Top 10 key events in healthcare in 2022
01.The state issued the medical industry plan: related to all the equipment field!
Nine departments of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Commerce, National Health Commission, Ministry of Emergency Management, State Healthcare Security Administration, NMPA and State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine jointly issued the Notice on Printing and Distributing the 14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Pharmaceutical Industry (hereinafter referred to as the Plan). By 2025, China will have achieved medium-to-high growth in major economic indicators, made outstanding achievements in frontier areas, strengthened driving forces for innovation, significantly improved the modernization of the industrial chain, further improved the supply and support system for medicines and equipment, and advanced to a higher level of internationalization.
2.The State Council: Financial discount subsidy to accelerate the transformation of domestic medical equipment, attracting hundreds of billions of demand
The executive meeting of the State Council decided to provide phased financial discount interest on loans for equipment renovation and transformation in some areas and increase credit support for the social service industry to promote consumption.
In response to the decision, the National Health Commission also issued a notice that it plans to use discounted financial loans to upgrade and renovate medical equipment. The Planning Department of the Health Commission and other relevant departments are negotiating specific policy details, which are expected to cover public and non-public medical institutions, and the loan amount of each hospital is not less than 20 million.
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The latest adjustment! Issued by the State: Involving the Supervision and Administration of Production and Operation of Medical Devices (attached text)
The NMPA issued two major documents, namely the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Medical Device Production and the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Medical Device Business. The two documents have come into force on May 1, 2022, and the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of the Production of Medical Devices promulgated by the former Order No. 7 of the CFDA on July 30, 2014 was repealed at the same time.
04 Financing 300 billion! State Council news: adjusting new rules for hospital equipment procurement
At an executive meeting of The State Council, The State Council decided to launch trials to improve the ability of high-level hospitals to conduct clinical research and transform results, so as to promote the improvement of medical and health services. The meeting decided to raise 300 billion yuan by issuing financial bonds and other financial instruments of policy and development nature to supplement capital for major projects or bridge capital for special debt projects. The central government will give appropriate interest discounts.
The meeting decided to raise 300 billion yuan by issuing financial bonds and other financial instruments of policy and development nature to supplement capital for major projects or bridge capital for special debt projects. The central government will give appropriate interest discounts.
05 Goodbye! Ministry of Finance: “winning the bid at the lowest price of medical devices”, supporting domestic products
The Treasury Department of the Ministry of Finance issued the Notice on the Government Procurement Law of the People’s Republic of China (Revised Draft for Comments) for Public Comments Again (hereinafter referred to as the Draft for Comments), which specifically includes supporting domestic and decentralized procurement to remove the restriction of “quota standards above”, and removing the references to “local centralized procurement directory” and “departmental centralized procurement directory” At the same time, the evaluation method of “optimal quality method” and the procurement method of “innovative procurement” have been added, and the scope of application of “lowest evaluation price method” has been clarified.
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Just now! National Healthcare Security Administration: All cities participate in dental implants
The National Healthcare Security Administration issued “Notice for Soliciting public Opinions on the Special Management of Oral Implantable Medical Service Fees and Consumable Prices (Draft)” (hereinafter referred to as the Draft), to standardize the oral implantable medical service fees and consumable prices.
07.The state issued the medical industry plan: related to all the equipment field!
The National Healthcare Security Administration issued the National Healthcare Security Administration’s Reply to Recommendation No. 4955 of the Fifth Session of the 13th National People’s Congress to provide answers to previous questions related to collective mining.
Previously, on August 24, the National Healthcare Security Administration also pointed out in the medical insurance Letter (2022) No. 159 that in the process of centralized procurement, medical institutions should determine the demand according to the historical usage, combined with clinical use and medical technological progress.
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The State Council: Major changes have taken place in the practice of grassroots doctors
Now, the Regulations on the Administration of Medical Institutions has been overhauled again, and the hanging heart of running a hospital by the society can finally be put down。On April 7, 2022, Xinhua News Agency was authorized to issue the Decision of The State Council on Amending and Abolishing some Administrative Regulations, in which some provisions of the Regulations on the Administration of Medical Institutions have been amended and decided to take effect on May 1, 2022.
09 The three departments jointly released the “Evaluation Criteria” of the close county medical community
Recently, the National Health Commission, the National Medical Insurance Administration and the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine issued a Notice on Monitoring the construction of tight county medical communities in 2022 (hereinafter referred to as the Notice), which introduced four dimensions and 11 criteria for the judgment of tight county medical communities.
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2022 National Tier 1 Hospitals list announced!
A total of 143 hospitals were newly assessed, and 48 hospitals withdrew from the assessment due to reasons such as merger, downgrade or cancellation.
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