The Cabinet of Ministers approved a package of regulatory and legal acts in the field of health care
At the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, 14 normative legal acts related to the field of health care were adopted. The adopted decisions are aimed at comprehensively strengthening the medical system, creating conditions for the implementation of modern practices and increasing the level of patient protection.
Each resolution has a specific task — from increasing the financing of complex surgical cases and the development of transplantation to ensuring the health of children in kindergartens and increasing the transparency of the management of medical institutions.
“The medical system must change as fast as the country changes in the conditions of war, facing new challenges every day. Today, at the meeting of the Government, a package of decisions was adopted, which allows the system to be flexible, strong and closer to people. This is more funding for complex cases of illness, new opportunities for patients, transparent rules for hospitals.
We’re building an approach that works in real life — when a wounded soldier, a child in kindergarten, or a patient with a chronic illness gets help when they need it. This is how we are building modern, high-quality medicine, which is able to withstand a blow today and will become the foundation of a strong Ukraine after the victory”, – noted the Minister of Health of Ukraine Viktor Lyashko.
Approved changes to the Medical Guarantee Program provide for increased funding for hospitals that treat patients with complex injuries. Last week, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Health with the participation of the National Health Service and representatives of these medical institutions, where they discussed the challenges and the need for increased funding, and the decision has already been officially adopted. It provides for the introduction of an additional coefficient of resource intensity for 88 diagnostic-related groups, the possibility of payment for up to five surgical interventions within one case and an increase in tariffs for resource-intensive procedures.
For example, payment for ECMO is increasing from UAH 177,000 to UAH 342,000, and for invasive ventilation lasting more than 336 hours — from UAH 140,000 to UAH 288,000. The changes include the treatment of burns, joint surgery, therapy for nervous system disorders using invasive lung ventilation, and more. This will allow medical facilities to receive adequate compensation for the most difficult cases, and military and civilian patients to receive better care in wartime conditions.
Another decision was the adoption of changes that allow patients with chronic coronary syndromes to undergo scheduled stenting free of charge. For this purpose, 14 new items were added to the list of products that are purchased centrally at state expense. Purchases in the amount of about UAH 300 million will be carried out by Medical Procurement of Ukraine. This will allow hospitals to have a single standard for providing consumables, make the care process transparent and controllable, reduce queues and the number of urgent hospitalizations, and reduce the financial burden for patients.
The step is also part of the preparation for the start of the National Checkup on January 1, 2026 — a nationwide program of annual free preventive medical examinations for Ukrainians over 40 years of age. The program will include screening for cardiovascular disease, diabetes and mental disorders.
In addition, the government adopted a decree regulating the procedure of transplantation according to the “domino” principle. It involves the search for pairs of the first recipient and the second recipient, determination of medical indications and a list of organs that can be used as a donor for another patient. This method has been used in the world for more than twenty years, most often in the treatment of hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRv).
In such cases, the patient is transplanted with a donor liver, and his own, functionally suitable, becomes a donor for another recipient. This decision will increase the number of successful operations and reduce the queue of patients. The resolution also envisages changes to the Unified State Information System for Transplantation of Organs and Tissues, which will ensure transparency and control at the national level.
