The hospital network, which came into force in 2017, eliminated a significant part of private providers from the pool of entities offering services under contracts with the National Health Fund (NFZ). Now, the Health Ministry wants to introduce legal changes that will make contracting of services by the NFZ almost entirely dependent on having a…
The hospital network has not improved patients’ access to medical services, according to a report by the Supreme Chamber of Control (NIK). The changes introduced were to ensure comprehensive and coordinated care at each stage of treatment, but this was only the case for some hospitalised patients. Half of the patients did not receive outpatient…
Health Ministry announced that I and II degree hospitals operating within the so-called network of hospitals will receive an additional PLN 344m. The funds will go to 373 entities, which means that an average hospital will receive nearly PLN 1m. Hospitals will receive an average of PLN 1m each Additional financial resources have been established…
The construction boom in the segment of public hospitals is continuing. Investments have recently been announced by the Beskidzkie Centrum Onkologii in Bielsko-Biala and the Szpital Miejski nr 4 in Gliwice. The total value of investments in public institutions is calculated in billions of zlotys. Bielsko-Biala focuses on oncology At the beginning of August a…
The hospital network, which has been in operation since October 2017, has not had a positive impact on the financial situation of most hospitals. It has also not improved patients’ access to health services, according to the latest report of the Supreme Chamber of Control (NIK). Conclusions from the NIK audit also confirm the results…
EMC Instytut Medyczny wants to merge with Penta Hospitals Poland, the company announced in a communiqué. The company expects that the merger will bring benefits in the form of capital strengthening, improvement of the competitive position on the market and synergy effects. Possible merge within Penta EMC Medical Institute and Penta Hospitals Poland belong to…
At the end of July a private hospital Geo Medical from Katowice suspended its activities. The facility informed the National Health Fund (NFZ) about a sudden lack of possibilities to provide health services. Investment in a hospital of PLN 150m Geo Medical Hospital started operating in September 2017. It was to be a part of…
The Ministry of Health wants to improve the quality of nutrition in Polish hospitals. In October 2019 it plans to launch a pilot program for pregnant women and women after childbirth – Dieta Mamy. It will allocate PLN 50 million for this purpose. Poor quality of nutrition in hospitals At the beginning of July, the…
According to the analysis of NFZ data conducted by Jarosław Kozera, an expert in health care management, one of the main assumptions of the reform called hospital network, i.e. increasing access to ambulatory specialist care (AOS), has not been fulfilled. The new system also does not include a procedure whereby more complicated cases were to…
LUX MED Group, the largest private operator of medical facilities in Poland, will take over Centrum Medyczne Mavit Sp. z o.o. This is another investment of the group in the segment of private hospitals. This time it concerns ophthalmology facilities. Acquisition of two private hospitals by the LUX MED Group Centrum Medyczne Mavit is the…
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