• June 17, 2015

    Due to the lack of quorum on Friday, discussions around the Health Insurance Act will continue early next Wednesday. The idea of splitting the health package into basic and additional has been essentially adopted by a majority in the parliament. On Thursday, the MPs devoted most of their working day to the Health Insurance Act […]

  • June 1, 2015

    Immunotherapy is one of the experimental methods for tumor treatment. This approach is based on the understanding that a key to the origins, development and outcome of malignant neoplasms is the immune system. In this line of thought, if the functional status of the latter is fortified in the right way, it is likely that […]

  • The system also allows performing Regional Professionals Search The new register of the Bulgarian Medical Association (BMA), which allows any citizen to obtain information about a specific physician, was presented to the Healthcare Commission in the National Assembly last Thursday. The database with public access will allow patients to see where a doctor works, the […]

  • The NHIF has offered the BMA to begin negotiations to reduce clinical pathway prices. The BMA immediately replied that they disagreed, and instead wanted an update of the NHIF budget by BGN 150 million. Obviously, the NHIF is facing increasing pressure to pay more than they have. The problem has become more severe over time […]

  • The manager of the Health Fund Dr. Glinka Komitov had predicted that “based on the current performance towards the end of April, we could expect a deficit in the Health Insurance Fund budget at the end of 2015.” According to the NHIF representative, the deficit is formed by medicines and hospital care, so therefore the […]