The Hebei Provincial Medical Security Bureau recently issued the "Several Measures on Further Improving the Actual Reimbursement Ratio and Improving the Convenience Level of Medical Insurance Handling Services", which formulated 15 specific work measures in four aspects. The "Three 1%" action and the medical insurance handling service ability improvement action were organized and implemented throughout the province, allowing the public to "take good care of the disease, spend less money, and run less errands". According to the measures, this year the Provincial Medical Security Bureau will organize and implement the "Three 1%" action to further increase the actual reimbursement ratio of hospitalization, namely: increasing the actual reimbursement ratio of hospitalization by 1% by expanding the directory, increasing the actual reimbursement ratio of hospitalization by 1% through centralized procurement, and regulating medical service behavior to increase the actual reimbursement ratio of hospitalization by 1%. Meanwhile, Hebei will steadily expand the scope of medical insurance reimbursement. Gradually expand the scope of the medical consumables catalog and medical service project catalog, support the inheritance, innovation, and development of traditional Chinese medicine, and include eligible medical service projects related to traditional Chinese medicine and ethnic medicine diagnosis and treatment in the medical insurance catalog of Hebei Province. Hebei will vigorously promote centralized and quantity procurement of drugs and medical consumables. Expand the scope of centralized procurement of drugs and medical consumables, and this year implement the centralized procurement of 190 types of drugs and 50 types of medical consumables. Timely implement the selection results of centralized procurement of drugs and medical consumables in quantity, and actively participate in the centralized procurement of trans regional alliances such as Beijing Tianjin Hebei Alliance and traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations in Hubei. In addition, Hebei Province will focus on improving the service capacity of medical insurance handling, further promoting the continuation of medical insurance relationships among employees within the province, and the declaration of maternity benefits within the province, making medical insurance handling services more convenient and efficient. Simplify the process of handling the transfer and continuation of medical insurance relationships among employees within the province, achieve seamless processing of continuation business, and enjoy seamless integration of benefits. Realize automatic declaration of maternity benefits within the province, and insured individuals do not need to apply separately or go to the medical insurance handling window of the insured area to handle the application. (New News Agency)