• 보건행정학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.40-52
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• 2010

Health insurance fees are set by relative value scales and conversion factors. Since 2008 the conversion factor has been classified into 7 according to the provider type, and a separate contract has been made respectively. As such classification of the conversion factor reflects only the different characteristics of providers, however, further classification to reflect the different cost structures of providers is proposed. Cost varies according to the type of not only providers but also services each provider supply. In fact different cost structures of providers are the result of their different services. This study analyzed the cost structure of medical services to propose a new approach to the classification of the conversion factor. This study analyzed the cost structure of medical services using cost data constructed in the revision study of relative value scales. The cost data consist of doctor's fee, support staff's fee, cost of medical equipments, cost of medical supplies and indirect cost. The proportion of each cost component to the total cost was analyzed in terms of service department and service type. 72 service groups are defined in terms of the combination of service department and service type. Through cluster analysis, 72 service groups were reduced into 7 clusters each of which has a similar cost structure. Conversion factor is contracted annually to reflect the change in the cost of providing medical services. So the classification of conversion factor has to be based on the cost structures of medical services, not the characteristics of providers. Service clusters derived in this study can be used as a new classification for health insurance fee contract.

• 대한족부족관절학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.238-241
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• 2006

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to figure out the appropriate and systemic insurance charge for the hallux valgus operations. Materials and Methods: 5 Hospitals for hallux valgus operations were analyzed how they have been charging the national health insurance corporation for their operation fees and how to use the estimated guide and authoritive interpretation through the guide book of health insurance medical treatment grant expense and the guide book of Health insurance medical treatment. Results: There are nothing for guiding principle of hallux valgus operations in both books but a guide of Mcbride operation which is approved 'JA-93-KA and JA-31' for operation fee. So majority of hospitals have charged operation fee depending on their own interpretations they like. According to the guide books, there was a authoritive interpretation that simultaneous operation of osteotomy and tendon transfer for cerebral palsy and flat foot can be eatimated as 'osteotomy+JA-93-NA'. Conclusion: Distal soft tissue procedure should be approved as 'JA-93-NAx100%+JA-31x50%' according to the the estimated guide and authoritive interpretation if transected adductor hllucis is transfered to first metatarsal head. So distal chevron osteotomy could be 'JA-30-1-RAx100%+JA-31x50%', proximal metatarsal osteotomy could be 'JA- 93-NAx100%+JA-31-50%+JA-30-1-RAx50%', first metatarsocuneiform joint arthrodesis could be 'JA-93-NAx100%+ JA-31x50%+JA-73-RAx50%'.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.13-27
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• 2021

Purpose: We examined the relationship between operating income and volume of medical services provided at general hospitals in 2018 according to characteristics of general hospitals and measured as operating income(net income) and volume(adjusted inpatient days) covered or non-covered by National Health Insurance(NHI). Methodology: Finance data from income statement reports in 212 general hospitals and the national health insurance claim data of these hospitals were used. The characteristics of the general hospital were divided into structural, operational, financial, and patient aspects. Operating income and volume were divided into covered and non-covered by NHI. Findings: The results showed high volume hospitals tended to be more profitable than low volume hospitals, especially in non-covered services. Operating income was more likely to be sensitive to non-covered services volume than to covered services volume. Practical Implications: It is necessary to understand the volume of services in non-covered, in order to obtain reliable cost information to be used for the fee schedule. Researches on small size hospitals(<160 beds) are needed, with a large variation in the volume of services and a strong tendency to compensate for the loss in the covered part in non-covered part.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.1920-1927
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• 2015

본 연구는 뇌졸중 환자의 작업치료 보험수가를 분석하고자 실시하였다. 연구대상자는 2010년 뇌졸중 유병자 중에서 의료기관에 입원하거나 외래로 작업치료를 받은 사람을 대상으로 하였으며, 작업치료 검사비용은 건강보험심사평가원의 2010년 보험청구자료를 주자료원으로 분석하였고, 작업치료의 종류는 2010년 작업치료보험수가를 토대로 구분하여 분석하였다. 연구결과 작업치료를 받은 인원은 입원의 경우 전문재활치료료가 가장 많았고 외래는 신경계기능검사료가 가장 많았다. 작업치료 비용은 전문재활치료료가 253억원으로 가장 많았으며, 병원종별 이용건수는 상급종합 및 종합병원이 18만건으로 가장 많았으나 총비용은 요양병원이 104억으로 가장 많았다. 보험종별로는 의료보험이 40만건으로 의료급여보다 많았으며 평균비용은 의료급여가 6만 1,626원으로 의료보험보다 더 많았다. 지역별 작업치료 이용건수와 비용은 서울과 경기가 가장 많았다. 본 연구는 전국 뇌졸중 환자의 자료를 이용하여 작업치료 비용을 분석한 최초의 연구라는 점에서 의의가 있으며 연구 결과는 향후 보험수가 개선에 필요한 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 의료법학
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.137-177
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• 2007

The medical expenses review system in Korea has developed under fee-for-service system with its own unique structure. The importance of reviewing medical expenses has been emphasized, as the size of medical expenditures moving through the health insurance legal context and its weight in the national economy have increased very rapidly. It is, however, analyzed that the feuds and arguments continue among the stakeholders for the lack of laws supporting the medical expenses review system. The medical expenses review is a series of administrative procedures, deciding whether claims from medical care institutions to the insurer are legal and valid or not. It mainly controls the increase of unnecessarily excessive health insurance claim and prevents fraudulent claim and abuse and checks the less use or unsuitable use of medical resources. It also works a function guarantees medical benefits for the appropriate treatment according to the object of health insurance system as a social insurance scheme. The dispute on legal base of the medical expenses review is about the source of law in the medical expenses review. There are the Health Insurance Act and administrative laws as jus scriptum and the guidelines of review as administrative orders. The medical expenses review should reflect various factors, such as the development of medical healthcare technologies, the health expenditures distribution, the financial situation of the health insurance, and the evaluation on the level of appropriate benefits. It is also likely to adapt to the traits of characters of medicine, and trends and transition, Besides it should judge the legality and the validity of medical benefits expenditures by synthesizing these all factors. And the evaluation system of appropriateness of medical benefits was administrative procedure which was consecutive with reviewing the medical expenses system and it was intended to make up for the result of reviewing the medical expenses in more comprehensive levels.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.125-136
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• 2018

본 연구는 의료소비자를 대상으로 실시되고 있는 치과건강보험급여화의 인식도를 조사하여 미래 치석제거 국민들의 구강건강향상을 위해 치과건강보험급여가 확대되고자 하는데 목적이 있다. 연 1회 치석제거급여 연령에 대한 적절성 여부는 나이와 교육수준에서 유의한 차이가 있었고(p<0.05), 연 1회 치석제거 급여횟수에 대한 적절성 여부는 결혼여부, 지역(구), 자가구강건강인지에서 유의하였으며(p<0.05), 연 1회 치석제거 급여수가에 대한 적절성 여부에서는 하루잇솔질총횟수가 통계적으로 유의하였다(p<0.05). 결국 연령이 증가하면서 나타나는 치주질환의 증가로 국가 차원에서의 건강보험급여 항목이 추가되어야 하며, 본 연구결과에서와 같이 치석제거 건강보험급여화는 연령, 횟수, 수가부분에서 더욱 확대 되어야하며, 향후 치과건강보험 급여정책 향상을 위한 노력은 국민의 구강건강을 위해 계속되어야 한다.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.215-230
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• 2005

이 조사논문은 건강보험 중 구강요양급여의 청구 및 심사등과 관련하여 일선 개원치의들의 견해를 조사하고, 보험관련정책수립에 개원치의들의 의견을 적극 반영코자 하는데 그 의의를 두고 있다. 본 조사는 2004년 2월경에 부산광역시 경남일대에 개원하고 있는 1,465명의 개원치의를 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하여 이들 중에서 406명으로부터 답변을 얻었고, 그 내용은 아래와 같이 요약할 수 있다. 1. 청구업무와 관련된사항 : 보험청구의 담당은 대체로 치과위생사(간호조무사)와 치과의사의 직접청구방식이 많았다. 대행청구는 그 비중이 전체에서 20%미만을 차지했다. 2.보험강좌의 참여도 : 보험강좌에 대한 관심은 비교적 저조한 것으로 나타났다. 3.이의신청유무 : 보험청구에 관련한 이의신청 유무는 엇비슷하게 나타났다. 4. 건강보험 심사규정에 관한 개원치의들의 견해 : 현재의 진료비 심사규정 지침에 대한 개원치의들의 생각을 묻는 질문에 대한 응답으로는 "심사기준이 난해하고 부당한 삭감이 많은 것 같다"는 응답이 압도적으로 많았다. 5. 건강보험심사평가원과 관련한 사항 : 약 70%의 개원치의들은 건강보험심사평가원으로부터 자율지도라는 명분하에 이루어지는 대화방식에 불만을 표시했다. 6. 진료비 영수증 발급에 대한 개원치의들의 입장 : 약 70%의 개원치의들은 진료비 영수증 발급에 여려움을 겪고 있었다. 7. 건강보험 비급여 진료분야의 급여적용에 관한 사항 : 대다수의 개원치의들은 전악 스켈링처치와 치면열구전색처치 및 불소도포와 같은 예방치료에 대해서는 급여적용을 희망하였다. 노인틀니, 귀금속을 제외한 보철치료, 광중합레진치료 등에 관하여는 비급여적용을 희망하였다.

• Perspectives in Nursing Science
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.77-83
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• 2009

The number of nurses per bed at acute-stage hospitals is quite low in Korea compared with other OECD countries. In order to prevent the degradation of the quality of inpatient nursing services due to insufficient nurse staffs, the national health insurance introduced the differentiated nursing care fee system. This did not work as a motive for inducing the employment of nursing staff due to insufficient cost compensation. Because of insufficient nursing staff, family members have to stay with the patient or patients have to hire a personal care attendant. This increases the burden and cost to families. For the activation of hospitals without guardians, there should be policies for raising additional nursing staff such as standardizing jobs among nursing staff, particularly between nurses and nursing assistants, setting adequate standards of staffing in nursing according to medical service, substantiating the cost of nursing under the differentiated nursing care fee system, improving the medical fee system of hospitals without guardians including health insurance payment, supplying nursing staff stably through improving their working conditions such as providing child rearing services and salary increase, clarifying the qualification of personal care attendants working at acute.stage hospitals, developing indexes for assessing the quality of nursing care services, and monitoring for the management of uniform quality.

• 대한예방한의학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.77-96
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• 2010

Objectives : This paper recommends a global budget based payment system for reimbursing oriental medical services in the national health insurance. Methods : We analyzed previous research outcomes related to oriental medical services and payment system We reviewed the experiences of other countries' global budget system in terms of their strength and weakness. In addition, we developed a reimbursement method for oriental medical services based on global budget. Results : Our reviews focused on global budget system of Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, and Taiwan. The estimation of global budget in the national health insurance was described in two scenarios. First scenario was to allocate oriental medical services in scale after signing a contract for global budget. In this case, 4.16% of the national health insurance expenditure was allocated for the oriental medical services. Second scenario was to estimate the global budget in a historical context. As a result, the first scenario in total budget was higher than the second, and we proposed a retrospective adjustment method for the gap between the budget and the actual expenditure Conclusions : The payment system for oriental medical services is recommended to shift from fee-for-service to global budget.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.71-82
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• 2021

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to estimate incomes and costs of the medical clinics by using secondary data. Methodology: The medical incomes and costs were estimated from 405 clinics operated by sole practitioner providing out-patient services among all clinics subject to the Medical Cost Survey on National Health Insurance Patients in 2017, excluding dental clinics and oriental medical clinics. The incomes and costs of the medical clinics were reflected with incomes and costs of health insurance benefits and were calculated by types of medical services (i.e., basic care, surgery, general treatment, functional test, specimen test and imaging test). The costs were classified as follows: labor costs, equipment costs, material costs and overhead costs. Secondary data was used to estimate the incomes and costs of the medical clinics. For allocation bases for costs for each type of the medical service, the ratio of revenue from health insurance benefits by types of medical services was applied. However, labor costs were calculated with the activity ratio by types of medical services and occupations, using clinical expert panel data. Finding: The percentage of health insurance income for all medical income was 73.1%. The health insurance cost per clinic was 401,864 thousand won. Labor cost accounted for the largest portion of the health insurance income was 191,229 thousand won (47.6%), followed by management cost was 170,018 thousand won (42.3%), materials cost was 35,434 thousand won (8.8%), and equipment costs was 5,183 thousand won (1.3%). Practical Implications: This study suggests a method of estimating incomes and costs of medical clinic services by using secondary data. It could efficiently provide incomes and costs to assess an appropriate level of the health insurance fee to the clinics.