At a State Council press briefing today, National Healthcare Security Administration deputy director Li Tao said China’s basic medical insurance drug list is already nationally unified, but provinces still determine which medical service items and medical consumables are reimbursable. As a result, some services are reimbursed in some provinces but not others. During the 15th Five-Year Plan period the NHSA will push to unify reimbursement lists for medical services and consumables nationwide to n

At a State Council press briefing today, National Healthcare Security Administration deputy director Li Tao said China’s basic medical insurance drug list is already nationally unified, but provinces still determine which medical service items and medical consumables are reimbursable. As a result, some services are reimbursed in some provinces but not others. During the 15th Five-Year Plan period the NHSA will push to unify reimbursement lists for medical services and consumables nationwide to narrow regional policy differences.