Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 20 (Reporter Xu Penghang) The reporter learned from the National Health Insurance Administration on the 20th that as of now, 29 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps have launched the price comparison function of designated pharmacies, which can realize one-click query of drug prices on mobile phones, real-time comparison and location navigation.
The Shaanxi Provincial Medical Insurance Department launched the "Drug Price Comparison" function, which is expected to reduce the cost of drug purchase for insured persons by 10% to 15%; the Hebei Provincial Medical Insurance Department developed a drug price comparison system for designated pharmacies and a drug price reminder function for designated pharmacies, and ordered rectification for those with large price differences and significantly excessive prices... Medical insurance departments in many places across the country launched a "price comparison tool" and used refined algorithms to help insured people purchase drugs efficiently.
How to use the "price comparison artifact"? Taking Hubei Province as an example, through the WeChat or Alipay mini program of "Hubei Medical Insurance" or Alipay, enter the "Customized Pharmacy Medical Insurance Drug Price Comparison Query" function, select the medicine you want to purchase, click "Retail Pharmacy", and you can arrange it in order of price, distance and other conditions, compare the price differences of the same drug in different pharmacies, and you can also directly navigate to the selected pharmacies.
A relevant person in charge of the National Health Insurance Administration previously stated that it will adhere to digital and intelligent empowerment, enhance operation and management capabilities, and promote drug prices monitoring and comparison in designated pharmacies, making drug prices more transparent and making choices more convenient for the public.
