In 2024, the medical anti-corruption storm will start again.
The medical sector remains a priority in the fight against corruption
The penalty for bribery has been increased again
On January 8, the official website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection released a headline article entitled "Striving to Write a New Chapter in the High-quality Development of Discipline Inspection and Supervision Work on a New Journey, Written on the Occasion of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th ** Commission for Discipline Inspection", once again naming medical anti-corruption.
The article mentions: ** Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission assisted *** in formulating the "Anti-corruption Coordination Group Work Plan (2023-2027)" for the first time to strengthen the centralized and unified leadership of anti-corruption workIt is necessary to further clarify the key issues, key areas, and key targets of the anti-corruption struggle, and continuously expand the depth and breadth of the anti-corruption struggle.
Increase in finance, state-owned enterprises,Medical, grain purchase and sales, rural revitalization, tobacco, sports, statistics and other fields to investigate and deal with cases, the more prominent industry, systemic, regional corruption problems to carry out special rectification, effectively prevent and resolve systemic risks.
Recently, the feature film "Continue to Make Efforts to Promote in Depth" is being broadcast on CCTV, and the program clips have been on the hot search on multiple platforms one after another, among which the most shocking corruption cases are shocking. This feature film is known as the "Anti-corruption Drama of the Year", which releases a strong signal of in-depth promotion of the anti-corruption struggle.
It is a matter of people's livelihood, and the medical field has always been one of the key points of anti-corruption. The Second Plenary Session of the 20th ** Commission for Discipline Inspection pointed outResolutely investigate and deal with new types of corruption and hidden corruption. Persist in investigating bribery together, and increase the punishment of bribery. Strengthen supervision of the "number one" and the leading group.
Recently, the seventh meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress passed the "Amendment (12) to the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China", which will come into force on March 1, 2024.
The amendment clarifies that criminal liability will be increased for some serious bribery casesThe maximum penalty for bribery is life imprisonment. The amendment mentions that in the areas of ecology and environment, finance and finance, production safety, food and drugs, disaster prevention and relief, social security, education, etcThose who offer bribes in medical and other fields and carry out illegal and criminal activities will be severely punished.
Some industry insiders pointed outAfter the implementation of the 12th Criminal Amendment, the internal compliance of private enterprises, especially those with complex shareholdings and family-owned enterprises, will become the focus of the coming period.
The latest article of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection pointed outIn the first three quarters of 2023, the national discipline inspection and supervision organs filed a case for bribery 120,000 people, 2,365 transferred to the procuratorate.
With the diversification of the means of supervision, the forms of corruption are also "improving" at any time. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection pointed out in today's article that as the anti-corruption struggle has entered the deep-water area, the "shadow companies" and "shadow shareholders" who collect and hold shares on behalf of them for profitEngaging in "option corruption" of incumbent favors and retirement returns, "revolving doors" of politics and business, "escape resignations" and other new types of corruption and hidden corruption have been renovated, showing the characteristics of concealed power-for-money transactions, option-based power realization, marketization of corrupt behaviors, and delayed realization of benefits.
In addition, in the case of corruption in the healthcare sector, key figures with decision-making power have been the focus of regulation. Previously, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection issued the article "Multi-point Efforts to Solve the Problem of Supervision of the First Leader", which pointed out that it is necessary to maintain a high-pressure anti-corruption situation, pay close attention to key areas such as engineering construction, bidding and bidding, education and medical care, procurement, land transfer, and state-owned enterprises, and continue to increase the investigation and punishment of serious violations of discipline and law by the "top leader".
According to incomplete statistics,In 2023, there will be at least more than 200 "top leaders" of the hospitalAmong them, there are many presidents and directors of well-known tertiary hospitals, and some have even retired.
Crack down on the chaos of equipment procurement
Drive healthy competition in the market
In the field of medical devices, the procurement of equipment consumables is one of the links that are most likely to breed corruption.
*The Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission issued the "Jiangsu continues to promote the sunshine procurement of high-value medical consumables, effectively reduce the burden on patients, and effectively supervise and promote the special rectification to go deeper and more practical".From 2017 to 2019, Jiangsu Province investigated and dealt with bribery cases in the procurement of medical consumables, accounting for 46 of the commercial bribery cases in the medical and health field7%, which has surpassed the drug kickback case and ranks first.
In recent years, the supervision of medical device procurement has been gradually refined, and the living space of the hidden benefit transmission chain has become smaller and smaller.
In November last year, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Public Security, and the State Administration for Market Regulation jointly issued the "Notice on Carrying out the Special Rectification of the "Four Types" of Violations of Laws and Regulations in the Procurement Field in 2023.
According to the notice,This inspection is mainly aimed at the ** procurement projects that have been launched and implemented since January 1, 2022. In principle, the ratio of the number of procurement institutions selected by each province (autonomous region, municipality) shall not be less than 10% of the total number of institutions in the province (autonomous region, municipality), and the total number of inspections shall not be less than 30, and the number of inspections in each city and county shall be decomposed by the provincial financial department.
In December last year, the Ministry of Finance, the National Health Commission, the National Health Insurance Administration, and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Further Strengthening the Internal Control Construction of Public Hospitals", which mentioned:
Strictly implement the national drug and medical consumables procurement policy, clarify the division of responsibilities and centralized management, and determine the materials and equipment with many categories and large amounts of drugs, medical consumables, instruments and equipment, scientific research reagents, etc., as well as key control links and control measures in the procurement process such as information systems, entrusted (purchased) services, and engineering materials.
In terms of large-scale equipment procurement, all kinds of equipment assets are configured in strict accordance with the prescribed proceduresIt is strictly forbidden to borrow money to purchase large-scale medical equipmentRegulate the leasing, lending and disposal of state-owned assets, and implement a regular inventory system.
Recently, the fifth round of national large-scale hospital inspections was officially launched, focusing on hot issuesFocus on inspecting the centralized rectification of corruption in the pharmaceutical field, the nine guidelines for the honest practice of medical institution staff, and the implementation of the national action plan for the honest practice of medical institutions and their staff from 2021 to 2024.
In previous hospital inspections, the procurement and use of drugs and equipment are the key contents, like"Customized" bidding, "avoidance" entrusted procurement, and "rights issue" equity dividendsThe benefits of the first variation are all within the scope of the inspection.
In the short term, medical anti-corruption may cause some pain to pharmaceutical and medical device companies, but in the long run, a clear industry environment can drive the market towards healthy competition, and the abnormal sales expenses in the past will be further reduced, and the company's expenditure will flow more to R&D and innovation.
*: Cyberblue Instruments Author: Alyosha.
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