Handling Talasemia, BPJS Health Disburses IDR 165 Billion

BPJS Kesehatan said that as of March 2025, as much as Rp165 billion was paid for the talasemia-diagnosed National Health Insurance (JKN) participants, as an effort to improve the quality of life and public productivity.

"As of 2024, we have paid IDR 716.9 billion for outpatient care, and IDR 184.3 billion for hospitalization. Approximately around IDR 800 billion, we have paid for hospitalizations," said Deputy Assistant for Primary Benefits Guarantee Policy Hendra Jemmy Rompas in the 2025 World Talasemia Day webinar.

Hendra continued, as of May 16, 2025, around 13 million participants conducted talasemia Health History (SRK) screening, and from this figure it was found that 0.6 percent or 77,897 risky participants.

"But in these 77 thousand, we have to make sure whether this is indeed diagnosed with talasemia. Well, we did further examination, it turned out that 19 participants were indeed participants. This means that 19 participants have been diagnosed as Talasemia sufferers," he said as reported by ANTARA.

As for 2019-2024, he said, cases of talasemia outpatients continued to increase. In 2019, there were 213 thousand cases recorded, and in 2024, there were around 345 thousand cases.

Then, for the trend of visits to the First Level Health Facility (FKTP) with a diagnosis of talasemia and referred to Advanced Health Facilities (FKTL), it also increased.

He explained, in 2019, there were 15,958 who visited FKTP regarding this matter, then 14,935 were referred to FKTL.

In 2024, he continued, 17,833 visited FKTP, and 16,742 were referred. Hendra said, as of March, around 11,000 visits to FKTP had been made, and as many as 10 thousand were referred.

"So it is confirmed again when referred to the hospital the results of the screening will show whether the talasemia diagnosis is really and does need further treatment of medical conditions with talasemia," he said.

He explained that the data on visits and financing is proof of the state's commitment to be present to the public and serve, ranging from preventive promotive efforts to advanced services.

According to him, with the wider coverage of participation, the public has the opportunity to screen, including for talasemia conditions.

Hendra said that Talasemia is one of 14 diseases prioritized for discrining, in accordance with government regulations.

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He also hopes that BPJS Kesehatan can continue to collaborate and improve its competence, expertise, and technology so that it can detect Talasemia early.

He considered that the case of talasemia was like an iceberg phenomenon, because one of the symptoms was anemia. Hendra considered that screening needs to be done to determine the exact cause of the anemia.

Therefore, his party continues to invite the public to do screening to ensure their health.

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