Increasing price of some medical equipment by 5 %!

According to Mehr News Agency correspondent, Mansour Alimardani, a member of the Majlis Health Commission on medical services tariffs, said: “We need to have a half -time to increase the preferential currency.” This tariff is related to medical services and doctors' wages. Increasing a 5 % tariff means that the average tariff received from patients for medical services has increased.

He continued: The increase in the price of the preferential currency has an impact on medical equipment by 5 %. Personnel salaries also increased by 5 %, which is also effective in increasing a 5 % increase. A 5 % increase in the diagnostic sector should not cause the diagnostic kits at much higher rates.

Alimardani continued: Insurance is also expected to pay 5 % of the outpatient costs. Insurance, of course, has accepted the government tariff sector and only pay 5 % of the cost of services on the basis of government tariffs. The gap between private and public tariffs increases the cost output of the patient's pocket. Insurance must also increase their budget so that they can pay the costs and meet the demands of the parties to the contract.

Alimardani said: Insurance must be able to pay for the costs and the budget approved must be held accountable. If the inputs of the boxes are compatible with their output, there will be no problem. But the Health Commission is concerned about increasing the output of people's pockets. Given Pressure will be put on the pockets of people, and the realization of tariffs is very effective in leaving people's pockets. As government tariffs rise, the difference between private and public tariffs will benefit the people.

Mohammad Raiszadeh, head of the country's medical organization, said: “People should know that tariff is the main issue of medical system with insurance organizations, not with the people and the organization. The closer the tariffs are to the real price, the lower the payment of the people and the more insurance they have to pay, otherwise the burden will be imposed on the people. But this is not properly informed, and people think they are being harmed by increased tariffs.

“The tariff is the amount that the insurers have to pay and pay for the real price,” he said. Today the actual price of service is 5 % more than the tariffs specify; So as the tariff rises, the benefit of the people and the insurers take the most.

“Increasing the tariff on health services has nothing to do with the wages of the medical community,” Raiszadeh said in an interview with the Radio. Of course, the price of inflationary components in the field of health is 5 % higher than in other parts of the community; Therefore, a 5 % increase is not related to the medical community, and 5 % is related to the inflationary components of the health sector. Over the past five years, the wage growth of the medical community has been almost one -third of the growth of labor and employee salaries, and the approach of tariffs to the real number has reduced the payment of people's pockets, and if the tariffs are less than the insurance companies, it will benefit insurance companies.