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China has added 15 provincial-level regions to a pilot system that supports cross-provincial settlement of outpatient bills, bringing the number of such regions to 27, the National Healthcare Security Administration said on Monday. A total of 663 medical institutions and pharmacies in the 15 regions, including Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang, are now included in the medical insurance system for direct reimbursements, said the administration.

国家医疗保障局2月1日表示，新增内蒙古、新疆等15个省区作为普通门诊费用跨省直接结算试点，开通定点医药机构和定点零售药店663家。至此全国已有27个省(区、市)开展普通门诊费用跨省直接结算试运行。

Between its inception in 2018 and the end of 2020, the pilot system incorporated more than 10,000 medical institutions and more than 10,000 pharmacies across the country. Over 3 million settlements of outpatient bills were done during the period, it added.

自2018年我国开展普通门诊费用跨省直接结算试点以来，截至2020年底，开通门诊费用跨省直接结算定点医疗机构和定点零售药店双双突破1万家，累计直接结算人次突破300万。