The State Agency on Mandatory Health Insurance (hereinafter-Agency) is a public legal entity that implements mandatory health Insurance through accumulating revenues to finance medical services within benefit package and acting as purchaser of these services. 

The Agency started functioning on 15 February 2016 as State Agency on Mandatory Health Insurance under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In accordance with the Decree № 1125 dated 24 November 2016 of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, public legal entity “State Agency on Mandatory Health Insurance” was established on the basis of Agency which held legal status of body of executive power. The Charter of the Agency was approved with Decree № 1592 dated 6 September 2017 of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. 

The Agency goals are the following:

• To involve the public in mandatory health insurance;
• To accumulate revenues to finance medical services within benefit package;
• To take measures to improve quality of medical services and to ensure accessibility of these services to the public;
• To protect rights and legal interests of the insured;
• To ensure efficient spending of accumulated revenues and making insurance payments on time.
   

The Agency operates in the following directions:

• Involvement in developing a single policy on mandatory health insurance and to ensure implementation of this policy;
• Arranging mandatory health insurance for the public and ensuring financial sustainability of this insurance;
• Providing the public with equal conditions to use medical services as part of mandatory health insurance;
• Taking measures to ensure accessibility of mandatory health insurance for everyone and to improve quality and efficiency of medical services to protect the health of the population;
• Ensuring further development of mandatory health insurance.