On June 10, 2019, the Ministry of Health issued Circular 09/2019/TT-BYT guiding the appraisal of conditions for signing contracts of initial medical insurance and medical services. clinical and some cases of direct payment of medical examination and treatment costs for health insurance. This Circular takes effect from August 1, 2019.
Accordingly, Article 3 of Circular 09/2019/TT-BYT stipulating the transfer of the implementation of paraclinical services is done as follows:
– Subclinical services on the list of medical technical services approved by competent state agencies for medical examination and treatment facilities and being implemented at medical examination and treatment facilities but at the time designation of use for such patients and medical examination and treatment facilities is not possible;
– Subclinical services not on the list of medical technical services approved by competent state agencies for medical examination and treatment facilities but in fact are necessary for professional activities according to regulations of the Minister of Health on management, diagnosis and treatment in medical examination and treatment.
In summary, the issuance of Circular 09/2019 / TT-BYT aims to ensure compliance with technical and professional requirements in medical examination and treatment, while ensuring the rights of participants of health insurance.