NEAK
National Institute of Health Insurance Fund Management
Country
Website
Address
Phone: +36 1 350 20 01
Risks and Benefits
European Social and Health Policy focus
Homogenous international coding of interventions
International price information of interventions
Future models of healthcare systems
Reimbursement techniques
Benchmarking
Revenue collection
Financial sustainability of healthcare systems
HTA
Cross-border healthcare activities
Mesurement of efficiency of given interventions or drugs
Aim, structure and tasks of the organization
In the Hungarian single-payer system,NEAK as a central government agency carries out the tasks relating to the mangement of the National Health Fund. It is supervised by the Minister of Human Resources.
The core activity of NEAK is the reimbursement of the operational costs for healthcare services. We cover only benefits in kind to all insured persons, such as preventive examinations, primary healthcare, specialisied inpatient care, specialised outpatient care, certain dental care, rehabilitation, the ambulance service, patient transport and accident-related benefits, drug reimbursement, reimbursement for medicl aids, medical spa services, reimbursement of travel expenses and benefits granted on grounds of equity.