06.27.2013

Romania needs several billion euros to have an acceptable health care infrastructure, which it can’t afford but is making efforts to make the best use of the little money it has, Health Minister more

06.27.2013

Romanian authorities will revise the list of reimbursed medicines by January 1, 2014, Health Minister Eugen Nicolaescu said Thursday at the conference Mediafax Talks about Health Reform. more

05.15.2013

Romanian power grid operator Transelectrica (TEL.RO) will set up an auction, at the end of June, in order to contract private health insurance services for its employees. more

04.10.2013

Damages paid by insurers selling private health insurance policies amount to 90% of underwritten premiums on this segment, while administration expenses reach 5-6%, which explains why only a few more

03.13.2013

Over 80% of Romanians know very little about the advantages of mandatory health insurance and over 30% of them have no idea how much they pay for this type of insurance, according to a survey by Exact more

01.30.2013

Romanian medicine supplier Unifarm may borrow EUR800,000 from the state treasury to purchase oncology drugs, according to an emergency ordinance approved by the Government Wednesday. more

01.16.2013

Only 20% of Romanians can afford to use private medical services and the chances of people on low income to receive quality public healthcare will diminish if money from the National Health Insurance more

01.15.2013

With state-run hospitals losing patients, doctors and nurses to the private sector, the health minister has decided to suspend state financing to the private sector. But in the absence of competition, more

12.19.2012

Romania’s National Health Insurance House (CNAS) on Wednesday said the electronic health insurance cards will become mandatory starting January 1, 2013. more

11.28.2012

Romania’s Health Ministry aims to speed up the acquisition and discount procedure of the drugs difficult to procure, secretary of state Alexandru Rafila said Wednesday. more

11.07.2012

Romanian President Traian Basescu signed a decree appointing sub-secretary of state Raed Arafat as Health minister, the Presidency said in a press release Wednesday. more

10.28.2012

Romania’s Health Ministry has been allotted extra 150 million lei (EUR33 million) at this year’s second budget revision and expects to collect some RON350-400 million from the clawback tax. more

10.03.2012

Romanian president Traian Basescu named Wednesday Premier Victor Ponta as interim health minister through presidential decree. more

10.02.2012

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta will be taking over as interim health minister following the resignation of Vasile Cepoi Monday amid conflict of interest and corruption allegations, people close more

09.25.2012

Drug producers and healthcare investors say the Romanian health system would not necessarily need a fundamental reform, but the current minister says he will continue to try to break the monopoly of more

09.04.2012

Romanian doctors who own or want to set up clinics in rural areas, as well as medical associations that operate there, may access non-reimbursable funds to finance their activity through the National more

07.04.2012

Romania’s healthcare reform bill sets the new contributions to the mandatory health insurance fund at 5.5% for the insured, 5.2% for the employers and at 5.5% for the insured whose contribution is more

07.02.2012

Romania’s new healthcare bill allows county health insurance houses to reorganize as mutual health insurance organizations, Health Minister Vasile Cepoi said Monday. more

05.29.2012

Romanian Health Minister Vasile Cepoi said Tuesday a decision regarding the clawback tax will be taken following an impact study to be completed by June 15. more

05.28.2012

Romania’s Health Minister Vasile Cepoi said ministry officials are trying to find a way to solve the problems caused by charging the clawback tax to drug producers, a situation that could seriously more

05.25.2012

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta appointed Doru Badescu, general manager of Bucharest Emergency Hospital “Dimitrie Gerota”, to the position of president of the National Health Insurance House more

05.23.2012

Romania’s Government on Wednesday decided to unfreeze 500 jobs in the public healthcare system, the Health Ministry said in a press release. more

05.22.2012

Most Romanians (70%) are not willing to buy private health insurance, mainly because they lack money and confidence in the local healthcare system, according to an IMAS survey conducted at the request more

05.16.2012

Romanian pensioners will be refunded their social healthcare contributions in monthly tranches and the social health insurance fund will lose over 1.5 billion lei (EUR337 million), according to a more

05.13.2012

Romania’s Government wants to recover the money allotted by the former administration to local authorities controlled by democrat liberals, and limit acquisition and travel costs to ensure the money more