[Reporter's view] Improving guidelines excluding PVA
By Lee, Hye-Kyung | translator Choi HeeYoung
21.12.06 06:00:20
The NHIS announced the revision of Article 6 (1) and (2) of the Price-Volume Agreement (PVA) detailed operation guidelines for "Article 6 (Drugs Excluding Negotiations)." According to the policy, The NHIS guidelines will be implemented immediately after the revision is made, but this time, they will be applied from January 1 next year after inquiring opinions as opposition from the pharmaceutical industry is expected. The revision calls for expanding the "same product group with an annual claim of less than 1.5 billion won" to "less than 2 billion won" in Paragraph 1, Paragraph 2, "items with an upper limit of less than the arithmetic average of the main component code."
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Lee, Hye-Kyung(hgrace7@dailypharm.com)