SINGAPORE — To support medical care at home and ageing within the community, the Ministry of Health (MOH) will extend the use of MediSave to patients receiving care at home from the second half of 2023. This will benefit close to 6,800 patients a year. For a start, MOH will work with 25 medical and home nursing providers that now...
MOH will being by working with 25 medical and home nursing providers that receive funds from the ministry.SINGAPORE — To support medical care at home and ageing within the community, the Ministry of Health will extend the use of MediSave to patients receiving care at home from the second half of 2023.
Those who receive treatment at home for the 23 conditions under the Chronic Disease Management Programme can use up to $500 or $700 of their MediSave to pay their home care bills, depending on the complexity of their condition. Ong also announced stronger support for palliative care, in response to Yip Hon Weng and Xie Yao Quan .
Currently, only those who provide specialised palliative care can help patients make Medisave claims. This will be expanded to also include MOH-supported home medical and nursing providers who offer basic palliative care. Adjunct Assistant Professor Neo Han Yee, the head of department of palliative medicine at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, told The Straits Times that the current system can lead to inconvenience for patients who may need to be moved from one facility to another, especially in the last months of their lives.
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