Throughout June, not only specialized healthcare media but also the mainstream media reported in detail that Prime Minister Andrej Babiš was sending letters to Health Minister Adam Vojtěch, in which he strongly urged the implementation of numerous legislative and executive measures intended to stabilize the situation in the healthcare sector. Somewhat surprisingly, this has brought into the spotlight the legislative framework for reimbursement regulation of separately billed

Since January 1, 2026, ePoukaz is mandatory, with paper forms only permitted in strictly defined cases. The introduction of ePrescriptions is intended to reduce errors in filling out forms, limit duplicate prescriptions, speed up approval by health insurance companies, and minimize opportunities for fraud. According to the State Institute for Drug Control, it also provides greater comfort and safety for patients, who have their medical devices clearly listed in the eRecept ap

If you are a manufacturer, importer or distributor of medical devices (ZUM) included in the VZP Reimbursement Catalogue, you are now obliged to provide the VZP with EMDN codes for these MDs by 30 June 2025. The requirement for each manufacturer to assign an EMDN code to all its devices is based on European regulations, specifically Article 26 of the MDR and Article 23 of the IVDR. The VZP call also responds to the requirement of the MoH in the context of the upcoming legislat

On 8 October 2024, the Ministerial Decree No. 36/2024/ZDM establishing the Commission for the categorisation and reimbursement regulation.

On Friday, 19 January 2024, the Ministry of Health held a meeting of the Stakeholder Platform on the issue of medical device regulation....

On Monday 19 June 2023, another meeting of the platform at the Ministry of Health took place, where representatives of regulators, health...

The issue of mail-order dispensing of medical devices has been an evergreen in recent years. While mail-order dispensing of prescription...

In recent years, conflicts between VZP and suppliers have been escalating over the inclusion of separately charged material (ZUM) in the...

The reimbursement of medical devices in acute inpatient care has been a sensitive topic since the inception of the reimbursement...

In the intricate landscape of Czech medical device reimbursement, challenges are emerging in the efficiency of health insurance...