Slovakia lost to EU Court of Justice in September over continuous late payments by public hospitals to their vendors. An average payment delay was 397 days. Amid growing health financing struggles of the state-owned General Health Insurance Company and budget...
The Digital Medical Profile (DMP) will enhance compulsory medical insurance and support the goal of increasing life expectancy to 78 years, said Ilya Balanin at the National Healthcare Congress. The Federal Register of Insured Persons enables digital insurance...
The paper examines how Rwanda’s community-based health insurance (CBHI) program influences household healthcare expenditures. Using survey data, the study finds that CBHI significantly reduces out-of-pocket healthcare costs, with an 83% decrease in per capita...
This is the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Insuring Health (I-1343), signed on May 21, 1996 by Algirdas Brazauskas, President of the Republic of Lithuania. The attached file contains the latest amendments introduced by Law No. XIV-2335 on December 14, 2023. This...
National Health Insurance has unveiled a plan to expand its benefit package to support healthy pregnancies and childbirth, starting from November 2024. This includes coverage for continuous glucose monitors for diabetic patients during pregnancy, reduce out-of-pocket...
Swiss voters are set to decide on a significant revision of the healthcare financing model, aimed at standardizing costs between inpatient and outpatient care and improving the affordability and quality of healthcare services. Supported by various political parties...
WHO Barcelona course on health financing for universal health coverage, tailored for Central Asia, was held on October 15-18 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The course brought together national policymakers from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan,...
In response to the significant rise in the prevalence of chronic diseases, Indonesia’s national health insurance agency (Badan Pengelola Jaminan Sosial Kesehatan or BPJS Kesehatan) implemented several purchasing arrangements for managing chronic conditions under the...
The Supreme Audit Chamber audited Kazakhstan’s Social Health Insurance Fund for 2022–2023, covering 3.8 trillion tenge and 770 million medical services. 55.8 million tenge in financial violations were identified and reimbursed. The Fund’s Board approved an action plan...
North Macedonia expanded the positive list of medicines by adding 9 generic medicines, equivalent to 87 medicine names for blood pressure, heart disease, anti-platelet agents, drugs for the treatment of depression and dementia. Health Minister Dr Taravari thanked WHO...
The purpose of this law is to establish the principles and scope of compulsory health insurance in Mongolia, to ensure that every citizen of Mongolia is insured and pays premiums for health insurance in accordance with the law. The law also aims to create a fund to...
The Lithuania's healthcare financing has been increased in 2023, which made additional funds available for the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund.The National Health Insurance Fund under the Ministry of Health of Lithuania reports that health care financing has been...
The National Health Insurance Scheme was born within the framework of the health sector reform project which began in 1996. It was the option selected to finance health care in Belize and founded on the principles of value for money, quality health care, equitable...
The policy note provides a comprehensive analysis of Liberia's health financing landscape, focusing on the proposed Liberia Health Equity Fund (LHEF). Despite progress in health service delivery, Liberia faces significant challenges in achieving Universal Health...
This study analyzed 20 years (1999–2019) of Social Health Insurance budget trends. No major structural shifts were found in financing shares for hospitals, drugs, or primary care. However, emerging trends from reforms were observed in lower expenditure categories,...
