Ong Ye Kung on changes for more flexible and convenient MediFund assistance

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Around 30 per cent of beneficiaries receive MediFund assistance from more than one institution within the same public healthcare cluster, and around 40 per cent receive MediFund assistance from more than one institution across public healthcare clusters.

The Ministry of Health has devolved MediFund approvals to the MediFund committees of individual healthcare institutions. However, this also leads to multiple assessment for patients across institutions. There is a need to strike a balance between flexibility and convenience. MOH has reviewed the MediFund application process to make it more seamless and will implement these changes by March 2024. Firstly, there will be a mutual recognition arrangement between acute hospitals and stepdown care.

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