The National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) has expanded National Health Insurance (NHI) coverage of telemedicine services to include divisions of cardiology, gastroenterology, neurology and pulmonology starting this month, in a change that is expected to benefit nearly 800,000 people.
The NHIA last year started covering telemedicine services used by people living in mountainous areas and on outlying islands amid increased need during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the coverage was limited to divisions of ophthalmology, dermatology and medicine focused on conditions of the head and neck, as well as emergency treatment.
The administration’s plan increases the amount allocated for telemedicine from NT$100 million
REACHING OUT: The NHIA increased the amount allocated for providers offering telemedicine from NT$100 million last year to NT$170 million to aid more TaiwaneseBy Lin Hui-chin and Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter, with staff writer