Bogor – The Health Development Policy Agency (BKPK) of the Ministry of Health held a socialization of the Health Costing Information System (Siscobikes) in hybrid on Thursday (March 12th). This activity was attended by representatives from ministries/institutions, academics, and officials from provincial, district/city health offices, as well as community health centers (Puskesmas) from across Indonesia.
This meeting aims to introduce and encourage the use of Siscobikes as a supporting tool for planning financing for the implementation of Minimum Service Standards (SPM) in the health sector in a more systematic, accurate, and data-driven manner. The Siscobikes application was developed as a technical tool for local governments in calculating healthcare financing needs based on established service standards and targets.
Head of the Center for Global Health Strategy and Governance Policy of the BKPK, Harditya Suryawanto, in his remarks, said that this meeting was a form of support from the Ministry of Health in implementing SPM in the health sector and Siscobikes could be a means to advocate and socialize the... stakeholder in the regions in the context of planning the SPM budget for the health sector at the provincial and district/city levels.
"Siscobikes, apart from being used as an instrument for calculating health SPM financing, can also be used as an instrument to strengthen Performance-Based Budgeting in the regional budget planning process. In addition, Siscobikes can assist local governments in mapping SPM financing to avoid double financing (double counting checking),” said Harditya.
Harditya also added that Siscobikes is now in line with Minister of Health Regulation No. 6 of 2024 concerning Technical Standards for Fulfilling Minimum Service Standards and has been adjusted to Minister of Home Affairs Regulation No. 59 concerning the Implementation of Minimum Service Standards relevant in calculating SPM needs in the health sector both at the provincial and district/city levels.
In the regional policy presentation session, Dwi Isra Mista from the Directorate General of Regional Development Development at the Ministry of Home Affairs emphasized the importance of synchronizing regional development planning and the obligation to fulfill SPM in the health sector.
"Regional governments have a responsibility to ensure the provision of basic services to the public. Therefore, the program planning process, indicators, targets, and budgets must be based on accurate data and integrated with regional planning and budgeting documents," Dwi explained.
Dwi added that the implementation of SPM is not only related to services, but is also part of the regional development planning system which must be supported by accurate data and needs calculations.
In its implementation, local governments must carry out all stages of SPM implementation, starting from data collection, calculating basic service needs, preparing service fulfillment plans, to implementation and reporting.
Dwi also highlighted several challenges in implementing SPM in the regions, including budget limitations, human resource capacity, and the suboptimal use of information systems in service planning. The presence of systems like Siscobikes is crucial in helping local governments calculate healthcare financing needs more systematically and measurably.
In a technical session, University of Indonesia expert Purwa Kurnia Sucahya explained that the Siscobikes application was designed to make it easier for local governments to systematically estimate healthcare financing needs.
"Siscobikes integrates data on service targets, service standards, and cost components to produce more accurate and accountable budget estimates. With this approach, local governments can minimize errors in health budget planning," explained Purwa.
In addition to the presentation of the material, this activity also included a demonstration of the use of the Siscobikes application and an interactive discussion with participants from various regions to improve technical understanding regarding the operation of the application.
Through this outreach, it is hoped that the use of Siscobikes will expand to all regions in Indonesia. Supported by a more standardized and data-driven cost calculation system, regional health program planning is expected to be more targeted, transparent, and able to strengthen efforts to improve the quality of health services for the community. (Author: Irwan Fazar, Editor: HDI Work Team)
