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Chronic Disease Co-care Pilot Scheme

What are the scheme objectives?

The Chronic Disease Co-Care Pilot Scheme (The CDCC Pilot Scheme) implements the concept of “Family doctor for all” and operates through the interprofessional public-private-partnership model assisted by District Health Centre (DHC)/ District Health Express (DHCE), to subsidize residents to receive diagnosis and management on the chronic diseases that are common in Hong Kong, including diabetes mellitus(DM) and hypertension (HT).

The scheme emphasizes on early detection and intervention of chronic diseases and encourages participant to conduct self-management to achieve the concept of “Co-care” with healthcare providers. The CDCC Pilot Scheme aims to help newly diagnosed patients to better manage their chronic diseases prevent complications, as well as reduce the demand for public specialized and hospital services.

Who are the main target group of CDCC Pilot Scheme?

The main target group of the CDCC Pilot Scheme are those with first diagnosis of diabetes mellitus or hypertension, which does not cover those with diabetes mellitus or hypertension currently being treated in the public healthcare system.

Who are eligible to join the CDCC Pilot Scheme?

Hong Kong residents aged 45 or above
No known history of diabetes mellitus or hypertension
Agree to join the Electronic Health Record Sharing System (eHRSS)

How to enroll and pair up with Quality HealthCare doctor?

If you are interested in joining the CDCC Pilot Scheme and pairing up with a Quality Healthcare doctor, you may visit the Search Engine on the official website of the CDCC Pilot Scheme to contact our doctor with the Accept Scheme enrolment at clinic label label, and contact them to enroll, pair up a doctor and schedule your first consultation directly.

Alternatively, you may visit any District Health Centre (DHC)/ District Health Express (DHCE) and register as a member. The staff there will provide a list of participating doctors for you to choose. After successful pairing, you will be arranged to receive screening and treatment by your selected doctor. Please be reminded that you can only pair up with one doctor under the CDCC Pilot Scheme at any one time.

What services are covered under the CDCC Pilot Scheme?

The CDCC Pilot Scheme is divided into Screening Phase and Treatment Phase:

Phase	Services
Screening Phase	Screening consultation Related laboratory investigations and examinations
If a Scheme Participant is diagnosed as one of the following two categories by a doctor in the investigation results during the Screening Phase, he/she will be eligible to enter the Treatment Phase for receiving consultation and further chronic disease management. Prediabetes with HbA1c 6.0% - 6.4% or FPG 6.1 mmol/L – 6.9 mmol/L having no hypertension are entitled to a maximum of 4 subsidised medical consultation visits per year Diabetes mellitus (DM) and / or hypertension (HT) are entitled to a maximum of 6 subsidised medical consultation visits per year
Treatment Phase	Consultation and Prescriptions under the list of Specified Drugs and/or up to 3 days of drugs for episodic illnesses Laboratory Investigation Nurse Clinic and Allied Health Services

Note: Subject to mutual agreement, the doctor may charge the Scheme Participant for services outside the service scope of the Scheme

What are the subsidies and co-payments for the CDCC Pilot Scheme?

In the Screening Phase, the Government will provide a one-off subsidy of $196 to cover the relevant expenses, and the Scheme Participant will only need to pay a one-off co-payment fee of $120 to their doctor.

In the Treatment Phase, the Government will provide a partial subsidy of $166 for each subsidised consultation, while the Scheme Participant will only need to co-pay a fee determined by the doctor upon enrolment to the Scheme. Currently, the co-payment fee charged by Quality HealthCare doctors is $50 per consultation. There is no additional payment on receiving drugs under the list of Specified Drugs and/or up to 3 days of drugs for episodic illnesses.

In addition, the Government will provide a partial subsidy for each item of laboratory investigation and each subsidized visit of Nurse Clinic and Allied Health Services. The Scheme Participant will only have to pay the co-payment fee.

Eligible elderly person can use Health Care Voucher to settle the co-payment under the CDCC Pilot Scheme. The CDCC Pilot Scheme has been listed on the ‘Designated Primary Health Care services’(Click here for more details) .

Medical fee waiver is not applicable to the Scheme.

What kind of documents are Scheme Participants required to bring when they visit the Doctor?

Scheme Participants who have made an appointment for consultation should bring along their valid Hong Kong Identity Cards or Certificates of Exemption and appointment slips issued by DHC/DHCE (if any) when they visit their doctor's clinics to facilitate identity verification and registration by the clinic staff.

Scheme Participants are also encouraged to bring along self-monitoring blood pressure / glucose records and past medical history and medication records for reference by the doctor.

Source:
Health Bureau – Chronic Disease Co-care Pilot Scheme official website