Chương IV Thông tư 30/2020/TT-BYT: Điều khoản thi hành

Chapter IV

IMPLEMENTATION

Article 12. Entry into force

1. This Circular comes into force from March 1, 2021.

2. Article 3 of Circular No. 09/2019/TT-BYT dated June 10, 2019 of Minister of Health guiding inspection of conditions for signing contracts for provision of initial medical examination and treatment under health insurance, transfer for provision of subclinical services and cases of direct cost settlement in medical examination and treatment under health insurance expires from the effective date hereof.

Article 13. Terms of reference

In case documents referred to in this Circular are replaced or revised, the new versions shall prevail.

Article 14. Responsibilities for implementation

1. Responsibilities of People’s Committees of provinces:

a) directing and promptly dealing with difficulties that arise during implementation of this Circular within their tasks and powers;

b) directing People’s Committees of communes that oversee the deceased health insurance beneficiaries to issue death certificates and declare as soon as death certificate is issued on information systems of social security agencies as per the law.

2. Responsibilities of Vietnam Social Security:

a) guiding implementation of issuance and revision of health insurance cards as a result of changes to health insurance benefit levels according to Article 5 hereof and issuance of health insurance cards for organ donors;

b) upgrading and completing information systems to:

- Adequately comply with Decree No. 146/2018/ND-CP, Circular No. 48/2017/TT-BYT dated December 28, 2017 of Minister of Health on extraction, transmission of electronic data in management and payment of medical examination and treatment costs under health insurance and other regulations of Minister of Health;

- Implement management and automatic issuance of medical ID code according to Decision No. BYT;

- Maintain receipt, management, extraction, use and promptly provide feedback for medical examination and treatment establishments and health insurance beneficiaries regarding whether or not health insurance beneficiaries participate in health insurance for more than 5 consecutive years and incur more than 6 months’ worth of statutory pay rate of medical examination and treatment bill in one year according to Clause 3 Article 27 of Decree No. 146/2018/ND-CP.

3. Responsibilities of Departments of Health of provinces and central-affiliated cities and medical authorities of ministries:

a) taking charge, cooperating with Social Security of provinces in publicizing, directing medical examination and treatment establishments that accept health insurance in the provinces or under their management to organize provision of medical examination and treatment for health insurance beneficiaries according to regulations and law on medical examination, treatment, Law on Health Insurance, Decree No. 146/2018/ND-CP and this Circular;

b) taking charge, cooperating with Departments of Health of adjacent provinces and central-affiliated cities in verifying and providing medical examination and treatment under health insurance in adjacent communes of adjacent provinces according to Clause 4 Article 14 of Decree No. 146/2018/ND-CP.

4. Responsibilities of medical examination and treatment establishments accepting health insurance:

Cooperating with social security agencies that sign contracts for provision of medical examination and treatment under health insurance in adequately complying with regulations and law on medical examination, treatment, Law on Health Insurance, Decree No. 146/2018/ND-CP and this Circular.

Difficulties that arise during the implementation of this Circular should be reported to the Ministry of Health for consideration./.