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(1) The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Health Insurance has issued a notice regarding adjustments to certain medical service prices and related policies. The notice states that 19 medical service prices, including "B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) measurement," will be adjusted to the highest guidance prices, which cannot be exceeded, and can be reduced by any amount. The report also clarifies the categories of reimbursement for basic medical insurance and workers' compensation insurance (see Annex 1 and Annex 2).
(2) At the same time, 48 existing medical service prices, including "Wechsler screening method examination," will be abolished (see Annex 3). Public hospitals must provide services and charge fees strictly in accordance with the price policy and clinical treatment standards, and cannot charge fees not listed. Public hospitals must establish and improve their internal price management systems, strictly regulate their own price behavior, and strictly implement the medical service price publicizing system.
(3) This system requires public hospitals to publicize medical service projects, prices, and service standards in a prominent location through various means, and to implement the inpatient fee list, clear pricing, and other relevant regulations. The relevant departments of the city and districts must perform their duties and fulfill their responsibilities.
(4) They must actively promote and explain the policy, closely monitor the policy's execution, and track its implementation effects. They must also strengthen supervision and management of medical institutions, medical ethics and medical morality education, and regulate the service behavior of medical personnel to improve service quality.
(5) In addition, they must guide medical institutions to strengthen internal cost accounting and cost control, actively perform cost control work, and promptly resolve medical disputes. The use of clinical medical and therapeutic technologies prohibited by the national or municipal health administrative department will not be subject to the city's various price policies.
(6) This notice takes effect on November 16, 2024. In the event of any inconsistencies between previous documents and this notice, this notice shall prevail. During the policy implementation process, if new situations or new problems arise, medical institutions should report them to the relevant departments in a timely manner.