Illustrative photo (Source: thoibaonganhang.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – The
(JICA), (MOH) and (VSS) on July 11 signed
a record on the discussions of a project to improve the management of health
insurance payment in Vietnam.
The project, Development and strengthening of the
management of provider payment methods and basic health service package
reimbursed by Health Insurance Fund in Vietnam, will be implemented for 2
years, starting from October.
Universal health coverage and universal health insurance are
targets set by the Vietnamese Government in the National Strategy for
Protection, Care and Improvement of People’s Health in the period of 2011- 2020
with a vision to 2030.
In order to achieve these targets, one of the essential solutions
is to establish an appropriate health insurance system. Currently, health
insurance coverage reached 81.7 per cent of Vietnam’s population, half of which
is comprised of poor citizens and other groups whose insurance is paid out of
the State budget.
About 20 million Vietnamese people have not yet enrolled in the
government-sponsored health insurance scheme and many of them are disadvantaged
or are facing difficulties. The major challenge is how to provide necessary and
sufficient healthcare services to all Vietnamese and increase the rate of
enrollment while maintaining financial sustainability of the health insurance
system.
Under the project, Japanese experts and Vietnamese counterparts
will focus on identifying the optimal provider payment method, developing a
benefit package based on situational analysis, improving the Health Insurance
Claim Review Information System and increasing enrollment in social health
insurance.
The optimal payment method should contribute to improving
healthcare quality, ensuring equitable payment among healthcare service
providers and increasing the effectiveness of management and use of the health
insurance fund.-VNA
Source: VietnamPlus
