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● defines the same co-insurance (30% of the NHIFA payment) and the same ceiling
(HUF 100 000) as in the case of the free choice of physician (Article 2) for the choice of
an inpatient care provider other than the one the patient was referred to
5. Decree No. 18/2007. (IV. 17.) EüM of Ministry of Health on the registration and licensing
of medical professionals
6. Decree No. 23/2007. (V.18.) EüM of the Minister of Health on the Extent and Amount of
Subsidies of Therapeutic Services, that can be Prescribed in the Frame of Social Health
Insurance
● lists the agreed price, the extent of social insurance subsidy and the amount of social
insurance subsidy for balneotherapy and medicinal swimming for children
7. Decree No. 58/2007. (VI. 15.) GKM on the termination of the Central Railway Hospital
and Outpatient Care Provider
8. Government Decree No. 138/2007. (VI. 18.) Korm. on the Amendment of Government
Decrees Related to the Establishment of a Unified Organization for Food-Safety
● transfers the food inspection duties of the NPHMOS to the Central Agricultural Office
(Articles 4, 7; Article 8, sections (1–4))
9. Decree No. 41/2007. (IX. 19.) EüM of the Minister of Health on the Operational, Service
and Administrative Procedures of Community, Branch and Hand Pharmacies, as Well as
Hospital Pharmacies
● states the operational and administrative rules and defines minimum standards
10. Act CXLVI of 2007 on the Amendment of Certain Act for the Establishment of the
Budget of 2008 of the Republic of Hungary (promulgated: 5/12/2007)
● makes matching capital grants (target subsidies) available only for health care for the
period of 2008–2009 (Article 5)
11. Government Decree No. 366/2007. (XII. 23.) on the amendment of Government
Decree No. 195/1997 on the funding of social health insurance services
● Regulates the contribution of the central budget to the HIF (Article 4)
12. Government Decree No. 364/2007. (XII. 27.) Korm. on the Amendment of Certain Health
Care Related Government Decrees
2008
● stipulates that providers’ payment for medical rehabilitation depends on meeting the
minimum standards set by the “professional colleges”; providers not fulfilling these
requirements are reimbursed at lower (chronic, or long term care) rates (Article 10)
● privatizes patient transfer services (Article 3).
1. Act I of 2008 (II. 11.) on Health Insurance Funds
2. Act IX of 2008 (III.26.) on the implementation of the national referendum on
9 March 2008
● eliminates visit and daily fees for various health services in outpatient and inpatient
care (Article 1m Section 2)
3. Decree No. 22/2008 (IV. 12.) EüM of the Minister of Health on the Amendment of
Certain Health Care Related Ministerial Decrees
● allows providers to convert part of their billable FFS points into HDG points to support
the increase of day care interventions (Article 4, Section (8))