+ 4 244 839
Number of patients
+ 15 971 230
Number of visits
+ 54 507 356
Number of provided services
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.
Pilot scheme
Mandatory health insurance has been implemented as a pilot scheme in Mingachevir and Yevlakh (the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan No. 1127 of 29 November 2016) and Aghash (the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan No. 1830 of 16 February 2018) providing 1829 medical services within a benefit package. Since April 1, 2021 mandatory health insurance has been implementing throughout the country.
The Agency goals are the following:
The Agency operates in the following directions:
The Agency values cooperation with various organizations to study international health experience, exchange knowledge, implement joint projects, and achieve other goals. Through bilateral and multilateral cooperation, projects related to mandatory health insurance, enhancement of medical institutions` capabilities, acquisition of international experience by medical workers, and other objectives have been implemented.