In brief

• The Ministry of Health has sent for public consultation a draft amending the criteria for assessing hospital offers in NFZ (National Health Fund) tenders.
• Additional points are to be awarded to facilities included in the health needs map for the hospital care security scheme.
• The draft also includes points for beds for patients with obesity and may change the rules for contracting hospitals, day wards and one-day surgery.

New offer assessment criteria

The draft regulation of the Minister of Health changes the detailed criteria for selecting offers when concluding contracts for hospital services, in day wards and in one-day surgery (NFZ zmieni zasady kontraktowania szpitali. Nowe kryteria i punkty – Bankier.pl). The ministry wants to eliminate requirements it considers outdated and to correct the scoring used in tenders (Resort zdrowia zmienia zasady konkursów dla szpitali. Większe szanse dla placówek ze schematu zabezpieczenia – gazetaprawna.pl).

Points for compliance with the health needs map

Additional points would be awarded to bidders whose places of service provision appear in the health needs map in the area of the hospital care security scheme (10 punktów za zgodność z mapą potrzeb zdrowotnych. MZ zmienia kryteria konkursowe – medexpress.pl). The criterion would refer to the services and the manner of their provision covered by a given procedure, and places marked as supplementary would be excluded.

In the tenders, beds intended for patients with obesity would also count, for which additional points are envisaged (Nowe kryteria w konkursach NFZ. Dodatkowe punkty za łóżka dla pacjentów z otyłością – rynekzdrowia.pl).

Who the changes concern

The new rules would cover hospitals, day wards and units performing procedures in one-day surgery, as well as many medical specialties (Nowe kryteria w konkursach NFZ na świadczenia szpitalne. Projekt MZ trafił do konsultacji - wiadomości Medycyna i Zdrowie – politykazdrowotna.com). The changes will affect which facilities sign contracts with the National Health Fund, and their scope concerns hundreds of healthcare facilities and millions of patients.

The draft has gone to public consultation, so the final shape of the rules may still change.

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