At the beginning of this year, the "sky-high ambulance" incident in Shandong attracted public attention (Picture source: NetEase News)
At the beginning of this year, a "sky-high ambulance" incident occurred in Shandong. The 80-kilometer price of 3,600 yuan is also a record! In the past, some ambulance workers were worried that the patient's family members would not pay when they arrived at the hospital, and they had to pay first before recruiting people, delaying the best time for rescue of the patient.
"Sky-high first aid" is also "slaughtering people" when saving people. "A moment the ambulance sounds, a pig is raised in vain" is a portrayal of this. The reason for this phenomenon is that in addition to the greed of hospitals and ambulance personnel, also stems from the inconsistent pre-hospital emergency charging standards:
ambulance personnel can "bring patients to help their families". First aid vehicles themselves are a rare resource, not to mention In the face of life in danger, money must be like a cloud;
was "robbed by the disease" by an ambulance, and the patients had almost no basis to appeal and protect their rights.
Beijing, quality supervision staff are testing the ambulance meter. (Photo source: Beijing Times-Oriental IC) Such an embarrassing situation in
will not happen in Beijing from next month. According to the Beijing Morning Post today (23rd):
Starting from May 1, Beijing will use a meter to determine the ambulance usage fee and cancel the round-trip full pricing. A starting fee of 50 yuan is charged within 3 kilometers, and 7 yuan per kilometer for more than 3 kilometers.
The first sentence we use ambulance in the future may be "Master, don't you watch the watch."
Beijing ambulance meter billing, starting price 50 yuan
Originally, it was a one-way trip to the hospital, but the ambulance had to be charged on two-way trip. This is a puzzling phenomenon in ambulance charges. However, starting from May 1, Beijing will use a meter to determine the ambulance usage fee, and a starting fee of 50 yuan will be charged within 3 kilometers, and a starting fee of 7 yuan per kilometer for more than 3 kilometers.
According to the Beijing Morning News report:
reporter learned from the Beijing Municipal Quality Supervision Bureau yesterday (22nd) that a total of 580 ambulances in Beijing 120 and 999 have been installed. In order to ensure the accurate and reliable measurement performance of the meter, the Municipal Quality Supervision Bureau has completed the measurement and inspection of all ambulance meters as of yesterday. The meter on the ambulance looks no different from the ordinary meter on a taxi, and the items are displayed including mileage, timing, amount, etc. The
detector introduced that the allowable error of the meter is one percent, that is, the error of 100 meters is 1 meter. At present, the actual error is only 0.5 meters.
Picture source: Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission official website
Daily Economic News (WeChat ID: nbdnews) noticed that on April 13, the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission announced the "Notice on Issuing Prices of Pre-hospital Emergency Projects in this City" on its website (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice") will unify the current "ambulance usage fee" multiple prices, and the pricing method will be changed from "full vehicle round trip pricing" to "pricing based on actual passenger mileage". It turns out that the "empty driving fee" and "return fee" mentioned by some ordinary people have been cancelled, and the charges are more open and transparent.
This "Notice" requires that ambulance vehicles must be equipped with a meter, and the mileage shall be subject to the meter. Ambulance vehicles without meter shall not be charged. Moreover, emergency agencies cannot affect pre-hospital emergency services due to charging issues. Starting from May 1, this price policy will be implemented uniformly across the city, regardless of urban areas or suburbs, whether it is 120 or 999, the same standard will be implemented.
On April 1, 2016, Beijing released the "Pre-hospital Emergency Fee Price List". Starting from May 1, all ambulances in Beijing will have a unified charging standard (Picture source: Oriental IC)
Relevant person in charge of the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission previously said in an interview with a reporter from " Legal Evening News ":
This time the pre-hospital emergency price The policy focuses on clarifying and standardizing three aspects of issues. The most important thing is to reflect the public welfare nature of pre-hospital emergency. This time, the current "car-on medical fee" project is standardized as "pre-hospital critical and critical rescue" project. The price level remains unchanged by 40 yuan per time and is paid by individuals at their own expense. It has been changed to include the city's basic medical insurance and work-related injury insurance reimbursement scope.The
pricing mileage is calculated based on the actual driving kilometers to the destination from the patient to receive, which avoids the vehicle still charging when it is empty. If two or more patients are picked up and dropped off at the same time, the ambulance usage fee will be shared equally according to the number of patients.
In addition, if the patient and his family refuse to use an ambulance that has arrived at the scene due to their own reasons, they will need to pay an ambulance fee of 50 yuan, and the starting price of 50 yuan is only charged once.
Netizen: What if the ambulance maliciously detours?
Image source: Observer.com
"Sky-high Ambulance" case does not only happen in China. The New York Times once reported "How expensive is it to call an ambulance in the United States? 15 minutes charge $1772":
Kira Milas didn't know who called 911 and called an ambulance full of emergency medical staff. Miras, 23, worked as a swimming coach this summer and broke three teeth when she swam to the pool.
Despite the wavering, she promised to take an ambulance to Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California. The medical staff put a neck brace on her to prevent accidents.
A week later, she received the bill for the 15-minute trip: $1772.42. She was still shocked by the cost even though the work-related injury compensation provided by her employer would pay the bill.
She said in a telephone interview, "We only drove 9 miles and there were no life-threatening injuries. I absolutely don't need emergency treatment."
Image source: Yangzhou Times
In addition, "ambulance metering metering metering metering metering in the ambulance." The concept of "Fe" seems fresh, but it is not the first in Beijing. Daily Economic News (WeChat ID: nbdnews) noticed that in June last year, Yangzhou City issued relevant regulations on "ambulance meter billing", but the details are different from Beijing. regulations:
two-way charges are changed to one-way calculation The starting price is 40 yuan/5 kilometers, and every additional 1 kilometer exceeds 4 yuan. Moreover, the ambulance costs in Yangzhou are not within the scope of medical insurance reimbursement.
Mr. Wu Feichi, who is certified on Weibo as the "legal representative of Hunan Zhengqing Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.", believes that "ambulance meter billing is also an improvement in medical improvement":
Beijing clearly stipulates ambulance charging standards, which can be said to be for citizens to eat A "peace of mind" was a dose, and there was no need to worry about the ambulance "taking advantage of the situation".
Of course, any system is formulated and implemented in nine parts. The author also hopes that all ambulances in Beijing can truly implement this regulation. Don’t use some means of “building the plank road openly and traveling to Chen Cang secretly” to make the regulation a “empty text.” Otherwise, it will not only affect the image of the hospital, but also the trust between doctors and patients.
In the view of the Huashang Daily,
In addition to unifying vehicle usage fees and establishing a transparent price system, it is also very important for the timely and effective supervision of first aid and emergency costs. Beijing is not the first city to adopt "meter billing" for ambulances, but if Beijing can do these two things at the same time, under such circumstances, the method of governing "sky-high ambulances" may be further in Promoted nationwide.
Image source: Sina Weibo
Some netizens also raised their concerns:
What if the ambulance maliciously detours? This is competing for time with the God of Death!
ambulances also charge for "meter" like taxis, starting at 50 yuan... What do you think? Welcome to leave a comment below.
Daily Economic News Comprehensive
Beijing Morning News, Legal Evening News, Huashang Daily,
Huasheng Online, Observer Network, Sina Weibo News
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