During the visit of the delegation from the French School of Public Health, Abylkair Skakov, CEO of Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), noted the high importance of capacity building for staff from a potential collaboration with the French colleagues and from possible joint studies in health system management.
The host organization (SHIF) presented the Kazakhstan’s model of the health insurance system, and described the activities of the Social Health Insurance Fund in detail, including purchase mechanisms and the distribution of funds, approaches to planning the volume of medical care within the State Guaranteed Benefits Package and the Compulsory Health Insurance Benefits Package. Particular attention was paid to monitoring the quality of medical care and payment for results.
In addition, the French delegation was part of the seminar held by SHIF and attended by the representatives of SHIF branches, the National Scientific Center for Health Development and the National Center for Public Health was held. The purpose of the seminar was to present possible solutions to issues in financing the health care system.
Representatives of the French School of Public Health – Samuel Hillier, Jean-Marie Andre and Muriel Bochet, presented approaches to financing healthcare in France and spoke about the latest updates in the health insurance system in France and other EU countries.
Such collaboration activities contribute to the exchange of knowledge and experience and strengthening international cooperation in healthcare financing. SHIF views this as a potential contribution to the development of the compulsory health insurance system in Kazakhstan and hopes this visit will serve to further develop cooperation with the French School of Public Health. Earlier, SHIF exchanged experience with representatives of the health insurance system of the Republic of Lithuania.
