The Rules of Remuneration of Health Workers have been amended

23.11.2020, 15:32

By the relevant decision of the State Agency on Mandatory Health Insurance, the Rules of remuneration of health workers employed by health facilities under the jurisdiction of the Public Legal Entity Administration of the Regional Medical Divisions have been amended.

According to the Rules, the remuneration of medical workers includes official (tariff) salaries, allowances paid for working conditions, incentive allowances and other payments provided for in the Labor Code. Incentive allowances for health workers are provided in the form of monthly fixed or monthly incentive allowances depending on the position and the nature of the work carried out based on the performance.

According to the amendment, the number of specializations / positions on fixed incentive allowances for medical workers has been increased and new version has been approved. According to the previous rules, doctors were paid a fixed monthly incentive on 9 specializations / positions, but as a result of the amendment this number has been increased to 16.

In addition, the amount of fixed incentive allowances for a number of specializations / positions is determined depending on the performance of medical facilities. Thus, medical facilities are divided into 3 groups (groups 1, 2 and 3).

Table 1

№	Specialization / position	Amount of a monthly fixed incentive allowance to the salary of doctors
1	Heads of medical divisions (except doctors of stomatology)	100,00 AZN
2	Doctors of healthcare services management division (except doctors of stomatology)	200,00 AZN
3	Doctors holding the position of pharmaceutist	260,00 AZN
4	Doctors holding the position of family doctor	300,00 AZN
5	Doctors of hemodialysis division	360,00 AZN
6	Doctors of health center for child neurology (except psychologist and speech therapist)	200,00 AZN
7	Doctors holding the position of nutrition specialist	200,00 AZN
8	Doctors of anatomy and pathology	200,00 AZN
9	Physiatrist	300,00 AZN
10	Hematologist	300,00 AZN
11	Laboratory doctors	1st group of medical facilities	240,00 AZN
		2nd and 3rd group of medical facilities	340,00 AZN
12	Medical statisticians	1st group of medical facilities	240,00 AZN
		2nd and 3rd group of medical facilities	340,00 AZN
13	Doctor holding the position of the head of Family Health Center	480,00 AZN
14	Anesthesiologist and emergency physician
	Birth attendant – gynecologist of Family Health center and Women's Clinic
15	Doctors holding the position of the head of pharmacy division	1st group of medical facilities	370,00 AZN
		2nd and 3rd group of medical facilities	570,00 AZN
16	Head of Quality Management Committee	2nd and 3rd group of medical facilities	910,00 AZN
	*In addition, doctors are paid incentive allowances for performance

With the exception of items 6, 9 and 14 in Table 1, other items shall enter into force on January 21, 2020. Paragraph 9 shall enter into force on January 1, 2020, and paragraphs 6 and 14 shall enter into force on October 26, 2020.

Monthly incentives are given to doctors to measure and evaluate the services provided on their specialization / position. Taking into account the optimal workload and working hours, the upper quantitative limit of doctors' services is limited, and allowances are not paid for medical services exceeding the upper quantitative limit. According to the changes, in addition to resuscitation doctors, doctors working in intensive care and anesthesiology, intensive care units are given allowances in the amount of 30 manat per night shift and 5 manat for each patient receiving medical care during the night shift.

Taking into account the characteristics of the services provided by nursing staff and junior health workers, incentive allowances to their monthly salaries (tariffs) are set in the form of fixed monthly allowances, depending on the position they hold. According to the amendment, monthly fixed allowances for two positions were determined based on the classification group of health facilities. Thus, in accordance with paragraph 19.1 of the Rules, changes were made to lines 6 and 9 in Table 2. According to the decision, these changes will come into force on January 1, 2020.

Table 2

№	Structural unit / position	Amount of fixed allowances
6	Nursing staff member working on the position of head nurse (male nurse)	1st group of medical facilities	350,00 AZN
		2nd and 3rd group of medical facilities	790,00 AZN
9	Junior staff member working on the position of supply manager	1st group of medical facilities	150,00 AZN
		2nd and 3rd group of medical facilities	210,00 AZN

Also, changes were made to the classification group for monthly incentive allowances payable to the management of medical facilities and non-medical staff (paragraph 16-4 of the Rules). The monthly incentive allowances payable to the management of medical facilities and non-medical staff will come into force on January 21, 2020. All other items mentioned in the decision will come into force on October 26, 2020.