In brief

• The Ministry of Health draft regulation changes the selection criteria for offers in NFZ tenders for hospital services.
• Additional points may be awarded to facilities listed in the health needs map in the hospital care area.
• The draft is at the public consultation stage and may still change.

What the draft changes

The Ministry of Health has submitted for consultation a draft regulation that changes the detailed criteria for selecting offers in procedures for concluding contracts to provide health care services (Nowe kryteria w konkursach NFZ na świadczenia szpitalne. Projekt MZ trafił do konsultacji - wiadomości Medycyna i Zdrowie – politykazdrowotna.com) (10 punktów za zgodność z mapą potrzeb zdrowotnych. MZ zmienia kryteria konkursowe – medexpress.pl). The new rules are to apply to hospital treatment. Additional points will be awarded to entities whose places of service provision appear in the health needs map in the hospital care area.

Who it applies to

The changes will cover hospitals, day wards, and units performing procedures in the one-day surgery mode. The regulations are expected to apply across many medical specialties.

Scoring rules

Points will be awarded depending on the services and the mode of their provision covered by a specific procedure, not for the mere existence of a facility. Places marked in the map as supplementary will be excluded from this criterion. The draft rewards facilities meeting certain organizational and infrastructural conditions.

Next steps

The draft is at the consultation stage, so the final form of the provisions may still change. Facilities seeking NFZ contracts should monitor how the criteria are worded in the version adopted by the ministry.