Relations
under the compulsory and voluntary health insurance shall be regulated by the
Health Insurance Act (HIA).
Health
insurance shall be implemented via collection and spending the monetary funds –
insured persons and contributors participate in the health insurance system
with social security contributions, and in case of an insurance event the
insured persons shall obtain medical aid as prestation.
Compulsory
health insurance is an activity related to managing and spending the funds from
compulsory health insurance contributions for payment of health related
activities, which is carried out by the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF)
and its territorial divisions - regional health insurance funds. The compulsory
health insurance provides for a basic package of health related activities guaranteed
by the budget of NHIF.
The body,
which carried out and manages the compulsory health insurance, is NHIF – it
organizes the collection, management and distribution of the funds for
compulsory health insurance. The compulsory health insurance contributions are
collected by the National Revenue Agency (§ 20 of the Transitional and Final
Provisions of the Health Insurance Act).
