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Guarantee and management of public health funds
The latest policy is highlighted
Recently, the Health Commission of Fujian Province issued a notice on the work of basic public health services in 2023. At the beginning of this notice, a number of requirements for subsidies are clarified, the most important of which is that funds must be allocated within 30 days to timely cash out the village doctor's funds. This policy seriously requires units at all levels to ensure the timely allocation and cashing of public health funds, which provides strong support for ensuring the steady operation of primary medical services.
The basic public health service project is a fixed health expenditure item of the state, and the annual budget of the central government is as high as tens of billions of yuan. With the strong support of the state finance, this part of the expenditure has increased for 14 consecutive years. In 2023, the subsidy fund for basic public health services in the mainland will be about 72.51 billion yuan, and the per capita subsidy standard for basic public health services has been raised to 89 yuan. This shows that the government attaches great importance to the field of public health and continues to increase investment to ensure the health needs of the people.
In May last year, the Ministry of Finance and other departments issued the Measures for the Administration of Subsidy Funds for Basic Public Health Services and the Measures for the Administration of Subsidy Funds for the Essential Drugs System, calling for strengthening the supervision of funds and strictly prohibiting the withholding and misappropriation of village medical subsidy funds. This initiative aims to ensure the rational use and allocation of public health funds.
In July this year, the National Health Commission issued the Notice on Doing a Good Job in Basic Public Health Services in 2023, which clarified two requirements. First of all, it is necessary to fully implement the financial subsidy funds, reasonably clarify the division of labor at the two levels in the villages, adopt the method of "first pre-allocation, then settlement", and effectively implement the subsidies for village clinics to undertake basic public health services. Second, it is necessary to strictly implement the document requirements of the Ministry of Finance, accelerate the progress of fund allocation, explore and improve the service result-oriented fund payment methods, and standardize the use of funds. These policy requirements will strongly promote the scientific management and rational use of public health funds.
In order to standardize the use of basic public health subsidy funds, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection recently reported a series of cases of corruption at the grassroots level, including one involving a town health center in Wujin District, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, illegally increasing the workload and defrauding public health funds, and seven people were placed on file for handling and two were held accountable. This shows that the government is becoming more and more strict in the management of public health funds, and corruption will be severely punished.
The management of public health funds is bound to enter the stage of standardization and rectification, which will help ensure the rational allocation and full use of funds and further improve the quality and efficiency of primary medical services.
On the basis of the above policy requirements, all localities have strengthened the management of public health funds. The pre-allocated funds for village clinics and rural doctors were controlled within one month, which was reflected in the national standards in 2021, and then appeared again in this year's Guangdong document, and now the requirement is clarified, indicating that the implementation of public health subsidies for village clinics is getting more and more attention and accelerating in a scientific and reasonable direction.
In addition, the state also stipulates that before the start of basic public health services every year, 70% of the current year's funds should be pre-allocated so that rural doctors can receive it on a monthly basis. However, the implementation of the situation does vary from place to place, for example, Guangdong mentioned that the corresponding funds will be allocated in a timely manner on a monthly or quarterly basis this year, and the Notice clarifies that the settlement will be completed as soon as possible before the end of 2023. This policy will ensure the timely disbursement of public health funds and effectively avoid the problems of late issuance and deductions.
Most importantly, the implementation of subsidy funds for basic public health services will start from informatized big data, and electronic computing and verification capabilities will play an important role. With the continuous advancement of public health fund reform in Guangdong, Fujian and other major medical reform provinces, timely distribution and delivery have become an important standard for local governments to ensure openness, transparency and guarantee of public health funds.
In summary, the guarantee and management of public health funds has become one of the priorities of national policies. Through a series of policy measures, the Government aims to ensure the timely disbursement and rational use of funds to improve the level and quality of primary medical services. This will help meet the health needs of the people and promote the development of the national health cause.
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