Recently, Shantou has become the first and the only city in Guangdong Province that offers a pilot service for trans-provincial direct settlement of medical expenses in general outpatient. The medical institutions that have opened remote Internet-based direct settlement services in Shantou City can realize direct settlement of general outpatient expenses for trans-provincial policy-holders of basic medical insurance.

The objects of this pilot service are the policy-holders of basic medical insurance who have completed Shantou’s registration procedures for their permanent residences in other provinces, covering the disease category that consists of 52 special diseases as unified in Guangdong Province.At present, 34 medical institutions in Shantou City have simultaneously opened the direct settlement services for provincial outpatient of specific diseases as well as provincial and trans-provincial general outpatient. In the future, on the basis of summing up the pilot experience, Shantou City will gradually expand the coverage of the population (including the patient for transfer treatment incurred outside the place where the patient resides), and promote the direct settlement of general outpatient medical expenses for treatment incurred outside the place where the patient resides.

　　Source:Shantou Daily, Aug 18, 2021

　　汕头在广东率先开通跨省普通门诊直接结算试点服务

　　近日，我市成为全省首个也是目前唯一一个开通跨省异地门诊医疗费用直接结算试点服务的城市，跨省参保人在我市已开通异地联网直接结算服务的医疗机构可实现普通门诊费用直接结算。

　　这次试点服务的人员范围为本市已办妥常住异地备案手续的参保人，病种范围为全省统一的52个门特病种。目前我市已有34家医疗机构同步开通省内门诊特定病种、省内和跨省普通门诊直接结算服务。下来，将在总结试点经验基础上逐步扩大覆盖人群范围（包括异地就医转诊人员），推进普通门诊异地就医费用直接结算工作。

来源：汕头日报 2021-8-18