The Covid 19 outbreak continues to strain healthcare providers physically and financially and extra work always comes with extra costs.
The National Health Security Office (NHSO) is trying to adjust its financial reimbursement system to better cope with the changing situation of Covid-19 and the financial impact on these healthcare providers. Their ultimate goal is to make it possible to pay all financial reimbursement to service providers instantly after claims are submitted.
From the beginning of this year until the end of March, a total of 781,625 Covid-19 tests have been carried out, which cost the NHSO THB1.86 billion and THB1.49 billion was spent on treating 31,488 Covid-19 patents at the same time.
The NHSO has already reached an agreement with private hospitals that they must not charge any new confirmed Covid-19 patient who needs to be admitted for treatment. Reimbursement for such providers will be made under the Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients (UCEP) unless the service is already covered by the patients’ own health insurance policies.
To know more read the entire article published in The Nation Thailand here.
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