5 conditions for health insurance payment when buying medicine outside the hospital

    Cao Thơm (Theo Bộ Y tế) |

    The Ministry of Health has just issued Circular 22/2024, which stipulates that from January 1, 2025, health insurance patients who must buy medicine and medical supplies outside the hospital will be paid by health insurance.

    Cao Thơm (Theo Bộ Y tế)
    RELATED NEWS
    Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan presented a report on the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance. Photo: Pham Dong

    Submitting to the National Assembly the amended Law on Health Insurance: Serious illnesses are transferred directly to higher levels

    |

    The Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance (HI) eliminates referral procedures for some cases of rare diseases, serious diseases... to create convenience, reduce out-of-pocket expenses for people, and save costs.

    General Director of Vietnam Social Security Nguyen The Manh presents social insurance books and health insurance cards to people in Yen Binh district, Yen Bai province. Photo: Vietnam Social Security

    Vietnam Social Security gives 1,200 social insurance books and 9,260 health insurance cards to the poor

    |

    Mr. Dao Viet Anh - Deputy General Director of Vietnam Social Security - said that all tasks performed by Vietnam Social Security are aimed at a common goal, which is to best ensure the rights and legitimate interests of participants in social insurance, health insurance, and unemployment insurance.

    Buying medicine outside the hospital, patients are paid by health insurance

    Buying medicine outside the hospital, patients are paid by health insurance

    |

    From January 1, 2025, if the hospital lacks drugs and medical supplies in the health insurance list, patients who buy drugs outside the hospital will be paid directly by the Health Insurance Fund.

    Brokers massively sell off-price land auctioned near Hanoi up to 300 million VND

    |

    Hanoi - The auction of 33 land plots in Yen Lang commune saw many brokerage groups advertising hundreds of millions of VND per land plot right after the auction.

    Regional minimum wage applied to workers working under labor contracts. Photo: Bao Han

    Regional minimum wage increase from January 1, 2026, motivation for workers

    |

    Increasing the regional minimum wage from January 1, 2026 will create motivation for workers right from the beginning of the new year, according to labor expert - trade union.

    Da Nang Police force and local authorities urgently rebuild new houses for people in disaster areas. Photo: Trung Le

    From piles of rubble to new roofs in Nam Tra My, Da Nang

    |

    Da Nang - 157 landslide points, hundreds of households affected. From the rubble after floods, new roofs are gradually appearing in Nam Tra My.

    The old headquarters of the Nghe An Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has been handed over to the Nghe An Provincial Land Development Center and is expected to be auctioned in the second quarter of 2026. Photo: Duy Chuong

    Explaining why many headquarters in Nghe An were handed over but are slow to operate

    |

    Nghe An - Many headquarters have been transferred to receiving units but are slow to operate because they are completing legal procedures, usage plans and functional conversion.

    The Ministry of Finance has transferred money to localities to deploy Tet gifts for beneficiaries. Photo: Ha Anh

    The Ministry of Finance has transferred money to localities to deploy Tet gifts

    |

    The Ministry of Finance said that it has transferred funds for localities to implement giving Tet Nguyen Dan Binh Ngo 2026 gifts to subjects according to regulations.

    Bộ trưởng Bộ Y tế Đào Hồng Lan trình bày tờ trình về dự án Luật sửa đổi, bổ sung một số điều của Luật Bảo hiểm Y tế. Ảnh: Phạm Đông

    Submitting to the National Assembly the amended Law on Health Insurance: Serious illnesses are transferred directly to higher levels

    NHÓM PV |

    The Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Health Insurance (HI) eliminates referral procedures for some cases of rare diseases, serious diseases... to create convenience, reduce out-of-pocket expenses for people, and save costs.

    Tổng Giám đốc BHXH Việt Nam Nguyễn Thế Mạnh trao tặng sổ BHXH, thẻ BHYT cho người dân huyện Yên Bình, tỉnh Yên Bái. Ảnh: BHXH VN

    Vietnam Social Security gives 1,200 social insurance books and 9,260 health insurance cards to the poor

    Hà Anh |

    Mr. Dao Viet Anh - Deputy General Director of Vietnam Social Security - said that all tasks performed by Vietnam Social Security are aimed at a common goal, which is to best ensure the rights and legitimate interests of participants in social insurance, health insurance, and unemployment insurance.

    Mua thuốc ngoài bệnh viện, bệnh nhân được BHYT thanh toán

    Buying medicine outside the hospital, patients are paid by health insurance

    Cao Thơm - Hoàng Xuyến |

    From January 1, 2025, if the hospital lacks drugs and medical supplies in the health insurance list, patients who buy drugs outside the hospital will be paid directly by the Health Insurance Fund.