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The aim of the Health Payment Centers activity is to realize and implement state policy for availability of health care services, as well as to administrate the state budgetary funds prescribed for health care.
The functions of Health Payment Center:
- to administrate the state budgetary funds prescribed for health care and in accordance with the concluded agreements to settle accounts for the provided health care services, as well as the medication and medical equipment prescribed for outpatient treatment;
- to supervise the expenditures of state budgetary funds in medical institutions and pharmacies submitted to the administration of Health Payment Center;
- to analyze the financial and quantity indices of health care services, to make prognoses concerning the volume of health care services, as well as to evaluate the necessity of these services;
- to inform the society about the available health care services and the procedure according to which the latter can be received, as well as advise the countrys residents on their rights while receiving health care services;
- to organize and carry out the state centralized purchases of medications and medical equipment in the field of health care, which are stipulated in the normative acts;
- to provide with the realization of the programme on timely detection of cancer;
- in the regression procedure to recover the financial means for course of treatment for persons, provided that the present course of treatment is the consequence of an unlawful activity, inactivity or criminal offence;
- to ensure the execution of the international liabilities in the implementation of the availability of health care services, as well as in the administration of the state budgetary funds prescribed for health care.
The Tasks of Health Payment Center:
- if necessary, to carry out the selection of those who provide with health care services paid by the state;
- to conclude agreements on provision of health care services paid by the state, as well as provision of medication and medical equipment meant for outpatient treatment which is reimbursed by means of state budgetary funds in accordance with the law of the running year on state budget;
- to form, maintain and update the registry of health care service recipients, as well as information system of the management;
- to analyze the execution of the concluded agreement, and summarize the information concerning the availability of health care services paid by the state and the provision of medication and medical equipment meant for outpatient treatment;
- to summarize the information system data of the management;
- depending on corresponding competence, to instruct the deliverers of health care services to eliminate the determined deficiencies in the expenditure of the state budgetary funds prescribed for health care;
- to provide health care services to the citizens who dwell in the European Union, European Economic Zone or Switzerland, as well as to the citizens of the mentioned countries while they are on the territory of Latvia, in accordance with the international agreements.
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