Kela will proceed to offer reimbursement for the prices of journey to a COVID-19 vaccination or testing web site. The reimbursement of prices for PCR and antigen exams carried out by non-public healthcare suppliers may also proceed.
A number of short-term amendments have been made to the Well being Insurance coverage Act as a result of COVID-19 epidemic.
On the idea of those amendments, Kela has reimbursed prices of journey to COVID-19 vaccination or testing websites and prices associated to COVID-19 exams carried out by non-public healthcare suppliers. Parliament has accepted a legislative modification below which Kela will proceed to reimburse these prices till 30 June 2023.
Journey to COVID-19 vaccination or testing websites
Kela will proceed to offer reimbursement for the prices of touring to a COVID-19 vaccination or testing web site till 30 June 2023. For spherical journeys to a drive-in model testing or vaccination web site, one copayment is charged per journey. In any other case, the reimbursement is supplied below the identical phrases as for some other journey to go to a healthcare supplier.
The reimbursement is calculated primarily based on the least costly means of reaching the vaccination or testing web site. Purchasers who for well being causes are prevented from utilizing public transportation, or aren’t obtainable, can get a reimbursement for utilizing a taxi.
Reimbursement for COVID-19 exams
The speed of reimbursement for exams carried out by a private-sector healthcare supplier will stay EUR 100 for PRC exams and EUR 36 for antigen exams. The reimbursement will stay obtainable till 30 June 2023.
As of 1 January 2023, Kela will now not present reimbursement for different kinds of exams for COVID-19 detection.
Reimbursement for COVID-19 vaccinations
Kela will proceed to offer reimbursement to employers for COVID-19 vaccination prices till 30 June 2023. The reimbursement is EUR 16 per vaccination. No reimbursement is supplied for the vaccines themselves, as a result of they’re obtainable freed from cost to the service suppliers.
The supply of vaccines is the accountability of the municipalities and, as of 1 January 2023, the counties’ wellbeing companies. They coordinate the preparations pertaining to the vaccinations.
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Supply: Kel