Countdown to initial non-face-to-face treatment

Kim Seong-won, Representative of People's Power, scheduled to propose

Kang Hoon-sik, a member of the Democratic Party, joins the joint initiative, need to discuss

Member of People’s Power Kim Seong-won (Photo: Congressman Kim Seong-won’s office blog)

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Kim Seong-won, Democratic Party Rep.

 

Kang Hoon-sik co-represented the National Assembly's startup research group'Unicorn Farm', which plans to propose a bill to amend the Medical Act to allow non-face-to-face treatment from the first visit on the 3rd.

 

The representative initiative of the bill is Kim Seong-won (Dongducheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Yeoncheon), and Rep.

 

Kang Hoon-shik is listed on the list of co-sponsors.

 

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Kim Seong-won is active in the Industry, Trade, and Energy Small and Medium Venture Business Committee of the National Assembly.

 

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Kang Hoon-shik is the secretary of the Democratic Party of the Health and Welfare Committee.

 

The core of the bill is to allow non-face-to-face treatment for patients specified by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, regardless of whether they are first or re-examinations if it is possible to improve medical accessibility without harming the patient's health.

 

The bill stipulates the scope of non-face-to-face treatment as continuous observation of health and disease, diagnosis, consultation, hospital visit guidance, and prescription.

 

On this day, an official from Unicorn Farm explained in a phone call with Daily Farm, “There have been complaints from non-face-to-face treatment platform companies such as the Telemedicine Industry Council (hereinafter referred to as Wonsanhyup), and we will propose a bill for non-face-to-face treatment for first-time patients soon.” The official explains that the first-time non-face-to-face treatment bill is being legislated at the level of Unicorn Farm, a startup research group.

 

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Kim Seong-won, a member of the ruling party and a co-representative of Unicorn Farm, said that he agreed with the complaints regarding the non-face-to-face treatment regulation of Wonsanhyup, a member of which includes Dr.

 

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Kang Hoon-sik, a member of the opposition party, is also known to be in the position that, as a co-representative of Unicorn Farm, it is necessary to discuss and review the bill for first-time non-face-to-face treatment in the National Assembly.

 

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Kang Hoon-sik, secretary of the opposition party of the Welfare Committee, is fully aware of the fact that first-time non-face-to-face treatment is strongly opposed by the healthcare community, so he plans to put it on the discussion table to collect and deliberate various opinions from doctors, pharmacists, platform companies, and patients.

 

Previously, Congressman Kang proposed a unicorn farm-level bill as a representative on the 13th of last month.

 

The medical advertisement platform proposal, such as Gangnam Unni, was the starting point, and the amendment to the Medical Act that allows the Ministry of Health and Welfare to intervene in the review standards of the Medical Advertisement Deliberation Committee, which is composed of functional groups such as doctors, oriental doctors, and dentists, is that.

 

This time, following Rep.

 

Kang, Rep.

 

Kim Seong-won accepted the proposal of a non-face-to-face treatment platform such as Wonsanhyup and introduced a bill to allow first-time non-face-to-face treatment.

 

The first non-face-to-face treatment bill, which Congressman Kim is about to propose, allows non-face-to-face treatment from the first visit, except in cases where there are special restrictions.

 

It is a legislative measure to address concerns that platform companies will go bankrupt if non-face-to-face treatment is allowed only for returning patients, and the scope of non-face-to-face treatment is specified in a negative regulatory manner rather than a positive regulation.

 

When Kim's bill is proposed, for the first time, the National Assembly will review a first-time non-face-to-face treatment bill.

 

All four non-face-to-face treatment bills proposed so far are bills centered on returning patients that do not allow first visits.

 

Democratic Party lawmakers Kang Byung-won, Choi Hye-young, and Shin Hyun-young and People’s Power Congressman Lee Jong-seong have each proposed a representative initiative.

 

An official from Unicorn Farm said, "It is a bill that allows non-face-to-face treatment for patients specified by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health and Welfare if it can increase medical access without harming the patient's health." The scope of non-face-to-face treatment includes continuous observation of disease, diagnosis, consultation, hospital visit guidance, and prescription.” Meanwhile, the research purpose of Unicorn Farm, a research group of the National Assembly, is regulation rationalization, policy development, and related legislative measures to support the growth of startups and venture companies.