The next explosive point in the medical equipment market has arrived!

In 2015, medical insurance became one of the hottest terms in the pharmaceutical industry, often associated with policies. As a member of the medical equipment industry, this has become an important aspect that cannot be ignored.

State Council Document: Merger of Urban and Rural Medical Insurance

On January 11, 2016, the National Health and Family Planning Commission officially issued the "Opinions on Integrating the Fundamental Medical Insurance System for Urban and Rural Residents". That is to say, starting from January 11, 2016, China's urban and rural medical insurance was merged into one.

The rule is to integrate the two systems of urban resident basic medical insurance (hereinafter referred to as urban resident medical insurance) and new rural cooperative medical insurance (hereinafter referred to as new rural cooperative medical insurance), and establish a consistent system of urban and rural resident basic medical insurance (hereinafter referred to as urban and rural resident medical insurance).

We should follow the overall idea of consistent systems, integrated policies, balance levels, improved mechanisms, and enhanced services, and stop integrating from the aspects of consistent coverage scope, consistent financing policies, consistent guaranteed benefits, consistent medical insurance catalog, consistent designated management, and consistent fund management. We should actively build a more fair and standardized medical insurance system for urban and rural residents, with more ineffective application of medical resources.

Great benefits for expanding the consumables market

In the situation where the price of outer gloves has been overwhelmed by the country, surgical glove dealers are eager to have a chance to recoup their costs. If the prices of consumables continue to be suppressed, the timing for companies to recoup their costs will only depend on high market demand and market capacity.

The integration of urban and rural medical insurance issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission has given a shot in the arm to consumables suppliers. The originally dispersed two systems were integrated together and managed uniformly. Combined with the national implementation of tiered diagnosis and treatment, the consumables market is bound to expand. So the next step for the enterprise is to make a good strategic layout and strive to win every piece of the medical institution market.

The promotion of graded diagnosis and treatment will rapidly expand the grassroots market

This time, it is explicitly proposed to reform the composite collection method that combines various payment methods such as per capita payment, per disease payment, per bed day payment, and total prepayment, establish and improve the negotiation mechanism and risk sharing mechanism between medical insurance agencies, medical institutions, and drug suppliers, promote the formation of reasonable medical insurance collection norms, guide designated medical institutions to provide standard service behaviors, and control unreasonable growth of medical expenses.

Through measures such as supporting insured residents to sign contracts with grassroots medical institutions and general practitioners, and formulating differentiated collection policies, the establishment of a hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system has been promoted, gradually forming a new medical sequence of primary diagnosis, two-way referral, urgent and slow treatment, and top-down linkage.

The rapid promotion of graded diagnosis and treatment will lead to a rapid expansion of the grassroots market. At that time, both medical consumables and medical equipment will face significant gaps. Therefore, it is necessary to seize the opportunity and do a good job in developing the grassroots market, so as to occupy the market first when the demand in the grassroots market bursts.

Overall, the integration of urban and rural medical insurance has brought more and larger market capacity and space to the medical equipment industry. Machinery companies should seize this opportunity to bring more profits to themselves.