NHPA Issues Guidelines for the Establishment of Price Items for Radiological Examinations (Trial) to Promote Clinical Application of Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Diagnostic Techniques

The National Health Insurance Administration issued a guideline for the establishment of radiological examination price items (for trial implementation), with the aim of standardizing radiological examination items and making their establishment clear and their charges reasonable. The guide puts forward a number of initiatives: First, to promote the clinical application of artificial intelligence-assisted diagnostic technology, given that it can only assist in diagnosis and cannot replace the physician's diagnosis, it is not appropriate to charge additional fees after the diagnostic examination fees have already been collected, and for this reason, "artificial intelligence-assisted diagnostic" extension is set up under the main item of radiological examination, and the same price is implemented as that of the main item, and there is no duplication of fees. Charges; second is the digital image processing, uploading and cloud storage into the price composition, if the medical institutions can not do image cloud storage is required to reduce the cost, clear cloud image is conducive to the promotion of the results of the examination of sharing and mutual recognition; third is the unity of the entity film from the project price composition of the stripped, the implementation of zero-differential sales, on-demand purchase, previously some places there is a film cost of the problem of packaging, and now Jiangsu and other provinces have taken the lead in the unbundling of the right of the patient to have the right to choose. Patients have the right to make their own choices.