(Reporter Wang Qian) Recently, the National Health Commission, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine have organized and formulated the "Guidelines for Cooperative Services between Medical and Health Institutions and Aged Care Service Institutions (Trial)." The "Guide" proposes that elderly care service organizations can explore the management and operation of internal medical and health institutions to contract medical and health institutions, and encourage elderly care service organizations to give priority to surrounding primary medical and health institutions and continuous medical institutions such as rehabilitation, nursing, and tranquility care. Sign cooperation.

　　The "Guide" points out that the elderly care service institutions shall scientifically and reasonably determine the medical and health institutions that intend to sign contracts in accordance with the principles of nearby convenience and demand service matching, and determine the content of medical and health service cooperation and cooperation funds after the two parties have negotiated and agreed. Encourage local governments to purchase services from the government and purchase contracted services from medical and health institutions, so as to effectively reduce the operational pressure on elderly care service institutions.

　　According to the "Guide", medical and health institutions can provide public health, disease diagnosis and treatment, medical rehabilitation, medical care, traditional Chinese medicine, mental health, tranquility and nursing care, family beds, emergency and emergency green channels, and two-way referrals for the elderly in contracted elderly service institutions. And other services, it can also carry out two-way referral and telemedicine services with medical and health institutions in qualified elderly care institutions.

　　The "Guide" proposes that contracted medical and health institutions can arrange medical and health personnel to visit regularly or irregularly, and can also set up branches or outpatient departments in elderly service institutions according to needs, and arrange for medical and health personnel to reside in elderly service institutions to provide medical and health services. On the basis of meeting the wishes of both parties, elderly care institutions may explore to hand over internal medical and health institutions to contract medical and health institutions for management and operation.

　　The "Guide" clarifies that the medical expenses incurred by the medical and health institutions in providing medical and health services for the elderly from contracted elderly service institutions, such as designated medical insurance institutions, shall be paid in accordance with the medical insurance regulations, and the personal payment shall be paid by the elderly themselves. If the medical expenses of the extremely poor are still insufficient after payment in accordance with the basic medical insurance, critical illness insurance and medical assistance and other medical security systems, they shall be supported by the assistance and support funds.