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06.27.2013

Romanian authorities will revise the list of reimbursed medicines by January 1, 2014, Health Minister Eugen Nicolaescu said Thursday at the conference Mediafax Talks about Health Reform. more

01.30.2013

Romanian medicine supplier Unifarm may borrow EUR800,000 from the state treasury to purchase oncology drugs, according to an emergency ordinance approved by the Government Wednesday. more

11.28.2012

Romania’s Health Ministry aims to speed up the acquisition and discount procedure of the drugs difficult to procure, secretary of state Alexandru Rafila said Wednesday. more

10.28.2012

Romania’s Health Ministry has been allotted extra 150 million lei (EUR33 million) at this year’s second budget revision and expects to collect some RON350-400 million from the clawback tax. more

09.04.2012

Romanian doctors who own or want to set up clinics in rural areas, as well as medical associations that operate there, may access non-reimbursable funds to finance their activity through the National more

05.29.2012

Romanian Health Minister Vasile Cepoi said Tuesday a decision regarding the clawback tax will be taken following an impact study to be completed by June 15. more

05.28.2012

Romania’s Health Minister Vasile Cepoi said ministry officials are trying to find a way to solve the problems caused by charging the clawback tax to drug producers, a situation that could seriously more

05.23.2012

Romania’s Government on Wednesday decided to unfreeze 500 jobs in the public healthcare system, the Health Ministry said in a press release. more

03.16.2012

Romania's Health Ministry has put forward for public debate a draft Government decision, which restricts the prescription of three drugs, and a draft order changing the duration of hospitalization for more

03.15.2012

Romanian Health Minister Ladislau Ritli on Thursday said he plans to raise family physicians’ income by increasing by nearly 15% the sums granted for each patient registered on their lists. more

03.08.2012

The Romanian Health Ministry will sign a collaboration protocol with state-run drugmaker Antibiotice Iasi and company Unifarm to acquire 34 cheap cancer medicines that are not available on the more

02.17.2012

By the middle of this year, the Health Ministry will put up for public debate a new healthcare bill; as consultations with the public opinion are fully under way, so all options on the future more

01.23.2012

Romania's Health Ministry will begin discussions Thursday to develop a new healthcare bill and revise the basic service package, with the Doctors' College being the first partner invited for talks. more

01.12.2012

Tudor Ciuhodaru was released Thursday from the position of honorific adviser with the Romanian Health Ministry, two days after appointment, ministry spokeswoman Oana Grigore told MEDIAFAX. more

01.12.2012

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Thursday signed a decree appointing Dr. Vasile Cepoi, head of the Iasi local Public Health Department, to the position of state secretary with the Ministry of more

01.11.2012

Andrei Georgescu, head of the emergency room of the University Emergency Hospital in Bucharest, told MEDIAFAX Wednesday he accepted his appointment as Health Ministry deputy secretary of state to more

12.08.2011

Romania’s Parliament committees for budget and finance on Thursday approved the 2012 proposed budget for the Health Ministry, which is of 5.46 billion lei (EUR1.25 billion), or 4% of the gross more

12.05.2011

The Romanian Parliament’s health committees on Monday approved with 14 to ten votes the draft 2012 budgets of the Health Ministry and the National Health Insurance House (CNAS). more

10.07.2011

● Private clinics have doubled their number of doctors over the past five years ● How many doctors are leaving the public healthcare system ● Romania’s Health Ministry has no idea how many more

09.15.2011

The Romanian Health Ministry's budget might be increased by 150 million lei (EUR35 million), from the Government's reserve fund, to fund unpaid drugs and sanitary items, according to a draft decision more

08.26.2011

Romania's Health Ministry has changed the formula used to compute the reimbursement prices for drugs provided free through the national healthcare programs, encouraging consumption of generic drugs more

08.24.2011

Romania's Health Ministry can carry out controls in any public or private healthcare unit, as of Wednesday, according to an ordinance approved by the Government. more

08.17.2011

The Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) proposed Ladislau Ritli to lead the Ministry of Health, which will also "coordinate" the National Health Insurance House, as per an more

08.17.2011

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Wednesday there are no tensions in the ruling coalition concerning the appointment of a new health minister. more