7.4 billion lei were used from the mandatory health insurance (MHI) funds in January-June 2024; half of this amount was used for the payment of medical and pharmaceutical services
According to the National Health Insurance Company (CNAM), 3.8 billion lei of the spent funds were used for the purchase of medical services within inpatient medical care. During this period, 5.1 thousand cardiovascular operations were performed, which is 15.1% more than in the same period last year. Also doctors at the expense of budgetary funds performed 5.9 thousand cataract operations, more than 3 thousand operations on prosthetics of locomotor apparatus. In January-June, more than 1.5 billion lei were spent on primary health care services, with 5.7 million visits of patients to family doctors. More than 600 thousand people benefited from medicines and medical devices compensated from the mandatory health insurance funds. For these purposes, 558 million lei were allocated, which is almost by 25% more as compared to the same period of the last year. Most of the funds were used for the treatment of diseases of the circulatory and endocrine systems, digestive and metabolic diseases, as well as for the purchase of medical devices. More than 146 million lei were used to conduct about 300,000 high-performance examinations for insured persons. By the end of the year, in addition to the already planned services, it is planned to provide about 6 thousand more high-tech services to cancer patients. It is also reported that for 2024, CNAM has concluded contracts with more than 430 providers of medical services worth over 14 billion lei. // 09.08.2024 – InfoMarket
