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No Chuikyo Members Call for Formulary Incentives under Medical Fee Schedule
The Central Social Insurance Medical Council (Chuikyo) discussed the introduction of medical fees that reward hospital drug formularies at its general meeting on December 8, with no opinions raised to support the idea towards the FY2022 reimbursement reform. In December…
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