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21-08-2025

50 million from the reserve for health services

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The Compulsory Health Insurance Council approved a proposal to allocate an additional EUR 50.5 million from the risk management reserve of the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund (CHIF). The funds will be used to pay healthcare institutions for healthcare services provided in the second quarter of this year that exceeded contractual obligations. 

In April-June 2025, patients throughout Lithuania received more services than was stipulated in the contracts between healthcare institutions and health insurance funds. Additional funding is needed to pay for the services actually provided.  

“We want to ensure that patients receive the healthcare services they need in a timely manner and that healthcare institutions are paid for their work. By allocating these funds from the fund's reserve, we are responding to the need for services and helping to maintain their availability throughout the country,” says Tatjana Golubajeva, Deputy Director of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF). 

An additional EUR 50.5 million from the fund’s reserve will be allocated to healthcare institutions for priority active treatment services (EUR 2.1 million), nursing services (EUR 5.5 million), outpatient services (EUR 27.2 million), medical rehabilitation and sanatorium treatment (EUR 7.9 million), and expensive tests and procedures in outpatient settings (EUR 7.7 million). 

According to NHIF analysts, the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund’s budget revenue plan is being implemented this year, with approximately EUR 30 million in surplus revenue received in the first half of the year. It is predicted that by the end of the year, revenues may exceed the plan by 1-2 percent, or EUR 50-80 million, so the use of reserve funds to pay for services provided in excess of the contract in the second quarter of the year is financially justified.   

However, based on the trends in the implementation of this year’s plan, no significant surplus revenue is expected, so in the next six months, the NHIF will have fewer opportunities to pay for services provided by healthcare institutions in excess of the contract. Institutions are encouraged to organize their activities responsibly and rationally and to plan the healthcare services they provide, giving priority to patients who need help the most. Due to declining financial resources, priority will be given to covering the most essential services that exceed the contract, in accordance with the procedure established by order of the Minister of Health. 

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Last updated: 17-09-2025

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