The National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA) has released a draft proposal titled “Notice on Carrying out Special Treatment of Oral Implant Medical Service Charges and Consumables Prices,” seeking public feedback until August 27, 2022. The initiative aims to address issues such as irregular charges and heavy cost burdens in the oral implant field, ensuring public access to high-quality, efficient, and affordable missing tooth restoration services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Standardizing Pricing Methods<\/strong>
Public medical institutions providing dental implant services will adopt a “service items + special consumables” pricing method. When implementing the “separation of technology and consumables,” the project price should be reduced by deducting the average online procurement price of related consumables. Dental implant crowns will be procured online and sold at a “zero markup” rate on the actual purchase price. Each provincial healthcare security bureau will issue a document before the end of 2022 to standardize and integrate local price items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n