PATIENTS SHALL HAVE TELEMEDICINE CONSULTATION
This content is prescribed in Circular No. 48/2017/TT-BYT dated December 28, 2017 of the Ministry of Health on prescribing transfer of electronic data used in management and payment of covered health care costs.
Electronic data used in management, assessment and payment of covered medical costs shall include input data and output data, be established based on and in strict compliance with regulations of the general nomenclature codes, and shall be required to ensure linkage and interconnectivity between electronic data for management, inspection and payment of covered medical costs. Health care establishments shall upload electronic data on the data receipt Portal of the Health Insurance Verification Information System administered by the Vietnam Social Security (hereinafter referred to as Health Insurance Verification Portal) immediately after an outpatient medical check-up and treatment visit or an inpatient health care stay, unless some cases according to the law.
Within 7 working days from the date of end of a patient's health care visit, healthcare establishments shall be obliged to: Carry out checking and comparison to adjust electronic data in the event of any deviation as compared with those existing in the reality and provide additional information in case of insufficient information or eliminate irrelevant information before sending out electronic data to request payment of covered medical costs; Authenticate the electronic data sent as a request for inspection and payment of covered medical costs before the responsible or authorized person sends his/her data...
This Circular takes effect on March 01, 2018
