건강생활실천지원금제The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced that starting December 28, it will provide healthy living practice subsidies to 109 cities, counties, and districts in all regions that are implementing primary care chronic disease management pilot projects (starting January 2019).
The primary care chronic disease management pilot project (universal system pilot project) is a project that establishes customized patient management plans at local clinics and comprehensively manages patients with hypertension and diabetes through education and periodic patient management. 3,684 district clinics (3,534 registered doctors, approximately 590,000 registered patients) are participating.
The Healthy Living Practice Subsidy allows patients registered in the universal system pilot project to accumulate up to 80,000 points per year if they practice healthy living on their own, such as walking, or continue to participate in disease management services provided by the clinic, and can use the points at designated online shopping malls. As a patient incentive, it was previously provided only in 10 regions.
Starting on the 28th, a notification message (in the form of KakaoTalk) from the National Health Insurance Corporation will be sent to those in the 99 regions where incentives will be provided, providing guidance on how to participate.
In addition, in order to improve the quality of high blood pressure and diabetes management services provided by clinics, basic education (first time) and continuing education (yearly) are mandatory for service providers (doctors, nurses, nutritionists).
Detailed information on the improvement model can be found in the revised pilot project guideline posted on the Ministry of Health and Welfare website.
Shinkkot Watch Health Policy Director of the Ministry of Health and Welfare said, “As we expand and provide patient incentives, we hope that more patients with high blood pressure and diabetes will manage their health on their own initiative.” He added, “In the second half of next year, we will expand the project nationwide and provide incentives. “We plan to improve the points so that they can be used at local clinics, etc.,” he said.
