noun
Central Social Insurance Medical Council
Official Japanese government council that discusses and sets medical service fees and drug prices under the health insurance system. Often abbreviated as 中医協 (ちゅういきょう).
中央社会保険医療協議会は、診療報酬の改定について議論する。
The Central Social Insurance Medical Council discusses revisions to medical service fees.
Common abbreviation for 中央社会保険医療協議会, used in news and official documents.
Compound of 中央 (central), 社会保険 (social insurance), 医療 (medical care), and 協議会 (council).