Shandong: Online medical insurance payment + medication home delivery service
On 18th January, the Shandong Medical Insurance Bureau issued the interpretation of the “Notice on Insisting on the Innovation of Traditional and Intelligent Medical Services and Implementing the Twelve Measures of Convenient Medical Services for the Elderly. ” The “Notice” stipulates that the “online consultation”, “online prescription renewal”, “online medical insurance payment” and “medication home delivery service” should be realized with the help of the provincial online medical insurance service platform and internet hospitals.
医保局1号文力推“线上医保结算+线下送药上门”！ 年内全面落地！
来源：医药网 2021.01.20
1月18日，山东医保局官网挂出《关于坚持传统服务与智能化服务创新并行推行老年人医疗保障便捷服务十二条措施的通知》的政策解读。《通知》要求，应依托省互联网医保大健康服务平台、互联网医院等“互联网+医保”服务新模式，实现复诊“线上问诊““线上续方”“线上医保结算”“线下送药上门”服务。
The State Council: Normalize and Institutionalize the Centralized Procurement of Drugs
On 15th January, the State Council indicated that the implementation of Centrailised Procurement of Drugs (with target quantity) should be normalized and insitutionalized to lessen the burden on the masses; the drugs on the National Reimbursement Drug List that are in high demand and need large procurement amounts will be included in the fourth batch of the centralized procurement. At the same time, the Shanghai Sunshine Medical Procurement All-In-One company officially anounced the launch of the fourth batch of the National Centralized Procurement of Drugs.
国常会提出集采常态化制度化要求！第四批国采2月3日开标！
来源：医药网 2021.01.18
1月15日，国务院常务会议指出，应进一步常态化制度化实施推进药品集中带量采购改革，以减轻群众就医负担；基本医保药品目录内用量大、采购金额高的药品将被纳入第四批集中采购。与此同时，上海阳光医药采购网正式官宣启动开展第四批国家组织药品集中采购和使用工作。
The NMPA: Internet hospitals can get reimbursement
On January 11th, the NMPA issued the “Interim Measures for the Administration of Designated Pharmacy Chains regarding Basic Medical Insurance” and the “Interim Measures for the Administration of Designated Medical Institutions regarding Basic Medical Insurance”, which will be implemented from February 1st, 2021. These two measures stipulate that local medial insurance agencies can pay the service cost produced by internet hospitals by paying to the designated medical institutions they rely on. Moreover, the two measures indicate that designated pharmacy chains can sell prescription drugs to patients when they have electronic prescriptions issued by designed medical institutions.
国家医保局：互联网医院可报销 网售处方药仍待明确
来源：医药网 2021.01.13
1月11日，国家医保局正式对外发布《零售药店医疗保障定点管理暂行办法》和《医疗机构医疗保障定点管理暂行办法》并均将于2021年2月1日起施行。“两定办法”规定，互联网医院提供服务产生的相关费用可由其依托的定点医疗机构与当地医保经办机构结算。此外，“两定办法”提出，医保定点零售药店可凭医保定点医疗机构开具的电子处方销售药品。
New policies by online medical services and consultancies
On December 10th, the National Health Commission, the NMPA and the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine jointly issued the “Notice on Implementing Five Services of Online Healthcare Services.” The “Notice” stipulates that medical institutions are encouraged to share patients’ medical information such as their electronic medical records, examination results and medical images and to promote the online checking and reasonable use of electronic medical records; promoting the residents’ electronic health code to replace the registration card in each medical insurance organization to make medical institutions share their medical information with each other and thus to realize a universal code in the healthcare industry.
三部门发文， “互联网+”医疗迎来新拐点
来源：医药网 2020.12.11
12月10日，国家卫健委、国家医保局、国家中医药局联合发布《关于深入推进“互联网+医疗健康”“五个一”服务行动的通知》。《通知》强调，在符合医疗机构质量控制和患者知情同意的前提下，应推动医疗机构间电子病历、检查检验结果、医学影像资料等医疗健康信息调阅共享，并推进电子健康档案在线查询和规范使用；推动居民电子健康码代替医疗卫生机构就诊卡，解决医疗健康服务信息在医院之间互不通用的问题，逐步实现卫生健康行业内的一码通用。
Shanxi: Establishing a Drug Tracing System
Recently, the Shanxi Provincial Medical Product Administration issued the “Working Plan on Establishing Drug Information Tracing System,” which concerns the development of a framework for a drug tracability supervision system by the end of 2020. The “Plan” stipulates that drug manufactures should build their own or use a drug information traceability system established by a third-party platform to share information with the national collaborative drug traceability platform and realise the tracing of special drugs such as narcotic drugs and psychotropic drugs and selected drugs in the provincial centralised procurement.
山西省药监局出台《药品信息化追溯体系建设工作方案》
来源：新浪新闻 2020.12.04
近日，山西省药监局出台《药品信息化追溯体系建设工作方案》，计划到2020年底将完成山西省药品追溯监管系统基础开发。《方案》要求，药品生产企业应自建或选用第三方平台建立的药品信息化追溯系统，并完成和国家药品追溯协同服务平台的数据对接，基本实现麻醉药品、精神药品等特殊药品以及集中采购中标品种的全过程追溯。
Beijing: supervising the drug distribution in pharmacy chains
Recently, the Beijing Municipal Medical Product Administration issued the “Notice on Strengthing the Administration of Drug Trading by Pharmacy Chains.” The “Notice” clarifies that administration departments should strengthen the management of prescription drugs in pharmacy chains; prescription drugs and drugs marked with red OTC can only be sold when a pharmacist is present. The “Notice” stipulates that competent pharmacies in densely populated regions can provide services such as selling unpacked medicines, 24-hour drug sales, and home delivery.
北京： 严管药店药品销售 鼓励药店拆零销售
来源：医药网 2020.11.27
近日，北京市药监局发布了《关于加强药品零售企业销售药品管理的通知》（以下简称《通知》）。《通知》明确，各管理部门应加强药品零售企业处方药的销售管理；执业药师不在岗时，应停止销售处方药及甲类非处方药。《通知》要求，鼓励各区域内有条件的、群众需求较多的药品零售企业开展药品拆零销售、24小时售药、送药上门等药学服务工作。
New regulations of online drug trading
On November 12th, the NMPA issued the “Measures for the Supervision and Regulation of Online Drug Trading (Consultation Paper).” The paper clarifies that drug trading enterprises can only sell drugs that are allowed to be sold; special drugs such as vaccines, anesthetics and psychotropic drugs are not allowed to be traded online. The paper also indicates that drug trading enterprises that are allowed to sell prescription drugs online should check the source of electronic prescription and the dispensing in the prescription and mark the used prescription. Moreover, drug trading enterprises should provide online medical services and employ pharmacists to guide the public to use drug rationally.
药品网售新规来了：不得销售麻醉、精神药品等
来源：医药网 2020.11.13
11月12日，国家药监局公布《药品网络销售监督管理办法（征求意见稿）》。《意见稿》明确，药品网络销售不得超出企业经营方式和药品经营范围；疫苗、麻醉药品、精神药品等特殊药品不得通过网络销售。《意见稿》指出，具备网络销售处方药条件的药品零售企业应检查电子处方来源，审核处方调剂，并对已使用的处方进行电子标记；在销售同时，应当建立在线药学服务制度，配备执业药师，指导合理用药。
Unified reimbursement rate of online and offline medical consultations
Recently, the NMPA issued the “Guidelines on Promoting the Medical Insurance Payment of Online Medial consultation services.” The “Guidelines” clarifies that medical entities can help eligible online medical institutions that rely on them to be included in medical insurance, and the reimbursement rate for online and offline medical institutions is the same. The “Guideline” indicates that the payment of consultations and drugs for patients that need further consultations is also included in the medical insurance, which should be paid according to the regulations in different cities.
国家医保局：“互联网+”医保支付采取线上线下一致
来源：医药网 2020.11.04
日前，国家医疗保障局印发《关于积极推进“互联网+”医疗服务医保支付工作的指导意见》。《意见》明确，符合条件的互联网医疗机构可以通过其依托的实体医疗机构，自愿“签约”纳入医保定点范围，“互联网+”医保支付将采取线上、线下一致的报销政策。《意见》提出，医保参保人在本统筹地区“互联网+”定点医疗机构复诊并开具处方发生的诊察费和药品费，可以按照当地医保规定支付。
The NMPA: implementation of Diagnosis-Intervention Packet
On October 19th, the NMPA issued the “Notice on the Pilot Work of the Regional Point-Based Medical Insurance Fund Allocation and the Diagnosis-Intervention Packet.” The “Notice” stipulates that medical institutions should change the costs of each medical services into points; the regional medical insurance bureaus should calculate the value of each point according to the amount of points provided by all medical institutions of each region and the budget of medical insurance funds to pay for those medical institutions (Diagnosis-Intervention Paket). The “Notice” indicates that a data center on the basis of the unified national medical insurance information coding list should be established, which can inspect the quality of medical insurance settlement checklists, medical insurance cost schedule etc.
国家医保局发布区域点数法总额预算和按病种分值付费试点工作方案
来源：HIT专家网 2020.10.20
10月19日，国家医保局下发《国家医疗保障局办公室关于印发区域点数法总额预算和按病种分值付费试点工作方案的通知》（以下简称《通知》）。《通知》要求，医疗机构应将治疗项目等付费单元转化为一定点数；医保部门年底根据各医疗机构所提供服务的总点数以及地区医保基金支出预算得出每个点的实际价值，按照各医疗机构实际点数付费。《通知》指出，应打造数据中心，在全国统一的相关医保信息业务编码的基础上，开展医保结算清单、医保费用明细表等质量控制工作。
Solicting opinions on drug recall
On October 13th, the NMPA issued the “Measures on Drug Recall (Consultation Paper)” to solicit opinions from public. The Consultation Paper stipulates that Markeiting Authorization Holders should establisch and improve the drug recall system, collect information on drug safety issues, and investigate and evaluate defective or potentially harmful drugs in order to recall them on time.
公开征求《药品召回管理办法（征求意见稿）》
来源：医药网 2020.10.14
10月13日，国家药监局综合司公开征求《药品召回管理办法（征求意见稿）》。《征求意见稿》要求，药品上市许可持有人应当建立并完善药品召回制度，收集药品安全的相关信息，对可能存在缺陷的药品进行调查、评估，及时召回缺陷药品。