04.23.2012

The Romanian Government is analyzing the situation generated by a decision of the Constitutional Court, whereby only Romanians earning pensions higher than 740 lei (EUR169) can be charged a 5.5% more

03.29.2012

Romania could increase funds allotted to healthcare by improving service quality and doctors’ revenues, but would need an annual EUR700 million to double doctors’ salaries, Lucian Duta, head of more

03.16.2012

Romania's Health Ministry has put forward for public debate a draft Government decision, which restricts the prescription of three drugs, and a draft order changing the duration of hospitalization for more

03.15.2012

Romanian Health Minister Ladislau Ritli on Thursday said he plans to raise family physicians’ income by increasing by nearly 15% the sums granted for each patient registered on their lists. more

03.08.2012

The Romanian Health Ministry will sign a collaboration protocol with state-run drugmaker Antibiotice Iasi and company Unifarm to acquire 34 cheap cancer medicines that are not available on the more

03.06.2012

Romania loses about EUR18.6 billion, or 15% of the 2010 gross domestic product, because of the population’s poor medical condition, according to a research on the Romanian pharmaceutical industry. more

02.17.2012

By the middle of this year, the Health Ministry will put up for public debate a new healthcare bill; as consultations with the public opinion are fully under way, so all options on the future more

01.23.2012

Romania's Health Ministry will begin discussions Thursday to develop a new healthcare bill and revise the basic service package, with the Doctors' College being the first partner invited for talks. more

01.19.2012

Romanian President Traian Basescu told diplomats Thursday that completing the law reforming the country’s healthcare system is a top priority for this year. more

01.19.2012

The healthcare reform is now at its second attempt considering the first consultations with the Association of Family Practioners in Bucharest, the Association for Patient Protection and the College more

01.17.2012

Dr. Raed Arafat, who resigned from the position of Health Ministry deputy secretary of state last week, will return to the ministry to fill the same position, Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said more

01.12.2012

Tudor Ciuhodaru was released Thursday from the position of honorific adviser with the Romanian Health Ministry, two days after appointment, ministry spokeswoman Oana Grigore told MEDIAFAX. more

01.12.2012

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Thursday signed a decree appointing Dr. Vasile Cepoi, head of the Iasi local Public Health Department, to the position of state secretary with the Ministry of more

01.11.2012

Andrei Georgescu, head of the emergency room of the University Emergency Hospital in Bucharest, told MEDIAFAX Wednesday he accepted his appointment as Health Ministry deputy secretary of state to more

01.06.2012

The Romanian pharmaceutical market might return to double-digit growth this year, after a 7% increase to approximately EUR2.56 billion in 2011, according to ZF estimates based on data provided by more

12.22.2011

Health insurance contributions next year will be kept at the same level as that in 2011, while the list of people exempt from paying the contribution will be revised once the new healthcare law takes more

12.15.2011

Two Romanian associations, four insurers, several private healthcare operators and the Union of Insurance Brokers on Thursday signed a protocol to work together to enhance the country’s health more

12.08.2011

Romania’s Parliament committees for budget and finance on Thursday approved the 2012 proposed budget for the Health Ministry, which is of 5.46 billion lei (EUR1.25 billion), or 4% of the gross more

12.05.2011

The Romanian Parliament’s health committees on Monday approved with 14 to ten votes the draft 2012 budgets of the Health Ministry and the National Health Insurance House (CNAS). more

11.16.2011

Romania will have up to 20 private health insurance houses "fighting over clients" by 2013, said Cristian Vladescu, head of the National Public Health and Sanitary Management School, in the Romanian more

11.16.2011

The Romanian Health Ministry’s 2012 budget will be set for the entire year and will not be revised, Health Minister Ladislau Ritli said Wednesday. more

11.16.2011

Romania's healthcare system must adapt first of all to the elderly population, which is growing, Health Minister Ladislau Ritli said Wednesday in the Romanian Healthcare Forum, organized by MEDIAFAX more

11.11.2011

The Romanian National Health Insurance House (CNAS) has resumed auction procedures to purchase an IT system to manage patients’ electronic medical records, after the first contract awarding more

10.27.2011

At least 10,000 people go to luxury wellness centers in Bucharest and spend EUR10 million to EUR16 million in fitness studios, saunas and spas, reveals a ZF analysis, which calculated the figure more

10.07.2011

● Private clinics have doubled their number of doctors over the past five years ● How many doctors are leaving the public healthcare system ● Romania’s Health Ministry has no idea how many more