Internet medical services are included in medical insurance. What is Internet medical care?

In recent years, China has implemented the "Action Plan for Further Improving Medical Services", accelerated the construction of a modern medical service system, and transformed the traditional medical service model through the Internet and other means, which has gradually improved the people's medical experience and made medical treatment more convenient and quick.

Recently, the General Office of the State Council proposed that Internet medical services should be included in medical insurance, so what is Internet medical care? In recent years, China has implemented the "Action Plan for Further Improving Medical Services", accelerated the construction of a modern medical service system, and transformed the traditional medical service model through the Internet and other means, which has gradually improved the people's medical experience and made medical treatment more convenient and quick.

Recently, the General Office of the State Council proposed that Internet medical services should be included in medical insurance, so what is Internet medical care?

First, Internet medical services are included in medical insurance.

On July 2 1, the General Office of the State Council issued the Implementation Opinions on Further Optimizing the Business Environment and Serving Market Subjects Better (hereinafter referred to as the Opinions).

The opinion puts forward that it is necessary to improve the inclusive and prudent supervision of new formats, including further relaxing the scope of Internet diagnosis and treatment under the premise of ensuring medical safety and quality, and including qualified Internet medical services into the scope of medical insurance reimbursement.

This is also a recent policy reaffirmation of the inclusion of Internet medical services in medical insurance.

Previously, in July of 15, the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Health and Wellness Commission, the National Health Insurance Bureau and other departments 13 jointly issued the Opinions on Supporting the Healthy Development of New Business Forms and New Models, Activating the Consumer Market and Promoting Employment Expansion, which listed Internet medical care as one of the new business forms of 15, and proposed to include the eligible "internet plus" medical service fees in the scope of medical insurance payment.

Second, what is Internet medical care?

Internet medical treatment is a new application of the Internet in the medical industry, including health education, medical information inquiry, electronic health records, disease risk assessment, online disease consultation, electronic prescription, remote consultation, remote treatment and rehabilitation and other forms of health medical services.

Internet medical care is a new development direction of the medical industry at present, and it is also a medical development model actively guided and supported by the Ministry of Health.

The above is about the introduction of Internet medical services into medical insurance. Since the beginning of this year, various Internet medical policies have appeared frequently in China. Some insiders said that the access of medical insurance to Internet medical services indicates that the industry will usher in a new payer, which contains new opportunities for industry change.