Medical insurance card can brush what medical equipment

In the past, the insured workers to the pharmacy to buy sphygmomanometer, iodine, masks and other medical supplies, is not able to use the medical insurance card payment. Right now, the city's health insurance department of health insurance personal account to pay for the purchase of medical supplies range, made a new provision.

On August 25, the Municipal Health Insurance Bureau of the use of employee health insurance personal account made clear the scope of the individual account can be used to pay the insured person himself, as well as his spouse, parents, children in the designated retail pharmacy to buy medicines, medical equipment, medical consumables costs.

Specifically, the medical device packaging approval number for "mechanical", such as people commonly used thermometers, blood glucose meters, nebulizers, douches, etc., medical supplies packaging approval number for "mechanical", such as masks, medical gloves, medical swabs, Medical alcohol disinfectant tablets or cotton balls, medical povidone-iodine disinfectant cotton balls, medical care pads, a variety of medical dressings, blood glucose test strips, band-aids, etc., purchased at designated retail pharmacies can be included in the scope of the payment of personal accounts.

But medical equipment and medical supplies on the package approval number for "consumer certificate word" disinfection products, such as iodophor disinfectant, ethanol disinfectant, 84 disinfectant, alcohol wipes, disinfectant gel, anti-bacterial hand sanitizer, etc., is not in the medical insurance personal account within the scope of use.

The medical insurance department reminded the insured workers with medical insurance card to the designated retail pharmacy to buy medical equipment and medical supplies, be sure to see the approval number on the packaging of the product, is the "mechanical" word, or "consumer certificate word" number, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings. The first step is to make sure that you have a good understanding of what you are doing and what you are doing.