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New regulation to prevent extra billing.
New regulation to prevent extra billing.
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The National Health Security Office (NHSO) pushed forward a regulation to prevent extra billing for medical services.
On November 1, the NHSO board chaired by Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul endorsed the drafted regulation titled categories and scope of public health services 2021, which clarifies a list of health service fees covered under the Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS).
The drafted regulation results from an extensive review of existing regulations, which was led by the NHSO's subcommittee on categories and scope of health services.
Dr Prasobsri Ungthavorn, the subcommittee chairman, said that the subcommittee had reviewed 31 relevant regulations implemented since 2003, after Thailand introduced UCS successfully.
The subcommittee re-categorized health services and combined those regulations into one, to make it is more understandable for hospital operators and UCS beneficiaries.
The draft put health services covered by the UCS into 13 categories, health promotion and disease prevention; disease diagnosis; maternal care; medical treatment; drug, medical equipment, and artificial organs; childbirth; admission in care units; newborn care; ambulance and transportation services; transportation for people with disabilities; physical and mental rehabilitation, Thai traditional and alternative medicines; and necessary health services listed by the NHSO.
Health service fees that are not covered include; aesthetic treatment; unnecessary diagnosis and treatment; treatment at an experimental stage; organ transplantation, and health services that the NHSO excludes.
Dr Prasobsri added that there are other health services that the UCS does not cover, such as those that require a copayment.
UCS beneficiaries will be charged if they request health services from health units where they don't register, except having transferal documents or being considered as emergency cases.
The drafted regulation also adds new items eligible for UCS coverage, including specific drug and substance addiction treatment; health services relating to car accidents; infertility treatment (exclude surrogacy); and treatment requiring more than 180 days of admission.
NHSO expects the drafted regulation to be announced on the Royal Thai Government Gazette soon.
On November 1, the NHSO board chaired by Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul endorsed the drafted regulation titled categories and scope of public health services 2021, which clarifies a list of health service fees covered under the Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS).
The drafted regulation results from an extensive review of existing regulations, which was led by the NHSO's subcommittee on categories and scope of health services.
Dr Prasobsri Ungthavorn, the subcommittee chairman, said that the subcommittee had reviewed 31 relevant regulations implemented since 2003, after Thailand introduced UCS successfully.
The subcommittee re-categorized health services and combined those regulations into one, to make it is more understandable for hospital operators and UCS beneficiaries.
The draft put health services covered by the UCS into 13 categories, health promotion and disease prevention; disease diagnosis; maternal care; medical treatment; drug, medical equipment, and artificial organs; childbirth; admission in care units; newborn care; ambulance and transportation services; transportation for people with disabilities; physical and mental rehabilitation, Thai traditional and alternative medicines; and necessary health services listed by the NHSO.
Health service fees that are not covered include; aesthetic treatment; unnecessary diagnosis and treatment; treatment at an experimental stage; organ transplantation, and health services that the NHSO excludes.
Dr Prasobsri added that there are other health services that the UCS does not cover, such as those that require a copayment.
UCS beneficiaries will be charged if they request health services from health units where they don't register, except having transferal documents or being considered as emergency cases.
The drafted regulation also adds new items eligible for UCS coverage, including specific drug and substance addiction treatment; health services relating to car accidents; infertility treatment (exclude surrogacy); and treatment requiring more than 180 days of admission.
NHSO expects the drafted regulation to be announced on the Royal Thai Government Gazette soon.
