CCTV News: The reporter learned from the National Health Insurance Administration on January 15 that in 2024, 238 million people were directly settled across provinces and out of township medical treatment nationwide, reducing funds advance payments of 194.725 billion yuan, an increase of 84.70% and 26.71% respectively compared with 2023. The scope of direct settlement for medical treatment across provinces and other places has been further expanded

In 2024, medical insurance departments at all levels actively implemented and improved settlement for medical treatment in other places. On the basis of basically realizing the cross-provincial direct settlement of hospitalization and general outpatient expenses in counties, by the end of August, at least one designated medical institution in each county will provide cross-provincial direct settlement services such as hypertension, diabetes, malignant tumor outpatient chemoradiation and uremia dialysis, and anti-rejection treatment after organ transplantation.

In December 2024, all coordinated areas provided cross-provincial direct settlement services for treatment costs related to five outpatient chronic diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, rheumatoid arthritis, coronary heart disease, viral hepatitis, ankylosing spondylitis, etc. In December 2024, 20,300 new outpatient chronic diseases were directly settled across provinces, reducing the advance payment of insured people by 4.7936 million yuan. Cross-provincial networked targeted medical institutions basically meet the needs of the people

As of the end of December 2024, there were 644,000 cross-provincial networked targeted medical institutions nationwide, an increase of 16.99% from the end of 2023. Among them, there were 72,100 designated medical institutions for outpatient chronic diseases, an increase of 24.40% from the end of 2023; there were 413,700 designated retail pharmacies, an increase of 17.48% from the end of 2023. The cross-provincial and off-site medical filing service is continuously optimized

The National Medical Insurance Service Platform App has continuously improved the functions of off-site registration and online inquiry, and supports online inquiry of information such as online inquiry of medical institutions, medical insurance service hotlines, and individual reimbursement expenses. In 2024, 11.7297 million people were successfully processed through the unified national online filing channel, an increase of 45.85% from 2023. The number of people who went to other places to directly settle medical treatment across provinces exceeded 200 million throughout the year

In 2024, 238 million people who went to other places to directly settle medical treatment across provinces across provinces, an increase of 84.70% over 2023; the number of people who were insured was reduced to 194.725 billion yuan in advance, an increase of 26.71% over 2023. In 2024, the national rural tap water penetration rate reached 94%.

The reporter learned from the Ministry of Water Resources that in 2024, the national rural tap water penetration rate reached 94%.

In 2024, my country completed the construction of 23,000 rural water supply projects, improving the water supply guarantee level of 110 million rural population. The national rural tap water penetration rate has reached 94%, the proportion of large-scale water supply projects covering rural population has reached 65%, and all centralized water supply projects with more than 1,000 people are equipped with purification and disinfection facilities and equipment.

In 2025, the Ministry of Water Resources will improve the rural water supply guarantee system, implement special actions to improve rural water quality, accelerate the construction of small water diversion and diversion projects, and strengthen the standardized management and operation of water plants. Improve the emergency water supply guarantee system for both low-end and emergency use. The national rural tap water penetration rate has reached 96%, and the proportion of large-scale water supply projects covering rural population has reached 69%.