Driving on the road to pick up customers, Wu Woo (a pseudonym) has a lot of things to worry about. There is a news broadcast on the radio. On the 6th, Zhuhai’s three successful bidding companies signed a contract for the purchase and sale of general medical consumables with public hospitals and medical management centers. The reform of pharmaceutical and medical consumables distribution in Zhuhai public medical institutions has kicked off.
As the owner of a more representative pharmaceutical distribution company in Zhuhai, Wu’s company has been squeezed out of the market and suffered a “destruction!â€
However, for the public, the government promised to give lower medical prices, 90% of the reimbursement of medical insurance preferential policies, and better services.
Is it suspected of monopoly?
Zhuhai City has compiled a catalogue of general medical consumables procurement, unified bidding procurement and distribution.
This is the first batch of medical supplies based on a universal, public tender of three companies: Sinopharm Guangdong Medical Devices Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Medical Equipment Co., Ltd. is based in Zhuhai Co., Ltd. and Sinopharm.
The three companies will be distributed to 65 public medical and health institutions and family planning services in Zhuhai. The delivery period will be from May 1, 2016 to October 31, 2017, for a total of 18 months, and will be officially implemented on May 1.
"The three companies are responsible for the distribution of general consumables in all hospitals in the city. Isn't this a monopoly?" Wu Angrily was indignant. He told the Yangcheng Evening News reporter that general supplies such as syringes accounted for 40% of all his company's business. Consumables "cutting the knife" is equivalent to a 40% reduction in the company's business.
Wu Yu said that knowing that Zhuhai City should carry out unified distribution, his company was not qualified to participate in the bidding, and laid off five employees.
Why are you not qualified?
The reporter saw the bidding request on the bidding platform entrusted by Zhuhai Medical Management Center. “The range of products available for bidders can reach more than 85% of the catalogue of products in the procurement catalogueâ€, according to Zhuhai Pharmaceutical Distribution Association President Su Wei Wei said that this article limits the circulation enterprises must be large-scale.
However, there are a total of 71 pharmaceutical distribution companies in Zhuhai, and the main business is pharmaceutical distribution companies, all of which are small and medium-sized.
Dong Ge (a pseudonym), the head of another pharmaceutical distribution company, said: "This seems unfair to SMEs. After all, we contribute to Zhuhai's employment and taxation. We know Zhuhai public hospitals better than foreign companies. The service is more thoughtful. ."
Is it suspected of monopoly?
Li Li, director of the Zhuhai Municipal Health and Planning Bureau, frankly faced such doubts. He said that Zhuhai itself is a reform city. The medical reform is bound to have the cutting of interests. The first question considered by the medical reform is how to reduce the medical burden of the people.
"You can't feed everyone and talk about medical reform." Li Li said that pharmaceutical circulation companies are facing a major reshuffle, but this may not be a good thing. On the contrary, it can promote the survival of the fittest in the industry.
Can you cut off the interest chain?
"The purchase amount and the unified distribution are estimated to be about 176 million yuan in the period of the purchase, and the overall price reduction is about 22%." The cost savings of more than 30 million yuan is the most significant impact of this reform.
What impact will this have on hospitals and patients?
Zhu Yaoping, the relevant person in charge of Zhuhai Medical Reform Office, answered: Through the unified bidding procurement and distribution, a new mechanism for bidding and distribution of medical consumables in Zhuhai can be established, which can increase the use of medical consumables and transaction supervision, reduce circulation, and force the reform of medical supplies circulation. Reduce hospital operating costs and reduce patient burden.
The relevant person in charge of a top three hospital in Zhuhai told reporters that the reform starts with general consumables because the general consumables are not charged, but they are included in the cost of dressing, injection, etc. If the hospital can reduce the cost from this part, then it can be Patients provide better service.
According to the plan, the medicines will also be uniformly tendered and distributed, and the medicines may also be reduced in price.
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