感染症の医療提供体制構築　診療報酬改定で方針案―厚労省

　厚生労働省は９日、２０２２年度診療報酬改定に向けた基本方針案を社会保障審議会（厚労相の諮問機関）の医療保険部会と医療部会に示し、了承された。新型コロナウイルスなど新興感染症に対応できる医療提供体制の構築を「重点課題」に位置付け、患者の受け入れや医療機関の連携を進める取り組みに対し、報酬を手厚くすることを打ち出した。
　今回は新型コロナの感染拡大後初の本格的な診療報酬改定となる。基本方針案では「新型コロナ対応に引き続き全力を注ぐことが重要だ」とし、外来や入院で必要な医療体制を確保すると明記。今後の新興感染症の発生に備え、地域で効率的に医療機関の役割分担を行う取り組みも報酬で評価するとした。（2021/12/09-18:09）

Japan's health ministry hammered out on Thursday a plan to promote efforts to establish medical care systems capable of dealing with COVID-19 and other emerging infectious diseases.
   In a draft basic policy for its medical fee revision for fiscal 2022, which starts in April, the ministry said that the establishment of such systems is a key task, adding that it will boost medical fees for efforts to admit more patients and strengthen coordination among medical institutions.
   The draft was approved the same day by two subcommittees of the Social Security Council, which advises the health minister.
   The fiscal 2022 medical fee revision will be the first full-scale overhaul since the COVID-19 outbreak.
   In the draft, the ministry vowed to ensure medical care systems for sufficient outpatient care and hospitalization services, saying, "It is important to continue to make full efforts to address the novel coronavirus."