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MINISTRY OF
HEALTH
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence – Freedom – Happiness
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No.: 627/BYT-BH
Re: Guidance on implementation of Article 22 of the Law on Health
Insurance
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Hanoi, January
27, 2021
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To:
- Departments of Health of provinces and
central-affiliated cities;
- Hospitals and institutes having patient beds affiliated to Ministry of
Health;
- Health facilities affiliated to Ministries.
(hereinafter referred to as “units”)
Article 22 of the Law on Health Insurance No.
25/2008/QH12 dated November 14, 2008 as amended in the Law No. 46/2014/QH13
dated June 13, 2014 (hereinafter referred to as “Law on Health Insurance”)
stipulates that, from January 01, 2021, when a health insurance policyholder
receives medical services from any provincial-level hospital of inappropriate
level nationwide, his/her inpatient service costs shall be covered by the
health insurance fund with the same scope and rate of health insurance coverage
as he/she receives medical services from a hospital of appropriate level. After
obtaining the consent from Vietnam Social Security, the Ministry of Health
hereby provides guidance on implementation of the said Article 22 as follows:
1. Reimbursement of costs of
medical services in case a health insurance policyholder receives medical
services from a district-, provincial- or central-level hospital of
inappropriate level and then is requested to use inpatient services:
a) The health insurance fund shall make payment
according to the coverage rate specified in Clause 3 or Clause 6 Article 22 of
the Law on Health Insurance for costs of inpatient services, including
examination and treatment services (costs of medical examination, subclinical
tests, function examinations, diagnostic imaging, etc.) ordered by physicians
or performed at outpatient department or emergency department;
b) The health insurance fund shall not reimburse
costs of outpatient services in case the health insurance policyholder has
completed his/her outpatient treatment but then is requested to receive inpatient
treatment or day treatment for the same diagnosis.
2. Reimbursement of costs of
medical services in case a health insurance policyholder receives medical
services from a hospital of inappropriate level and is requested to receive day
treatment:
a) The health insurance fund shall reimburse costs
of day treatment in case a health insurance policyholder receives medical
services from a central- or provincial-level hospital of inappropriate level
and is requested to receive day treatment according to the Circular No.
01/2017/TT-BYT dated March 06, 2017 of the Minister of Health and the Circular
No. 01/2019/TT-BYT dated March 01, 2019 of the Minister of Health, and Point a
(for a central-level hospital) or Point b Clause 3 and Clause 6 Article 22 of
the Law on Health Insurance (for a provincial-level hospital).
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3. Coverage rates and encoding
of data, recording of costs of medical services in case health insurance
policyholders receive medical services from hospitals of inappropriate level as
prescribed in Point c Clause 3, Clause 4 and Clause 6 Article 22 of the Law on
Health Insurance:
a) With regard to health insurance policyholders
who receive medical services from district-level hospitals as prescribed in Point
c Clause 3 Article 22 of the Law on Health Insurance and from provincial-level
hospitals as prescribed in Clause 6 Article 22 of the Law on Health Insurance
over the country:
- In case health insurance policyholders use
medical services from district-level hospitals as prescribed in Point c Clause
3 Article 22 of the Law on Health Insurance over the country: They shall have
costs of inpatient and outpatient services reimbursed at the same rates as they
receive medical services from hospitals of appropriate level;
- In case health insurance policyholders use
medical services from provincial-level hospitals as prescribed in Clause 6
Article 22 of the Law on Health Insurance over the country: They shall have
costs of inpatient services reimbursed at the same rates as they receive
medical services from hospitals of appropriate level;
- Health insurance policyholders who use medical
services from hospitals of inappropriate level as prescribed in Point a of this
Section shall not be entitled to exemption from copayment of medical services
as prescribed in Point c Clause 1 Article 22 of the Law on Health Insurance;
copayments made by patients when they receive medical services from hospitals
of inappropriate level shall not be considered by Vietnam Social Security when
issuing certificate of exemption from copayment in the year.
- Health facilities shall encode data and record
cases of patients who use medical services at hospitals of inappropriate level
as prescribed in Point a Section 1 hereof as follows:
+ Enter code “3” in field No. 16 (MA_LYDO_VVIEN) of
Table 1 enclosed with Decision No. 4210/QD-BYT dated September 20, 2017 of the
Minister of Health prescribing output data standards and formats used in
management, assessment and payment for medical services covered by health
insurance fund;
+ Enter the coverage rate of 80 or 95 or 100
corresponding to the code of coverage rate specified in the health insurance
card in field No. 17 (MUC_HUONG) of Table 2 and Table 3 enclosed with Decision
No. 4210/QD-BYT;
+ Select the "Inappropriate level" part
in Section 14 Part I (Administrative works) of the Statement of costs of
medical services enclosed with the Decision No. 6556/QD-BYT dated October 30,
2018 of the Minister of Health promulgating the model statement of costs of
medical services used by health facilities.
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b) When a health insurance policyholder who has the
registered initial healthcare provider at a commune-level medical station or
general clinic or district-level hospital uses medical services from another
commune-level medical station or general clinic or district-level hospital
within the same province as prescribed in Clause 4 Article 22 of the Law on
Health Insurance, he/she shall be considered receiving medical services from a
health facility of appropriate level and the term "unrestricted
referral" shall used in statistical reports. To be specific:
- He/she shall have costs of
inpatient services reimbursed at the same rates as he/she receives medical
services from a health facility of appropriate level;
- He/she shall be entitled to exemption from
copayment of medical services as prescribed in Point c Clause 1 Article 22 of
the Law on Health Insurance; copayments made by the patient in this case shall
be considered by Vietnam Social Security when issuing certificate of exemption
from copayment in the year.
- The health facility shall encode data and record
information as follows:
+ Enter code “4” in field No. 16 (MA_LYDO_VVIEN) of
Table 1 enclosed with Decision No. 4210/QD-BYT;
+ Enter the coverage rate of 80 or 95 or 100
corresponding to the code of coverage rate specified in the health insurance
card in field No. 17 (MUC_HUONG) of Table 2 and Table 3 enclosed with Decision
No. 4210/QD-BYT;
+ Select “unrestricted referral” at Section 13 Part
I (Administrative works) of the Statement of costs of medical services enclosed
with the Decision No. 6556/QD-BYT.
+ Enter the coverage rate of 80 or 95 or 100
corresponding to the code of coverage rate specified in the health insurance
card in the “Coverage rate” section in Part II (Costs of medical services) of
the Statement of costs of medical services enclosed with the Decision No.
6556/QD-BYT.
c) In case a health insurance policyholder uses
medical services at a hospital of inappropriate level and is receiving
inpatient treatment but his/her health insurance card has been expired:
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- If there is change in the coverage rate specified
in the new health insurance card, the reimbursement of costs incurred from the
effective date of the new health insurance card shall be made according to the
new coverage rate.
- E.g.: A health insurance policyholder holds
a health insurance card whose code is CN3 (coverage rate: 95%), and receives
inpatient services from December 15, 2020; his/her health insurance card of
code CN3 expires on December 31, 2020 and he/she participates in health
insurance for family households and is issued with a new health insurance card
of code GD4 (coverage rate: 80%) which is effective from January 06, 2021;
Until January 20, 2021, he/she is discharged from the hospital. In this case,
costs of medical services shall be reimbursed by the health insurance fund as
follows:
+ Costs of medical services within the scope of
health insurance coverage incurred from December 15, 2020 to the end of
December 31, 2020: the health insurance fund shall make a payment by
multiplying 60% of the sum of costs by 95% of the coverage rate (which is the
coverage rate of the health insurance card of code CN3);
+ Costs of medical services within the scope of
health insurance coverage incurred from January 01, 2021 to the end of January
05, 2021: the health insurance fund shall make a payment equal to 95% of the
sum of costs (which is the coverage rate of the health insurance card of code
CN3);
+ Costs of medical services within the scope of
health insurance coverage incurred from January 06, 2021 to the end of January
20, 2021: the health insurance fund shall make a payment equal to 80% of the
sum of costs (which is the coverage rate of the health insurance card of code
GD4).
4. In order to ensure the
rational and effective use of the health insurance fund; increase
responsibility of health facilities and health insurance policyholders and
ensure rights and interests of health insurance policyholders, the Ministry of
Health shall:
a) Request heads of units to take charge of and
cooperate with provincial social insurance offices and relevant agencies in:
- Frequently organizing and requesting officials,
public employees and workers under their management to strictly comply with
regulations of laws on medical examination and treatment and health insurance,
Directive No. 10/CT-BYT dated September 09, 2019 and Directive No. 25/CT-BYT
dated December 21, 2020 of the Minister of Health.
- Strictly complying with Article 2 of Decision No.
6556/QD-BYT: “In each medical examination or treatment for a patient, the
health facility shall prepare 01 statement of costs of medical services which
shall be retained together with the medical record of that patient and 01
statement for delivering to the patient”.
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5. The Ministry of Health
requests Vietnam Social Security to instruct provincial social insurance
offices to study and cooperate with local relevant units to implement this
Official Dispatch.
6. Guidance provided herein shall
be applied from January 01, 2021. Relevant units are requested to cooperate
with social insurance offices and relevant agencies to implement this Official
Dispatch. Any difficulties arising during the implementation of this
Official Dispatch should be promptly reported to the Ministry of Health for
consideration./.
PP. MINISTER
DEPUTY MINISTER
Nguyen Truong Son