One Percent of Society Suffers from Specific Chronic and Incurable Diseases

The Acting Head of the Social Security Organization, stating that one percent of society is affected by specific chronic and incurable diseases, said these individuals should be given priority within support frameworks.

According to the report of Ambassador Arjan, Gholam Hossein Mohammadi, the public relations officer of the Social Security Organization, said in the second event of Hemta (narrative of innovation and co-creation to unravel the knots) with the topic of "Examination of the problems of special and incurable patients", emphasizing the necessity of joint decision-making and co-creation in the fields related to special and incurable patients, he said: We have an agreement and understanding with the health insurance organization regarding the referral system. In line with the issues related to special and incurable patients, we must also achieve an effective road map and form a joint observation and monitoring center with health insurance regarding incurable diseases.

This meeting was held with the presence of board members and a group of vice presidents and managers of the Social Security Organization, experts in the field of social security and representatives of the Ministry of Health and the Health Insurance Organization, and the presence of provincial treatment managers via video conference.

The head of the social security organization stated: "In peer-to-peer events, we follow the approach of dialogue and co-creation to solve the existing challenges." In this framework, we have to open a different case, especially in the treatment of certain groups that have enormous costs; In this regard, some cases are given higher priority.

He also continued by emphasizing the necessity of solving the problems and systemic issues related to the special and incurable patients fund, and emphasized the importance of solving the problems in order to improve the benefit of the insured patients of the Social Security Organization from the full coverage of this fund.

The head of the Social Security Organization continued by stating that we should see the various aspects of the issues from the point of view of the beneficiaries, and added: In this meeting, the main beneficiaries are special and incurable patients; On the other hand, the elements of the public sector in the government, the Ministry of Health and insurance organizations such as social security and health insurance, are other beneficiaries of this issue.

Mohammadi further emphasized the importance of constructive dialogue regarding various issues and clarified: We do not involve organizational sensitivities in the framework of providing services related to the treatment and health of people.

The head of the social security organization continued: In the special conditions of the country, all governments consider a safe zone for the people; In this situation, measures have been taken by the government in the fields of livelihood, treatment and at least economy and employment. In the treatment department, we examine and deal with the problem with the same approach and more carefully.

Declaring that one percent of the society is suffering from special and incurable diseases, Mohammadi emphasized: these people should be prioritized in support frameworks.

Stating that cancer patients have a big family, he said: the government, insurance organizations and treatment departments should take special measures for them due to the special conditions of these patients.

The head of the social security organization added: The formation of the special and incurable diseases fund was an important policy point that was adopted. In this framework, the standards for providing services to special and incurable patients should be the same; In fact, the processes related to these patients should be the same for people covered by different insurances.

He also added: It is possible to create a common fund for the costs related to the services of special and incurable diseases. This issue can be followed up in the working group of the whole coordination of insurances.

In the end, the head of the social security organization emphasized that the facilitation of web service processes related to the provision of services to special and incurable patients will be on the agenda, and added: In the upcoming meeting to deal with the issues of special and incurable patients, it is expected to solve the problems of the relevant system in order to benefit more and more fully from the benefits of the support related to special and incurable patients.