Regulations Governing Contracting and Management of the National Health Insurance Contracted Medical Care Institutions Article 14

In the event that the contracted medical care institution provides a beneficiary with a medical device of difference payment, it shall request the beneficiary for payment in compliance with the following:1. The payment standard shall be submitted to and approved by the local competent health authority;2. The item, fee, product features, as well as side effects of the medical device, such as difference payment and curative effects compared to the medical devices reimbursed by the Insurance, shall be publicized on the website or a place easily seen in the institution.3. Except in the case of an emergency, the relevant manual should be delivered to the patient or the patient’s family two days prior to the operation or treatment. In addition, the institution shall give detailed explanations to the patient or the patient’s family, who should then fill out two counterparts of the consent form to the difference payment in person, with one copy held by the patient and the other kept with the patient’s medical records; andThe manual set forth in the preceding subparagraph shall clearly stipulate the fee, product features, reasons for use, warnings, as well as side effects of the medical device of difference payment and its curative effects compared to the medical devices reimbursed by the Insurance. The consent form shall clearly state the item name, item code, price listed by the institution, quantity, and difference.