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Private hospitals urged to cap prices
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 09/12/2023
» The Internal Trade Department is asking for coordination from private hospitals to help cap drug prices and medical service charges in a bid to reduce the cost of living.
Thai-India committee talks cover much ground
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 26/04/2023
» Thailand and India have agreed in principle to use electronic signatures and seals for certificates of origin on products, while pushing for the use of QR codes through the linkage of India's Unified Payments Interface system with Thailand's PromptPay system to support tourist spending.
Forum calls for upgrades to cross-border payment systems
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 30/03/2023
» Thailand's cross-border e-commerce still has great potential for growth, but improvements in payment systems and one-stop services need to be accelerated.
Price transparency demand emerging
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 05/03/2021
» The Internal Trade Department looks set to require private hospitals to inform people of the prices of an additional 100 medicines and medical services related to the pandemic so consumers can view them before deciding whether or not to receive them.
GIT pushes gold standards pact
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 16/09/2020
» The Gem and Jewelry Institute of Thailand (GIT) is teaming up with the Office of the Consumer Protection Board to convince wholesale gold ornament factories and refining plants to join the Buy with Confidence (BWC) scheme that sets standards to inspire trust.
Profit margin ceiling for hospitals in the pipeline
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 28/02/2020
» The government has pitched the idea of imposing a ceiling on profit margin for medical services at private hospitals as part of efforts to prevent overcharging.
Department to post price lists for hospital services
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 21/02/2020
» The Commerce Ministry's Internal Trade Department will post the prices of 300 medical services offered by various private hospitals on its website later this month so people can view them before agreeing to treatment.
Private hospital fees on cusp of public disclosure
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 18/11/2019
» The government is set to reveal information on the actual costs of 200 medical services early next year after it categorised private hospitals based on their medicine and medical service charges so patients can know the prices before they receive services.
Hospitals getting price rankings
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 12/09/2019
» The government is set to categorise private hospitals based on their medicine and medical service charges so that patients can be informed of prices before they receive services.
State to tackle host of prices
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 23/08/2019
» The government is pledging to tackle the prices of oil palm, coconut, fertiliser and private hospitals' services as it tries to improve farmers' income and ease consumers' costs of living.