"Rational Medical Choices" Non-Covered Medical Fees of Healthcare Institutions to Be Disclosed on September 20 This Year

The Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service (HIRA) announced on the 6th that it will disclose this year's non-reimbursable medical service costs of medical institutions on September 20. HIRA discloses information on non-reimbursable items notified by medical institutions each year according to the non-reimbursable medical service cost disclosure system, based on the items announced by the Minister of Health and Welfare.

Non-reimbursable refers to medical service items for which health insurance benefits do not apply, meaning the patient bears the full cost. For example, vision correction surgeries such as LASIK and LASEK are non-reimbursable, so the costs paid by patients vary significantly between medical institutions. A HIRA official explained, "This is to guarantee the public's right to know and support rational medical choices by informing the public of medical institutions' non-reimbursable medical service costs through the website and mobile app."

The disclosed items total 565 (detailed 863). Last year, non-reimbursable information was disclosed on December 14, but this year it has been advanced by about three months.

Medical institutions must submit data on non-reimbursable medical service costs and other information from the 12th of this month until the 8th of next month.

Park Hye-jeong, Director of the Reimbursement Strategy Office at HIRA, said, "By utilizing last year's non-reimbursable submission information, we have simplified data entry and provided remote support for institutions having difficulty submitting, so we will do our best to support medical institutions to submit data conveniently," adding, "We ask for the active cooperation of medical institutions."

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