Confirmed COVID-19 Pregnant Women Delivery Receives 300% Additional Fee... No Extra Burden on Patients

New Item for Delivery Isolation Management Fee Established
Patient Co-payment Exempted

[Asia Economy Reporter Ki Ha-young] Pregnant women diagnosed with COVID-19 will be compensated by applying additional health insurance fees to the medical institutions where they give birth.

The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters announced on the 8th that when confirmed pregnant women give birth at hospitals or clinics, a new category called 'Delivery Isolation Management Fee' will be established, and a 300% additional fee will be applied.

Accordingly, the total amount for natural delivery at medical institutions of hospital level or higher will be 2.45 million KRW, which includes approximately 1.75 million KRW for the delivery isolation management fee, and 1.68 million KRW for cesarean section, which includes approximately 1.2 million KRW. At clinic-level medical institutions, the total amount for natural delivery will be 2.79 million KRW, including about 2.01 million KRW for the isolation management fee, and 1.91 million KRW for cesarean section, including about 1.38 million KRW for the isolation management fee. However, the patient's out-of-pocket expenses for the additional amount will be exempted to prevent increased financial burden.

The government will apply this fee temporarily until April 30, and it will be retroactively applied to patients since the 25th of last month.

Park Hyang, head of the Central Accident Response Headquarters' quarantine team, explained, "The purpose is to reflect the additional medical fees and costs required when giving birth at local hospital or clinic obstetrics departments in the fee schedule."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.