How To Claim Assistance To Listen To BPJS Health For Free, Here Are The Conditions

How to claim BPJS Kesehatan (Freepic) hearing aids

YOGYKARTA - BPJS Kesehatan provides medical device services, one of which is hearing aids. So in addition to being able to take advantage of treatment and treatment services, you can also get medical devices for free. So how do BPJS Health hearing aid claims?

Hearing aids can be given at the earliest in five years for medical diagnosis, based on Minister of Health Regulation (Permenkes) Number 28 of 2014. This tool is a small electronic device that can be installed in or behind the ear. By using this tool, the sound can be louder in the ear.

This free hearing aid service from BPJS Kesehatan is very helpful for people with hearing impairments. For those of you who want to take advantage of this facility, know how to claim a hearing aid for BPJS Kesehatan and its requirements.

BPJS Health participants can obtain hearing aids for free with the stipulated provisions. Provisions related to the amount of subsidies for hearing aids have been regulated in Permenkes RI number 3 of 2023 concerning Health Service Tariff Standards in the Implementation of the Health Insurance Program.

The regulation states that the amount of subsidies for hearing aids is a maximum of Rp. 1,100,000. The provision or guarantee of hearing aids must be on the recommendation of a specialist in hearing and throat (THT).

The following are the requirements for claiming hearing aids using BPJS Kesehatan.

Later BPJS Kesehatan participants will be able to get a hearing aid subsidy no later than 5 years. This time limit is applied without distinguishing one or two ears and for the same ear.

How to apply for a BPJS Health hearing tool is very easy by following the following steps:

It should be noted that when taking free auditory aids from BPJS Kesehatan, participants must bring complete documents such as Identity Cards (KTP), BPJS Health Cards, and doctor's prescriptions that have been legalized.

In the event of financing hearing aids, participants do not collect directly from BPJS Kesehatan. Application for a replacement value will be submitted by hospital pharmaceutical installations, pharmacies, or optics.

Health facilities are not allowed to withdraw dues from BPJS Health participants, unless there is a price difference or participants ask for medical devices to exceed the price limit that has been determined by each class of BPJS Health participants.

That's information on how to claim BPJS Health hearing aids for free. Apart from hearing aids, you can also apply for other medical devices such as corsets and glasses with certain requirements.

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