Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) panel has approved a revised handling policy for the CEA system for FY2026, with the health…
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Chuikyo OKs Requirements for Hospitals Offering Mixed Care in Economic Zones
The Central Social Insurance Medical Council (Chuikyo) on November 19 endorsed, after some fine-tuning, eligibility requirements for hospitals that can provide publicly uninsured healthcare services together with insured ones in a fast-track senshin-iryo scheme allowed in Tokyo and Kansai economic…
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