Starting May 20, 2024, Don't Forget Your ID When Visiting a Hospital <Medical Institution's Mandatory Identity Verification>

You must bring your ID when visiting a hospital from May 20th.

To prevent the use of someone else's health insurance eligibility for medical treatment

Medical institutions are obligated to verify the identity and health insurance eligibility of the individual.

◾Revision of Article 12, Paragraph 4 of the 『National Health Insurance Act』

• All medical institutions must obligatorily verify the identity and health insurance eligibility of the subscriber.

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✔ Advantages of Strengthened Identity Verification

• Accurate identity verification enables safe medical utilization.
• Prevention of fraudulent claims by ineligible individuals, thereby preventing leakage of National Health Insurance funds
• Prevention of drug abuse through the lending and misuse of health insurance cards

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⭐ Don't forget to bring your ID when visiting the hospital.

• Resident Registration Card, Driver's License, Passport, National Merit Certificate, Disability Certificate, Alien Registration Cardetc.
• 'Mobile Health Insurance Card' app can also be used for verification (Verification using the resident registration number for those under 19 years old, emergency patients, etc.)

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The Mobile Health Insurance Card app authenticates using the device owned by the individual, and only one device per person can be authenticated.

Authentication is performed using mobile phone authentication or a financial certificate.