23 Hemmat Spent on Medicine and Hospitalization for Social Security Patients

The Deputy for Treatment at the Social Security Organization said that last year about 8,000 billion tomans was spent on medicine and 15 hemmat on hospitalization at the organization.

According to the report of Ambassador Arjan Mohammad Ali Hemti, on Monday, October 20, 1405, in the second Hemta event (narrative of innovation and co-creation for untangling), he stated: Social security has developed and implemented programs for special patients since 1380. These patients have benefited from better service coverage under certain conditions. A total of 817,000 terminally ill patients are covered by the Social Security Organization, of which 560,000 are reserved for cancer patients.

With the title of this article that last year 157 thousand billion Tomans were spent in the field of indirect treatment, he added: In addition to the commitments related to the approvals of the Supreme Council of Insurance, the Social Security Organization has taken measures for the better welfare of the insured, especially in the field of providing services to special and incurable patients.

The vice president of treatment of the social security organization continued: Since 1401, a fund for special and incurable patients has been established in the health insurance organization, and the social security organization has also taken the necessary measures in this regard.

Hemmati added: In the previous year, about 8 thousand billion tomans were spent on medicine and 15 tomans were spent on hospitalization in the Social Security Organization, 10% of which was for terminally ill patients. In 5 months of this year, 21 thousand billion tomans is the cost of medicine and 10% of the cost of cancer drugs.

He also stated: 2 million and 500 thousand people have been covered in the incurable fund and 133 diseases have been identified in this fund.

Hemti added: 720 items of medicine are included for special and incurable patients and 5600 services have been identified in this department.

The vice president of treatment of the social security organization further discussed the suspension of web services related to special and incurable patients, as well as the necessity of allocating online services in this field in private hospitals.

97% of social security insured use medical services

Majid Sadeghirad, Director General of Indirect Treatment of the Social Security Organization, also stated in the continuation of the second Hamata event: About 97 percent of the insured persons of the social security use the collection of medical services of this organization. About 60,000 medical centers are also parties to the contract of the Social Security Organization.

He added: In 1404, the Social Security Organization responded to about 558 million referrals in direct and indirect treatment departments. A significant part of these referrals is related to special and incurable patients. Most of these patients are paid electronically. This type of payments has increased due to the development of offline services.

Director General of Indirect Treatment of the Social Security Organization added: In the first 5 months of this year, 57 million visits, equivalent to 1% of visits, were related to cancer patients. Also, 12% of referrals to social security clinics in the outpatient field are related to this section of patients.

He stated: In the first 5 months of this year, 21 thousand billion Tomans were spent in the field of medicine, 10% of which is allocated to cancer patients.

Sadeghirad further explained the performance of the social security organization's expenses in the field of special and incurable diseases, the challenges of social security in the field of fund contribution payments, the outage of the web service for special and incurable diseases and the non-synchronism of announcing the removal of coverage of certain drugs for special and incurable patients to the social security organization.

In the end, the Director General of Indirect Treatment of the Social Security Organization presented some of the actions and suggestions of the organization regarding special and incurable diseases.