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Inpatient doctors would see the third stage of increasing their salaries. Members of Parliament have approved an amendment to the Health Insurance Act. Change in legislation regulates the third stage of raising salaries of doctors, which is divided on the years 2014 and 2015. Increased salaries for doctors will require 19.3 million euros next year. A year later, this amount will rise to more than 36.6 million euros. A doctor with specialization should in the next year earn a total of at least 20.261 euros, and then from 2015 at least 22.715 euros per year. His colleague without specialization should earn next year salary not below 12.060 per year.
New amendment on Law on the protection of non-smokers is entering into force. At first, amendment allowed total ban on smoking in shopping malls, parliamentarians, however, disagreed with it. Smoking in malls thus do not stops, but it will be allowed only in areas separate by construction. The legal standard also brings a new definition of mass caterers. According to amendment is it each device, which not only produces and prepares foods, but the food is also brought into it. So, rules to protect non-smokers are also related to the confectioneries. The amendment introduced also stricter penalties. For violations of the law will be public health authorities able to impose a fine of 500 to 15.000 euros.
Health insurance companies last year returned to policyholders by the safeguard limit payments for drugs of 2.1 million euro. Overall, supplements were sent back to more than 100.000 people. Insurance companies returned overpayments for the first three quarters of last year and the last quarter of 2011. According to Healthcare Surveillance Authority, the highest payment that was returned was in amount 1043.86 euro. Most payments have returned the largest General Health Insurance Company. According to the amendment of the Act that is in force since April 2011, entitlement to repayment surcharges begins if a quarter payments for pharmaceuticals exceeds the limit 45 euros for pensioners and € 30 for severely disabled person by more than three euros.
Welcome to eighth lecture from 8 lectures course running under the title „Innovation for better healthcare" at University for modern Slovakia. In this lecture,Peter Pažitný and Katarína Skybová talk about motivation program for policyholders in the Plan MEDIPARTNER.
Welcome to fifth lecture from 8 lectures course running under the title „Innovation for better healthcare" at University for modern Slovakia. In this lecture, Peter Pažitný and Tomáš Szalay talk about a partnership network, innovation in payment mechanisms and innovative project of managed health care "Plan MEDIPARTNER", which started in Slovakia in 2012.
Welcome to sixth lecture from 8 lectures course running under the title „Innovation for better healthcare" at University for modern Slovakia. In this lecture, Peter Pažitný and Angelika Szalayová talk about payment mechanisms in the health sector which defines behavior of health care professionals. In this episode, we talk about fee-for-services, per discharge payment for hospitalization and Diagnosis-related group (DRG).
Welcome to fifth lecture from 8 lectures course running under the title „Innovation for better healthcare" at University for modern Slovakia. In this lecture, Peter Pažitný speaks about the payment mechanisms in the health sector which defines behavior of health care professionals. In this episode, we talk about capitation – payment "per capita". By this payment mechanism are remunerated mainly general practitioners and outpatient gynecologists.
Welcome to fourth lecture from 8 lectures course running under the title „Innovation for better healthcare" at University for modern Slovakia. In this lecture, Peter Pažitný explains why is the Dutch Healthcare considered as the best in Europe.
Welcome to third lecture from 8 lectures course running under the title „Innovation for better healthcare" at University for modern Slovakia. In this lecture, Peter Pažitný explains why health care can not be (and is not) for free.
