Will the price of teeth "cool down"?State Medical Insurance Bureau takes a shot →

Recently, the State Medical Security Bureau issued the "Notice on the Price Governance of Oral Planting Medical Service and Consumption Price Governance (Draft for Soliciting Opinions)", which was regarded by the industry as a dental implants. Will dental implants "cool down"? How far is we from "freedom of farming"?

■ Why are you expensive?

Dental implants are a lack of dental repair technology that can make the tooth recovery function and the appearance close to the real tooth. The price of dental implants depends on the two aspects: material and doctor technology.

Most of the implants are titanium alloys, but different brands of materials are different, and the production process has its own advantages. In general, import implants are more expensive than domestic implants. Among the imported brands, the price of European and American implants will be higher than other Asian brands, and the price spans one from 6,000 yuan to 20,000 yuan.

The costs of surgery and repair treatment also occupy a large part. The person in charge of multiple dental hospitals said that the key to a dental implants is the technical level of doctors. A professional dentist generally needs more than ten years of learning and clinical experience.

The State Medical Insurance Administration's announcement of the consultation draft mentioned that "special governance of medical service charges and consumable prices" should be aimed at two pain points of expensive dental implants.

■ How to bring medical insurance? How to concentrate?

In response to the price of consumables, it is mentioned in the draft for the comments that it is necessary to carefully organize the centralized procurement of dental implant consumables, and to form a dental implanted consumables inter -provincial procurement alliance.

The notice clearly states that the provincial provincial provincial procurement alliance led by the Sichuan Provincial Medical Security Bureau should participate in the provincial provincial procurement alliance, and all provinces should participate. The reporter learned from the National Medical Insurance Bureau that at present, the Sichuan Provincial Medical Insurance Bureau has reported the relevant work plan for the collection of the National Medical Insurance Bureau. According to the current work arrangement, dental implants will be completed by the end of this year.

■ Can the "Medical Insurance Band Collection" make the price of teeth "dive"?

Earlier, the collection of medical devices such as cardiac stents and artificial joints was collected, bringing a significant price reduction. Will oral planting ushered in "diving" by collection?

Jiang Changsong, assistant to the dean of the National Medical Security Research Institute of the Capital Medical University, said that in cardiac stent implantation and manual joint replacement, the cost of consumables accounts for 60%to 70%of the total cost. fee. "About one -third of dental implants are material costs, and two -thirds are artificial and technical expenses. Therefore, it is difficult to reduce the cost of dental implants only in comprehensive purchase of consumables."

■ The price of "teeth" has dropped, can the "service fee surgery" be reduced?

The notice also proposed that the masses reflected the implant implant fees, crown crown fees, and bone planting costs on the maintenance of strong and cost burdens.

If the government guidance price of public medical institutions is significantly higher than the average price of private medical institutions in the region, we must adhere to the principle of public welfare, special demonstration, and focus on price reductions;

The service prices such as dental implants of private medical institutions implement market regulation, and ensure the authenticity, timeliness, and integrity of publicity information. It is not possible to deceive patients with false subsidies and low prices.

■ The proportion of private institutions has a high proportion of markets. Can they participate in the collection?

The notice of the Medical Insurance Bureau also proposed that it is necessary to promote the development of dental implants and strengthen the supervision and guidance of oral planting in the oral cavity of private medical institutions.

Source: CCTV News WeChat public account

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