China is promoting pilot reforms in long-term care insurance and payment methods. Various regions are actively taking action on insurance | nursing | methods
CCTV News: The National Medical Insurance Administration released the Statistical Bulletin on the Development of National Medical Security in 2022 yesterday. The Communique introduced the relevant situation of the pilot work of long-term care insurance, payment method reform, and other medical insurance.
1.2 million people will enjoy long-term care insurance benefits in 2022
The long-term care insurance system is a major institutional arrangement to address the shortcomings of the social insurance system. In order to address the issue of long-term care protection for disabled individuals, the state has organized pilot programs since 2016.
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According to the Gazette, in 2022, a total of 169.902 million people participated in long-term care insurance and 1.208 million people were entitled to benefits in 49 pilot cities. In 2022, the fund revenue was 24.08 billion yuan, and the fund expenditure was 10.44 billion yuan. There are 7679 designated service institutions for long-term care insurance, with 331000 nursing service personnel.
206 coordinated regions implement payment method reform and actual payment
The state guides medical institutions to transform their development models, actively control costs, and regulate medical behavior through payment reform. In 2022, various regions will actively take action to achieve the goal of covering 40% of the coordinated areas in the three-year action plan for payment method reform. 206 coordinated areas across the country will achieve actual payment through payment method reform.
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