The government will manage nonreimbursable services with high concerns about overtreatment. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said on the 7th that it will preannounce a partial amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the National Health Insurance Act containing these measures until on the 17th of next month.
The amendment adds a provision allowing certain nonreimbursable services to be designated as selective (managed) benefits. Selective benefits are, in principle, not covered by health insurance, but when socially necessary, the insurance partially subsidizes them.
With this amendment, the patient coinsurance rate for designated selective benefits is set at 95%. Patients bear most of the cost, but the state manages the items and can identify how they are used. A Health and Welfare Ministry official said, "We will pursue follow-up discussions to manage nonreimbursable services."