The Health Committee has given a positive opinion on amendments to the NHF's financial plan, assuming an increase in revenues and costs by more than PLN 826 million. There will be an increase in funds for, among other things, hospitalization, AOS and POZ. Less will be spent on treating HIV patients.
Changes in the NFZ financial plan: What will there be more money for and what will there be less money for?
Published Dec. 5, 2024 11:31
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Changing a public payer's financial plan at the end of the year is routine, related to the need to adjust the plan to its execution - both on the revenue and cost side. Members also treated the document in such terms, asking - in the context of this year's plan - rather about the scale of possible shortfalls, related to delays in settling bills for services that are not limited, but also limited. Questions were raised about non-payment for drug programs and the withholding of admissions for diagnostics and treatment by some providers.
Deputy Health Minister Jerzy Szafranovich said that the changes to the 2024 financial plan, as well as the amendment to the Approximate Budget Law, will allow all unlimited services to be funded by the end of 2024.
The changes to the financial plan, the deputy health minister stressed, concern seven items in the NFZ financial plan: in three funding will be increased and in four reduced. Among others, financing of outpatient specialized care (AOS) will be increased by PLN 266 million, while hospital services will be increased by PLN 280 million. POZ will receive about PLN 270 million more. The cost of antiretroviral treatment for people living with HIV turned out to be smaller than planned - by PLN 148 million.
However, MPs pointed out not only the differences in expenses, but also in revenues. Because less than planned turned out to be income from deposits. MPs and representatives of the social side pointed out that this is a signal, confirming the liquidity problems of the Funudsh - money does not "lie" in accounts, it is spent on an ongoing basis.
The amendment to the plan, which received a positive opinion on Wednesday, was already another, according to NFZ Vice President Jakub Szulc, with a total increase of 22, billion zlotys in the NFZ financial plan.
The deputies also asked what about the plan for the next year - it still hasn't been approved, which is a big concern on the part of both employees and providers. The deputy health minister reassured that the last doubts are currently being clarified, and the plan should be approved within the next two weeks. Jakub Szulc, on the other hand, stressed that even if this did not happen, the NFZ will work on the basis of the plan presented to the ministers of health and finance for approval.
