Persons insured with compulsory health insurance (CHI) do not have to pay themselves for leg vein surgery.

In order to provide as many quality health care services to Lithuanian residents insured with compulsory health insurance, the national health insurance fund signed contracts with 846 medical institutions in 2021.

Last year, a total of EUR 377 million was paid in Lithuanian pharmacies for compensated medicines and medical assistance measures (MAM).

The Panevėžys Territorial Health Insurance Fund (THIF) has recently received a number of questions from the population regarding the procedure of being registered for services at the primary personal health care institutions (PPHCI).

The National Health Insurance Fund under the Ministry of Health (NHIF) has already bought 257 thousand four-valent doses of vaccine for the flu season of 2021-2022. This is almost 5% more than the fund purchased last year.

With many travel restrictions around the world and people working mainly remotely, Lithuanian citizens who work and pay taxes in other countries often choose their homeland as their actual place of work.

The medical institutions paid 3.8 million euros last year to a special bank account that accumulates contributions for compensation for damage caused to the health of patients.

It is useful for everyone to know in which cases damage to the budget of the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund (CHIF) may be compensated.

March is a month dedicated to the prevention of colon cancer. The National Health Insurance Fund under the Ministry of Health (NHIF), urging the population to take care of their health daily, once again recalls the importance of preventing this oncological disease.

Last year 2.5 million euros were returned to the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund (CHIF) — 77 thousand euros more than in 2019.

The Panevezys Territorial Health Insurance Fund notes in its practice that patients are provided in healthcare institutions with information about access to planned healthcare in other countries of the European Union, European Economic Area or Switzerland, which are not quite correct.

The Compulsory Health Insurance Fund (CHIF) spent 118 thousand euros last year to compensate for cross-border healthcare costs of persons insured with compulsory health insurance, totalling more than half a million euros over the last five years.