of participants in basic medical insurance in the province has reached 19.558 million, including 13.884 million insured workers and 5.674 million insured residents. In addition, the number of people participating in the provincial industrial injury insurance insurance also reached more than 700 million, and the number of maternity insurance participants reached more than 5 million. The increase in drug types will benefit more participants.

new rule--
The proportion of personal self-paid expenses The municipalities shall establish the expenses incurred by insured personnel in using Western medicines, Chinese patent medicines, and non-catalogue Chinese herbal medicines in the new drug catalogue. The specific payment standards shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, and maternity insurance. The new drug catalog stipulates that when the basic medical insurance co-ordinating fund pays the category A drug costs for the insured personnel, it shall be settled directly according to the relevant regulations; when paying the expenses for category B drugs, the insured personnel shall pay a certain percentage and then follow the basic medical insurance regulations. Settlement is first determined by the proportion of individuals paid by each coordinating region within the range of 5% to 15% based on the affordability of the medical insurance fund and the insured personnel.
However, the basic medical insurance, work-related injury insurance, and maternity insurance drug catalogs are formulated by the state and the provincial government will make uniform adjustments to Class B drugs as required by the state. Each co-ordinating area shall not adjust the list of medicines or establish a separate list of medicines in any name.

The Provincial People's Club Office stated that all co-ordinating regions will set the maximum payout limit or standard of the unified funds for drugs of the same variety of dosage form in the new drug catalog; the drugs that mainly play the role of adjuvant therapy in the category B drugs may be appropriately increased. The percentage of self-paid expenses shall be set to the level of payment of other Class B drugs. For the out-of-catalogue drugs necessary for clinical emergency rescue and special disease treatment, the declaration system for designated medical institutions shall be established and corresponding audit management measures shall be specified.