Will a services-based licensing regime translate to an overall increase in licence fees paid by licensees who are now required to hold multiple licences?
Majority of HCSA licensees will not see an overall change in their licensing fee unless they are offering any new MOSDs or SSs which were previously not regulated under PHMCA.
To help licensees mitigate the impact of the fee increase from holding multiple licences, MOH has introduced licence fee bundles to help lower costs (e.g., MOSD bundle, SS bundle and other bundles specific to certain LHSes such as Acute Hospital Licensees, Emergency Ambulance and Medical Transport Licensees).
Medical and dental clinics will benefit from MOSD fee bundles (such as “Permanent Premises”, “Temporary Premises” and “Remote” MOSDs bundle for Outpatient Medical Service and Outpatient Dental Service) as these MOSDs are already existent in the current care models delivered by these licensees, so there would be no fee impact for these licensees.
To provide transition fee support for licensees who experience fee increase due to the provision of SSes that are newly regulated under HCSA, there will be a fee bundle for licensees that provide two or more simple/complex SSes respectively.
Related questions
Will there be licensing fee increases if licensees require more than one MOSD?
Will there be additional costs to pay for MOSDs that only see occasional 'usage'?
What are the allowable MOSDs for each LHS?
Which licensees will see an increase in licence fees? Will there be any measures to mitigate the impact of these fee increases?
