European Union's Council of Europe posted the following legal analysis report on its page dedicated to Social Security Coordination and Social Security Reforms: Document title: “An Analysis of Laws on Health Insurance in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Entity, Brcko District...
Austria’s Federal Law will enact “digital before outpatient before inpatient” principle for health financing sustainability
Federal Law "Vereinbarungsumsetzungsgesetz" (VUG) 2024 introduced changes to 13 laws to reform healthcare and to create the legal framework for the revision of planning. The bill aims to strengthen the private practice sector, expand digital services, support health...
Bulgarian court’s suspension of financial limits on care volume will worsen the budget deficit
On Friday, 13 September, the Supreme Administrative Court finally suspended all financial limits on treatment for Bulgarian patients. This will increase the budget deficit faced by the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) which is now obliged to pay hospitals even if...
Health Insurance Law of North Macedonia
Based on Article 75, paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia, the President of the Republic of Macedonia and the President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia approved the Law on Health Insurance through Decree on promulgation of...
Law on health insurance of Slovakia of 21 October 2004
The Law on health insurance of Slovakia, signed by the Prime Minister of Slovakia Mikulas Dzurinda, and adopted by the Parliament of the Slovak Republic (Národná rada Slovenskej republiky) establishes health insurance, legal relations arising from health insurance and...
National Development Strategy VISION 2030
The National Health Agenda is guided by the National Development Strategy, VISION 2030 Many Hearts, Many Voices, One Vision. Goal 4 states that the Healthcare System of Trinidad and Tobago will be sustainable and modern and deliver higher standards of healthcare. In...
Decree setting the conditions and procedures for affiliation and registration with RAMO
This decree sets out the conditions and procedures for affiliation to the compulsory health insurance scheme, in accordance with Articles 4 and 5 of Law N°2021-022 instituting Universal Health Insurance in the Togolese Republic. All natural or legal persons, public or...
Decree establishing the terms and procedures for concluding, suspending and terminating agreements between management bodies and healthcare and service partners
This decree sets out the terms and procedures for concluding, suspending and terminating agreements between management organizations and health care and service providers. Only guaranteed services provided by a public or private health care provider that has signed an...
Decree on the powers, organization and operation of the appeals committee of the universal health insurance management body.
This decree sets out the powers, organization and operation of the appeals committee of the universal health insurance management body. Claims lodged against decisions taken by the universal health insurance management body, with the exception of medical disputes,...
Decree defining the values and nomenclatures of pharmaceutical procedures and products covered by the universal health insurance scheme
This decree defines the values and nomenclatures of pharmaceutical procedures and products covered by the universal health insurance scheme. The Minister of Health and Public Hygiene, the Minister of the Civil Service, Labor and Social Dialogue, the Minister of the...
Decree establishing the terms and conditions of medical control in universal health insurance
The AMU management organization is required to organize a medical inspection to verify the necessity and appropriateness of the care and treatment provided or prescribed for the insured's state of health, and to identify any abuses or fraud in the prescription and...
Decree laying down the conditions and procedures for membership, affiliation and registration with the universal health insurance medical assistance scheme.
This decree lays down the conditions and procedures for enrolment, affiliation and registration under the universal health insurance (AMU) medical assistance scheme (RAM), in accordance with articles 16, 20 and 45 of law no. 2021-022 of October 18, 2021 instituting...
Decree establishing the powers of the Minister and the organization and operation of the Ministry of Universal Access to Healthcare
The creation of a new ministerial department essentially dedicated to Universal Access to Health Care was formalized by the present decree N° 2024-029/PR of 09/04/24, which sets out the Minister's remit and the organization and operation of the said ministry in Togo.
Decree setting out the contractual framework between the managing body and AMU’s delegated managing bodies
This decree sets out the contractual framework between the managing body and the delegated managing bodies (DMOs) of universal health insurance, in accordance with article 52 of law no. 2021-022 of October 18, 2021 instituting universal health insurance in the...
Decree on health safety in Guinea
The decree ratifying the financing agreements for the health security program in West and Central Africa using the multi-phase programmatic approach between the Republic of Guinea. This decree formalizes Law L2024/15 adopted last May by the CNT, which approves the...