Azerbaijan to use necessary medical insurance from 2021

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec. 26

Development:

In accordance with the order of software of obligatory medical insurance within the administrative-territorial items of Azerbaijan, all insured individuals will use the Package deal of Companies of Necessary Well being Insurance coverage from 2021, the State Company on Necessary Well being Insurance coverage informed Development.

The bundle of providers is a set of medical providers offered beneath necessary medical insurance within the applicable type, quantity, and situations,

The bundle of providers serves to enhance the state and well being indicators of the inhabitants, improve the supply and high quality of medical providers, improve the frequency of visits of the inhabitants to medical establishments and supply them with applicable medical look after the early detection of ailments by strengthening major well being care (residence examination, training on sustaining a wholesome life-style, usually gathering and rechecking knowledge on the well being standing of the inhabitants).

The bundle of necessary medical insurance providers accepted by decree #5 of the Cupboard of Ministers of Azerbaijan dated January 10, 2020, consists of 2,550 totally different medical providers, together with first support, emergency medical care, specialised outpatient care, laboratory providers, physiotherapy providers, invasive radiology providers, and institutional therapy.

As well as, the State Company on Necessary Well being Insurance coverage has developed a undertaking to amend the Package deal of Companies. The undertaking envisages a rise within the variety of medical providers included within the bundle to three,000.

Institutional therapy of ailments widespread within the nation with a excessive danger of incapacity and loss of life might be carried out via the supply of obligatory medical insurance. These providers embrace institutional therapeutic providers for greater than 3,500 diagnoses. Thus, the therapy of the insured towards these ailments, together with myocardial infarction, stroke, coronary coronary heart illness, coronary heart failure and different cardiovascular ailments, gastrointestinal ailments, urological ailments, infectious and parasitic ailments, in addition to accidents, burns, poisoning might be carried out on the expense of obligatory medical insurance funds. As well as, examination and therapy throughout being pregnant and childbirth are coated by obligatory medical insurance.

The bundle of providers consists of greater than 1,100 surgical operations, together with very important ones, that are of nice significance for guaranteeing the well being and materials well-being of the inhabitants. These operations embrace cochlear implantation, joint alternative, coronary artery bypass grafting, alternative and restore of coronary heart valves, aneurysm surgical procedure, surgical therapy of congenital coronary heart defects, and minimally invasive cardiac surgical procedure (coronary stents). Costly operations additionally embrace a variety of ophthalmic, trauma, urological, and neurosurgical operations.

If medical providers to residents in response to a medical indication throughout the Service Package deal can’t be offered in medical establishments subordinate to the Administration Union of Medical Territorial Items (TABIB), these providers are offered beneath a contract in different medical establishments on the premise of a referral.

Inpatient and emergency drugs are included within the bundle. Medicines prescribed by a health care provider for outpatient therapy will not be included within the Package deal of Companies.

From January 1, 2020, residents registered within the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and 23 cities and districts of the nation are already receiving medical providers throughout the framework of obligatory medical insurance coverage. These districts are Guba, Gusar, Khachmaz, Shabran, Siyazan, Khyzy, Shamakhi, Ismayilli, Aghsu, Gobustan, Balakan, Zagatala, Gakh, Shaki, Oghuz, Gabala, Goychay, Ujar, Zardab, Kurdamir, Mingachevir, Agdash, and Yevlakh.

On the second stage, from January 1, 2021, necessary medical insurance might be utilized in one other 36 cities and districts of the nation.

On the third stage, from April 1, 2021, residents registered in Baku, Sumgayit, Absheron, Khankandi, Gubadly, Zangilan, and Shusha will be capable of obtain medical providers inside obligatory medical insurance.

Thus, from 2021, obligatory medical insurance might be carried out all through the nation.