Shanghai: To go to a Chinese medicine shop next year, you can buy medicine and you can brush your card.

In the process of deepening medical reforms, the Chinese medicine policy will be further implemented. Charges such as traditional Chinese medicine decoctions, sitting clinics, and counters for Chinese medicines are expected to be included in the scope of medical insurance next year.

Which Chinese medicine projects will be included in the medical insurance ● There are 26 pharmacies in Shanghai covered by the medical insurance, of which there are 14-16 drugstores with outpatient departments. The pharmacy outpatient clinic doctors' fees will be included in the medical insurance;

● Chinese herbal decoction costs will also be included in the scope of medical insurance, can be reimbursed 50% to 70%;

● The first 32 kinds of classic Chinese Herbal Pieces “counter party” have been sold in 26 Chinese medicine shops in Shanghai. These “counter parties” will be included in the scope of medical insurance.

In the next year, people in the Chinese medicine shops that include Tong Hanchun and Lei Yunshang, who are included in the scope of medical insurance, can look for a doctor or visit the counter directly at a pharmacy. They can pull the medical insurance card.

On the 19th, Shen Yuandong, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Health and director of the Office of Traditional Chinese Medicine Development, disclosed at the "4th Hai Pai Forum on Traditional Chinese Medicine" that in the process of deepening medical reforms, the Chinese medicine policy will be further implemented, and traditional Chinese medicine decoctions, sitting clinics, and It is expected that charges such as counters for Chinese herbal medicines will be included in the scope of medical insurance next year.

In order to promote the development of Chinese medicine, Shanghai officially released the “Three-year Action Plan for Further Accelerating the Development of TCM in Shanghai” on June 13 this year. Local finance will increase investment in TCM, and TCM infrastructure investment will increase by 80%. When formulating and implementing the national essential medicine list, Shanghai fully considered the characteristic advantages of Chinese medicine, and Chinese proprietary Chinese medicines accounted for 38% of the added essential medicines, which was 5 percentage points higher than the national proportion.

Shen Yuandong stated at the forum yesterday that during the construction of the basic medical insurance system, the policy on Chinese medicine has also been implemented. The Shanghai Medical Insurance Office plans to include medical expenses for traditional Chinese medicine in medical insurance coverage. According to reports, currently there are 26 pharmacies in Shanghai covered by medical insurance, among which there are 14-16 pharmacies with outpatient departments, and pilots will be conducted in these pharmacies outpatient departments next year. Medical expenses for doctors in the sitting room will be included in the scope of medical insurance, and citizens will go to these pharmacy clinics. Department of medical treatment, you can pull the medical insurance card.

In addition, due to eating Chinese medicine every time they must be decocted, the level of sophistication has caused many people to retreat, and the generation of decoction charges incurred by the hospital on behalf of the decoction has always been paid by the patient, which has virtually restricted the development of Chinese medicine. . According to Shen Yuandong, Beijing has taken the lead in including surrogate expenses into the scope of medical insurance. The Shanghai Medical Insurance Office also plans to include Chinese herbal medicine decoction fees in the scope of medical insurance, and can be reimbursed from 50% to 70%.

In addition, in August this year, the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration officially approved the sale of the "counter party" of traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces. The first 32 "classic countertops" of traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces have been sold in 26 Chinese medicine shops in Shanghai. The “counter party” of traditional Chinese medicine decoction pieces is an old pharmacist who has been sitting for many years in traditional Chinese medicine and has long been engaged in the deployment of traditional Chinese medicines. Based on the patient’s condition, he formulates simple prescriptions based on long-term accumulated experience and uses this to prepare Chinese Herbal Pieces for the treatment of common “small hairy ailments”. The counters for Chinese medicines will also be included in the scope of health insurance. Citizens can open medical insurance cards at the counters of these 26 pharmacies.