In March 2025, the National Health Service of Ukraine (NHSU) paid UAH 13.517 billion to medical institutions providing primary and specialized medical care under the Medical Guarantee Program.
According to the NHSU, in particular, it paid UAH 878.5 million for emergency medical care, UAH 1.896 billion for primary medical care, and UAH 5.13 billion for the provision of priority services to specialized medical care facilities in February.
In addition, in March, the NHSU paid UAH 146.3 million to clinics under the package “Preparedness and provision of medical care to the population in the territory where hostilities are taking place” and UAH 808.6 million under the package “Transitional financial support for the provision of medical services by healthcare facilities”.
In March, the NHSU also paid UAH 526.8 million to pharmacies under the Affordable Medicines reimbursement program.
As reported, the state budget for 2025 provides more than UAH 175.5 billion for the Medical Guarantee Program (MGP). In particular, the MHG-2025 provides for the allocation of more than UAH 25 billion to pay for primary healthcare services, almost UAH 11 billion for emergency medical care, more than UAH 122 billion for specialized and palliative care, including more than UAH 6 billion for medical rehabilitation.
Tariffs for primary healthcare have been increased in the MTEF-2025. The basic capital rate will be UAH 844.4 instead of UAH 786.65 in 2024. In addition, the NHLP adds a rural coefficient of 1.1 to the base rate.
In addition, the NBU-2025 expands the reimbursement program “Affordable Medicines” – its budget will amount to UAH 6.6 billion.
The MTEF-2025 will cover 44 packages of healthcare services, including two new ones: radioisotope diagnostics for cancer diagnosis, including PET scans, as well as psychosocial and psychiatric care with the development of mental health centers and mobile multidisciplinary teams for adults and children.
In the first half of 2024, the National Health Service of Ukraine (NHSU) will conduct scheduled monitoring of 63 contracted healthcare facilities.
According to the agency on its website, the list of medical institutions to be monitored was determined based on the results of calculating a system of indicators that can confirm or refute the existence of risks in the work of clinics.
The monitoring will be conducted in medical facilities contracted under the packages “Medical Care for Acute Cerebral Stroke”, “Medical Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction”, “Medical Care during Childbirth”, and “Medical Care for Newborns in Complicated Neonatal Cases”.
In particular, the monitoring will be conducted in 16 clinics contracted for the acute cerebral stroke package, 11 clinics contracted for the acute myocardial infarction package, 28 medical institutions contracted for the maternity care package, and eight clinics contracted for the neonatal care package.
In addition, the NHSU informs that the list of medical institutions to be monitored will be supplemented by institutions that have a rehabilitation contract.
In 2023, the National Health Service of Ukraine (NHSU) paid UAH 133.8 billion under the Medical Guarantee Program, and 16 million Ukrainians received medical care.
According to the NHSU in its press release, in particular, in 2023, UAH 99 billion was allocated to pay for specialized medical care, UAH 23 billion for primary healthcare services, and UAH 11 billion for emergency medical care.
The NHSU reminds that in 2024, the financing of the PMG will be increased by 12% to UAH 159 billion.
The 2024 PMG covers 44 service packages, including three new packages: “Treatment of infertility with the help of assisted reproductive technologies”, “Treatment of adults and children by organ transplantation” and “Treatment of adults and children by hematopoietic stem cell transplantation”.
At the same time, the NHSU clarified that the National Service will pay UAH 60,324 thousand for one full cycle of infertility treatment.
Since the beginning of 2023, the National Health Service of Ukraine (NHSU) has paid over UAH 2.22 billion to medical institutions for medical care in case of acute cerebral stroke and acute myocardial infarction.
According to the NHSU press service, since the beginning of 2023, more than 78.8 thousand patients have received medical care for acute cerebral stroke and more than 21 thousand patients for acute myocardial infarction under the Medical Guarantee Program (MGP).
In addition, the NHSU reminds that 232 brand names of medicines for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and primary and secondary prevention of heart attacks and strokes are currently participating in the Affordable Medicines reimbursement program.
More than 13.6 thousand private and municipal pharmacies have agreements with the NHSU to participate in the reimbursement program.
229 medical institutions have contracts with the NHSU for the treatment of acute cerebral stroke, and 74 institutions have contracts for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction. In particular, during stroke treatment, a medical facility receives UAH 131,472 for endovascular interventions, UAH 62,565 for thrombolytic therapy, and UAH 14,952 for care without endovascular interventions or thrombolytic therapy.
For the treatment of a heart attack with stenting, a healthcare facility receives UAH 43,573; if stenting is not performed, the NHSU pays UAH 25,261 for medical care provided during a heart attack.
The National Health Service of Ukraine (NHSU) for January-July 2023 under the package “Medical assistance in childbirth” paid 101104 births.
As reported to the agency Interfax-Ukraine in the NHSU, for the same period in 2022, the NHSU paid 109405 births, in 2021 – 141153 births.
The NHSU specified that currently 306 medical institutions are contracted for the package of medical care during childbirth.
As reported, in 2023 tariffs for medical care during childbirth is from 15,137 UAH.
CSD LAB medical laboratory began operating within the framework of the Medical Guarantees Program (MPG), allowing patients to receive free laboratory tests as directed by their physician.
According to a press release from the laboratory, the list of services available under the PMG includes more than 400 tests.
In order to take laboratory tests in the CSD LAB network under PMG, a patient must have an electronic referral from a family physician or a physician of any specialty created in the Electronic Health System (EHS). The results of the laboratory tests performed under the Medical Assurance Program are transmitted to the EHR, as in the case of the state laboratories.
The lab specifies that patients will be able to choose a lab office, date and time of their visit, and make an appointment online.
“We were the first private laboratory to contract with the National Health Service of Ukraine (NHSU). We have a long and quite effective cooperation with medical institutions of all forms of ownership to ensure accurate laboratory diagnosis and its maximum accessibility to all segments of the population. This decision was logical and reasonable, as it expands possibilities for both patients and doctors”, – informed Alexander Dudin, CSD LAB General Director and co-owner.
The CSD LAB, one of the leading laboratories in Ukraine, provides over 1500 analyses, from general blood analysis to genetic disorders in tumors by NGS method, and for 12 years has been one of the largest pathomorphological laboratories in Eastern Europe.
The CSD LAB has six laboratories: pathomorphology, cytomorphology, oncohematology, microbiology, clinical diagnostic laboratory and molecular genetics center. CSD LAB performs more than 1.5 million tests annually.
Production facilities and modern high-tech equipment are located in Kiev and Lviv on a total area of more than 5 thousand square meters, as well as in Moldova and Georgia.
