07.02.2012

Romania's new healthcare bill provides two service packages – a basic and a social service package, with two more proposals currently being discussed, Health Minister Vasile Cepoi said Monday in the more

07.02.2012

Insurers and providers of private healthcare in Romania think that stipulating fully deductible private health insurance in the Tax Code is key to the continuation of reform in the healthcare system, more

05.17.2012

Romania spends less on healthcare as a share of the GDP than any other EU state – 5.6% in 2009, compared with the EU average of 9.9%, and 3.7% in 2011, which is only two thirds of the necessary more

05.07.2012

Romania's joint Parliament committees on Monday unanimously endorsed Vasile Cepoi for the office of Minister of Health. more

05.04.2012

The Cabinet proposed by Prime Minister-designate Victor Ponta plans to introduce a pilot-program to pay medical staff depending on performance, according to the governing program sent to Parliament in more

04.10.2012

The Arcadia group based in Iasi (NE Romania), which comprises Arcadia Hospital, Arcadia Policlinic and Arcadia Cardio, controlled by the Fiterman family, posted EUR7.7 million turnover in 2011, the more

04.04.2012

Private medical services, one of the most dynamic sectors of the economy, continued to grow last year, making the top ten players more than EUR200 million in revenue, almost half of the entire market. more

03.30.2012

Romanian Prime Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu on Friday requested the country’s new healthcare bill be put up for public debate by the end of April to be further discussed in Parliament this more

03.30.2012

There are currently 22 large and medium-sized private hospitals in Romania, 10 of them in Bucharest alone, shows a ZF analysis based on existing data. ZF has for the first time reviewed the largest more

03.28.2012

More and more doctors are leaving the Romanian public sector for the private sector, attracted by higher salaries and especially the equipment in private hospitals, Monica Baluta, HR manager at more

03.27.2012

Romanian authorities must draw up a bill on reforming the healthcare sector by the end of June, Tonny Lybek, International Monetary Fund resident representative in Romania and Bulgaria, said Tuesday. more

03.21.2012

The funds allocated to Romania’s healthcare sector have doubled over the past five years, reaching nearly 20 billion lei (EUR4.5 billion) in 2011 compared to RON10 billion in 2006, Lucian Duta, more

03.13.2012

More than 73% of Romanians stopped going to the doctor in 2010 because of the cost a visit, says a study published Tuesday, on European Patient's Rights Day, by Romanian drug producers' association more

03.13.2012

Romania will introduce electronic medical prescriptions in June and will distribute the national health card starting in August, Lucian Duta, president of the National Health Insurance House (CNAS), more

03.12.2012

Private medical services operator Medicover estimates the hospital it opened Monday in Bucharest, which entailed over EUR20 million in investments, has the potential to generate revenues of EUR15 more

03.07.2012

Romanian President Traian Basescu pleaded for the adoption of a new healthcare law and a law reorganizing the country administratively, saying these two measures are needed to complete state reforms. 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

02.16.2012

Reforming Romania’s healthcare system is a complex and long-lasting process, which must be based on economic efficiency, involving both public budgets and the private sector, Theodor Alexandrescu, more

02.05.2012

Romania's healthcare system is defective and needs significant reforms, although the public's concern about such changes is understandable, said Jeffrey Franks, head of the IMF agreement evaluation more

02.01.2012

The International Monetary Fund expressed doubt about the privatization of Romanian health insurance houses, arguing that this system has not proved very successful in some of the countries that more

02.01.2012

The Hungarian minority party UDMR, part of Romania’s ruling coalition, will ask the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to approve public wage and pension hikes in 2012 and oppose the enforcement of more

01.31.2012

Romania's electronic prescription system has been approved and must be completed by the end of May, so that it can begin operation on June 1, said Lucian Duta, president of the National Health 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

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

01.16.2012

The tensions generated by the reform of the health system reached maximum highs, with people taking to the streets, but there is still a need to clarify the lack of transparency in the spending of more