Trainings on the new system of payments start in April

DRG system, more transparent and equitable system of hospital payments, should work in 2016. Since April the Healthcare Surveillance Authority will start to train people. Training of nearly 3.200 people wants to catch by the end of next year. Trainings will cost more than seven million euros and should be paid mainly from EU funds. Eight people have been already trained in Germany, in a country whose DRG model we assume. The model will cost 1.4 million euros. The introduction of the new system is perceived positively by several hospitals and health insurance companies.

Materials for teaching health professionals who will be responsible for the launch of a new system of financing hospitals in practice are ready. However, the legislation is still lacking. Without it, according to the President of Healthcare Surveillance Authority Monika Pažinková, it cannot start.