On May 20, a screenshot of a short message caused heated discussion on the Internet. The title of the message is Langfang People's Hospital, and the content is to get the nucleic acid testing fee from 2020 to 2021 from the hospital.
On the 21st, a Langfang citizen confirmed to the Red Star News reporter that he had received the relevant message, but had not yet returned the fee to the hospital.
In response, a Red Star reporter called Langfang People's Hospital, and a staff member said that the refund information was true, and they could take their ID cards to the hospital after receiving the SMS. Langfang 12345 staff also told Red Star News reporter that, today We have received a lot of inquiries about the refund of nucleic acid fees. The municipal hospital is currently refunding the fees in batches. The refund scope is limited to the nucleic acid tests done in the People's Hospital. At present, we have not received any information about whether other hospitals refund the fees.
A person on duty from the Health Commission of Hebei Province said that it was unclear whether there were uniform regulations on the refund of nucleic acid testing fees throughout the province, and whether the refund could be subject to the notice received.
Local 12345 replied that the hospital was refunding fees in batches
The scope is limited to nucleic acid testing done in hospitals in the city
On May 20, a netizen posted on the Internet that he had received a refund notice for nucleic acid testing, fearing that it was a fraud message.
It was mentioned in the online post that Langfang People's Hospital issued a notice in the above message, saying that it would refund the nucleic acid testing fee from 2020 to 2021 upon the request of the superior. Please take your ID card to the Finance Department of the Municipal Hospital to refund the fee on the working days from May 20 to June 20.
▲ Screenshot of online SMS On the 21st, Red Star News reporters interviewed a number of Langfang citizens. Some citizens said they had received a text message but had not yet returned the fee, while others said they did not understand the matter, but saw relevant discussions on WeChat groups.
A staff member of Langfang People's Hospital told the Red Star News reporter that the message of nucleic acid test refund was true, and it was OK to take the ID card to the hospital's financial department to handle it. Other information was unclear.
Guangyang District, Langfang City Health A staff member of the bureau said that he was not clear about the matter and had not received relevant documents. A staff member of Langfang Municipal Health Commission also said that he was not clear about the matter. Langfang 12345 staff introduced that they received many inquiries about the refund of nucleic acid fees today. The municipal hospital is currently refunding the fees in batches. The refund scope is limited to the nucleic acid tests done in the People's Hospital. At present, no information has been received about whether other hospitals will refund the fees.
Tianjin, Guangxi and Xinjiang have issued a refund for nucleic acid testing
In March 2021, the Tianjin Health Commission also issued a notice on the refund of nucleic acid testing fees. The refund range is "the nucleic acid testing fees for the period from May 7, 2020 to February 9, 2021", which is similar to the time range issued by Langfang People's Hospital.
In the policy question and answer of Tianjin Health Commission, it was mentioned that refund personnel include fever outpatients, new inpatients and their caregivers who have participated in the city's basic medical insurance, or who hold the city's ID card or household registration (the caregivers need to be evaluated and determined by the medical institution). The refund time range is because "according to the requirements of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council in response to the epidemic situation of COVID-19, the cost of nucleic acid testing for the above personnel will be borne by local governments from May 7, 2020. According to the requirements of the Tianjin Prevention and Control Headquarters, medical institutions will be exempted from the cost of nucleic acid testing for the above personnel from February 10, 2021. Therefore, the refund is to refund the above period expenses. " The standard of refund amount is that the reimbursement part of medical insurance will not be refunded, and the part paid by individuals will be refunded in full.
In addition, some counties and cities in Guangxi, Xinjiang and other places have also issued refund notices, including full refund and balance refund.
Online search found that many places in Hebei had also issued a notice on the refund of nucleic acid testing fees.
In the announcement issued by Changli County, three local hospitals were required to "refund the personal part of the general screening and testing expenses of outpatient fever patients from February 12, 2020 to February 11, 2021; refund the personal part of the nucleic acid testing expenses of inpatients and caregivers from June 8, 2020 to June 30, 2021." The refund population in the announcement of the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University is the fever outpatients from January 23, 2020 to November 30, 2020 and inpatients from May 8, 2020 to November 30, 2020. Fengning Manchu Autonomous County Hospital has also issued refunds for inpatients and caregivers from January 1 to July 12, 2021.
Chief reporter of Red Star News Wu Yang Special correspondent Liu Yaya
Edited by Guo Yu and directed by Deng Pinguang
