Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tariff System in health care system in Poland
The Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tariff System is national institution supervised by Minister of Health and funded by government. Agency is an advisory body in the reimbursement process. Agency has an impact on content of benefit basket, not only by evaluating new technologies but also re-evaluating benefit basket. Main goal of Agency is to provide patients access to the most effective and safe technologies. The most important Agency statements concern medical technologies and its modifications, qualification, removal in reference to guaranteed medical services. The Minister of Health, taking decisions about which health technology should be financed by public found, takes into account: recommendations and opinions of President of Agency, opinions and statements of the Transparency Council and the Council for Tariffs Affairs. The Agency’s task is also: setting tariffs for health care services; evaluating diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines prepared by medical societies; preparing opinions about national and local government health care programs.
