What are regulations on development and consolidation of demand for tuberculosis (TB) preventive medicine procured via Health Insurance Fund (HIF) in Vietnam? Thank you!
Pursuant to Article 9 of the Circular 36/2021/TT-BYT (takes effect from 15/02/2022) stipulating development and consolidation of demand for TB preventive medicine procured via HIF in Vietnam as follows:
- Prior to the planning period, the national contact points shall send guidelines on producing plans for TB preventive medicine demand procured via HIF to Departments of Health and provincial contact points.
- Based on the aforementioned guidelines produced by national contact points, provincial contact points shall send the guidelines on producing plans for TB preventive medicine demand procured via HIF to provincial medical establishments.
- Medical establishments shall develop list of medicine with precise quantity for each medicine, each group, and distribution progress and submit to provincial contact points. Provincial contact points are responsible for reviewing and consolidating demands of provincial medical establishments, reporting to Departments of Health for appraisal of list of medicine, medicine class, quantity, and sending the plans to national contact points together with documents mentioned under Clause 1 of this Article.
- The national contact points are responsible for reviewing and consolidating demands for TB preventive medicine procured via HIF nationally.
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