01.16.2012

The tensions generated by the reform of the health system reached maximum highs, with people taking to the streets, but there is still a need to clarify the lack of transparency in the spending of more

01.15.2012

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said the ruling coalition on Monday will discuss developing a new bill on healthcare reform, which will not shut down or privatize the emergency services. more

01.15.2012

Romania was the scene of anti-government protests Saturday evening, with as many as 2,000 people occupying Bucharest's University Square, while smaller rallies of no more than a hundred people took more

01.13.2012

Romanian President Traian Basescu has called on the prime minister to withdraw the new healthcare bill, having seen that a large part of the public and of the healthcare system do not want it to more

01.12.2012

Hiring in the Romanian healthcare system may be unfrozen, where this does not exceed budgeted personnel expenses, says a draft decision put up for public debate on the Health Ministry's website. more

01.09.2012

Romania’s ruling coalition will hold talks on the new healthcare bill on January 23 and will decide afterwards the steps that will be taken to pass the draft law into legislation. more

01.03.2012

Of all the sectors in the economy, the healthcare sector is likely to be targeted by the most changes in 2012. The new health law, which will be debated over the course of this year, aims to more

12.29.2011

Any authorized operator may provide emergency and first aid services, to allow for more sources of financing and apply the principles of regulated competition, says Romania's new healthcare bill, now more

12.29.2011

The Romanian Health Ministry will negotiate with pharmaceutical companies the number of patients to receive treatment using the money available for national healthcare programs, which currently use more

12.28.2011

Romanians who fail to pay their health insurance contribution will receive medical care only in emergency situations, in infectious disease cases and for illnesses included in the national more

12.28.2011

Romanian medical personnel is obligated to provide consultation only to someone previously accepted as a patient, but may not reject a person on grounds of ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or more

12.28.2011

To join the Romanian social health insurance system, private insurers must be authorized by the Insurance Supervision Commission, must have signed up at least one million clients, with premiums worth more

12.28.2011

Romania's new healthcare bill, now up for public debate, introduces private health insurance houses and allows hospitals to operate as foundations or commercial companies. more

12.27.2011

Private healthcare operators put record amounts in building hospitals, with over EUR130 million worth of projects being completed. In Bucharest, as well as in Brasov and Pitesti, investors rushed to more

12.19.2011

The resignation of the health minister, a first draft of a new healthcare law, the shutdown of state hospitals, the departure of the largest local drug group from the London Stock Exchange are just a more

12.06.2011

Romanians are highly discontented with the Romanian healthcare system and the way it is managed, according to a research conducted by IRIS Network in 28 countries. more

12.05.2011

Polisano, one of the leading players in the Romanian private healthcare industry, has sold its nine-unit chain of dialysis clinics to German firm Diaverum, in a transaction estimated by ZF at EUR10 more

12.03.2011

Romanians will cover part of the cost of certain medical services starting in 2012, though a personal contribution may not exceed 1/12 (or 8.33%) of the net yearly income, and around eight million more

11.29.2011

Romania’s Health Minister Ladislau Ritli said Tuesday the frame-law on healthcare, which is currently at the health ministry for debates, will be completed by December 15 or December 20. more

11.24.2011

Romanian president Traian Basescu said Thursday he hopes the country’s healthcare law is adopted as soon as possible, either by Parliament or through a confidence vote, saying the medical system is more

11.16.2011

Insurers should hike share capital by around EUR500 million, besides other expenses, to take part in Romania’s state healthcare reform, Frans van der Ent, general manager of insurance company Eureko more

11.07.2011

Carrying out public investments, reforming the healthcare system and reducing arrears are the Romanian authorities' main challenges, said IMF mission chief Jeffrey Franks on Monday. 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

10.07.2011

Every Romanian will choose from ten private health insurance houses that will compete against each other and will replace the National Health Insurance House (CNAS), the institution that collects more

10.02.2011

Anima, a private healthcare business started last year by A&D Pharma, the largest group in the local pharmaceutical industry, posted sales of EUR1.23 million in the first eight months of 2011. more