a Decree adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine at a meeting on March 25. The adoption of this regulation the national health service’I initiated my letter back in February 2019. This decision means that have been provided to ensure the drugs of insulin of patients with diabetes in the Program of medical safeguards, was sent to the subvention for regions.
today the provision of insulin in patients with diabetes mellitus is administered by local authorities. In the order of which the money went, according to the decision of the Cabinet. These funds will be distributed among the regions. The responsibility for their efficient and effective use lies with the local authorities.
Previously, funds for patients with diabetes requiring insulin therapy, were included in the Program of medical safeguards, which fully kicks off from 1 April 2020. However, the provision of the full prescribing and dispensing of preparations of insulin for treatment of diabetes via prescription subject to the willingness of all stakeholders: pharmacies, doctors, pharmaceutical manufacturers and patients. Today the training continues. And now it is planned that administration of program reimbursement of insulin will go to NCSU October 1, 2020. NCSU will be the sole payer for prescription will be exclusively electronic. And all stakeholders would enjoy the benefits of a single payer of NSSO, as is now happening with the program reimbursement “Affordable drugs”.
year of the work programme of reimbursement “Affordable drugs” for e-prescription of more than 2 million patients received medications on electronic prescriptions, and NCSU paid to pharmacies for medicines released 880 million UAH.