From January 1, 2025 the international certificate “Green Card” will be valid only on the next day after its registration and entering into the Unified Centralized Database of the MTSBU. According to the website of the Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine (MTSBU), such a norm is enshrined in the new law on CMTPL insurance, coming into force from the beginning of next year.
Previously, drivers had the opportunity to issue an insurance certificate “Green Card”, which began its effect on the day of its registration, just before crossing the state border.
In addition, it is reported that from January 1, 2025 free pricing will be introduced for all liability insurance contracts for drivers. This also applies to “Green Card” insurance certificates.
Today, pricing is regulated by the state by establishing uniform amounts of insurance payments, which insurance companies are obliged to apply in tariff setting.
“Starting from January 1, these restrictions will be abolished, and insurance companies will be able to independently determine the parameters that will affect the formation of the cost of policies, based on their own underwriting models and insurance portfolios, as well as other factors relating to the risks caused by the occurrence of an insured event,” the report says.
Another innovation from the beginning of next year will be the full-fledged operation of the electronic certificate of “Green Card” in all member countries of the system. That is, drivers will be able to present the insurance certificate in digital form, saving it, for example, in a PDF file on a mobile device in any country that is part of the insurance system.
At the same time, the MTSBU recommends Ukrainian drivers to print and keep the certificate in paper format before going abroad to present it at the request of authorized foreign regulatory authorities.
“Green Card” – a system of insurance protection of victims in a road traffic accident regardless of the country of their residence and registration of vehicles of the country. It is distributed on the territory of 44 countries in Asia and Europe.
In accordance with the decision of the Assembly of the Council of the Bureau of the International Motor Insurance System “Green Card” adopted in Luxembourg in May 2004, Ukraine since January 1, 2005 is an integral system.
Multidisciplinary medical center “Leleka” plans to extend the international certificate of JCI (Joint Commission International), confirming quality standards in healthcare, said the operating director of the medical center Vadim Zukin.
“In December 2022, Leleka Multidisciplinary Medical Center provided the JCI accreditation union with confirmation of its activities and the certificate was extended for one year. In December 2023, we plan to undergo a full online verification by international auditors,” he told Interfax-Ukraine on the eve of World Patient Safety Day, which is celebrated on September 17.
According to Zukin, a big advantage of JCI is that its implementation “requires constant life according to certain standards, so directly preparing for inspections does not take much time, because we fulfill all the requirements on a daily basis.”
Commenting on the possibility of complying with JCI standards during martial law, Zukin emphasized that “JCI standards when implemented are deeply rooted in the corporate culture of the hospital, and medics even in times of war can’t imagine their activities in a different way than with compliance with JCI standards.”
“When the Obstetrics Department of Leleka Medical Center operated for several months at a public maternity hospital in 2022 for objective reasons, our management did not aim to operate there according to JCI standards. However, due to the fact that all employees of our team can no longer work in any other way, we did our best to comply with JCI standards even during the period of temporary relocation,” he said.
At the same time, Zukin does not expect the intensification of obtaining international certificates by Ukrainian clinics in the near future. At the same time, he believes that a number of large private Ukrainian clinics are ready to implement such standards.
“Such a number of hospitals with JCI accreditation, as, for example, in Israel or the UAE, in the near future in Ukraine should not be expected. But there are indeed several large private hospitals, which, I am convinced, are able to raise their level to JCI standards and get accreditation. Obviously, if there had not been a full-scale war, there would be more medical centers accredited by this prestigious system,” he said.
Zukin noted that “due to Russia’s military aggression, most private medical centers have faced significant financial problems, the solution of which requires a lot of time, resources and efforts. Nevertheless, all of them definitely continue to comply with the standards of quality and safety of hospital operations, without weakening the control of this area.”
“Obviously, we are not talking about JCI accreditation for public institutions right now. At least not in the near future. Among the reasons are economic factors, in particular, insufficient differentiation of NHIS tariffs for medical care, depending on the level of quality and safety,” he said.
Zukin noted that “the quality of medicine is not measured only by JCI standards, there are other, less popular, but serious quality control systems.”
“There is an example of other countries, such as the Czech Republic, where they took JCI standards as a basis for reforming their own national accreditation system,” he said.
Joint Commission International (USA) certification is considered the most prestigious international accreditation system for medical institutions, which aims to stimulate continuous improvement of the world’s medical organizations and their compliance with high internationally agreed requirements. The use of JCI standards implies the highest level of medical organization.
JCI accreditation is regarded as the gold standard of quality in healthcare in the world.
Currently, JCI accredited healthcare organizations in the United States and more than 85 other countries around the world. JCI standards are recognized as the highest level of medical quality and safety by the World Health Organization.
Ukraine will issue an international certificate of vaccination, acting within the framework of international law, Deputy Minister of Health, Chief State Sanitary Doctor Viktor Liashko told the Telegram channel Coronavirus Info.
According to the message, if a country requires an international certificate of vaccination against coronavirus (COVID-19) disease when crossing the border, Ukrainians will receive such a free certificate in two clicks.
“But it is not worth implementing and demanding a certificate of vaccination against COVID-19 now. I fully share the opinion of WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge who publicly warns the European Commission against plans to introduce documents on vaccination against COVID-19,” Liashko said.
