"Over 1,000 Non-Covered Medical Service Details at a Glance"… NHIS Operates 'Information Portal'

The National Health Insurance Service announced on the 10th that it will operate the 'Non-Covered Information Portal,' where information on over 1,000 non-covered medical treatment items can be accessed in one place.

'Non-covered Information Portal' homepage start screen. National Health Insurance Service

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Non-covered treatments are not covered by health insurance, so patients bear the full cost. Unlike covered items, prices and treatment standards are not set, making it difficult for the public to determine whether the prices are reasonable or the treatments are safe, resulting in challenges when choosing non-covered medical services.

In response, the NHIS explained that it established the Non-Covered Information Portal to comprehensively provide not only price information for non-covered items but also safety and effectiveness information for major items, as well as symptom and treatment information by disease.

The portal contains information on 1,064 non-covered items such as manual therapy, extracorporeal shock wave therapy, and dental implants, 91 related diseases, and 54 medical technology re-evaluation results.

Users can check the minimum, maximum, and median prices per item, medical expenses by major diseases and surgeries, safety and effectiveness evaluation results of non-covered items, and various statistics related to non-covered treatments.

The Non-Covered Information Portal is organized into menus such as 'Understanding Non-Covered,' 'Informed Non-Covered,' and 'Non-Covered by Statistics,' allowing users to easily view key information at a glance on the main screen.

The information provided is collected through the non-covered reporting system implemented by the government targeting medical institutions since 2023, and the portal plans to expand the information offered annually by broadening the reporting system items.

Jung Ki-seok, Director of NHIS, said, "By providing integrated information on non-covered treatments, we expect to contribute to enabling the public to use necessary non-covered treatments at appropriate costs, safely and rationally."

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